George Cukor Director W.C. Fields Micawber Actor Freddie Bartholomew David Copperfield as a child Actor Basil Rathbone Mr. Murdstone Actor Lionel Barrymore Dan Peggotty Actor Maureen O'Sullivan Dora Actor Madge Evans Agnes Actor Edna May Oliver Aunt Betsey Actor Lewis Stone Mr. Wickfield Actor Elizabeth Allan Mrs. Clara Copperfield Actor Roland Young Uriah Heep Actor Elsa Lanchester Clickett Actor Jean Cadell Mrs. Micawber Actor Jessie Ralph Nurse Peggotty Actor Lennox Pawle Mr. Dick Actor Violet Kemble Cooper Jane Murdstone Actor Una O'Connor Mrs. Gummidge Actor John Buckler Ham Actor Hugh Williams Steerforth Actor Ivan F. Simpson Littimer Actor Herbert Mundin Barkis Actor Harry Beresford Dr. Chillip Actor Mabel Colcord Mary Ann Actor Hugh Walpole The Vicar Actor, Writer Arthur Treacher Donkey man (uncredited) Actor Frank Lawton David, the man Actor Howard Estabrook Writer Charles Dickens Writer David O. Selznick Producer Oliver T. Marsh Cinematographer Robert Kern Film Editing Herbert Stothart Original Music William Axt Original Music Cedric Gibbons Art Director