Acting · Joplin, Missouri, USA · Born June 9, 1910
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.
MovieDisneyland Handcrafted
2026
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDisneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
MovieThree on a Date
1978
as Cab Driver
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Eliott Smith
MoviePartners in Crime
1973
as Ralph Elsworth
MovieThe Great American Beauty Contest
1973
as Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
TVArnie
1970
MovieGidget Grows Up
1969
as Russell Lawrence
TVLove, American Style
1969
TVHere's Lucy
1968
as Bob Collins
MovieFive Golden Dragons
1967
as Bob Mitchell
MovieStagecoach
1966
as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
MoviePromise Her Anything
1966
as Dr. Philip Brock
TVGreen Acres
1965
as Mort Warner
TVMy Living Doll
1964
as Dr. Robert McDonald
TVBewitched
1964
MovieWhat a Way to Go!
1964
as Dr. Victor Stephanson
MovieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
as Dan Pierce
TVThe Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Harvey Hines
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
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1963
as Professor Sutwell
MovieHoliday Time at Disneyland
1962
as Self
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Self
MovieMy Geisha
1962
as Bob Moore
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
TVThe New Bob Cummings Show
1961
MovieGala Day at Disneyland
1960
as Self
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as James Embry
MovieDisneyland '59
1959
as Self
MovieBomber's Moon
1958
as Colonel Culver
TVThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Robert Cummings
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Lt. Charles Gatewood
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
MovieHow to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
as Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
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1955
TVThe Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Bob Collins
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer
The Elgin Hour
1954
as Jeff Clark
MovieTwelve Angry Men
1954
as Juror #8
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1954
as Mark Halliday
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1954
as Dick Carson
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1953
as Bill
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Russ Baker
TVMy Hero
1952
as Robert Beanblossom
MovieThe First Time
1952
as Joe Bennett
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1951
as Sylvanus Hurley
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
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1950
as Jeff Bolton
TVThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Wally
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieThe Petty Girl
1950
as George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TVYour Show of Shows
1950
MoviePaid in Full
1950
as Bill Prentice
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1950
as Self
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
MovieTell It to the Judge
1949
as Pete Webb
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1949
as Christopher Parker
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1949
as Charles D'Aubigny
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1949
as Warren Ford
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1948
as Duke Crawford
TVStudio One
1948
as Juror #8
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1948
as Bruce Elcott
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1947
as Lewis Venable
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1947
as Michael, aka Mike
MovieThe Chase
1946
as Chuck Scott
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1946
as Jeff Warren
MovieYou Came Along
1945
as Maj. Bob Collins
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Co-Host
MovieFlesh and Fantasy
1943
as Michael (segment 1)
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1943
as Eddie O'Rourke
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
1943
as Himself
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1943
as Ned
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1942
as Self
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1942
as Jimmy Blake
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1942
as Barry Kane
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1942
as Parris Mitchell
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1941
as Johnny Reynolds Jr.
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1941
as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
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1941
as Joe O'Brien
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1941
as Max Clemington
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1940
as Steve Harper
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1940
as Corporal Harry Marten
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1940
as Jimmy Nolan
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1940
as Ridley Crane
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1939
as Ken Morgan
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1939
as Scotty Hamilton
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1939
as Bill Gregory
MovieThe Under-Pup
1939
as Dennis Lane
MovieThree Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Harry Loren
MovieI Stand Accused
1938
as Frederick A. Davis
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1938
as Alan Sanford
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1938
as Cadet Jimmy Howal
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1938
as Jim
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1938
as Radio Announcer
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1937
as Dan Trimball, prospector
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1937
as Curley Griffin
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1937
as George Martin
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1937
as Juan Ramos
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1936
as Phillip Randall
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1936
as Mike Winslow
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1936
as Jimmy Ellis
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1936
as Jay Wallace
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1936
as Lt. Bob Dixon
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1936
as Clinton Faraday
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1936
as Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
MovieSo Red the Rose
1935
as George Pendleton
Millions in the Air
1935
as Jimmy
MovieThe Virginia Judge
1935
as Jim Preston
MovieSons of the Desert
1933
as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
MovieSeasoned Greetings
1933
as Husband (uncredited)
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1916
as Friar Lawrence
