The Absent-Minded Professor The Absent-Minded Professor The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American comic science fiction family film produced 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 stars Fred MacMurray as Professor Ned Brainard. 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". The original 1961 film
George Grafton Wilson George Grafton Wilson George Grafton Wilson (born in Plainfield, Connecticut on 29 March 1863 – died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 30 April 1951) was distinguished professor of International Law during the first half of the 20th century, serving on the faculties of Brown University, Harvard University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the U.S. Naval War College. The son of Archibald A. Wilson and his wife, Betsey L. Brown, Wilson earned all three of his academic degrees at Brown University, taking his A.B. in 1886, his A.M. in 1888 and his Ph.D. in 1891. He went to Europe