Editing Yankee Doodle Dandy (section)

==Cast==
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* [[James Cagney]] as [[George M. Cohan]]
* [[Joan Leslie]] as Mary Cohan
* [[Walter Huston]] as Jerry Cohan
* [[Richard Whorf]] as [[Sam H. Harris|Sam Harris]]
* [[Irene Manning]] as [[Fay Templeton]]
* [[George Tobias]] as Dietz
* [[Rosemary DeCamp]] as Nellie Cohan
* [[Jeanne Cagney]] as Josie Cohan
* [[Eddie Foy, Jr.]] as [[Eddie Foy|Eddie Foy Sr.]]
* [[Frances Langford]] as [[Nora Bayes]]
* [[George Barbier (actor)|George Barbier]] as [[A. L. Erlanger|Erlanger]]
* [[S. Z. Sakall]] as Schwab
* [[Walter Catlett]] as Theatre Manager
* [[Minor Watson]] as [[Edward Franklin Albee II|Ed Albee]]
* [[Chester Clute]] as Harold Goff
* [[Odette Myrtil]] as Madame Bartholdi
* [[Douglas Croft]] as George M. Cohan (age 13)
* [[Patsy Lee Parsons]] as Josie Cohan (age 12)
* Captain Jack Young as [[President Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
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'''Cast notes:'''
*In his role as adviser to the film, George M. Cohan, who admired [[Fred Astaire]]'s work, let it be known that he preferred Astaire, who also bore a passing resemblance to him, to star in his life story.  Cohan presented several studios one of which had Fred Astaire playing Cohan, but Astaire repeatedly turned it down. Astaire turned it down because Cohan's eccentric, stiff-legged dancing was far removed from Astaire's own, more fluid, style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicfilmboy.com/2013/04/james-cagney-blogathon-yankee-doodle.html|title=Classicfilmboy's Movie Paradise|website=Classicfilmboy.com|access-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429121855/http://www.classicfilmboy.com/2013/04/james-cagney-blogathon-yankee-doodle.html |archive-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*James Cagney reprised the role of George M. Cohan in ''[[The Seven Little Foys]]'' (1955) on the condition that he receive no money; he did the film as a tribute to [[Eddie Foy]]. In ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'', [[Eddie Foy Jr.]] played his own father. In ''The Seven Little Foys'', [[Bob Hope]] portrayed Foy; Charley Foy (brother of Eddie Foy, Jr.) served as a narrator.
*Actress Jeanne Cagney, who played Cohan's sister, was James Cagney's real-life sister. Cagney's brother, William Cagney, was the Associate Producer of the film.
*Rosemary DeCamp, who played George's mother, was 11 years younger than Cagney.
*President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was played by Captain Jack Young, a lookalike seen only from the back. An uncredited impressionist, [[Art Gilmore]], provided the voice of Roosevelt. Gilmore would narrate the [[Joe McDoakes]] film shorts produced by Warners, and became a well-known announcer on television through the 1970s.
* Uncredited cast members include [[Eddie Acuff]], [[Murray Alper]], [[Henry Blair (child actor)|Henry Blair]] (as Cohan at age 7<ref>McCabe, John (1997). ''[https://archive.org/details/cagney0000mcca/page/410/mode/2up?q=%22henry+blair%22+ Cagney]''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p.&nbsp;411. {{ISBN|0679446079}}.</ref>), [[Ward Bond]], [[Walter Brooke]], [[Georgia Carroll]], [[Glen Cavender]], [[Spencer Charters]], [[Wallis Clark]], [[William B. Davidson]], [[Ann Doran]], [[Tom Dugan (actor, born 1889)|Tom Dugan]], [[Bill Edwards (actor)|Bill Edwards]], [[Frank Faylen]], [[Pat Flaherty (actor)|Pat Flaherty]], [[James Flavin]], [[William Forrest (actor)|William Forrest]], [[William Gillespie (actor)|William Gillespie]], Joe Gray, [[Creighton Hale]], [[John Hamilton (actor)|John Hamilton]], [[Harry Hayden]], [[Stuart Holmes]], [[William Hopper]], [[Eddie Kane]], [[Fred Kelsey]], [[Vera Lewis]], [[Audrey Long]], [[Hank Mann]], [[Frank Mayo (actor)|Frank Mayo]], [[Lon McCallister]], [[Edward McWade]], [[George Meeker]], [[Dolores Moran]], [[Charles Morton (actor)|Charles Morton]], [[Jack Mower]], [[Paul Panzer]], [[Francis Pierlot]], [[Clinton Rosemond]], [[Syd Saylor]], [[Frank Sully]], [[Dick Wessel]], [[Leo White]], [[Mickey Daniels]] and [[Dave Willock]].

[[File:Yankee Doodle Dandy premiere.JPG|thumb|200px|Premiere at New York's [[Mark Hellinger Theatre|Hollywood Theatre]] on May 29, 1942.  Tickets were available only to those who bought [[war bond]]s.  Former New York governor [[Al Smith]] and his wife are in the horse-drawn carriage.]]
[[Image:James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy trailer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[James Cagney]] as [[George M. Cohan]] performing "[[The Yankee Doodle Boy]]" from ''[[Little Johnny Jones]]''<ref>{{ibdb show|5456|Little Johnny Jones}}</ref>]]