Phoebus was the name used in classical mythology for Apollo in his role as god of the sun. His son was Phaeton. Under the alternate spelling Phevos and together with Athena, he is a mascot of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
... His most famous role is that of the cranky professor forced to stay immobile because of a broken leg in 1942's The Man Who Came to Dinner[?], which he had performed ...