Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Date of Birth:

Jun 09, 1910

Place of Birth:

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.

filmography:

Holiday Time at Disneyland Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962

The Great American Beauty Contest The Great American Beauty Contest

1973

Free For All Free For All

1949

I Stand Accused I Stand Accused

1938

Sons of the Desert Sons of the Desert

1933

Seasoned Greetings Seasoned Greetings

1933

How To Be Very, Very Popular How To Be Very, Very Popular

1955

Arizona Mahoney Arizona Mahoney

1936

The Under-Pup The Under-Pup

1939

Let's Live a Little Let's Live a Little

1948

The Barefoot Mailman The Barefoot Mailman

1951

Tell It to the Judge Tell It to the Judge

1949

Spring Parade Spring Parade

1940

The First Time The First Time

1952

The Last Train from Madrid The Last Train from Madrid

1937

Charlie McCarthy, Detective Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939

Bomber's Moon Bomber's Moon

1958

You Came Along You Came Along

1945

So Red the Rose So Red the Rose

1935

Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood Boulevard

1936

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

1990

Private Affairs Private Affairs

1940

Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

1955

Disneyland '59 Disneyland '59

1959

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3) Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)

1943

Forgotten Faces Forgotten Faces

1936

Breakdowns of 1942 Breakdowns of 1942

1942

Partners in Crime Partners in Crime

1973

Gala Day at Disneyland Gala Day at Disneyland

1960

Hideaway Girl Hideaway Girl

1936

Twelve Angry Men Twelve Angry Men

1954

Free and Easy Free and Easy

1941

Touchdown, Army Touchdown, Army

1938

Between Us Girls Between Us Girls

1942

Forever and a Day Forever and a Day

1943

The Virginia Judge The Virginia Judge

1935

Border Flight Border Flight

1936

Marry Me Again Marry Me Again

1953

Gidget Grows Up Gidget Grows Up

1969

The Bride Wore Boots The Bride Wore Boots

1946

The Accused The Accused

1949

One Night in the Tropics One Night in the Tropics

1940

The Chase The Chase

1946

Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet

1916

The Carpetbaggers The Carpetbaggers

1964

My Geisha My Geisha

1962

The Devil and Miss Jones The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

Moon Over Miami Moon Over Miami

1941

Souls at Sea Souls at Sea

1937

Rio Rio

1939

Reign of Terror Reign of Terror

1949

What a Way to Go! What a Way to Go!

1964

Three on a Date Three on a Date

1978

Sophie Lang Goes West Sophie Lang Goes West

1937

Saboteur Saboteur

1942

Princess O'Rourke Princess O'Rourke

1943

Lucky Me Lucky Me

1954

Beach Party Beach Party

1963

It Started with Eve It Started with Eve

1941

Three Smart Girls Grow Up Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

Paid in Full Paid in Full

1950

Everything Happens at Night Everything Happens at Night

1939

The Petty Girl The Petty Girl

1950

Wells Fargo Wells Fargo

1937

College Swing College Swing

1938

Flesh and Fantasy Flesh and Fantasy

1943

Desert Gold Desert Gold

1936

And One Was Beautiful And One Was Beautiful

1940

You and Me You and Me

1938

The Accusing Finger The Accusing Finger

1936

The Texans The Texans

1938

Kings Row Kings Row

1942

The Lost Moment The Lost Moment

1947

Stagecoach Stagecoach

1966

Sleep, My Love Sleep, My Love

1948

Five Golden Dragons Five Golden Dragons

1967

For Heaven's Sake For Heaven's Sake

1950

Heaven Only Knows Heaven Only Knows

1947

Promise Her Anything Promise Her Anything

1966

Dial M for Murder Dial M for Murder

1954

Show more

Comments