Father Was a Fullback 74 years old
I WANTED TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY ~ so I married a football coach!
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 97 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 |
Father Was a Fullback (74 years)
I WANTED TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY ~ so I married a football coach!
- Release day: Friday, September 30, 1949
- Runtime: 84 minutes