The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Robert Stevenson.

Cast

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

Crew

• Robert Stevenson — Director
• Bill Walsh — Screenplay
• George Bruns — Original Music Composer
• Edward Colman — Director of Photography
• Walt Disney — Producer

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