Contents
1 Early life 2 Acting career
2.1 Blade Stanhope Conway 2.2 Bruce Hutchens 2.3 Paramount 2.4 Universal 2.5 A series of classic films
3 World War II 4 Postwar career
4.1 Producer
5 Television career
5.1 The Bob Cummings Show
6 1960s 7 Later career 8 Personal life 9 Death 10 Filmography 11 Stage work 12 Television credits 13 Radio credits 14 References 15 External links
Early life[edit]
Cummings was born in Joplin, Missouri, a son of Dr. Charles Clarence
Cummings and the former Ruth Annabelle Kraft.[4] His father was a
surgeon, who was part of the original medical staff of St. John's
Hospital
Hospital in Joplin. He was the founder of the Jasper County
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Hospital
Hospital in Webb City, Missouri.[5] Cummings' mother was
an ordained minister of the Science of Mind.[4]
While attending Joplin High School, Cummings was taught to fly by his
godfather, Orville Wright, the aviation pioneer.[2] His first solo was
on March 3, 1927.[6] During high school, Cummings gave Joplin
residents rides in his aircraft for $5 per person.[5] When the
government began licensing flight instructors, Cummings was issued
flight instructor certificate No. 1, making him the first official
flight instructor in the United States.[6][7]
Cummings studied briefly at
Drury College
Drury College in Springfield, Missouri,
but his love of flying caused him to transfer to the Carnegie
Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied
aeronautical engineering for a year before he dropped out because of
financial reasons, his family having lost heavily in the 1929 stock
market crash.[5] Since the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New
York City paid its male actors $14 a week, Cummings decided to study
there.[8]
Acting career[edit]
Cummings studied drama for two years before appearing on Broadway in
1931.[5]
Blade Stanhope Conway[edit]
As British actors were in demand, Cummings traveled to
England
England and
learned to mimic an upper-class English accent.
He had a brief career on Broadway under the name Blade Stanhope
Conway, posing as an Englishman.[8][5] His credits include The Roof by
John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy with
Henry Hull
Henry Hull which ran from October to November
1931.[9]
In 1933, Cummings met and two years later married his second wife,
Vivi Janiss, a native of Nebraska, with whom he appeared (billed as
"Brice Hutchins") in The
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934.[10]
He had a small role in
Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert (1933) and in the musical
short Seasoned Greetings (1933).
Bruce Hutchens[edit]
In 1934, he changed his name to "Brice Hutchens", having assumed the
persona of a wealthy Texan.[8][5][11] He appeared under this name in
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 which ran from January to June in 1934.[12]
Paramount[edit]
Cummings then began to use his own name, acting throughout the 1930s
as a contract player in a number of supporting roles.He was at first
under contract to Paramount. He made his film debut in The Virginia
Judge (1935), at Paramount. This was followed by So Red the Rose
(1935).[13]
He had his first major role in
Millions in the Air
Millions in the Air (1935).[5][14]
He had a good role in the Western Desert Gold (1936) then was in
Forgotten Faces (1936),
Border Flight (1936), Three Cheers for Love
(1936),
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard (1936),
The Accusing Finger (1936),
Hideaway Girl
Hideaway Girl (1936),
Arizona Mahoney
Arizona Mahoney (1936), and The Last Train from
Madrid (1937).
Most of these were 'B' pictures. He had a small role in an 'A'
picture,
Souls at Sea
Souls at Sea (1937), then was in Sophie Lang Goes West
(1937), Wells Fargo (1937),
College Swing
College Swing (1938), You and Me (1938)
(directed by Fritz Lang),
The Texans
The Texans (1938), and Touchdown, Army
(1938).
In the mid 1930s he and his mother received $1 million from mining
stock, once thought to be worthless, which was left to them by
Cummings' father.[15]
He left Paramount to play the lead in a crime movie for Republic, I
Stand Accused (1938).
Universal[edit]
Cummings then signed with Universal. He was a romantic lead in Three
Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), with Deanna Durbin, for producer Joe
Pasternak. Next he supported
Gloria Jean in
The Under-Pup
The Under-Pup (1939).
He supported Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen in Rio (1939), then
was borrowed by 20th Century Fox to romance
Sonia Henie
Sonia Henie in Everything
Happens at Night (1939). He was over to MGM for And One Was Beautiful
(1940).
