Robert Cummings
American actor (1910-1990) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 80
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O'Rourke (1943), and in dramatic films, especially two of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, Saboteur (1942) and Dial M for Murder (1954).
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The Love BoatSeries, Eliott Smith1968
Here's LucySeries, Bob Collins1966
Promise Her AnythingFilm, Dr. Philip Brock1965
Green AcresSeries, Mort Warner1964
The CarpetbaggersFilm, Dan Pierce1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Harvey Hines1962
My GeishaFilm, Bob Moore1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959
The Twilight ZoneSeries, James Embry1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Lt. Charles Gatewood1955Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward
How to Be Very, Very PopularFilm, 1955Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood1954
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Wally
For Heaven's SakeFilm, 1950Jeff Bolton1948
Sleep, My LoveFilm, Bruce Elcott1947
The Lost MomentFilm, Lewis Venable1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1943
Flesh and FantasyFilm, Michael (segment 1)1941
It Started with EveFilm, Johnny Reynolds Jr.1940
And One Was BeautifulFilm, Ridley Crane1938
You and MeFilm, Jim1937
Souls at SeaFilm, George Martin1933
Sons of the DesertFilm, Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)1910Born9 June 1910People around Robert
Hal B. Wallis Produced Kings Row and Princess O'Rourke
Henry Koster Directed It Started with Eve and Spring Parade
James P. Hogan Directed The Accusing Finger (1936)
Joe Pasternak Produced It Started with Eve and The Under-Pup- Norman Krasna Wrote You and Me and It Started with Eve
- Felix Jackson Directed Spring Parade (1940)
Alfred Hitchcock Produced Dial M for Murder (1954)
Frank Lloyd Produced Saboteur (1942)
Charles Coburn Also in Kings Row and The Devil and Miss Jones
Sam Wood Directed Kings Row and The Devil and Miss Jones
William Dieterle Directed The Accused and Paid in Full
Maurice Tourneur Directed Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)- Frank Tashlin Directed The First Time and Marry Me Again
Richard Wallace Directed Let's Live a Little and The Under-Pup- Seymour Nebenzal Produced The Chase and Heaven Only Knows
Albert S. Rogell Directed Heaven Only Knows and Private Affairs
William A. Brady Produced Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Betty Grable Also in How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
George Raft Also in Souls at Sea and You and Me
George Seaton Directed For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Irving Pichel Directed The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
Minor Watson Also in Moon Over Miami and Kings Row- W. Franke Harling Wrote You and Me and Souls at Sea
Bruce Manning Directed Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
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Dial M for Murder 1954
The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
What a Way to Go! 1964
Sons of the Desert 1933
Saboteur 1942
Filmography 40
131 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 10
Cummings and Peggy Moran, Spring Parade (1940)
Saboteur, 1942
With Michèle Morgan in The Chase (1946)
Publicity photo for My Hero (1952-53)
Ann B. Davis and Cummings in The Bob Cummings Show (rerun as Love That Bob)
With Rosemary DeCamp in 1959 for The Bob Cummings Show
Robert Cummings and Julie Newmar in a publicity still for My Living DollAwards
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He received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance in 1955. On February 8, 1960, he received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture and television industries, at 6816 Hollywood Boulevard and 1718 Vine Street. He used the stage name Robert Cummings from mid-1935 until the end of 1954 and was credited as Bob Cummings from 1955 until his death.
