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The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) Full Cast & Crew

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Cast

F
Fred MacMurray
as Ned Brainard
N
Nancy Olson
as Betsy Carlisle
K
Keenan Wynn
as Alonzo P. Hawk
T
Tommy Kirk
as Biff Hawk
L
Leon Ames
as Rufus Daggett
E
Elliott Reid
as Shelby Ashton
E
Edward Andrews
as Defense Secretary
D
David Lewis
as General Singer
J
Jack Mullaney
as Air Force Captain
B
Belle Montrose
as Mrs. Chatsworth
W
Wally Brown
as Coach Elkins
W
Wally Boag
as TV newsman
D
Don Ross
as Lenny
F
Forrest Lewis
as Officer Kelley
J
James Westerfield
as Officer Hanson
A
Alan Carney
as Referee #1
C
Charlie Briggs
as Sig
G
Gage Clarke
as Reverend Bosworth
A
Alan Hewitt
as General Hotchkiss
R
Raymond Bailey
as Admiral Olmstead
W
Wendell Holmes
as General Poynter
E
Ed Wynn
as Fire Chief
B
Bess Flowers
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
P
Paul Frees
as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
H
Hank Patterson
as Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
C
Colin Kenny
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
A
Arthur Tovey
as Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)
R
Ralph Clanton
as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
C
Charles Fogel
as Citizen (uncredited)

Crew

R
Robert O. Cook
Sound Supervisor
R
Robert Stevenson
Director
B
Bill Walsh
Screenplay
S
Samuel W. Taylor
Story
B
Bill Walsh
Associate Producer
G
George Bruns
Original Music Composer
W
Walt Disney
Producer
E
Edward Colman
Director of Photography
C
Cotton Warburton
Editor
C
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
H
Hal Gausman
Set Decoration
E
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
P
Pat McNalley
Makeup Artist
R
Ruth Sandifer
Hairstylist
R
Robert G. Shannon
Assistant Director
P
Peter Ellenshaw
Special Effects
E
Eustace Lycett
Special Effects
R
Robert A. Mattey
Special Effects
J
Joshua Meador
Special Effects
B
Bob Herron
Stunts

Flubber Collection

The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American film distributed by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story A Situation of Gravity, by Samuel W. Taylor. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton University, who was known as "Dr. Boom" for his explosive demonstrations. The film was a huge success at the box-office, and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's Son of Flubber.