The Kid (1921) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Charlie Chaplin.

Cast

• Charlie Chaplin as A Tramp
• Jackie Coogan as The Kid
• Carl Miller as The Man
• Edna Purviance as The Woman
• Albert Austin as Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
• Beulah Bains as Bride (uncredited)
• Nellie Bly Baker as Slum Nurse (uncredited)
• Henry Bergman as Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
• Edward Biby as Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
• B.F. Blinn as Assistant (uncredited)
• Kitty Bradbury as Bride's Mother (uncredited)
• Frank Campeau as Welfare Officer (uncredited)
• Bliss Chevalier as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Frances Cochran as Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
• Jack Coogan Sr. as Pickpocket / Guest / Devil (uncredited)
• Estelle Cook as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Lillian Crane as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Philip D'Oench as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Dan Dillon as Bum (uncredited)
• Robert Dunbar as Bridegroom (uncredited)
• Florette Faulkner as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Gloria Faythe as Little Girl (uncredited)
• Rupert Franklin as Bride's Father / Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
• Sadie Gordon as Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
• Lita Grey as Flirtatious Angel (uncredited)
• Frank Hale as Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
• Martha Hall as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Jules Hanft as Physician (uncredited)
• Louise Hathaway as Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)
• Silas Hathaway as The Kid as a Baby (uncredited)
• Flora Howard as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
• Ed Hunt as Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
• Lulu Jenks as Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
• Irene Jennings as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Kathleen Kay as Maid (uncredited)
• Grace Keller as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Sarah Kernan as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
• Raymond Lee as His Kid Brother (uncredited)
• Walter Lynch as Tough Cop (uncredited)
• V. Madison as Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Crew

• Charlie Chaplin — Writer
• Charlie Chaplin — Director
• Charlie Chaplin — Producer
• Charlie Chaplin — Original Music Composer
• Roland Totheroh — Director of Photography

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