Back at Universal he was in a comedy, Private Affairs (1940), then
romanced Durbin in
Spring Parade
Spring Parade (1940).
Cummings made his mark in the
CBS Radio
CBS Radio network's dramatic serial
titled Those We Love, which ran from 1938 to 1945. Cummings played the
role of David Adair, opposite Richard Cromwell, Francis X. Bushman,
and Nan Grey.
A series of classic films[edit]
He was one of the leads in the comedy
One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics (1940),
the film that introduced Abbott and Costello. MGM borrowed him for
Free and Easy (1941), then he was over to RKO for one of his most
popular movies,
The Devil and Miss Jones
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), as Jean Arthur's love
interest, from a script by
Norman Krasna and directed by Sam Wood.
20th Century Fox borrowed him for Moon Over Miami (1941), an
enormously successful
Betty Grable
Betty Grable musical. Pasternak used him in It
Started with Eve (1941), from a script by Krasna, opposite Deanna
Durbin, and another big hit.
Cummings was borrowed by Warner Bros, who were making a film of Kings
Row (1942), directed by Sam Wood. It provided Cummings with one of his
best roles.
Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings in Saboteur, 1942
Cummings starred in the
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller Saboteur (1942),
made at Universal, with
Priscilla Lane
Priscilla Lane and Norman Lloyd. He played
Barry Kane, an aircraft worker wrongfully accused of espionage, trying
to clear his name.
He followed it with
Between Us Girls
Between Us Girls (1942) a comedy with Diana
Barrymore and
Princess O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke (made 1942, released 1943), Krasna's
directorial debut.
Cummings was meant to be in
Fired Wife with Teresa Wright, Charles
Coburn and Eddie Anderson. However, when he found out these actors
would not be in the film he pulled out. Universal put him on
suspension. Cummings argued that Universal tried to put him in minor
roles to hurt his career. He later sued the studio.[16] He won.[17]
World War II[edit]
In November 1942, Cummings joined the
United States
United States Army Air
Forces.[18] During World War II, he served as a flight
instructor.[2][5] After the war, Cummings served as a pilot in the
United States
United States Air Force Reserve, where he achieved the rank of
Captain.[19] Cummings played aircraft pilots in several of his postwar
film roles.
During the war service he had small roles in the all-star Forever and
a Day (1943) and
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy (1943).
Postwar career[edit]
In 1945 he starred in
You Came Along
You Came Along (1945) for Hal B. Wallis,
directed by
John Farrow
John Farrow with a screenplay by Ayn Rand. The Army Air
Forces pilot Cummings played ("Bob Collins") died off camera, but was
resurrected ten years later for his television show.
The Bride Wore Boots
The Bride Wore Boots (1946) was a comedy at Paramount with Barbara
Stanwyck. He had the lead in two films for Nero Films, releasing
through United Artists: a film noir, The Chase (1946) and a Western,
Heaven Only Knows (1947). In 1947, Cummings had reportedly earned
$110,000 in the past 12 months.[20]
The Lost Moment
The Lost Moment (1947) was a film noir for
Walter Wanger
Walter Wanger at Universal
based on
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers by Henry James. It was a big flop at the
box office.
Sleep, My Love (1948) was more successful; another noir,
directed by Douglas Sirk.
Producer[edit]
Cummings formed his own company, United California Productions. Its
first film,
Let's Live a Little
Let's Live a Little (1948) was a romantic comedy with Hedy
Lamarr, and was released through United Artists. Cummings announced a
series of projects: Ho the Fair Wind from a novel by IAR Wylie, The
Glass Heart by Mary Holland, Poisonous Paradise (a docu-drama for
which some footage had been shot called Jungle), Password to Love by
Howard Irving Young, and a remake of Two Hearts in Three Quarter Time.
Cummings was also trying to interest
Norman Krasna into writing the
story of how Cummings broke into acting.[21]
He did The Accused (1949) for Hall Wallis at Paramount, supporting
Loretta Young. Reign of Terror (1949) was a thriller set in the French
Revolution for director Anthony Mann.
Eagle Lion was co-produced by
Cummings' company.
There were comedies: Free for All (1949) at Universal; Tell It to the
Judge (1949), with Rosalind Russell, at Columbia.
