Father Was a Fullback 75 years old

I WANTED TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY ~ so I married a football coach!

Father Was a Fullback

Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.

Credits

Father Was a Fullback Cast

Name Character
Betty Lynn She was 23, now 98 years old as Connie Cooper
Thelma Ritter She was 47, 66 years old when she died as Geraldine
Maureen O'Hara She was 29, 95 years old when she died as Elizabeth Cooper
Jim Backus He was 36, 76 years old when he died as Professor Sullivan
Natalie Wood She was 11, 43 years old when she died as Ellen Cooper
Fred MacMurray He was 41, 83 years old when he died as George Cooper
Ruth Clifford She was 49, 98 years old when she died as Neighbor
Richard Tyler as Joe Birch
Rudy Vallée He was 48, 84 years old when he died as Mr. Jessup
Louise Lorimer She was 51, 97 years old when she died as Mrs. Jones
Frank Mills (British actor) He was 20, now 95 years old as Assistant Football Coach

Father Was a Fullback Crew

Name Department
Thomas Little as Set Decoration. He was 63 (98) years old when He died Art
Stuart A. Reiss as Set Decoration. He was 28 (88) years old when He died Art
Cyril J. Mockridge as Music. He was 53 (82) years old when He died Sound
Lloyd Ahern as Director of Photography. He was 44 (78) years old when He died Camera
Ben Nye as Makeup Artist. He was 42 (79) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Fred Kohlmar as Producer. He was 44 (64) years old when He died Production
John M. Stahl as Director. He was 63 (63) years old when He died Directing
Richard Sale as Screenplay. He was 37 (81) years old when He died Writing
J. Watson Webb, Jr. as Editor. He was 33 (84) years old when He died Editing
Mary Loos as Screenplay. She was 39 (94) years old when She died Writing
Chester Gore as Art Direction. He was 56 (73) years old when He died Art
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Father Was a Fullback (75 years)

I WANTED TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY ~ so I married a football coach!

  • Release day: Friday, September 30, 1949
  • Runtime: 84 minutes