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 Broadwa ... y 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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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The Bob Cummings Show
as Bob Collins
Episodes: 173
First Aired: Jan 02, 1955
My Hero
as Robert Beanblossom
Episodes: 33
First Aired: Nov 08, 1952
My Living Doll
as Dr. Robert McDonald
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Sep 27, 1964
The Great Adventure
as Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1963
Here's Lucy
as Bob Collins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Robert Cummings
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 06, 1957
Studio One
as Juror #8
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
General Electric Theater
as Russ Baker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
The Twilight Zone
as James Embry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lt. Charles Gatewood
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Spencer O. Spencer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Here's Lucy
as Robert Henning
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Sawyer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1950
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Harvey Hines
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1963
Studio One
as George Lumley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
The Elgin Hour
as Jeff Clark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1954
Lux Video Theatre
as Wally
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1950
The Love Boat
as Eliott Smith
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Love, American Style
as Grandpa
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Green Acres
as Mort Warner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The New Bob Cummings Show
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Oct 05, 1961
What's My Line?
as Self
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 10, 1950
Your Show of Shows
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 1950
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
Arnie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1970
Love, American Style
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1962
Bewitched
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1964
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 04, 1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1950
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 24, 1956
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 29, 1957
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 12, 1950
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self - Host / Narrator / Interviewer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self - Host / Narrator / Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 1950
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Love That Bob
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 24, 1956
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Co-Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |