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Robert Cummings

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1910-06-09

Birth Place

Joplin, Missouri, USA

Movies and TV shows :

And One Was Beautiful

And One Was Beautiful

1940

6.2

Movie
Arizona Mahoney

Arizona Mahoney

1936

6.0

Movie
poster

Arnie

1970

3.0

TV
Beach Party

Beach Party

1963

6.0

Movie
Between Us Girls

Between Us Girls

1942

6.0

Movie
poster

Bewitched

1964

7.9

TV
poster

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.5

TV
Bomber's Moon

Bomber's Moon

1958

0.0

Movie
Border Flight

Border Flight

1936

6.0

Movie
Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1942

1942

6.0

Movie
Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939

6.0

Movie
College Swing

College Swing

1938

6.8

Movie
Desert Gold

Desert Gold

1936

5.4

Movie
Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

1954

8.0

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Disneyland '59

Disneyland '59

1959

6.5

Movie
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

1990

6.0

Movie
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

1955

7.0

Movie
Everything Happens at Night

Everything Happens at Night

1939

4.1

Movie
Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

1967

5.4

Movie
Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy

1943

6.7

Movie
For Heaven's Sake

For Heaven's Sake

1950

6.9

Movie
Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

7.3

Movie
Forgotten Faces

Forgotten Faces

1936

0.0

Movie
Free and Easy

Free and Easy

1941

5.5

Movie
Free For All

Free For All

1949

6.0

Movie
Gala Day at Disneyland

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960

6.0

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Gidget Grows Up

Gidget Grows Up

1969

6.0

Movie
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
poster

Green Acres

1965

7.3

TV
Heaven Only Knows

Heaven Only Knows

1947

6.0

Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960

6.0

Movie
poster

Here's Lucy

1968

6.9

TV
Hideaway Girl

Hideaway Girl

1936

0.0

Movie
Holiday Time at Disneyland

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962

0.0

Movie
Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

2.5

Movie
How To Be Very, Very Popular

How To Be Very, Very Popular

1955

4.7

Movie
I Stand Accused

I Stand Accused

1938

0.0

Movie
It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

1941

7.1

Movie
Kings Row

Kings Row

1942

7.2

Movie
Let's Live a Little

Let's Live a Little

1948

6.3

Movie
poster

Love, American Style

1969

5.8

TV
Lucky Me

Lucky Me

1954

6.7

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Marry Me Again

Marry Me Again

1953

0.0

Movie
Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

1941

6.1

Movie
My Geisha

My Geisha

1962

6.5

Movie
poster

My Hero

1952

0.0

TV
poster

My Living Doll

1964

6.5

TV
One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940

5.6

Movie
Paid in Full

Paid in Full

1950

6.6

Movie
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

1973

2.0

Movie
Princess O'Rourke

Princess O'Rourke

1943

6.4

Movie
Private Affairs

Private Affairs

1940

0.0

Movie
Promise Her Anything

Promise Her Anything

1966

3.3

Movie
Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror

1949

6.9

Movie
Rio

Rio

1939

5.0

Movie
poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.2

TV
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1916

0.0

Movie
Saboteur

Saboteur

1942

6.9

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)

1943

0.0

Movie
Seasoned Greetings

Seasoned Greetings

1933

5.0

Movie
Sleep, My Love

Sleep, My Love

1948

6.4

Movie
So Red the Rose

So Red the Rose

1935

6.0

Movie
Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

1933

7.0

Movie
Sophie Lang Goes West

Sophie Lang Goes West

1937

6.0

Movie
Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea

1937

5.9

Movie
Spring Parade

Spring Parade

1940

6.8

Movie
Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1966

6.0

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge

1949

6.3

Movie
The Accused

The Accused

1949

6.1

Movie
The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger

1936

4.7

Movie
The Barefoot Mailman

The Barefoot Mailman

1951

4.0

Movie
poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

6.9

TV
poster

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

5.8

TV
poster

The Bob Hope Show

1950

7.0

TV
The Bride Wore Boots

The Bride Wore Boots

1946

5.9

Movie
The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

1964

5.8

Movie
The Chase

The Chase

1946

6.2

Movie
poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

7.0

TV
The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

7.7

Movie
poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

5.3

TV
poster

The Elgin Hour

1954

7.0

TV
The First Time

The First Time

1952

6.5

Movie
poster

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

6.8

TV
poster

The Great Adventure

1963

0.0

TV
The Great American Beauty Contest

The Great American Beauty Contest

1973

6.0

Movie
poster

The Hollywood Palace

1964

4.5

TV
The Last Train from Madrid

The Last Train from Madrid

1937

4.6

Movie
The Lost Moment

The Lost Moment

1947

6.5

Movie
poster

The Love Boat

1977

6.3

TV
poster

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

8.5

TV
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
poster

The New Bob Cummings Show

1961

0.0

TV
The Petty Girl

The Petty Girl

1950

4.1

Movie
poster

The Steve Allen Show

1956

5.0

TV
The Texans

The Texans

1938

5.6

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
The Under-Pup

The Under-Pup

1939

6.0

Movie
The Virginia Judge

The Virginia Judge

1935

0.0

Movie
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
Three on a Date

Three on a Date

1978

1.0

Movie
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

7.3

Movie
poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

6.5

TV
Touchdown, Army

Touchdown, Army

1938

0.0

Movie
Twelve Angry Men

Twelve Angry Men

1954

8.1

Movie
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

1937

5.1

Movie
What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964

6.9

Movie
poster

What's My Line?

1950

6.7

TV
You and Me

You and Me

1938

6.7

Movie
You Came Along

You Came Along

1945

7.0

Movie
poster

Your Show of Shows

1950

5.5

TV