Paid in Full (1950) was a drama for Hal Wallis at Paramount and The
Petty Girl (1950) was a musical at Columbia with Joan Caulfield. He
supported
Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb in For Heaven's Sake (1950) at Fox, then played
a con man in
The Barefoot Mailman
The Barefoot Mailman (1950) at Columbia.
He was in a Broadway play Faithfully Yours which had a short run in
late 1951.[22]
At Columbia he was in The First Time (1952) one of the first films of
Frank Tashlin.
Cummings was one of the four stars featured in the short-run radio
version of Four Star Playhouse.
Television career[edit]
Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings and
Julie Newmar
Julie Newmar in a publicity still for My Living
Doll
Cummings began a long career on television in 1952, starring in the
comedy My Hero (1952–53) which ran for 33 episodes.
He was in
Marry Me Again
Marry Me Again (1953), at RKO for Tashlin, then supported
Doris Day
Doris Day in a musical at Warners, Lucky Me (1954).[23]
Cummings was chosen by producer
John Wayne
John Wayne as his co-star to play
airline pilot Captain Sullivan in The High and the Mighty, partly due
to Cummings' flying experience; however, director William A. Wellman
overruled Wayne and hired
Robert Stack
Robert Stack for the part.[24]
Cummings starred in another Hitchcock film,
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954),
as Mark Halliday, co-starring with
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. The
film was a box-office success.[2][5]
In 1955 Cummings announced he would form his own production company,
Laurel (named after his daughter and the street he lived in, Laurel
Way). He intended to make a film called The Damned from a novel by
John D. MacDonald
John D. MacDonald directed by Frank Tashlin.[25] However no film
resulted.
He received the 1955 Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance
for his portrayal of Juror Number Eight in Westinghouse Studio One's
live production of Twelve Angry Men. (
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda played the same role
in the feature film adaptation.)[5]
Cummings was one of the hosts on ABC's live broadcast of the opening
day of
Disneyland
Disneyland on July 17, 1955, along with
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan and Art
Linkletter. On that day, during ABC's live broadcast of the grand
opening of
Disneyland
Disneyland in 1955, Bob Cummings realized the camera was on
him, when, just moments before, he'd been passionately embracing the
young woman in a bonnet with the stricken look on [1] her face.[26]
He was reunited with
Betty Grable
Betty Grable in How to Be Very, Very Popular
(1955).
The Bob Cummings Show[edit]
From 1955 through 1959, Cummings starred on a successful NBC sitcom,
The Bob Cummings Show
The Bob Cummings Show (known as Love That Bob in reruns), in which he
played Bob Collins, a former
World War II
World War II pilot who became a
successful professional photographer. As a bachelor in 1950s Los
Angeles, the character considered himself quite the ladies' man. This
sitcom was noted for some very risqué humor for its time.[citation
needed] A popular feature of the program was Cummings' portrayal of
his elderly grandfather. His co-stars were
Rosemary DeCamp
Rosemary DeCamp as his
sister, Margaret MacDonald, Dwayne Hickman, as his nephew, Chuck
MacDonald, and Ann B. Davis, in her first television success, as his
assistant Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz. Cummings also was a guest on
the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood.[5]
1960s[edit]
In 1960 Cummings starred in "King Nine Will Not Return", the opening
episode of the second season of CBS's The Twilight Zone.
The New Bob Cummings Show
The New Bob Cummings Show followed on CBS for one season, from 1961 to
1962. Cummings is depicted as the owner and pilot of
Aerocar
Aerocar N102D and
this aircraft was featured on his show.[27] It only lasted 22
episodes.
Cummings returned to films with support roles in
My Geisha
My Geisha (1962),
written by Krasna. He was top billed in
Beach Party (1963) although
the film is better remembered today for introducing the teaming of
Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
He had good roles in The Carpetbaggers (1964) and What a Way to Go!
(1964).
In 1964–65 Cummings starred in another CBS sitcom, My Living Doll,
which co-starred
Julie Newmar
Julie Newmar as Rhoda the robot. It lasted 26
episodes and Cummings left after 21.
He has supporting roles in
Promise Her Anything
Promise Her Anything (1966) and the remake
of Stagecoach (1966) (playing the embezzler). He had the lead in Five
Golden Dragons (1967) for producer
Harry Alan Towers
Harry Alan Towers and supported in
Gidget Grows Up
Gidget Grows Up (1969). He was in another Broadway play, The Wayward
Stork which had a short run in early 1966.[28]
Cummings' last significant role was the 1973 television movie Partners
in Crime, co-starring Lee Grant.
