 Because of the huge importance of this film, it is suspected that  some actors may have exaggerated claims to have worked on the film  in order to bolster their resume. Among the unconfirmed cast members  are John Ford (I) (qv), who claimed to have played a Klansman  riding with one hand holding up his hood over one eye so he could  see better. Such a Klansman is visible in the film and may indeed  have been Ford. Despite frequently being credited as a "Piedmont  Girl", actress Bessie Love (qv) denied claims that she ever  appeared in this film. Erich von Stroheim (qv) for years claimed  to be the stunt man who falls from a roof (breaking two ribs in the  process), but assistant director Joseph Henabery (qv) strongly  denied that von Stroheim was ever on a D.W. Griffith (qv) set  until after  _Intolerance: Loves Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)_ (qv). Some  have claimed to spot what appears to be a blackfaced von Stroheim as  a voter in the election poll scene. Herbert V. Walker (qv), who  was on the set of the film in 1915, claimed that the actor who did  the roof