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THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR contains two essential elements for laughter -- Fred MacMurray and Flubber, his gravity-defying formula for flying rubber! You'll visit Medfield College and delight in the fun when Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) uses Flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a Model "T" Jalopy over Washington, D.C., and save Medfield College from financial ruin! Join a brilliant cast full of your favorite Disney stars: Ed Wynn as Medfield's bumbling Fire Chief, Keenan Wynn as the evil-minded Alonzo Hawk, and Nancy Olson as the college secretary who the Professor has absent-mindedly left at the altar ... three times! Contains tobacco depictions.
Original Release
03/16/1961
US Release
03/16/1961
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred MacMurray | Professor Ned Brainard / Prof. Ned Brainard |
Nancy Olson | Betsy Carlisle |
Keenan Wynn | Alonzo P. Hawk |
Tommy Kirk | Biff Hawk |
Leon Ames | President Rufus Daggett |
Elliott Reid | Professor Shelby Ashton / Prof. Shelby Ashton |
Edward Andrews | Defense Secretary |
David Lewis | General Singer / Gen. Singer |
Jack Mullaney | Air Force Captain |
Belle Montrose | Mrs. Chatsworth |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred MacMurray | Professor Ned Brainard / Prof. Ned Brainard |
Nancy Olson | Betsy Carlisle |
Keenan Wynn | Alonzo P. Hawk |
Tommy Kirk | Biff Hawk |
Leon Ames | President Rufus Daggett |
Elliott Reid | Professor Shelby Ashton / Prof. Shelby Ashton |
Edward Andrews | Defense Secretary |
David Lewis | General Singer / Gen. Singer |
Jack Mullaney | Air Force Captain |
Belle Montrose | Mrs. Chatsworth |
Wally Brown | Coach Elkins |
Wally Boag | TV Newsman |
Don Ross | Lenny |
Forrest Lewis | Police Officer Kelley / Officer Kelley |
James Westerfield | Police Officer Hanson / Officer Hanson |
Alan Carney | First Referee |
Charlie Briggs | Sig |
Gage Clarke | Reverend Bosworth / Rev. Bosworth |
Alan Hewitt | General Hotchkiss / Gen. Hotchkiss |
Raymond Bailey | Admiral Olmstead / Adm. Olmstead |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bill Walsh | Producer |
Walt Disney | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1962 | Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1962 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1962 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Nominated |
1962 | Golden Globe | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |