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