Movie
The Absent-Minded Professor
Released: January 20, 1961 (1961)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Leon Ames as Rufus Daggett
Age at release: 59
- Fred MacMurray as Ned Brainard
Age at release: 52
- Edward Andrews as Defense Secretary
Age at release: 46
- Keenan Wynn as Alonzo P. Hawk
Age at release: 44
- David Lewis as General Singer
Age at release: 44
- Elliott Reid as Shelby Ashton
Age at release: 41
- Nancy Olson as Betsy Carlisle
Age at release: 32
- Jack Mullaney as Air Force Captain
Age at release: 31
- Tommy Kirk as Biff Hawk
Age at release: 19
- Belle Montrose as Mrs. Chatsworth
Age at release: Unknown
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- Ed Wynn as Fire Chief
Age at release: 74
- Charles Fogel as Citizen (uncredited)
Age at release: 74
- Hank Patterson as Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 72
- Colin Kenny as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Age at release: 72
- Bess Flowers as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: 62
- Forrest Lewis as Officer Kelley
Age at release: 61
- Gage Clarke as Reverend Bosworth
Age at release: 60
- Wally Brown as Coach Elkins
Age at release: 56
- Raymond Bailey as Admiral Olmstead
Age at release: 56
- Arthur Tovey as Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Alan Carney as Referee #1
Age at release: 51
- James Westerfield as Officer Hanson
Age at release: 47
- Wendell Holmes as General Poynter
Age at release: 46
- Ralph Clanton as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
- Alan Hewitt as General Hotchkiss
Age at release: 45
- Wally Boag as TV newsman
Age at release: 40
- Don Ross as Lenny
Age at release: 40
- Paul Frees as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
- Charlie Briggs as Sig
Age at release: 28