In 1964, he was a guest star as a beauty pageant judge in The Beverly
Hillbillies episode titled "The Race for Queen." He was credited as
Robert Cummings.
Later career[edit]
During the 1970s for over 10 years Cummings traveled the US performing
in dinner theaters and short stints in plays while living in an
Airstream
Airstream Travel Trailer. He relayed those experiences in the written
introduction he provided for the book "AIRSTREAM" written by Robert
Landau and James Phillippi in 1984.[29]
He also appeared in 1979 as Elliott Smith, the father of Fred Grandy's
Gopher on ABC's The Love Boat.[30]
In 1986, Cummings hosted the 15th anniversary celebration of Walt
Disney World on The Wonderful World of Disney.
Robert Cummings' last public appearance was on The Magical World of
Disney episode "The
Disneyland
Disneyland 35th Anniversary Special" in 1990.
Personal life[edit]
Cummings married five times and fathered seven children. He was an
avid pilot and owned a number of airplanes, all named "Spinach."[31]
He was a staunch advocate of natural foods and published a book on
healthy living, Stay Young and Vital, in 1960.[32]
In 1953 Cummings was sued for damages[why?] by a sheriff who had tried
to serve him with papers.[33] This was settled in 1954, along with
another lawsuit against Cummings by the producer of My Hero, who had
been fired.[34]
Despite his interest in health, Cummings was a methamphetamine addict
from the mid-1950s until the end of his life. In 1954, while in New
York to star in the
Westinghouse Studio One
Westinghouse Studio One production of Twelve Angry
Men, Cummings began receiving injections from Max Jacobson, the
notorious "Dr. Feelgood."[35][36] His friends
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney and
José Ferrer
José Ferrer recommended the doctor to Cummings, who was complaining
of a lack of energy. While Jacobson insisted that his injections
contained only "vitamins, sheep sperm, and monkey gonads", they
actually contained a substantial dose of methamphetamine.[37]
Cummings continued to use a mixture provided by Jacobson, eventually
becoming a patient of Jacobson's son Thomas, who was based in Los
Angeles, and later injecting himself. The changes in Cummings'
personality caused by the euphoria of the drug and subsequent
depression damaged his career and led to an intervention by his
friend, television host Art Linkletter. The intervention was not
successful, and Cummings' drug abuse and subsequent career collapse
were factors in his divorces from his third wife, Mary, and fourth
wife, Gina Fong.[35]
After Jacobson was forced out of business in the 1970s, Cummings
developed his own drug connections based in the Bahamas. Suffering
from Parkinson's Disease, he was forced to move into homes for
indigent older actors in Hollywood.[35]
In 1970, when Cummings divorced his third wife, former actress Mary
Elliott, their communal property was estimated as being worth from
$700,000 to $800,000 ($4.4 to $5.0 million today).[38]
Cummings was a supporter of the Republican Party.[39]
Cummings' son, Tony Cummings, played Rick Halloway in the NBC daytime
serial Another World in the early 1980s.
Death[edit]
On December 2, 1990, Cummings died of kidney failure and complications
from pneumonia at the Motion Picture & Television Country House
and
Hospital
Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[32]
He is interred in the Great Mausoleum in the same niche as his
parents, Charles C. and Ruth Cummings, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in
Glendale, California.[40][41][42]
Filmography[edit]
Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings and Peggy Moran,
Spring Parade
Spring Parade (1940).
