Robert Cummings
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
Credits
- 1990 · Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1978 · Three on a Date as Cab Driver
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Eliott Smith
- 1973 · Partners in Crime as Ralph Elsworth
- 1973 · The Great American Beauty Contest as Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
- 1970 · Arnie as
- 1969 · Gidget Grows Up as Russell Lawrence
- 1969 · Love, American Style as
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Bob Collins
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Robert Henning
- 1967 · Five Golden Dragons as Bob Mitchell
- 1966 · Stagecoach as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
- 1966 · Promise Her Anything as Dr. Philip Brock
- 1965 · Green Acres as
- 1964 · My Living Doll as Dr. Robert McDonald
- 1964 · Bewitched as
- 1964 · What a Way to Go! as Dr. Victor Stephanson
- 1964 · The Carpetbaggers as Dan Pierce
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self - Host
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Harvey Hines
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
- 1963 · Beach Party as Professor Sutwell
- 1962 · Holiday Time at Disneyland as Self
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Self
- 1962 · My Geisha as Bob Moore
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · The New Bob Cummings Show as
- 1960 · Gala Day at Disneyland as Self
- 1960 · Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as James Embry
- 1959 · Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1958 · Bomber's Moon as Colonel Culver
- 1957 · The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Robert Cummings
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Lt. Charles Gatewood
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Love That Bob
- 1955 · How To Be Very, Very Popular as Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
- 1955 · Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast as
- 1955 · The Bob Cummings Show as Bob Collins
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self - Host / Narrator / Self
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1954 · The Elgin Hour as Jeff Clark
- 1954 · Twelve Angry Men as Juror #8
- 1954 · Dial M for Murder as Mark Halliday
- 1954 · Lucky Me as Dick Carson
- 1953 · Marry Me Again as Bill
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Russ Baker
- 1952 · My Hero as Robert Beanblossom
- 1952 · The First Time as Joe Bennett
- 1951 · The Barefoot Mailman as Sylvanus Hurley
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Spencer O. Spencer
- 1950 · For Heaven's Sake as Jeff Bolton
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Wally
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · The Petty Girl as George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as
- 1950 · Paid in Full as Bill Prentice
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Sawyer
- 1949 · Tell It to the Judge as Pete Webb
- 1949 · Free For All as Christopher Parker
- 1949 · Reign of Terror as Charles D'Aubigny
- 1949 · The Accused as Warren Ford
- 1948 · Let's Live a Little as Duke Crawford
- 1948 · Studio One as Juror #8
- 1948 · Studio One as George Lumley
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · Sleep, My Love as Bruce Elcott
- 1947 · The Lost Moment as Lewis Venable
- 1947 · Heaven Only Knows as Michael, aka Mike
- 1946 · The Chase as Chuck Scott
- 1946 · The Bride Wore Boots as Jeff Warren
- 1945 · You Came Along as Maj. Bob Collins
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Co-Host
- 1943 · Flesh and Fantasy as Michael (segment 1)
- 1943 · Princess O'Rourke as Eddie O'Rourke
- 1943 · Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3) as Himself
- 1943 · Forever and a Day as Ned
- 1942 · Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- 1942 · Between Us Girls as Jimmy Blake
- 1942 · Saboteur as Barry Kane
- 1942 · Kings Row as Parris Mitchell
- 1941 · It Started with Eve as Johnny Reynolds Jr.
- 1941 · Moon Over Miami as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
- 1941 · The Devil and Miss Jones as Joe O'Brien
- 1941 · Free and Easy as Max Clemington
- 1940 · One Night in the Tropics as Steve Harper
- 1940 · Spring Parade as Corporal Harry Marten
- 1940 · Private Affairs as Jimmy Nolan
- 1940 · And One Was Beautiful as Ridley Crane
- 1939 · Everything Happens at Night as Ken Morgan
- 1939 · Charlie McCarthy, Detective as Scotty Hamilton
- 1939 · Rio as Bill Gregory
- 1939 · The Under-Pup as Dennis Lane
- 1939 · Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Harry Loren
- 1938 · I Stand Accused as Frederick A. Davis
- 1938 · The Texans as Alan Sanford
- 1938 · Touchdown, Army as Cadet Jimmy Howal
- 1938 · You and Me as Jim
- 1938 · College Swing as Radio Announcer
- 1937 · Wells Fargo as Dan Trimball, prospector
- 1937 · Sophie Lang Goes West as Curley Griffin
- 1937 · Souls at Sea as George Martin
- 1937 · The Last Train from Madrid as Juan Ramos
- 1936 · Arizona Mahoney as Phillip Randall
- 1936 · Hideaway Girl as Mike Winslow
- 1936 · The Accusing Finger as Jimmy Ellis
- 1936 · Hollywood Boulevard as Jay Wallace
- 1936 · Border Flight as Lt. Bob Dixon
- 1936 · Forgotten Faces as Clinton Faraday
- 1936 · Desert Gold as Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
- 1935 · So Red the Rose as George Pendleton
- 1935 · The Virginia Judge as Jim Preston
- 1933 · Sons of the Desert as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
- 1933 · Seasoned Greetings as Husband (uncredited)
- 1916 · Romeo and Juliet as Friar Lawrence