 The role of the second Pharisee is credited to  Erich von Stroheim (qv). However, von Stroheim did not play this  role. Griffith decided to use von Stroheims name as a pseudonym for  actor William Courtright (qv), who actually plays the role. This  has caused much confusion over the years. Von Stroheims only work  on this film was as a production assistant for the Babylon  sequences.  Ruth St. Denis (qv) is listed by some modern sources as the Solo  Dancer in the Babylonian Story, but she has denied this in an  interview.