Robert Cummings

Birthday

1910-06-10

Place of Birth

Joplin, Missouri, USA

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.
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Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1966 6.1
Stagecoach

as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)

1966
What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964 6.9
What a Way to Go!

as Dr. Victor Stephanson

1964
Beach Party

Beach Party

1963 5.7
Beach Party

as Professor Sutwell

1963
Lucky Me

Lucky Me

1954 6
Lucky Me

as Dick Carson

1954
Free For All

Free For All

1949 6.1
Free For All

as Christopher Parker

1949
The Chase

The Chase

1946 6.5
The Chase

as Chuck Scott

1946
You Came Along

You Came Along

1945 6.6
You Came Along

as Maj. Bob Collins

1945
Saboteur

Saboteur

1942 7.1
Saboteur

as Barry Kane

1942
Kings Row

Kings Row

1942 7.5
Kings Row

as Parris Mitchell

1942
Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

1941 6.7
Moon Over Miami

as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II

1941