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's 35th Anniversary Special | Self | 1990-07-01 |
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Three on a Date | Cab Driver | 1978-02-17 |
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Partners in Crime | Ralph Elsworth | 1973-03-24 |
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The Great American Beauty Contest | Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings) | 1973-02-13 |
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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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Stagecoach | Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings) | 1966-04-21 |
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Promise Her Anything | Dr. Philip Brock | 1966-02-22 |
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The Carpetbaggers | Dan Pierce | 1964-04-08 |
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What a Way to Go! | Dr. Victor Stephanson | 1964-07-31 |
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Beach Party | Professor Sutwell | 1963-08-07 |
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Holiday Time at Disneyland | Self | 1962-12-23 |
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My Geisha | Bob Moore | 1962-03-09 |
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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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How To Be Very, Very Popular | Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood | 1955-07-22 |
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Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast | 1955-07-17 | |
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Dial M for Murder | Mark Halliday | 1954-05-29 |
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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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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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The Petty Girl | George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp | 1950-08-17 |
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For Heaven's Sake | Jeff Bolton | 1950-12-15 |
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Paid in Full | Bill Prentice | 1950-02-15 |
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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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Free For All | Christopher Parker | 1949-11-01 |
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Let's Live a Little | Duke Crawford | 1948-12-09 |
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Sleep, My Love | Bruce Elcott | 1948-02-18 |
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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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Forever and a Day | Ned | 1943-01-21 |
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Princess O'Rourke | Eddie O'Rourke | 1943-10-23 |
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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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Kings Row | Parris Mitchell | 1942-02-02 |
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Saboteur | Barry Kane | 1942-04-24 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Between Us Girls | Jimmy Blake | 1942-09-04 |
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It Started with Eve | Johnny Reynolds Jr. | 1941-09-26 |
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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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Moon Over Miami | Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II | 1941-07-04 |
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Private Affairs | Jimmy Nolan | 1940-07-05 |
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And One Was Beautiful | Ridley Crane | 1940-04-05 |
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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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The Under-Pup | Dennis Lane | 1939-08-31 |
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Harry Loren | 1939-03-24 |
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Everything Happens at Night | Ken Morgan | 1939-12-22 |
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Scotty Hamilton | 1939-12-22 |
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Touchdown, Army | Cadet Jimmy Howal | 1938-08-04 |
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The Texans | Alan Sanford | 1938-08-12 |
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I Stand Accused | Frederick A. Davis | 1938-10-29 |
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You and Me | Jim | 1938-06-01 |
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College Swing | Radio Announcer | 1938-04-29 |
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Wells Fargo | Dan Trimball, prospector | 1937-12-31 |
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Sophie Lang Goes West | Curley Griffin | 1937-09-10 |
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Souls at Sea | George Martin | 1937-09-03 |
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The Last Train from Madrid | Juan Ramos | 1937-06-25 |
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Forgotten Faces | Clinton Faraday | 1936-05-15 |
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Hideaway Girl | Mike Winslow | 1936-11-20 |
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Arizona Mahoney | Phillip Randall | 1936-12-04 |
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The Accusing Finger | Jimmy Ellis | 1936-11-17 |
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Desert Gold | Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer | 1936-03-26 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Jay Wallace | 1936-08-20 |
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Border Flight | Lt. Bob Dixon | 1936-05-29 |
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Millions in the Air | Jimmy | 1935-12-12 |
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The Virginia Judge | Jim Preston | 1935-09-17 |
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So Red the Rose | George Pendleton | 1935-12-20 |
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Seasoned Greetings | Husband (uncredited) | 1933-09-23 |
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Sons of the Desert | Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited) | 1933-12-29 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Friar Lawrence | 1916-10-19 |
