Robert Cummings
Known For
Acting
Born
1910-06-09 in Joplin, Missouri, USA
Died
1990-12-02
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.
Most Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
The Love Boat
as Eliott Smith
The Twilight Zone
as James Embry
Bewitched
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Co-Host
What's My Line?
as Self
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
Studio One
as Juror #8
Studio One
as George Lumley
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lt. Charles Gatewood
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
as Grandpa
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
Green Acres
as Mort Warner
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Sawyer
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Love That Bob
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self