Bruce Templeton — The Glass Bottom Boat Character Profile

About Bruce Templeton

The brilliant inventor of the secret GISMO gravitation control device. He hires Jennifer for his biography, suspects her of espionage based on faulty evidence, defends her innocence, and eventually teams up with her to thwart a mole.

Bruce Templeton — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Rod Taylor

Appears in

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Bruce Templeton — Romantic Lovers — Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day)
• Bruce Templeton — Professional Colleague — Julius Pritter (Dom DeLuise)

  Professional colleagues within the aerospace research environment.

• Bruce Templeton — Professional Security Partner — Edgar Hill (Eric Fleming)

  Bruce relies on Hill's official CIA security clearance to protect the project.

• Bruce Templeton — Professional Colleague — Zack Molloy (Dick Martin)

  Professional associate handling public relations for the aerospace company.

• Bruce Templeton — Power Project Overseer — Edgar Hill (Eric Fleming)
• Bruce Templeton — Alliance Security Teammates — Homer Cripps (Paul Lynde)
• Bruce Templeton — Professional Employee — Julius Pritter (Dom DeLuise)
• Bruce Templeton — Professional Colleague — Zack Molloy (Dick Martin)

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• Axel Nordstrom (Arthur Godfrey)
• Ralph Goodwin (John McGiver)
• Mabel Fenimore (Alice Pearce)
• Homer Cripps (Paul Lynde)
• Anna Miller (Ellen Corby)
• Donna (Dee J. Thompson)
• Reporter (uncredited) (Rachel Romen)
• Party girl (Carolyn Williamson)
• Fat Man (uncredited) (George Cisar)
• Minor Role (uncredited) (Regina Carrol)
• Unknown (uncredited) (George Carlin)