Robert Cummings

ActorSoundDirectorWriter Jun 9 (died age 80) Joplin, Missouri, USA 1916–1990 (74 year career)

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Biography

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. Cummin…

Known For

Film

Dial M for Murder

Mark Halliday

Film

Saboteur

Barry Kane

Film

Sons of the Desert

Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)

Film

What a Way to Go!

Dr. Victor Stephanson

Film

The Devil and Miss Jones

Joe O'Brien

Film

Twelve Angry Men

Juror #8

Film

Kings Row

Parris Mitchell

Film

Reign of Terror

Charles D'Aubigny

Filmography

Acting (116)

Movies (82)

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

as Self

Three on a Date

as Cab Driver

The Great American Beauty Contest

1973

as Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)

Partners in Crime

as Ralph Elsworth

Gidget Grows Up

as Russell Lawrence

Five Golden Dragons

as Bob Mitchell

Stagecoach

as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)

Promise Her Anything

as Dr. Philip Brock

What a Way to Go!

as Dr. Victor Stephanson

The Carpetbaggers

as Dan Pierce

Beach Party

as Professor Sutwell

My Geisha

as Bob Moore

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962

as Self

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960

as Self

6.0

Gala Day at Disneyland

as Self

Disneyland '59

as Self

Bomber's Moon

as Colonel Culver

Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

1955

7.0

How to Be Very, Very Popular

1955

as Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood

Dial M for Murder

as Mark Halliday

Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #8

Lucky Me

as Dick Carson

Marry Me Again

as Bill

The First Time

as Joe Bennett

The Barefoot Mailman

as Sylvanus Hurley

Paid in Full

as Bill Prentice

For Heaven's Sake

as Jeff Bolton

The Petty Girl

as George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp

Reign of Terror

as Charles D'Aubigny

The Accused

as Warren Ford

Free For All

as Christopher Parker

Tell It to the Judge

as Pete Webb

Sleep, My Love

as Bruce Elcott

Let's Live a Little

as Duke Crawford

The Lost Moment

as Lewis Venable

Heaven Only Knows

as Michael, aka Mike

The Chase

as Chuck Scott

The Bride Wore Boots

as Jeff Warren

You Came Along

as Maj. Bob Collins

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)

1943

as Himself

Flesh and Fantasy

1943

as Michael (segment 1)

Forever and a Day

as Ned

Princess O'Rourke

as Eddie O'Rourke

Saboteur

as Barry Kane

Kings Row

as Parris Mitchell

Between Us Girls

as Jimmy Blake

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

The Devil and Miss Jones

as Joe O'Brien

Free and Easy

as Max Clemington

It Started with Eve

as Johnny Reynolds Jr.

7.2

Moon Over Miami

1941

as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II

6.1

And One Was Beautiful

1940

as Ridley Crane

6.2

Spring Parade

1940

as Corporal Harry Marten

6.7

One Night in the Tropics

1940

as Steve Harper

5.6

Private Affairs

1940

as Jimmy Nolan

Rio

1939

as Bill Gregory

4.9

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Scotty Hamilton

The Under-Pup

as Dennis Lane

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

as Harry Loren

7.1

Everything Happens at Night

as Ken Morgan

Touchdown, Army

as Cadet Jimmy Howal

College Swing

as Radio Announcer

The Texans

as Alan Sanford

You and Me

as Jim

I Stand Accused

as Frederick A. Davis

Sophie Lang Goes West

as Curley Griffin

Souls at Sea

as George Martin

Wells Fargo

as Dan Trimball, prospector

5.2

The Last Train from Madrid

as Juan Ramos

Border Flight

as Lt. Bob Dixon

Hideaway Girl

as Mike Winslow

Desert Gold

1936

as Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer

The Accusing Finger

as Jimmy Ellis

Hollywood Boulevard

as Jay Wallace

Forgotten Faces

as Clinton Faraday

Arizona Mahoney

as Phillip Randall

So Red the Rose

as George Pendleton

The Virginia Judge

as Jim Preston

Millions in the Air

1935

as Jimmy

Seasoned Greetings

1933

as Husband (uncredited)

5.0

Sons of the Desert

1933

as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)

7.1

Romeo and Juliet

1916

as Friar Lawrence

Television (34)

The Love Boat

as Eliott Smith

Arnie

Love, American Style

Here's Lucy

as Bob Collins

Green Acres

as Mort Warner

Bewitched

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

My Living Doll

as Dr. Robert McDonald

6.5

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Harvey Hines

5.7

The Great Adventure

1963

as Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

as Self

6.9

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self - Co-Host

5.4

The New Bob Cummings Show

1961

The Twilight Zone

1959

as James Embry

8.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Robert Cummings

8.6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Lt. Charles Gatewood

6.0

The Steve Allen Show

1956

as Self - Guest

5.6

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

as Bob Collins

6.1

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Self

The Elgin Hour

as Jeff Clark

General Electric Theater

1953

as Russ Baker

6.4

My Hero

1952

as Robert Beanblossom

7.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Your Show of Shows

Lux Video Theatre

as Wally

Studio One

as Juror #8

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Co-Host

Crew (4)

Movies (2)

My Geisha

1962

Songs

6.7

The Tracking of a Russian Spy

Screenplay

Television (2)

The Bob Cummings Show

Director

My Hero

Writer