Robert Cummings
Actor
Born June 9, 1910 in Joplin, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography
The Tracking of a Russian Spy
Disneyland Handcrafted
Self (archive footage)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Three on a Date
Cab Driver
The Love Boat
Eliott Smith
Partners in Crime
Ralph Elsworth
The Great American Beauty Contest
Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
Arnie
Gidget Grows Up
Russell Lawrence
Love, American Style
Here's Lucy
Bob Collins
Five Golden Dragons
Bob Mitchell
Stagecoach
Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
Promise Her Anything
Dr. Philip Brock
Green Acres
Mort Warner
My Living Doll
Dr. Robert McDonald
Bewitched
What a Way to Go!
Dr. Victor Stephanson
The Carpetbaggers
Dan Pierce
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Great Adventure
Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
Beach Party
Professor Sutwell
Holiday Time at Disneyland
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
Self
My Geisha
Bob Moore
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The New Bob Cummings Show
Gala Day at Disneyland
Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
The Twilight Zone
James Embry
Disneyland '59
Self
Bomber's Moon
Colonel Culver
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Robert Cummings
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lt. Charles Gatewood
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
How to Be Very, Very Popular
Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
The Bob Cummings Show
Bob Collins
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #8
Dial M for Murder
Mark Halliday
Lucky Me
Dick Carson
Marry Me Again
Bill
General Electric Theater
Russ Baker
The First Time
Joe Bennett
The Barefoot Mailman
Sylvanus Hurley
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
For Heaven's Sake
Jeff Bolton
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Petty Girl
George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Your Show of Shows
Paid in Full
Bill Prentice
What's My Line?
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
Tell It to the Judge
Pete Webb
Free For All
Christopher Parker
Reign of Terror
Charles D'Aubigny
The Accused
Warren Ford
Let's Live a Little
Duke Crawford
Studio One
Juror #8
Sleep, My Love
Bruce Elcott
The Lost Moment
Lewis Venable
Heaven Only Knows
Michael, aka Mike
The Chase
Chuck Scott
The Bride Wore Boots
Jeff Warren
You Came Along
Maj. Bob Collins
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Co-Host
Flesh and Fantasy
Michael (segment 1)
Princess O'Rourke
Eddie O'Rourke
Forever and a Day
Ned
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Between Us Girls
Jimmy Blake
Saboteur
Barry Kane
Kings Row
Parris Mitchell
It Started with Eve
Johnny Reynolds Jr.
Moon Over Miami
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
The Devil and Miss Jones
Joe O'Brien
Free and Easy
Max Clemington
One Night in the Tropics
Steve Harper
Spring Parade
Corporal Harry Marten
Private Affairs
Jimmy Nolan
And One Was Beautiful
Ridley Crane
Everything Happens at Night
Ken Morgan
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Scotty Hamilton
Rio
Bill Gregory
The Under-Pup
Dennis Lane
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Harry Loren
I Stand Accused
Frederick A. Davis
The Texans
Alan Sanford
Touchdown, Army
Cadet Jimmy Howal
You and Me
Jim
College Swing
Radio Announcer
Wells Fargo
Dan Trimball, prospector
Sophie Lang Goes West
Curley Griffin
Souls at Sea
George Martin
The Last Train from Madrid
Juan Ramos
Arizona Mahoney
Phillip Randall
Hideaway Girl
Mike Winslow
The Accusing Finger
Jimmy Ellis
Hollywood Boulevard
Jay Wallace
Border Flight
Lt. Bob Dixon
Forgotten Faces
Clinton Faraday
Desert Gold
Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
So Red the Rose
George Pendleton
The Virginia Judge
Jim Preston
Sons of the Desert
Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
Seasoned Greetings
Husband (uncredited)
Romeo and Juliet
Friar Lawrence