Robert Cummings

Known For: Acting
Born: June 9, 1910
Place of Birth: Joplin, Missouri, USA
Died: December 2, 1990

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 …

Filmography

Disneyland Handcrafted

2026 · Self (archive footage)

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

1990 · Self

Three on a Date

1978 · Cab Driver

The Love Boat

1977 · Eliott Smith

Partners in Crime

1973 · Ralph Elsworth

The Great American Beauty Contest

1973 · Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)

Arnie

1970

Gidget Grows Up

1969 · Russell Lawrence

Love, American Style

1969 · , Grandpa

Here's Lucy

1968 · Bob Collins, Robert Henning

Five Golden Dragons

1967 · Bob Mitchell

Stagecoach

1966 · Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)

Promise Her Anything

1966 · Dr. Philip Brock

Green Acres

1965 · Mort Warner

My Living Doll

1964 · Dr. Robert McDonald

Bewitched

1964

What a Way to Go!

1964 · Dr. Victor Stephanson

The Carpetbaggers

1964 · Dan Pierce

The Hollywood Palace

1964 · Self

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 · Harvey Hines, Robert Silbey

The Great Adventure

1963 · Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse

Beach Party

1963 · Professor Sutwell

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962 · Self

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962 · Self

My Geisha

1962 · Bob Moore, Songs

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self - Co-Host

The New Bob Cummings Show

1961

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960 · Self

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960 · Self

The Twilight Zone

1959 · James Embry

Disneyland '59

1959 · Self

Bomber's Moon

1958 · Colonel Culver

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957 · Robert Cummings

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957 · Self

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956 · Self

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Lt. Charles Gatewood

The Steve Allen Show

1956 · Self - Guest, Self - Love That Bob

How to Be Very, Very Popular

1955 · Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood

Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

1955

The Bob Cummings Show

1955 · Bob Collins, Director

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer, Self - Host / Narrator / Self

The Elgin Hour

1954 · Jeff Clark

Twelve Angry Men

1954 · Juror #8

Dial M for Murder

1954 · Mark Halliday

Lucky Me

1954 · Dick Carson

Marry Me Again

1953 · Bill

General Electric Theater

1953 · Russ Baker

My Hero

1952 · Robert Beanblossom, Writer

The First Time

1952 · Joe Bennett

The Barefoot Mailman

1951 · Sylvanus Hurley

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · , Spencer O. Spencer

For Heaven's Sake

1950 · Jeff Bolton

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Wally

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

The Petty Girl

1950 · George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp

The Bob Hope Show

1950 · Self

Your Show of Shows

1950

Paid in Full

1950 · Bill Prentice

What's My Line?

1950 · Self, Self - Panelist

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950 · , Sawyer

Tell It to the Judge

1949 · Pete Webb

Free For All

1949 · Christopher Parker

Reign of Terror

1949 · Charles D'Aubigny

The Accused

1949 · Warren Ford

Let's Live a Little

1948 · Duke Crawford

Studio One

1948 · Juror #8, George Lumley

Sleep, My Love

1948 · Bruce Elcott

The Lost Moment

1947 · Lewis Venable

Heaven Only Knows

1947 · Michael, aka Mike

The Chase

1946 · Chuck Scott

The Bride Wore Boots

1946 · Jeff Warren

You Came Along

1945 · Maj. Bob Collins

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Co-Host

Flesh and Fantasy

1943 · Michael (segment 1)

Princess O'Rourke

1943 · Eddie O'Rourke

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)

1943 · Himself

Forever and a Day

1943 · Ned

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 · Self

Between Us Girls

1942 · Jimmy Blake

Saboteur

1942 · Barry Kane

Kings Row

1942 · Parris Mitchell

It Started with Eve

1941 · Johnny Reynolds Jr.

Moon Over Miami

1941 · Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941 · Joe O'Brien

Free and Easy

1941 · Max Clemington

One Night in the Tropics

1940 · Steve Harper

Spring Parade

1940 · Corporal Harry Marten

Private Affairs

1940 · Jimmy Nolan

And One Was Beautiful

1940 · Ridley Crane

Everything Happens at Night

1939 · Ken Morgan

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939 · Scotty Hamilton

Rio

1939 · Bill Gregory

The Under-Pup

1939 · Dennis Lane

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939 · Harry Loren

I Stand Accused

1938 · Frederick A. Davis

The Texans

1938 · Alan Sanford

Touchdown, Army

1938 · Cadet Jimmy Howal

You and Me

1938 · Jim

College Swing

1938 · Radio Announcer

Wells Fargo

1937 · Dan Trimball, prospector

Sophie Lang Goes West

1937 · Curley Griffin

Souls at Sea

1937 · George Martin

The Last Train from Madrid

1937 · Juan Ramos

Arizona Mahoney

1936 · Phillip Randall

Hideaway Girl

1936 · Mike Winslow

The Accusing Finger

1936 · Jimmy Ellis

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 · Jay Wallace

Border Flight

1936 · Lt. Bob Dixon

Forgotten Faces

1936 · Clinton Faraday

Desert Gold

1936 · Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer

So Red the Rose

1935 · George Pendleton

Millions in the Air

Millions in the Air

1935 · Jimmy

The Virginia Judge

1935 · Jim Preston

Sons of the Desert

1933 · Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)

Seasoned Greetings

1933 · Husband (uncredited)

Romeo and Juliet

1916 · Friar Lawrence

The Tracking of a Russian Spy

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