Gloria Swanson as Marion Donnell

Robert Ames as Jack Merrick

Purnell Pratt as Hector Ferguson

Henry B. Walthall as Fuller

Wally Albright as Jack Merrick

William Holden as John Merrick Sr.

Blanche Friderici as Miss Potter the Nurse

Kay Hammond as Catherine 'Flip' Merrick

Mary Forbes as Mrs. Ferguson

Marcelle Corday as Blanche the Maid

Henry Armetta as Barber (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict as Reporter (uncredited)

Billy Bevan as Reporter (uncredited)

Ed Brady as Fred the Moving Man (uncredited)

Allan Cavan as Doctor (uncredited)

Richard Cramer as Reporter (uncredited)

Bobby Dunn as Milkman (uncredited)

Stuart Erwin as Reporter (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien as Butler (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock as Board Member (uncredited)