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Robert Cummings
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born June 9, 1910Died December 2, 1990 (80 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2005 | Paul Henning & The Hillbillies · as Bob Collins |
| 2001 | I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special · as Cast |
| 1978 | Three on a Date · as Cab Driver |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Eliott Smith |
| 1973 | The Great American Beauty Contest · as Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings) |
| 1971 | The Good Life (1971) (TV Series) · as Wedemeyer |
| 1970 | Arnie (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Gidget Grows Up · as Russell Lawrence |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Grandpa |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides (TV Series) · as Jack Crosse |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Bob Collins |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) · as Father Walter Larson |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons · as Bob Mitchell |
| 1966 | Stagecoach · as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings) |
| 1966 | Promise Her Anything · as Dr. Philip Brock |
| 1965 | Green Acres (TV Series) · as Mort Warner |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers · as Dan Pierce |
| 1964 | My Living Doll (TV Series) · as Dr. Robert Mcdonald |
| 1964 | Bewitched (TV Series) |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! · as Dr. Victor Stephanson |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Harvey Hines |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse |
| 1963 | Beach Party · as Professor Sutwell |
| 1962 | My Geisha · as Bob Moore |
| 1961 | The New Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as J.f. Kelly |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Alabama |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as James Embry |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Lt. Charles Gatewood |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Colonel Culver |
| 1955 | How to Be Very, Very Popular · as Fillmore 'wedge' Wedgewood |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Bob Collins |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Jeff Clark |
| 1954 | Twelve Angry Men · as Juror #8 |
| 1954 | Lucky Me · as Dick Carson |
| 1954 | Dial M for Murder · as Mark Halliday |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Russ Baker |
| 1952 | My Hero (1952) (TV Series) · as Robert Beanblossom |
| 1952 | The First Time · as Joe Bennett |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman · as Sylvanus Hurley |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Spencer O. Spencer |
| 1950 | For Heaven's Sake · as Jeff Bolton |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Wally |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl · as George Petty, Aka Andrew 'andy' Tapp |
| 1950 | Paid in Full · as Bill Prentice |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows (TV Series) |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Sawyer |
| 1949 | Free for All · as Christopher Parker |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge · as Pete Webb |
| 1949 | Reign of Terror · as Charles D'aubigny |
| 1949 | The Accused · as Warren Ford |
| 1948 | Let's Live a Little · as Duke Crawford |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as George Lumley |
| 1948 | Sleep, My Love · as Bruce Elcott |
| 1947 | The Lost Moment · as Lewis Venable |
| 1947 | Heaven Only Knows · as Michael, Aka Mike |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots · as Jeff Warren |
| 1945 | You Came Along · as Maj. Bob Collins |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy · as Michael (segment 1) |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke · as Eddie O'rourke |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day · as Ned |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls · as Jimmy Blake |
| 1942 | Saboteur · as Barry Kane |
| 1942 | Kings Row · as Parris Mitchell |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve · as Johnny Reynolds Jr. |
| 1941 | Moon Over Miami · as Jeffrey 'jeff' Boulton Ii |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones · as Joe O'brien |
| 1941 | Free and Easy · as Max Clemington |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics · as Steve Harper |
| 1940 | Spring Parade · as Corporal Harry Marten |
| 1940 | Private Affairs · as Jimmy Nolan |
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful · as Ridley Crane |
| 1939 | Everything Happens at Night · as Ken Morgan |
| 1939 | Charlie McCarthy, Detective · as Scotty Hamilton |
| 1939 | Rio · as Bill Gregory |
| 1939 | The Under-Pup · as Dennis Lane |
| 1939 | Three Smart Girls Grow Up · as Harry Loren |
| 1938 | The Texans · as Alan Sanford |
| 1938 | You and Me · as Jim |
| 1938 | College Swing · as Radio Announcer |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo · as Dan Trimball, Prospector |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea · as George Martin |
| 1937 | The Last Train from Madrid · as Juan Ramos |
| 1936 | Arizona Mahoney · as Phillip Randall |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger · as Jimmy Ellis |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard · as Jay Wallace |
| 1936 | Desert Gold · as Fordyce 'ford' Mortimer |
| 1935 | So Red the Rose · as George Pendleton |
| 1933 | Sons of the Desert · as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Seasoned Greetings · as Husband (uncredited) |