Robert Cummings
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Love Boat
Eliott Smith
1977
Series
Bewitched
1964
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Co-Host
1944
Series
Love, American Style
1969
Series
Love, American Style
Grandpa
1969
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Sawyer
1950
Series
The Twilight Zone
James Embry
1959
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
1950
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lt. Charles Gatewood
1956
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Harvey Hines
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Robert Silbey
1963
Series
Studio One
Juror #8
1948
Series
Studio One
George Lumley
1948
Series
Green Acres
Mort Warner
1965
Series
Here's Lucy
Bob Collins
1968
Series
Here's Lucy
Robert Henning
1968
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Love That Bob
1956
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Lux Video Theatre
Wally
1950
Series
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
Series
The Bob Cummings Show
Bob Collins
1955
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
Series
Your Show of Shows
1950
Series
The Great Adventure
Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
1963
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer
1954
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self - Host / Narrator / Self
1954
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
1954
Series
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Robert Cummings
1957
Film
Dial M for Murder
Mark Halliday
1954
Series
Arnie
1970
Series
General Electric Theater
Russ Baker
1953
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Spencer O. Spencer
1951
Film
Stagecoach
Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
1966
Series
My Living Doll
Dr. Robert McDonald
1964
Film
Saboteur
Barry Kane
1942
Film
Princess O'Rourke
Eddie O'Rourke
1943
My Hero
Robert Beanblossom
1952
The Elgin Hour
Jeff Clark
1954
Film
The Carpetbaggers
Dan Pierce
1964
Film
Arizona Mahoney
Phillip Randall
1936
Film
What a Way to Go!
Dr. Victor Stephanson
1964
Film
Wells Fargo
Dan Trimball, prospector
1937
Film
Sons of the Desert
Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
1933
Series
The New Bob Cummings Show
1961
Film
Disneyland Handcrafted
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Jay Wallace
1936
Film
Forgotten Faces
Clinton Faraday
1936
Film
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1990
Film
Touchdown, Army
Cadet Jimmy Howal
1938
Film
You and Me
Jim
1938
Film
Beach Party
Professor Sutwell
1963
Film
The Accused
Warren Ford
1949
Film
Private Affairs
Jimmy Nolan
1940
Film
Five Golden Dragons
Bob Mitchell
1967
Film
Reign of Terror
Charles D'Aubigny
1949
Film
Rio
Bill Gregory
1939
Film
Sleep, My Love
Bruce Elcott
1948
Film
My Geisha
Bob Moore
1962
Film
The Devil and Miss Jones
Joe O'Brien
1941
Film
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
Film
The Great American Beauty Contest
Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
1973
Film
For Heaven's Sake
Jeff Bolton
1950
Film
Flesh and Fantasy
Michael (segment 1)
1943
Film
Kings Row
Parris Mitchell
1942
Film
Hideaway Girl
Mike Winslow
1936
Film
Lucky Me
Dick Carson
1954
Film
One Night in the Tropics
Steve Harper
1940
Film
So Red the Rose
George Pendleton
1935
Film
The Last Train from Madrid
Juan Ramos
1937
Film
Let's Live a Little
Duke Crawford
1948
Film
Spring Parade
Corporal Harry Marten
1940
Film
The Accusing Finger
Jimmy Ellis
1936
Film
The Chase
Chuck Scott
1946
Film
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #8
1954
Millions in the Air
Jimmy
1935
Film
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Harry Loren
1939
Film
Disneyland '59
Self
1959
Film
Forever and a Day
Ned
1943
Film
The Barefoot Mailman
Sylvanus Hurley
1951
Film
The Texans
Alan Sanford
1938
Film
College Swing
Radio Announcer
1938
Film
Marry Me Again
Bill
1953
Film
You Came Along
Maj. Bob Collins
1945
Film
Promise Her Anything
Dr. Philip Brock
1966
Film
It Started with Eve
Johnny Reynolds Jr.
1941
Film
Free and Easy
Max Clemington
1941
Film
Paid in Full
Bill Prentice
1950
Film
Souls at Sea
George Martin
1937
Film
Everything Happens at Night
Ken Morgan
1939
Film
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
1960
Film
The Under-Pup
Dennis Lane
1939
Film
Heaven Only Knows
Michael, aka Mike
1947
Film
The Bride Wore Boots
Jeff Warren
1946
Film
The Lost Moment
Lewis Venable
1947
Film
Three on a Date
Cab Driver
1978
Film
Seasoned Greetings
Husband (uncredited)
1933
Film
Romeo and Juliet
Friar Lawrence
1916
Film
How to Be Very, Very Popular
Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
1955
Film
Tell It to the Judge
Pete Webb
1949
Film
The First Time
Joe Bennett
1952
Film
Partners in Crime
Ralph Elsworth
1973
Film
Between Us Girls
Jimmy Blake
1942
Film
Gidget Grows Up
Russell Lawrence
1969
Film
Border Flight
Lt. Bob Dixon
1936
Film
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
1955
Film
And One Was Beautiful
Ridley Crane
1940
Film
The Petty Girl
George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
1950
Film
Holiday Time at Disneyland
Self
1962
Film
Moon Over Miami
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
1941
Film
I Stand Accused
Frederick A. Davis
1938
Film
Desert Gold
Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
1936
Film
Free For All
Christopher Parker
1949
Film
The Virginia Judge
Jim Preston
1935
Film
Sophie Lang Goes West
Curley Griffin
1937
Film
Bomber's Moon
Colonel Culver
1958
Film
Gala Day at Disneyland
Self
1960
Film
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Scotty Hamilton
1939
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
Himself
1943