Robert Cummings
Known for acting · Born 9 June 1910 · Died 2 December 1990 · aged 80 · Joplin, Missouri, USA
122 credits
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 - December 2, 1990) was an American actor and comedian. He is known for his roles in Saboteur (1942) and Dial M for Murder (1954), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 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.
Known for
Dial M for Murder
1954
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
Saboteur
1942
The Chase
1946
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
My Hero
1952
Reign of Terror
1949
Sleep, My Love
1948
Twelve Angry Men
1954
Kings Row
1942
Beach Party
1963
My Living Doll
1964
Acting (118)
2026Disneyland HandcraftedSelf (archive footage)Film
1990Disneyland's 35th Anniversary CelebrationSelfFilm
1978Three on a DateCab DriverFilm
1977The Love BoatEliott SmithSeries
1973The Great American Beauty ContestDan Carson (as Bob Cummings)Film
1973Partners in CrimeRalph ElsworthFilm
1970ArnieSeries
1969Love, American Style, GrandpaSeries
1969Gidget Grows UpRussell LawrenceFilm
1968Here's LucyBob Collins, Robert HenningSeries
1967Five Golden DragonsBob MitchellFilm
1966StagecoachHenry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)Film
1966Promise Her AnythingDr. Philip BrockFilm
1965Green AcresMort WarnerSeries
1964BewitchedSeries
1964What a Way to Go!Victor StephansonFilm
1964The CarpetbaggersDan PierceFilm
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelfSeries
1964My Living DollDr. Robert McDonald · 26 episodesSeries
1963Beach PartyProfessor SutwellFilm
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreHarvey Hines, Robert SilbeySeries
1963The Great AdventureDr. Benjamin WaterhouseSeries
1962The Beverly HillbilliesRobert CummingsSeries
1962My GeishaBob MooreFilm
1962Holiday Time at DisneylandSelfFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-HostSeries
1961The New Bob Cummings Show · 22 episodesSeries
1960Gala Day at DisneylandSelfFilm
1960Hedda Hopper's HollywoodSelfFilm
1959The Twilight ZoneJames EmbrySeries
1959Disneyland '59SelfFilm
1958Bomber's MoonColonel CulverFilm
1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourRobert CummingsSeries
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelfSeries
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreLt. Charles GatewoodSeries
1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1955How to Be Very, Very PopularFillmore 'Wedge' WedgewoodFilm
1955The Bob Cummings ShowBob Collins · 173 episodesSeries
1955Disneyland's Opening Day BroadcastFilm
1954Dial M for MurderMark HallidayFilm
1954Twelve Angry MenJuror #8Film
1954The Wonderful World of DisneySelf - Host / Narrator / Interviewer, Self - Host / Narrator / Self, Self · 2 episodesSeries
1954Lucky MeDick CarsonFilm
1954The Elgin HourJeff ClarkSeries
1953General Electric TheaterRuss BakerSeries
1953Marry Me AgainBillFilm
1952The First TimeJoe BennettFilm
1952My HeroRobert Beanblossom · 33 episodesSeries
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Spencer O. SpencerSeries
1951The Barefoot MailmanSylvanus HurleyFilm
1950What's My Line?Self · 6 episodesSeries
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowSeries
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1950For Heaven's SakeJeff BoltonFilm
1950Paid in FullBill PrenticeFilm
1950The Petty GirlGeorge Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' TappFilm
1950Robert Montgomery Presents, SawyerSeries
1950Lux Video TheatreWallySeries
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelfSeries
1950Your Show of Shows · 2 episodesSeries
1949Reign of TerrorCharles D'AubignyFilm
1949The AccusedWarren FordFilm
1949Tell It to the JudgePete WebbFilm
1949Free For AllChristopher ParkerFilm
1948Sleep, My LoveBruce ElcottFilm
1948Studio OneJuror #8, George LumleySeries
1948Let's Live a LittleDuke CrawfordFilm
1947The Lost MomentLewis VenableFilm
1947Heaven Only KnowsMichael, aka MikeFilm
1946The ChaseChuck ScottFilm
1946The Bride Wore BootsJeff WarrenFilm
1945You Came AlongMaj. Bob CollinsFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Co-HostSeries
1943Princess O'RourkeEddie O'RourkeFilm
1943Flesh and FantasyMichael (segment 1)Film
1943Forever and a DayNedFilm
1943Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)HimselfFilm
1942SaboteurBarry KaneFilm
1942Kings RowParris MitchellFilm
1942Between Us GirlsJimmy BlakeFilm
1942Breakdowns of 1942SelfFilm
1941The Devil and Miss JonesJoe O'BrienFilm
1941It Started with EveJohnny Reynolds Jr.Film
1941Moon Over MiamiJeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton IIFilm
1941Free and EasyMax ClemingtonFilm
1940One Night in the TropicsSteve HarperFilm
1940Spring ParadeCorporal Harry MartenFilm
1940And One Was BeautifulRidley CraneFilm
1940Private AffairsJimmy NolanFilm
1939RioBill GregoryFilm
1939Three Smart Girls Grow UpHarry LorenFilm
1939Everything Happens at NightKen MorganFilm
1939The Under-PupDennis LaneFilm
1939Charlie McCarthy, DetectiveScotty HamiltonFilm
1938You and MeJimFilm
1938College SwingRadio AnnouncerFilm
1938The TexansAlan SanfordFilm
1938Touchdown, ArmyCadet Jimmy HowalFilm
1938I Stand AccusedFrederick A. DavisFilm
1937Souls at SeaGeorge MartinFilm
1937Wells FargoDan Trimball, prospectorFilm
1937The Last Train from MadridJuan RamosFilm
1937Sophie Lang Goes WestCurley GriffinFilm
1936Desert GoldFordyce 'Ford' MortimerFilm
1936The Accusing FingerJimmy EllisFilm
1936Hollywood BoulevardJay WallaceFilm
1936Arizona MahoneyPhillip RandallFilm
1936Border FlightLt. Bob DixonFilm
1936Forgotten FacesClinton FaradayFilm
1936Hideaway GirlMike WinslowFilm
1936Three Cheers for LoveJimmy TuttleFilm
1935So Red the RoseGeorge PendletonFilm
1935The Virginia JudgeJim PrestonFilm
1935Millions in the AirJimmyFilm
1933Sons of the DesertSteamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)Film
1933Seasoned GreetingsHusband (uncredited)Film
1916Romeo and JulietFriar LawrenceFilm
Directing (1)
1955The Bob Cummings ShowDirectorSeries
Sound (1)
1962My GeishaSongsFilm
Writing (2)
1952My HeroWriterSeries
—The Tracking of a Russian SpyScreenplayFilm