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