---
title: 'The Happiest Millionaire (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Tokar'
released: '1967-10-01'
runtime_minutes: 164
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'History'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-happiest-millionaire-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061749/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

1967 · 164 min · Music, History, Family · United States


## Synopsis

The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 American musical film starring Fred MacMurray, based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle. The film, featuring music by the Sherman Brothers, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design by Bill Thomas. The screenplay by A. J. Carothers was adapted from the play, based on the book My Philadelphia Father by Cordelia Drexel Biddle. Walt Disney acquired the rights to the play in the early 1960s. The film was the last live-action film to be produced by Disney before his death on December 15, 1966.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Tokar](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-tokar)
- **Screenplay:** [AJ Carothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/aj-carothers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-elliott), [Sherman Brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sherman-brothers)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney), [Bill Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-anderson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Colman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-colman)
- **Editor:** [Cotton Warburton](https://cinepixo.com/people/cotton-warburton)

## Cast

- [Tommy Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-steele) as John Lawless
- [Frances Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-robinson) as Aunt Gladys
- [Greer Garson](https://cinepixo.com/people/greer-garson) as mother
- [Jim Gurley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-gurley) as marine lieutenants
- [Aron Kincaid](https://cinepixo.com/people/aron-kincaid) as Walter Blakely
- [Sean McClory](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcclory) as Sergeant Flanagan
- [Geraldine Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-page) as Mrs. Duke
- [Fred MacMurray](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-macmurray) as father
- [Lesley Ann Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesley-ann-warren) as Cordelia Drexel Biddle
- [Norm Grabowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/norm-grabowski) as Joe Turner
- [Larry Merrill](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-merrill) as Charlie Taylor
- [Gladys Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-cooper) as Aunt Mary
- [Joyce Bulifant](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-bulifant) as Rosemary
- [Lou Nova](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-nova)
- [William Wellman, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-wellman-jr) as marine lieutenants

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/the-happiest-millionaire
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-happiest-millionaire-1967
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