Robert Cummings
Born
June 9, 1910
Died
December 2, 1990 (80 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Self
1990
Three on a Date
Cab Driver
1978
The Love Boat
Eliott Smith · (1 episode)
1977
Partners in Crime
Ralph Elsworth
1973
The Great American Beauty Contest
Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
1973
Arnie
(1 episode)
1970
Gidget Grows Up
Russell Lawrence
1969
Love, American Style
(1 episode)
1969
Love, American Style
Grandpa · (1 episode)
1969
Here's Lucy
Bob Collins · (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy
Robert Henning · (1 episode)
1968
Five Golden Dragons
Bob Mitchell
1967
Stagecoach
Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
1966
Promise Her Anything
Dr. Philip Brock
1966
Green Acres
Mort Warner · (1 episode)
1965
My Living Doll
Dr. Robert McDonald · (26 episodes)
1964
Bewitched
(1 episode)
1964
What a Way to Go!
Dr. Victor Stephanson
1964
The Carpetbaggers
Dan Pierce
1964
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Harvey Hines · (1 episode)
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Robert Silbey · (1 episode)
1963
The Great Adventure
Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse · (1 episode)
1963
Beach Party
Professor Sutwell
1963
Holiday Time at Disneyland
Self
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Self · (1 episode)
1962
My Geisha
Bob Moore
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
1961
The New Bob Cummings Show
(22 episodes)
1961
Gala Day at Disneyland
Self
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
1960
The Twilight Zone
James Embry · (1 episode)
1959
Disneyland '59
Self
1959
Bomber's Moon
Colonel Culver
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Robert Cummings · (1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lt. Charles Gatewood · (1 episode)
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Love That Bob · (1 episode)
1956
How To Be Very, Very Popular
Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
1955
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
1955
The Bob Cummings Show
Bob Collins · (173 episodes)
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer · (1 episode)
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self - Host / Narrator / Self · (1 episode)
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self · (2 episodes)
1954
The Elgin Hour
Jeff Clark · (1 episode)
1954
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #8
1954
Dial M for Murder
Mark Halliday
1954
Lucky Me
Dick Carson
1954
Marry Me Again
Bill
1953
General Electric Theater
Russ Baker · (1 episode)
1953
My Hero
Robert Beanblossom · (33 episodes)
1952
The First Time
Joe Bennett
1952
The Barefoot Mailman
Sylvanus Hurley
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Spencer O. Spencer · (1 episode)
1951
For Heaven's Sake
Jeff Bolton
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
(1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Wally · (1 episode)
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (3 episodes)
1950
The Petty Girl
George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self · (1 episode)
1950
Your Show of Shows
(2 episodes)
1950
Paid in Full
Bill Prentice
1950
What's My Line?
Self · (5 episodes)
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Sawyer · (1 episode)
1950
Tell It to the Judge
Pete Webb
1949
Free For All
Christopher Parker
1949
Reign of Terror
Charles D'Aubigny
1949
The Accused
Warren Ford
1949
Let's Live a Little
Duke Crawford
1948
Studio One
Juror #8 · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
George Lumley · (1 episode)
1948
Sleep, My Love
Bruce Elcott
1948
The Lost Moment
Lewis Venable
1947
Heaven Only Knows
Michael, aka Mike
1947
The Chase
Chuck Scott
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
Jeff Warren
1946
You Came Along
Maj. Bob Collins
1945
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
1944
Flesh and Fantasy
Michael (segment 1)
1943
Princess O'Rourke
Eddie O'Rourke
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
Himself
1943
Forever and a Day
Ned
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
Between Us Girls
Jimmy Blake
1942
Saboteur
Barry Kane
1942
Kings Row
Parris Mitchell
1942
It Started with Eve
Johnny Reynolds Jr.
1941
Moon Over Miami
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
Joe O'Brien
1941
Free and Easy
Max Clemington
1941
One Night in the Tropics
Steve Harper
1940
Spring Parade
Corporal Harry Marten
1940
Private Affairs
Jimmy Nolan
1940
And One Was Beautiful
Ridley Crane
1940
Everything Happens at Night
Ken Morgan
1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Scotty Hamilton
1939
Rio
Bill Gregory
1939
The Under-Pup
Dennis Lane
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Harry Loren
1939
I Stand Accused
Frederick A. Davis
1938
The Texans
Alan Sanford
1938
Touchdown, Army
Cadet Jimmy Howal
1938
You and Me
Jim
1938
College Swing
Radio Announcer
1938
Wells Fargo
Dan Trimball, prospector
1937
Sophie Lang Goes West
Curley Griffin
1937
Souls at Sea
George Martin
1937
The Last Train from Madrid
Juan Ramos
1937
Arizona Mahoney
Phillip Randall
1936
Hideaway Girl
Mike Winslow
1936
The Accusing Finger
Jimmy Ellis
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Jay Wallace
1936
Border Flight
Lt. Bob Dixon
1936
Forgotten Faces
Clinton Faraday
1936
Desert Gold
Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
1936
So Red the Rose
George Pendleton
1935
Millions in the Air
Jimmy
1935
The Virginia Judge
Jim Preston
1935
Sons of the Desert
Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
1933
Seasoned Greetings
Husband (uncredited)
1933
Romeo and Juliet
Friar Lawrence
1916