Robert Cummings

Amiable leading man who hit his peak in the early 1940s. Perennially youthful, Cummings started his film career in light comedies but proved his dramatic talents in the two Hitchcock films in which he starred: as the naive, innocent aircraft worker in "Saboteur" (1942) and "Dial M For Murder" (1954) as well as Sam Wood's "King's Row" (1942) and Martin Gabel's "The Lost Moment" (1947).

Although he appeared in dramatic roles in many of the anthology series of early TV and won an Emmy for his starring performance in Reginald Rose's drama "12 Angry Men" (1954), Cummings was best known as the playboy photographer in his popular series "The Bob Cummings Show" (aka "Love That Bob", 1955-59).

• Also Credited As:
  Blade Stanhope Conway, Bob Cummings, Brice Hutchens, Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings
• Born:
  June 9, 1910 in Joplin, Missouri
• Died:
  December 1, 1990.
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Author

Education

• American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, New York
• Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Drury College, Springfield, Missouri

Milestones

• 1931 Broadway debut as Blade Stanhope Conway
• 1935 Film acting debut in "So Red the Rose"
• 1939 Began playing leading roles in features (date approximate)
• 1952 TV series debut in "My Hero"
• Served as flight instructor in WWII
• Starred on the popular TV sitcom, "Love That Bob/The Robert Cummings Show"