List of the best Ed Wynn movies: The Chief(1933), Cinderfella(1960), Babes in Toyland(1961), Marjorie Morningstar(1958), Mary Poppins(1964), Those Calloways(1964), The Gnome-Mobile(1967), The Absent Minded Professor(1961), Son of Flubber(1963), The Diary of Anne Frank(1959), Dear Brigitte(1965), That Darn Cat!(1965) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Ed Wynn Dorothy Mackaill William Boyd Charles "Chic" Sale Effie Ellsler C. Henry Gordon George Givot
A timid man (Ed Wynn) is thrust into the spotlight when his father is honored as a hero. He blunders into a series of adventures because of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) and becomes a hero ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Fairy Godfather
Jerry Lewis Ed Wynn Judith Anderson Anna Maria Alberghetti Henry Silva Robert Hutton
young man stepmother stepsister friend young woman fairy airy amusing heartwarming emotional intense positive family home dining room bedroom romance lie wedding dreams transformation
A gender-swapped retelling of Charles Perrault's classic, where Cinderfella is visited by a fairy godfather to help him escape from his wicked stepmother and stepbrothers.
Kids & Family, Other, Musical
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Toymaker
Ray Bolger Tommy Sands Annette Funicello Ed Wynn Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran Henry Calvin Gene Sheldon Mary McCarty Ann Jillian Brian Corcoran
heiress fiancé mastermind goon toy maker assistant charming amusing fascinating playful village toyland forest forced marriage love greed inventions shrinking kidnapping rescue
Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep, cared for by Little Bo ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1958
123 Minutes
Uncle Sampson
Gene Kelly Natalie Wood Claire Trevor Ed Wynn Everett Sloane Carolyn Jones Martin Milner Martin Balsam Ruta Kilmonis Paul Picerni Alan Reed
actress entertainer mother playwright doctor melodramatic tender new york city college family home summer camp theater catskills acting aspirations love nonconformity family growing up forbidden love
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie... See full summary »
Musical, Kids & Family
USA
1964
140 Minutes
Uncle Albert
Julie Andrews Dick Van Dyke Glynis Johns David Tomlinson Ed Wynn Hermione Baddeley Karen Dotrice Matthew Garber Arthur Treacher Reginald Owen Reta Shaw
nanny son daughter father mother musician amusing cheery engaging playful england london park household childhood magic family parenthood adventure discovery
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1964
131 Minutes
Ed Parker
Brian Keith Vera Miles Brandon de Wilde Walter Brennan Ed Wynn Linda Evans Philip Abbott John Larkin Parley Baer Frank de Kova Roy Roberts
father mother son salesman hunter storekeeper inspiring heartwarming vermont wilderness lake aspirations animal rights family deception hunting bullying quest underdog sacrifice
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1967
90 Minutes
Rufus
Walter Brennan Matthew Garber Karen Dotrice Tom Lowell Ed Wynn Richard Deacon Sean McClory Jerome Cowan Charles Lane Norman Grabowski Gil Lamb
gnome tycoon grandchild doctor executive charming lighthearted madcap forest california magic folklore marriage insanity adventure escape rescue 1960s
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is ... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family
1961
97 Minutes
Fire Chief
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Ed Wynn Leon Ames Elliott Reid Edward Andrews
professor girlfriend basketball player criminal amusing lighthearted laboratory family home inventions crime love discovery transformation 1960s
The professor's (Fred MacMurray) latest lab explosion creates "flubber," glop that makes things bounce sky-high.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1963
100 Minutes
A.J. Allen
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Elliott Reid Joanna Moore Leon Ames Ed Wynn Charles Ruggles Paul Lynde
professor scientist wife student loan shark government official amusing lighthearted outlandish emotional college classroom house laboratory football field inventions weird science government secrets marriage debt
When Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.
Drama, History
USA
1959
156 Minutes
Mr. Albert Dussell
Millie Perkins Joseph Schildkraut Shelley Winters Richard Beymer Gusti Huber Lou Jacobi Diane Baker Douglas Spencer Dody Heath Ed Wynn Charles Wagenheim
anne frank father dentist sister boyfriend mother powerful endearing sad inspiring amsterdam attic holocaust captivity religious persecution historical events escape love growing up 1940s
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1965
100 Minutes
The Captain
James Stewart Fabian Glynis Johns Carol Sydes Bill Mumy John Williams Jack Kruschen Alice Pearce Jesse White Ed Wynn
genius professor brigitte bardot son daughter charming lighthearted playful california paris father/son relationship gambling coming of age growing up adventure 1960s
Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Hayley Mills Dean Jones Dorothy Provine Roddy McDowall Neville Brand Elsa Lanchester William Demarest Frank Gorshin Richard Eastham Grayson Hall Ed Wynn
young woman sister cat fbi agent bank robber bank teller amusing lighthearted united states household apartment cats siblings investigation kidnapping romance mystery discovery 1960s
After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.