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Robert Cummings

1910–1990 · American actor

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). 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.

Robert Cummings, in order

  1. 1915 Alias Jimmy Valentine: acted · directed by Maurice Tourneur
  2. 1915 Camille: acted · directed by Albert Capellani
  3. 1915 The Ivory Snuff Box: acted · directed by Maurice Tourneur
  4. 1935 So Red the Rose: acted · directed by King Vidor
  5. 1936 Desert Gold: acted · directed by James P. Hogan
  6. 1936 Forgotten Faces: acted · directed by Ewald André Dupont
  7. 1936 Hideaway Girl: acted · directed by George Archainbaud
  8. 1936 Hollywood Boulevard: acted · directed by Robert Florey
  9. 1936 The Accusing Finger: acted · directed by James P. Hogan
  10. 1937 Sophie Lang Goes West: acted · directed by Charles Reisner
  11. 1937 Souls at Sea: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway
  12. 1937 The Last Train from Madrid: acted · directed by James P. Hogan
  13. 1938 College Swing: acted · directed by Raoul Walsh
  14. 1938 I Stand Accused: acted · directed by John H. Auer
  15. 1938 The Texans: acted · directed by James P. Hogan
  16. 1938 Touchdown, Army: acted · directed by Kurt Neumann
  17. 1938 You and Me: acted · directed by Fritz Lang
  18. 1939 The Under-Pup: acted · directed by Richard Wallace
  19. 1939 Three Smart Girls Grow Up: acted · directed by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson
  20. 1940 And One Was Beautiful: acted · directed by Robert B. Sinclair
  21. 1940 One Night in the Tropics: acted · directed by A. Edward Sutherland
  22. 1940 Private Affairs: acted · directed by Albert S. Rogell
  23. 1940 Spring Parade: acted · directed by Felix Jackson and Henry Koster
  24. 1941 Free and Easy: acted · directed by George Sidney
  25. 1941 It Started with Eve: acted · directed by Henry Koster · audiences 85%
  26. 1941 Moon Over Miami: acted · directed by Walter Lang
  27. 1941 The Devil and Miss Jones: acted · directed by Sam Wood
  28. 1942 Between Us Girls: acted · directed by Henry Koster
  29. 1942 Kings Row: acted · directed by Sam Wood
  30. 1942 Saboteur: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 81%, audiences 72% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo
  31. 1943 Flesh and Fantasy: acted · directed by Julien Duvivier
  32. 1943 Forever and a Day: acted · directed by Cedric Hardwicke and Edmund Goulding · audiences 50% · streaming on Fawesome
  33. 1943 Princess O'Rourke: acted · directed by Norman Krasna
  34. 1945 You Came Along: acted · directed by John Farrow
  35. 1946 The Bride Wore Boots: acted · directed by Irving Pichel
  36. 1946 The Chase: acted · directed by Arthur Ripley
  37. 1947 Heaven Only Knows: acted · directed by Albert S. Rogell
  38. 1947 The Lost Moment: acted · directed by Martin Gabel
  39. 1948 Let's Live a Little: acted · directed by Richard Wallace
  40. 1948 Sleep, My Love: acted · directed by Douglas Sirk
  41. 1949 Free for All: acted · directed by Charles Barton
  42. 1949 Tell It to the Judge: acted · directed by Norman Foster
  43. 1949 The Accused: acted · directed by William Dieterle
  44. 1950 For Heaven's Sake: acted · directed by George Seaton
  45. 1950 Paid in Full: acted · directed by William Dieterle
  46. 1950 Reign of Terror: acted · directed by Anthony Mann
  47. 1950 The Petty Girl: acted · directed by Henry Levin
  48. 1951 The Barefoot Mailman: acted · directed by Earl McEvoy
  49. 1952 The First Time: acted · directed by Frank Tashlin
  50. 1953 Marry Me Again: acted · directed by Frank Tashlin
  51. 1954 Dial M for Murder: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 89%, audiences 92% · streaming on Kanopy, TCM, Plex
  52. 1954 Lucky Me: acted · directed by Jack Donohue
  53. 1954 Westinghouse Studio One (TV series): acted · directed by Yul Brynner
  54. 1955 How to Be Very, Very Popular: acted · directed by Nunnally Johnson
  55. 1955 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series): acted · directed by Rod Amateau
  56. 1961 The New Bob Cummings Show (TV series): acted · directed by Don Weis and Earl Bellamy
  57. 1962 My Geisha: acted · directed by Jack Cardiff
  58. 1963 Beach Party: acted · directed by William Asher
  59. 1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up: acted · directed by Ken Murray and Rudy Behlmer · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  60. 1964 My Living Doll (TV series): acted · directed by Ezra Stone and Lawrence Dobkin
  61. 1964 The Carpetbaggers: acted · directed by Edward Dmytryk · critics 33%, audiences 59% · streaming on Hoopla
  62. 1964 What a Way to Go!: acted · directed by J. Lee Thompson
  63. 1966 Promise Her Anything: acted · directed by Arthur Hiller
  64. 1966 Stagecoach: acted · directed by Gordon Douglas · audiences 38% · streaming on Prime Video
  65. 1967 Five Golden Dragons: acted · directed by Jeremy Summers
  66. 1973 The Great American Beauty Contest (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Day
  67. My Hero (TV series): acted · directed by Leslie Goodwins