Robert Cummings
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.
Known for
Acting117
movieDisneyland Handcrafted
2026
Self (archive footage)
movieThree on a Date
1978
Cab Driver
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Eliott Smith
moviePartners in Crime
1973
Ralph Elsworth
movieThe Great American Beauty Contest
1973
Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
movieGidget Grows Up
1969
Russell Lawrence
tvLove, American Style
1969
Grandpa
tvHere's Lucy
1968
Bob Collins / Robert Henning
movieFive Golden Dragons
1967
Bob Mitchell
movieStagecoach
1966
Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
moviePromise Her Anything
1966
Dr. Philip Brock
tvGreen Acres
1965
Mort Warner
tvMy Living Doll
1964
Dr. Robert McDonald
movieWhat a Way to Go!
1964
Dr. Victor Stephanson
movieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
Dan Pierce
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Harvey Hines / Robert Silbey
tvThe Great Adventure
1963
Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
movieBeach Party
1963
Professor Sutwell
movieMy Geisha
1962
Bob Moore
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Co-Host
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
James Embry
movieBomber's Moon
1958
Colonel Culver
tvThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Robert Cummings
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Lt. Charles Gatewood
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956
Self - Guest / Self - Love That Bob
movieHow to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
tvThe Bob Cummings Show
1955
Bob Collins
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer / Self - Host / Narrator / Self / Self
The Elgin Hour
1954
Jeff Clark
movieTwelve Angry Men
1954
Juror #8
movieDial M for Murder
1954
Mark Halliday
movieLucky Me
1954
Dick Carson
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Russ Baker
My Hero
1952
Robert Beanblossom
movieThe First Time
1952
Joe Bennett
movieThe Barefoot Mailman
1951
Sylvanus Hurley
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Spencer O. Spencer
movieFor Heaven's Sake
1950
Jeff Bolton
movieThe Petty Girl
1950
George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
moviePaid in Full
1950
Bill Prentice
tvWhat's My Line?
1950
Self / Self - Panelist
movieTell It to the Judge
1949
Pete Webb
movieFree For All
1949
Christopher Parker
movieReign of Terror
1949
Charles D'Aubigny
movieThe Accused
1949
Warren Ford
movieLet's Live a Little
1948
Duke Crawford
tvStudio One
1948
Juror #8 / George Lumley
movieSleep, My Love
1948
Bruce Elcott
movieThe Lost Moment
1947
Lewis Venable
movieHeaven Only Knows
1947
Michael, aka Mike
movieThe Chase
1946
Chuck Scott
movieThe Bride Wore Boots
1946
Jeff Warren
movieYou Came Along
1945
Maj. Bob Collins
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Co-Host
movieFlesh and Fantasy
1943
Michael (segment 1)
moviePrincess O'Rourke
1943
Eddie O'Rourke
movieBetween Us Girls
1942
Jimmy Blake
movieSaboteur
1942
Barry Kane
movieKings Row
1942
Parris Mitchell
movieIt Started with Eve
1941
Johnny Reynolds Jr.
movieMoon Over Miami
1941
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
movieThe Devil and Miss Jones
1941
Joe O'Brien
movieFree and Easy
1941
Max Clemington
movieOne Night in the Tropics
1940
Steve Harper
movieSpring Parade
1940
Corporal Harry Marten
moviePrivate Affairs
1940
Jimmy Nolan
movieAnd One Was Beautiful
1940
Ridley Crane
movieEverything Happens at Night
1939
Ken Morgan
movieCharlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Scotty Hamilton
movieRio
1939
Bill Gregory
movieThe Under-Pup
1939
Dennis Lane
movieThree Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
Harry Loren
movieI Stand Accused
1938
Frederick A. Davis
movieThe Texans
1938
Alan Sanford
movieTouchdown, Army
1938
Cadet Jimmy Howal
movieCollege Swing
1938
Radio Announcer
movieWells Fargo
1937
Dan Trimball, prospector
movieSophie Lang Goes West
1937
Curley Griffin
movieSouls at Sea
1937
George Martin
movieThe Last Train from Madrid
1937
Juan Ramos
movieArizona Mahoney
1936
Phillip Randall
movieHideaway Girl
1936
Mike Winslow
movieThe Accusing Finger
1936
Jimmy Ellis
movieHollywood Boulevard
1936
Jay Wallace
movieBorder Flight
1936
Lt. Bob Dixon
movieForgotten Faces
1936
Clinton Faraday
movieDesert Gold
1936
Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
movieSo Red the Rose
1935
George Pendleton
movieThe Virginia Judge
1935
Jim Preston
movieSons of the Desert
1933
Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
movieSeasoned Greetings
1933
Husband (uncredited)
movieRomeo and Juliet
1916
Friar Lawrence
Writing2
My Hero
1952
Writer
movieThe Tracking of a Russian Spy
Screenplay
Directing1
tvThe Bob Cummings Show
1955
Director
Sound1
movieMy Geisha
1962
Songs