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.
Movie | Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special | Self | 1990-07-01 |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Movie | Three on a Date | Cab Driver | 1978-02-17 |
Series | The Love Boat | Eliott Smith | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | The Great American Beauty Contest | Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings) | 1973-02-13 |
Series | Arnie | Unknown | 1970-09-19 |
Movie | Gidget Grows Up | Russell Lawrence | 1969-12-30 |
Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
Series | Here's Lucy | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Movie | Five Golden Dragons | Bob Mitchell | 1967-08-03 |
Movie | Stagecoach | Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings) | 1966-04-21 |
Movie | Promise Her Anything | Dr. Philip Brock (as Bob Cummings) | 1966-02-22 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | 1965-12-31 | |
Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
Movie | What a Way to Go! | Victor Stephanson | 1964-10-12 |
Movie | The Carpetbaggers | Dan Pierce | 1964-04-08 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Movie | Beach Party | Prof. Robert 'Bob' Orwell Sutwell | 1963-08-07 |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963-07-01 | |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | My Geisha | Bob Moore | 1962-03-09 |
Series | The New Bob Cummings Show | 1961-10-05 | |
Movie | Gala Day at Disneyland | Himself | 1960-01-21 |
Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
Movie | Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Capt. James Embry | 1959-10-02 |
Series | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1957-11-06 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
Movie | How To Be Very, Very Popular | Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood | 1955-07-22 |
Movie | Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast | 1955-07-17 | |
Series | The Bob Cummings Show | Bob Collins | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #8 | 1954-09-20 |
Movie | Dial M for Murder | Mark Halliday | 1954-05-29 |
Movie | Lucky Me | Dick Carson | 1954-04-09 |
Movie | Marry Me Again | Bill | 1953-09-22 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The First Time | Joe Bennett | 1952-01-31 |
Series | My Hero | Robert Beanblossom | 1952-11-08 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | The Barefoot Mailman | Sylvanus Hurley | 1951-12-03 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | For Heaven's Sake | Jeff Bolton | 1950-12-15 |
Series | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Unknown | 1950-10-12 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | The Petty Girl | George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp | 1950-08-17 |
Series | Your Show of Shows | Unknown | 1950-02-25 |
Movie | Paid in Full | Bill Prentice | 1950-02-15 |
Series | What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950-02-02 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Movie | Reign of Terror | Charles D'Aubigny | 1949-10-15 |
Movie | The Accused | Warren Ford | 1949-01-12 |
Movie | Free For All | Christopher Parker | 1949-11-01 |
Movie | Tell It to the Judge | Pete | 1949-11-18 |
Movie | Let's Live a Little | Duke Crawford | 1948-12-09 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | Sleep, My Love | Bruce Elcott | 1948-02-18 |
Movie | The Lost Moment | Lewis Venable | 1947-11-21 |
Movie | Heaven Only Knows | Michael, aka Mike | 1947-09-12 |
Movie | The Chase | Chuck Scott | 1946-11-16 |
Movie | The Bride Wore Boots | Jeff Warren | 1946-06-05 |
Movie | You Came Along | Maj. Bob Collins | 1945-07-04 |
Movie | Flesh and Fantasy | Michael (segment 1) | 1943-10-29 |
Movie | Princess O'Rourke | Eddie O'Rourke | 1943-10-23 |
Movie | Forever and a Day | Ned | 1943-01-21 |
Movie | Kings Row | Parris Mitchell | 1942-02-02 |
Movie | Between Us Girls | Jimmy Blake | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1942 | Himself (uncredited) | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | Saboteur | Barry Kane | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | It Started with Eve | Jonathan 'Johnny' Reynolds Jr. | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | Moon Over Miami | Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II | 1941-07-04 |
Movie | The Devil and Miss Jones | Joe O'Brien | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Free and Easy | Max Clemington | 1941-02-28 |
Movie | One Night in the Tropics | Steve Harper | 1940-11-15 |
Movie | Spring Parade | Corporal Harry Marten | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Private Affairs | Jimmy Nolan | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | And One Was Beautiful | Ridley Crane | 1940-04-05 |
Movie | The Under-Pup | Dennis Lane | 1939-08-31 |
Movie | Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Harry Loren | 1939-03-24 |
Movie | Rio | Bill Gregory | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Scotty Hamilton | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | Everything Happens at Night | Ken Morgan | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | The Texans | Alan Sanford | 1938-08-12 |
Movie | Touchdown, Army | Cadet Jimmy Howal | 1938-08-04 |
Movie | You and Me | Jim | 1938-06-01 |
Movie | College Swing | Radio Announcer | 1938-04-29 |
Movie | Wells Fargo | Dan Trimball, prospector | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | Sophie Lang Goes West | Curley Griffin | 1937-09-10 |
Movie | Souls at Sea | George Martin | 1937-09-03 |
Movie | The Last Train from Madrid | Juan Ramos | 1937-06-11 |
Movie | Desert Gold | Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer | 1936-03-26 |
Movie | Border Flight | Lt. Bob Dixon | 1936-05-29 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Jay Wallace | 1936-08-20 |
Movie | Lady Be Careful | First Officer | 1936-09-03 |
Movie | The Accusing Finger | Jimmy Ellis | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Hideaway Girl | Mike Winslow | 1936-11-20 |
Movie | Arizona Mahoney | Phillip Randall | 1936-12-04 |
Movie | So Red the Rose | George Pendleton | 1935-12-20 |
Movie | The Virginia Judge | Jim Preston | 1935-09-17 |
Movie | Sons of the Desert | Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited) | 1933-12-29 |
Movie | Seasoned Greetings | The Beau/Husband in 'Sunny Weather' Number (uncredited) | 1933-09-23 |
Movie | The Golden Shower | 'Broadway Al' Campbell | 1919-11-30 |
Movie | The Song of Songs | Phineas Bennett | 1918-02-18 |
Movie | Betsy Ross | Joel Radley | 1917-09-16 |
Movie | The Law of Compensation | Horace Benton | 1917-04-01 |
Movie | Romeo and Juliet | Friar Lawrence | 1916-10-19 |
Movie | Camille | Monsieur Duval | 1915-12-27 |
Movie | The Cub | Capt. White | 1915-07-15 |
Movie | Alias Jimmy Valentine | Doyle | 1915-02-22 |
Movie | The Jungle | Connor | 1914-05-25 |