
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.
52Credits22 TV · 30 films
1933–1977Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedThe New Bob Cummings Show
7.4 Average ratingacross 52 titles
Top TV shows 22best Robert Cummings shows
- 1
The New Bob Cummings Show22 eps · 1961 - 2
The Great AdventureDr. Benjamin Waterhouse · 1 ep · 1963 - 3
The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourRobert Cummings · 1 ep · 1957 - 4
The Twilight ZoneJames Embry · 1 ep · 1959 - 5
Bewitched1 ep · 1964 - 6
Your Show of Shows2 eps · 1950 - 7
My Living DollDr. Robert McDonald · 26 eps · 1964 - 8
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 ep · 1951 - 9
Green AcresMort Warner · 1 ep · 1965 - 10
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1 ep · 1950 - 11My HeroRobert Beanblossom · 33 eps · 1952
- 12The Elgin HourJeff Clark · 1 ep · 1954
- 13
General Electric TheaterRuss Baker · 1 ep · 1953 - 14Lux Video TheatreWally · 1 ep · 1950
- 15
Here's LucyBob Collins · 1 ep · 1968 - 16
The Love BoatEliott Smith · 1 ep · 1977 - 17
The Bob Cummings ShowBob Collins · 173 eps · 1955 - 18
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreLt. Charles Gatewood · 1 ep · 1956 - 19
Love, American Style1 ep · 1969 - 20
Robert Montgomery Presents1 ep · 1950 - 21
Studio OneJuror #8 · 1 ep · 1948 - 22
Arnie1 ep · 1970
Top movies 30best Robert Cummings movies
- 1Millions in the AirJimmy · 1935
- 2
The Virginia JudgeJim Preston · 1935 - 3
I Stand AccusedFrederick A. Davis · 1938 - 4
Dial M for MurderMark Halliday · 1954 · Thriller - 5
Marry Me AgainBill · 1953 - 6
Charlie McCarthy, DetectiveScotty Hamilton · 1939 - 7
Sophie Lang Goes WestCurley Griffin · 1937 - 8
Twelve Angry MenJuror #8 · 1954 - 9
The Devil and Miss JonesJoe O'Brien · 1941 - 10
So Red the RoseGeorge Pendleton · 1935 - 11
Forever and a DayNed · 1943 - 12
The First TimeJoe Bennett · 1952 - 13
Between Us GirlsJimmy Blake · 1942 - 14
Touchdown, ArmyCadet Jimmy Howal · 1938 - 15
You Came AlongMaj. Bob Collins · 1945 - 16
Kings RowParris Mitchell · 1942 - 17
Three Smart Girls Grow UpHarry Loren · 1939 - 18
It Started with EveJohnny Reynolds Jr. · 1941 - 19
What a Way to Go!Dr. Victor Stephanson · 1964 - 20
Sons of the DesertSteamship Announcement Witness (uncredited) · 1933 - 21
Flesh and FantasyMichael (segment 1) · 1943 - 22
For Heaven's SakeJeff Bolton · 1950 - 23
Let's Live a LittleDuke Crawford · 1948 - 24
The Under-PupDennis Lane · 1939 - 25
Private AffairsJimmy Nolan · 1940 - 26
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast1955 - 27
Hideaway GirlMike Winslow · 1936 - 28
Spring ParadeCorporal Harry Marten · 1940 - 29
SaboteurBarry Kane · 1942 - 30
Paid in FullBill Prentice · 1950