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Movie · 1961

The Absent-Minded Professor

Released 20 January 1961 More from 1961 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Leon Ames
as Rufus Daggett
59
Wally Brown
as Coach Elkins
56
Edward Andrews
as Defense Secretary
46
Alan Hewitt
as General Hotchkiss
45
Paul Frees
as PA Man / Air Force Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
40
Jack Mullaney
as Air Force Captain
31
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
59Leon Ames — oldest on the call sheet
31Jack Mullaney — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast
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