Folks, meet a grand FATHER! He's the affable, laffable head of the most delightful family that ever stepped out of America's screens...into America's hearts!
Overview
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Cast
Fredric March
William Spence
Martha Scott
Hope Morris Spence
Beulah Bondi
Lydia Sandow
Gene Lockhart
Preston Thurston
Elisabeth Fraser
Eileen Spence at Age 17
Harry Davenport
Elias Samson
Laura Hope Crews
Mrs. Preston Thurston
Grant Mitchell
Clayton Potter
Moroni Olsen
Dr. John Romer
Frankie Thomas
Hartzell Spence
Jerome Cowan
Dr. Horrigan
Ernest Cossart
John E. Morris
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Morris
Carlotta Jelm
Eileen Spence
Peter Caldwell
Hartzell Spence
Casey Johnson
Frazer Spence
Dorothy Adams
Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
Joan Anderson
Child (uncredited)
Roscoe Ates
George Reynolds (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Clara Blandick
Sister Watkins (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth
Richard Hardy Case (uncredited)
Jed Breslau
Child (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
Mac MacFarland (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)
Mary Brodel
Second Bride (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
Boy (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)
Ted Crane
Child (uncredited)
Charles Drake
Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
Ann Edmonds
First Bride (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Woman Gossip (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson
Townsman (uncredited)
Mary Field
Lulu Digby (uncredited)
Inez Gay
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Panhandler (uncredited)
William Gould
Fire Chief (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Church Usher (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Haskins (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffmann
Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Train Station Master (uncredited)
Delos Jewkes
Choir Member (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
School Boy (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Alf McAfee (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn
Boy (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
Young Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
Audra Lindley
Mother (uncredited)
Becky Mack
Thurstons' Maid (uncredited)
Jean Maddox
First Mother (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Sam (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Soldier (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Fire Watcher (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Waiting Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert McKim
Handsome Jack Pressley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mira McKinney
Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Freddie Mercer
Choir Member (uncredited)
Bess Meyers
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Second Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Man Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
George Nichols
Prechin' Bill Hardy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob O'Connor
Fire Watcher (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Dibble (uncredited)
Jane Randolph
Mother (uncredited)
Gus Reed
Choir Member (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Board Member (uncredited)
Sam Rice
Man Quieting Boys in Theater (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson
Lydia's Maid (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Sandy Shaw
Child (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Candy Butcher (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Parishiner Wanting More Sin in Sermon (uncredited)
Charlotte Treadway
Ella Hodges (uncredited)
Paula Trueman
Miss Peabody (uncredited)
Joyce Tucker
Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Ehrlich (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Fireman Angus (uncredited)
Gig Young
First Groom Asking for Dog Licence (uncredited)
Terry Moore
Choir Member (uncredited)
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