1910-06-09 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.
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Disneyland Handcrafted | Self (archive footage) | 2026-01-22 |
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Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1990-07-01 |
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Three on a Date | Cab Driver | 1978-02-17 |
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The Great American Beauty Contest | Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings) | 1973-02-13 |
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Partners in Crime | Ralph Elsworth | 1973-03-24 |
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Gidget Grows Up | Russell Lawrence | 1969-12-30 |
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Five Golden Dragons | Bob Mitchell | 1967-08-03 |
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Promise Her Anything | Dr. Philip Brock | 1966-02-22 |
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Stagecoach | Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings) | 1966-04-21 |
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What a Way to Go! | Dr. Victor Stephanson | 1964-07-02 |
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The Carpetbaggers | Dan Pierce | 1964-04-08 |
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Beach Party | Professor Sutwell | 1963-08-07 |
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My Geisha | Bob Moore | 1962-03-09 |
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Holiday Time at Disneyland | Self | 1962-12-23 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
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Gala Day at Disneyland | Self | 1960-01-21 |
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Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
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Bomber's Moon | Colonel Culver | 1958-08-07 |
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Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast | 1955-07-17 | |
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How to Be Very, Very Popular | Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood | 1955-07-22 |
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Lucky Me | Dick Carson | 1954-04-09 |
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Twelve Angry Men | Juror #8 | 1954-09-20 |
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Dial M for Murder | Mark Halliday | 1954-05-29 |
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Marry Me Again | Bill | 1953-09-22 |
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The First Time | Joe Bennett | 1952-01-31 |
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The Barefoot Mailman | Sylvanus Hurley | 1951-12-03 |
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For Heaven's Sake | Jeff Bolton | 1950-12-15 |
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The Petty Girl | George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp | 1950-08-17 |
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Paid in Full | Bill Prentice | 1950-02-15 |
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Free For All | Christopher Parker | 1949-11-01 |
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Tell It to the Judge | Pete Webb | 1949-11-18 |
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The Accused | Warren Ford | 1949-01-12 |
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Reign of Terror | Charles D'Aubigny | 1949-10-15 |
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Sleep, My Love | Bruce Elcott | 1948-02-18 |
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Let's Live a Little | Duke Crawford | 1948-12-09 |
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Heaven Only Knows | Michael, aka Mike | 1947-09-12 |
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The Lost Moment | Lewis Venable | 1947-11-21 |
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The Bride Wore Boots | Jeff Warren | 1946-06-05 |
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The Chase | Chuck Scott | 1946-11-16 |
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You Came Along | Maj. Bob Collins | 1945-07-04 |
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Princess O'Rourke | Eddie O'Rourke | 1943-10-23 |
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Forever and a Day | Ned | 1943-01-21 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3) | Himself | 1943-09-28 |
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Flesh and Fantasy | Michael (segment 1) | 1943-10-29 |
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Between Us Girls | Jimmy Blake | 1942-09-04 |
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Kings Row | Parris Mitchell | 1942-02-02 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Saboteur | Barry Kane | 1942-04-22 |
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Moon Over Miami | Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II | 1941-07-04 |
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Free and Easy | Max Clemington | 1941-02-28 |
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The Devil and Miss Jones | Joe O'Brien | 1941-04-11 |
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It Started with Eve | Johnny Reynolds Jr. | 1941-09-26 |
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And One Was Beautiful | Ridley Crane | 1940-04-05 |
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Private Affairs | Jimmy Nolan | 1940-07-05 |
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One Night in the Tropics | Steve Harper | 1940-11-15 |
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Spring Parade | Corporal Harry Marten | 1940-09-27 |
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Rio | Bill Gregory | 1939-09-29 |
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Everything Happens at Night | Ken Morgan | 1939-12-22 |
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Harry Loren | 1939-03-24 |
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Scotty Hamilton | 1939-12-22 |
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The Under-Pup | Dennis Lane | 1939-08-31 |
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I Stand Accused | Frederick A. Davis | 1938-10-29 |
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The Texans | Alan Sanford | 1938-08-12 |
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Touchdown, Army | Cadet Jimmy Howal | 1938-08-04 |
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College Swing | Radio Announcer | 1938-04-29 |
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You and Me | Jim | 1938-06-01 |
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The Last Train from Madrid | Juan Ramos | 1937-06-25 |
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Sophie Lang Goes West | Curley Griffin | 1937-09-10 |
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Wells Fargo | Dan Trimball, prospector | 1937-12-31 |
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Souls at Sea | George Martin | 1937-09-03 |
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Hideaway Girl | Mike Winslow | 1936-11-20 |
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Border Flight | Lt. Bob Dixon | 1936-05-29 |
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Forgotten Faces | Clinton Faraday | 1936-05-15 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Jay Wallace | 1936-08-20 |
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Desert Gold | Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer | 1936-03-26 |
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The Accusing Finger | Jimmy Ellis | 1936-11-17 |
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Arizona Mahoney | Phillip Randall | 1936-12-04 |
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Millions in the Air | Jimmy | 1935-12-12 |
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So Red the Rose | George Pendleton | 1935-12-20 |
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The Virginia Judge | Jim Preston | 1935-09-17 |
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Sons of the Desert | Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited) | 1933-12-29 |
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Seasoned Greetings | Husband (uncredited) | 1933-09-23 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Friar Lawrence | 1916-10-19 |
