Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Acting

Born: 1910-06-09 · 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. Cummin

🎬 Movies (20)

Disneyland Handcrafted

Disneyland Handcrafted

2026

Self (archive footage)

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

1990

Self

Three on a Date

Three on a Date

1978

Cab Driver

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

1973

Ralph Elsworth

The Great American Beauty Contest

The Great American Beauty Contest

1973

Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)

Gidget Grows Up

Gidget Grows Up

1969

Russell Lawrence

Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

1967

Bob Mitchell

Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1966

Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)

Promise Her Anything

Promise Her Anything

1966

Dr. Philip Brock

What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964

Dr. Victor Stephanson

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

1964

Dan Pierce

Beach Party

Beach Party

1963

Professor Sutwell

Holiday Time at Disneyland

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962

Self

My Geisha

My Geisha

1962

Bob Moore

Gala Day at Disneyland

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960

Self

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960

Self

Disneyland '59

Disneyland '59

1959

Self

Bomber's Moon

Bomber's Moon

1958

Colonel Culver

How to Be Very, Very Popular

How to Be Very, Very Popular

1955

Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood

Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

1955

📺 TV Shows (20)