Robert Cummings
Acting
117 titles
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.
Filmography
Disneyland Handcrafted
2026
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
Three on a Date
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Partners in Crime
1973
The Great American Beauty Contest
1973
Arnie
1970
Gidget Grows Up
1969
Love, American Style
1969
Here's Lucy
1968
Five Golden Dragons
1967
Stagecoach
1966
Promise Her Anything
1966
Green Acres
1965
My Living Doll
1964
Bewitched
1964
What a Way to Go!
1964
The Carpetbaggers
1964
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Great Adventure
1963
Beach Party
1963
Holiday Time at Disneyland
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
My Geisha
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The New Bob Cummings Show
1961
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
Disneyland '59
1959
Bomber's Moon
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
1955
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Elgin Hour
1954
Twelve Angry Men
1954
Dial M for Murder
1954
Lucky Me
1954
Marry Me Again
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
My Hero
1952
The First Time
1952
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
For Heaven's Sake
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Petty Girl
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Your Show of Shows
1950
Paid in Full
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Tell It to the Judge
1949
Free For All
1949
Reign of Terror
1949
The Accused
1949
Let's Live a Little
1948
Studio One
1948
Sleep, My Love
1948
The Lost Moment
1947
Heaven Only Knows
1947
The Chase
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
You Came Along
1945
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
Princess O'Rourke
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
1943
Forever and a Day
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
Between Us Girls
1942
Saboteur
1942
Kings Row
1942
It Started with Eve
1941
Moon Over Miami
1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
Free and Easy
1941
One Night in the Tropics
1940
Spring Parade
1940
Private Affairs
1940
And One Was Beautiful
1940
Everything Happens at Night
1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Rio
1939
The Under-Pup
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
I Stand Accused
1938
The Texans
1938
Touchdown, Army
1938
You and Me
1938
College Swing
1938
Wells Fargo
1937
Sophie Lang Goes West
1937
Souls at Sea
1937
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
Arizona Mahoney
1936
Hideaway Girl
1936
The Accusing Finger
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Border Flight
1936
Forgotten Faces
1936
Desert Gold
1936
So Red the Rose
1935
Millions in the Air
1935
The Virginia Judge
1935
Sons of the Desert
1933
Seasoned Greetings
1933
Romeo and Juliet
1916