Robert Cummings
Biography
Effective light comedian of '30s and '40s films and '50s and '60s TV series, Robert Cummings was renowned for his eternally youthful looks (which he attributed to a strict vitamin and health-food diet). He was educated at Carnegie Tech and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Deciding that Broadway producers would be more interested in an upper-crust Englishman than a kid from Joplin, Missouri, Cummings passed himself off as Blade Stanhope Conway, British actor. The ploy was successful. Cummings decided that if it worked on Broadway, it would work in Hollywood, so he journeyed west and assumed the identity of a rich Texan named Bruce Hutchens. The plan worked once more, and he began securing small parts in films. He soon reverted to his real name and became a popular leading man in light comedies, usually playing well-meaning, pleasant but somewhat bumbling young men. He achieved much more success, however, in his own television series in the '50s, The Bob Cummings Show (1955) and My Living Doll (1964). Cummings was born June 10, 1910, in Joplin, Missouri, and he died of kidney failure December 2, 1990, in Woodland Hills, California. He is interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Sanctity.
Known For
Mark Halliday
Dial M for Murder
Curley Griffin
Sophie Lang Goes West
Cab Driver
Three on a Date
Dr. Victor Stephanson
What a Way to Go!
Barry Kane
Saboteur
Eddie O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke
Johnny Reynolds Jr.
It Started with Eve
Professor Sutwell
Beach Party
Dick Carson
Lucky Me
Charles D'Aubigny
Reign of Terror
Bill Gregory
Rio
Friar Lawrence
Romeo and Juliet
Chuck Scott
The Chase
Steve Harper
One Night in the Tropics
Warren Ford
The Accused
Dan Pierce
The Carpetbaggers
Bob Moore
My Geisha
George Martin
Souls at Sea
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
Moon Over Miami
Joe O'Brien
The Devil and Miss Jones
Harry Loren
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Bill Prentice
Paid in Full
Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
Stagecoach
Lewis Venable
The Lost Moment
Parris Mitchell
Kings Row
Bruce Elcott
Sleep, My Love
Bob Mitchell
Five Golden Dragons
Dr. Philip Brock
Promise Her Anything
Michael, aka Mike
Heaven Only Knows
Jeff Bolton
For Heaven's Sake
Alan Sanford
The Texans
Jimmy Ellis
The Accusing Finger
Dan Trimball, prospector
Wells Fargo
George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
The Petty Girl
Ken Morgan
Everything Happens at Night
Radio Announcer
College Swing
Michael (segment 1)
Flesh and Fantasy
Jim
You and Me
Ridley Crane
And One Was Beautiful
Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
Desert Gold
Jeff Warren
The Bride Wore Boots
Russell Lawrence
Gidget Grows Up
Joe Bennett
The First Time
Corporal Harry Marten
Spring Parade
Pete Webb
Tell It to the Judge
Juan Ramos
The Last Train from Madrid
Scotty Hamilton
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
George Pendleton
So Red the Rose
Maj. Bob Collins
You Came Along
Colonel Culver
Bomber's Moon
Sylvanus Hurley
The Barefoot Mailman
Duke Crawford
Let's Live a Little
Frederick A. Davis
I Stand Accused
Christopher Parker
Free For All
Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
The Great American Beauty Contest
Self
Holiday Time at Disneyland
Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
Husband (uncredited)
Seasoned Greetings
Dennis Lane
The Under-Pup
Phillip Randall
Arizona Mahoney
Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
How To Be Very, Very Popular
Jay Wallace
Hollywood Boulevard
Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Cadet Jimmy Howal
Touchdown, Army
Max Clemington
Free and Easy
Juror #8
Twelve Angry Men
Jimmy Blake
Between Us Girls
Ned
Forever and a Day
Bill
Marry Me Again
Lt. Bob Dixon
Border Flight
Jim Preston
The Virginia Judge
Mike Winslow
Hideaway Girl
Self
Gala Day at Disneyland
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
Jimmy Nolan
Private Affairs
Self
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Self
Disneyland '59
Himself
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
Ralph Elsworth
Partners in Crime
Self
Breakdowns of 1942
Clinton Faraday
Forgotten Faces
Jimmy
Millions in the Air
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-06-09
Place of Birth
Joplin, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings