Crossword puzzle clue "a professor might curve one"

A professor might curve one

First name of Professor Brainard in "The Absent Minded Professor"

A professor might give a "pop" one in class

You might remember him from such movies as "The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel" and "The Boatjacking of Supership '79"

It might be ruled by a professor

He might have described himself as a coated knowledge professor

Actress acquires one more curve

One who ruins the curve, stereotypically