Robert Cummings

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. 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.

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

Golden Globe Awards

Bewitched

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

The Twilight Zone

Robert Montgomery Presents

All Movies (83)

• Disneyland Handcrafted2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration1990 · as Self
• Three on a Date1978 · as Cab Driver
• Partners in Crime1973 · as Ralph Elsworth
• The Great American Beauty Contest1973 · as Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
• Gidget Grows Up1969 · as Russell Lawrence
• Five Golden Dragons1967 · as Bob Mitchell
• Stagecoach1966 · as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
• Promise Her Anything1966 · as Dr. Philip Brock
• What a Way to Go!1964 · as Dr. Victor Stephanson
• The Carpetbaggers1964 · as Dan Pierce
• Beach Party1963 · as Professor Sutwell
• Holiday Time at Disneyland1962 · as Self
• My Geisha1962 · as Bob Moore
• Gala Day at Disneyland1960 · as Self
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood1960 · as Self
• Disneyland '591959 · as Self
• Bomber's Moon1958 · as Colonel Culver
• How to Be Very, Very Popular1955 · as Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
• Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast1955
• Twelve Angry Men1954 · as Juror #8
• Dial M for Murder1954 · as Mark Halliday
• Lucky Me1954 · as Dick Carson
• Marry Me Again1953 · as Bill
• The First Time1952 · as Joe Bennett
• The Barefoot Mailman1951 · as Sylvanus Hurley
• For Heaven's Sake1950 · as Jeff Bolton
• The Petty Girl1950 · as George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
• Paid in Full1950 · as Bill Prentice
• Tell It to the Judge1949 · as Pete Webb
• Free For All1949 · as Christopher Parker
• Reign of Terror1949 · as Charles D'Aubigny
• The Accused1949 · as Warren Ford
• Let's Live a Little1948 · as Duke Crawford
• Sleep, My Love1948 · as Bruce Elcott
• The Lost Moment1947 · as Lewis Venable
• Heaven Only Knows1947 · as Michael, aka Mike
• The Chase1946 · as Chuck Scott
• The Bride Wore Boots1946 · as Jeff Warren
• You Came Along1945 · as Maj. Bob Collins
• Flesh and Fantasy1943 · as Michael (segment 1)
• Princess O'Rourke1943 · as Eddie O'Rourke
• Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)1943 · as Himself
• Forever and a Day1943 · as Ned
• Breakdowns of 19421942 · as Self
• Between Us Girls1942 · as Jimmy Blake
• Saboteur1942 · as Barry Kane
• Kings Row1942 · as Parris Mitchell
• It Started with Eve1941 · as Johnny Reynolds Jr.
• Moon Over Miami1941 · as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
• The Devil and Miss Jones1941 · as Joe O'Brien
• Free and Easy1941 · as Max Clemington
• One Night in the Tropics1940 · as Steve Harper
• Spring Parade1940 · as Corporal Harry Marten
• Private Affairs1940 · as Jimmy Nolan
• And One Was Beautiful1940 · as Ridley Crane
• Everything Happens at Night1939 · as Ken Morgan
• Charlie McCarthy, Detective1939 · as Scotty Hamilton
• Rio1939 · as Bill Gregory
• The Under-Pup1939 · as Dennis Lane
• Three Smart Girls Grow Up1939 · as Harry Loren
• I Stand Accused1938 · as Frederick A. Davis
• The Texans1938 · as Alan Sanford
• Touchdown, Army1938 · as Cadet Jimmy Howal
• You and Me1938 · as Jim
• College Swing1938 · as Radio Announcer
• Wells Fargo1937 · as Dan Trimball, prospector
• Sophie Lang Goes West1937 · as Curley Griffin
• Souls at Sea1937 · as George Martin
• The Last Train from Madrid1937 · as Juan Ramos
• Arizona Mahoney1936 · as Phillip Randall
• Hideaway Girl1936 · as Mike Winslow
• The Accusing Finger1936 · as Jimmy Ellis
• Hollywood Boulevard1936 · as Jay Wallace
• Border Flight1936 · as Lt. Bob Dixon
• Forgotten Faces1936 · as Clinton Faraday
• Desert Gold1936 · as Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
• So Red the Rose1935 · as George Pendleton
• Millions in the Air1935 · as Jimmy
• The Virginia Judge1935 · as Jim Preston
• Sons of the Desert1933 · as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
• Seasoned Greetings1933 · as Husband (uncredited)
• Romeo and Juliet1916 · as Friar Lawrence

All TV Shows (44)

• The Love Boat1977 · as Eliott Smith
• Arnie1970
• Love, American Style1969
• Love, American Style1969 · as Grandpa
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Bob Collins
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Robert Henning
• Green Acres1965 · as Mort Warner
• My Living Doll1964 · as Dr. Robert McDonald
• Bewitched1964
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Harvey Hines
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Robert Silbey
• The Great Adventure1963 · as Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• The New Bob Cummings Show1961
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as James Embry
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour1957 · as Robert Cummings
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Lt. Charles Gatewood
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Guest
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Love That Bob
• The Bob Cummings Show1955 · as Bob Collins
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Self - Host / Narrator / Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Self
• The Elgin Hour1954 · as Jeff Clark
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Russ Baker
• My Hero1952 · as Robert Beanblossom
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Spencer O. Spencer
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1950
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Wally
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• Your Show of Shows1950
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Panelist
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Sawyer
• Studio One1948 · as Juror #8
• Studio One1948 · as George Lumley
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Co-Host