Williams' dedication to improvisation brought new life to movies like Flubber, Mrs ... with The Walt Disney Company and Hughes was able to cast him in the lead of this film.

movies) were contemporaries and worked together in the Institute. Instantly "Flubber," like the malleable ... remembered for one of his more iconic characters (at least for a certain audience).

The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea ... and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's Son of Flubber.