Homer Cripps — The Glass Bottom Boat Character Profile

About Homer Cripps

The suspicious security guard who monitors Jennifer and misinterprets her innocent habits as espionage activities. He tails Jennifer, gets tied up by her, and joins the team racing to rescue her after the truth is revealed.

Character Facts

Played by

Paul Lynde

Appears in

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Homer Cripps — Professional Security Teammate — Edgar Hill (Eric Fleming)

  Both serve in the security apparatus protecting the GISMO project.

• Homer Cripps — Conflict Suspect — Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day)

  Cripps wrongly suspects Jennifer of being a Soviet spy.

• Homer Cripps — Conflict Suspicious Antagonist — Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day)
• Homer Cripps — Alliance Security Teammates — Bruce Templeton (Rod Taylor)
• Homer Cripps — Professional Security Colleagues — Edgar Hill (Eric Fleming)

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