8.0
8.0
Dial M for Murder
1954
as Mark Halliday
Robert Cummings
Acting
Born:June 9, 1910
Died:December 2, 1990(aged 80)
Birthplace:Joplin, Missouri, USA
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (81 movies)
7.9
7.9
Twelve Angry Men
1954
as Juror #8
7.7
7.7
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as Joe O'Brien
7.2
7.2
Kings Row
1942
as Parris Mitchell
7.2
7.2
It Started with Eve
1941
as Johnny Reynolds Jr.
7.1
7.1
What a Way to Go!
1964
as Dr. Victor Stephanson
7.1
7.1
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Harry Loren
7.0
7.0
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
You Came Along
1945
as Maj. Bob Collins
7.0
7.0
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
1955
6.9
6.9
Reign of Terror
1949
as Charles D'Aubigny
6.9
6.9
For Heaven's Sake
1950
as Jeff Bolton
6.9
6.9
Saboteur
1942
as Barry Kane
6.8
6.8
The First Time
1952
as Joe Bennett
6.8
6.8
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Michael (segment 1)
6.8
6.8
College Swing
1938
as Radio Announcer
6.7
6.7
Spring Parade
1940
as Corporal Harry Marten
6.7
6.7
My Geisha
1962
as Bob Moore
6.7
6.7
Lucky Me
1954
as Dick Carson
6.6
6.6
Paid in Full
1950
as Bill Prentice
6.5
6.5
You and Me
1938
as Jim
6.5
6.5
So Red the Rose
1935
as George Pendleton
6.5
6.5
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
6.3
6.3
Sleep, My Love
1948
as Bruce Elcott
6.3
6.3
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Pete Webb
6.3
6.3
Let's Live a Little
1948
as Duke Crawford
6.3
6.3
Souls at Sea
1937
as George Martin
6.3
6.3
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Eddie O'Rourke
6.2
6.2
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Ridley Crane
6.2
6.2
The Chase
1946
as Chuck Scott
6.2
6.2
The Lost Moment
1947
as Lewis Venable
6.1
6.1
The Accused
1949
as Warren Ford
6.1
6.1
Moon Over Miami
1941
as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
6.0
6.0
Arizona Mahoney
1936
as Phillip Randall
6.0
6.0
Border Flight
1936
as Lt. Bob Dixon
6.0
6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
6.0
6.0
Beach Party
1963
as Professor Sutwell
6.0
6.0
Heaven Only Knows
1947
as Michael, aka Mike
6.0
6.0
Sophie Lang Goes West
1937
as Curley Griffin
6.0
6.0
The Great American Beauty Contest
1973
as Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)
6.0
6.0
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
as Scotty Hamilton
6.0
6.0
Gidget Grows Up
1969
as Russell Lawrence
6.0
6.0
Free For All
1949
as Christopher Parker
6.0
6.0
The Under-Pup
1939
as Dennis Lane
6.0
6.0
Between Us Girls
1942
as Jimmy Blake
6.0
6.0
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
1990
as Self
6.0
6.0
Gala Day at Disneyland
1960
as Self
6.0
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
6.0
6.0
Stagecoach
1966
as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)
5.9
5.9
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Jeff Warren
5.8
5.8
The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Dan Pierce
5.6
5.6
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Steve Harper
5.6
5.6
The Texans
1938
as Alan Sanford
5.5
5.5
Free and Easy
1941
as Max Clemington
5.4
5.4
Desert Gold
1936
as Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
5.2
5.2
Wells Fargo
1937
as Dan Trimball, prospector
5.1
5.1
Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Bob Mitchell
5.0
5.0
Seasoned Greetings
1933
as Husband (uncredited)
4.9
4.9
Rio
1939
as Bill Gregory
4.7
4.7
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Jimmy Ellis
4.3
4.3
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
as Juan Ramos
4.1
4.1
How To Be Very, Very Popular
1955
as Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
4.1
4.1
Everything Happens at Night
1939
as Ken Morgan
4.0
4.0
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Sylvanus Hurley
3.6
3.6
The Petty Girl
1950
as George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
3.5
3.5
Promise Her Anything
1966
as Dr. Philip Brock
2.7
2.7
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Jay Wallace
2.0
2.0
Partners in Crime
1973
as Ralph Elsworth
1.0
1.0
Forgotten Faces
1936
as Clinton Faraday
Romeo and Juliet
1916
as Friar Lawrence
Touchdown, Army
1938
as Cadet Jimmy Howal
I Stand Accused
1938
as Frederick A. Davis
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
1943
as Himself
Marry Me Again
1953
as Bill
The Virginia Judge
1935
as Jim Preston
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Colonel Culver
Millions in the Air
1935
as Jimmy
Hideaway Girl
1936
as Mike Winslow
Holiday Time at Disneyland
1962
as Self
Private Affairs
1940
as Jimmy Nolan
The Tracking of a Russian Spy
TBA
Screenplay
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