Seasoned Greetings (1933, short subject) as Lita's Beau / Husband in
Sunny Weather Number (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert (1933) as Steamship Announcement Witness
(uncredited) (credited as "Blade Stanhope Conway")
So Red the Rose (1935) as George Pendleton
The Virginia Judge (1935) as Jim Preston
Millions in the Air
Millions in the Air (1935) as Jimmy
Desert Gold (1936) as Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer
Forgotten Faces (1936) as Clinton Faraday
Border Flight (1936) as Lt. Bob Dixon
Three Cheers for Love (1936) as Jimmy Tuttle
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Jay Wallace
The Accusing Finger (1936) as Jimmy Ellis
Hideaway Girl
Hideaway Girl (1936) as Mike Winslow
Arizona Mahoney
Arizona Mahoney (1936) as Phillip Randall
The Last Train from Madrid (1937) as Juan Ramos
Souls at Sea
Souls at Sea (1937) as George Martin
Sophie Lang Goes West
Sophie Lang Goes West (1937) as Curley Griffin
Wells Fargo (1937) as Dan Trimball - Prospector
College Swing
College Swing (1938) as Radio Announcer
You and Me (1938) as Jim
The Texans
The Texans (1938) as Alan Sanford
Touchdown, Army (1938) as Cadet Jimmy Howal
I Stand Accused
I Stand Accused (1938) as Frederick A. Davis
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) as Harry Loren
The Under-Pup
The Under-Pup (1939) as Dennis King
Rio (1939) as Bill Gregory
Everything Happens at Night (1939) as Ken Morgan
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) as Scotty Hamilton
And One Was Beautiful
And One Was Beautiful (1940) as Ridley Crane
Private Affairs (1940) as Jimmy Nolan
Spring Parade
Spring Parade (1940) as Corporal Harry Marten
One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics (1940) as Steve Harper
Free and Easy (1941) as Max Clemington
The Devil and Miss Jones
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) as Joe
Moon Over Miami (1941) as Jeffrey Boulton
It Started with Eve
It Started with Eve (1941) as Jonathan 'Johnny' Reynolds Jr.
Kings Row
Kings Row (1942) as Parris Mitchell
Saboteur (1942) as Barry Kane
Between Us Girls
Between Us Girls (1942) as Jimmy Blake
Forever and a Day (1943) as Ned Trimble
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy (1943) as Michael (Episode 1)
Princess O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke (1943) as Eddie O'Rourke
You Came Along
You Came Along (1945) as Maj. Bob Collins
The Bride Wore Boots
The Bride Wore Boots (1946) as Jeff Warren
The Chase (1946) as Chuck Scott
Heaven Only Knows (1947) as Michael, aka Mike
The Lost Moment
The Lost Moment (1947) as Lewis Venable
Sleep, My Love (1948) as Bruce Elcott
Let's Live a Little
Let's Live a Little (1948) as Duke Crawford
The Accused (1949) as Warren Ford
Reign of Terror aka The Black Book (1949) as Charles D'Aubigny
Free for All (1949) as Christopher Parker
Tell It to the Judge (1949) as Peter B. 'Pete' Webb
Paid in Full (1950) as Bill Prentice
The Petty Girl
The Petty Girl (1950) as George Petty aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp
For Heaven's Sake (1950) as Jeff Bolton
The Barefoot Mailman
The Barefoot Mailman (1951) as Sylvanus Hurley
The First Time (1952) as Joe Bennet
Marry Me Again
Marry Me Again (1953) as Bill
Lucky Me (1954) as Dick Carson
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954) as Mark Halliday
How to Be Very, Very Popular
How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) as Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
My Geisha
My Geisha (1962) as Bob Moore
Beach Party (1963) as Professor Sutwell
The Carpetbaggers (1964) as Dan Pierce
What a Way to Go!
What a Way to Go! (1964) as Dr. Victor Stephanson
Promise Her Anything
Promise Her Anything (1966) as Dr. Philip Brock
Stagecoach (1966) as Henry Gatewood
Five Golden Dragons
Five Golden Dragons (1967) as Bob Mitchell
Stage work[edit]
The Roof (1931)
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (1934)
Faithfully Yours (1951)
The Wayward Stork (1966)
Television credits[edit]
My Hero (1951–1952) as Robert S. Beanblossom
Justice ("The Crisis") (1954)
Disneyland
Disneyland (1954) as Himself
Studio One in
Hollywood
Hollywood (1954–1956) as George Lumley / Juror #8
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show ("A Marital Mix-Up") (1957) as
Bob Collins / Bob Cummings
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater ("Too Good with a Gun") (1957) as Russ Baker
The Bob Cummings Show
The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959) as Bob Collins / Grandpa Josh
Collins / Josh Collins
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957–1960) ("The Ricardos Go To Japan")
(1959) as Himself
The Twilight Zone ("King Nine Will Not Return") (1960) as Capt. James
Embry
Zane Grey Theater
Zane Grey Theater ("The Last Bugle") (1960) as Lt. Charles Gatewood
The New Bob Cummings Show
The New Bob Cummings Show (1961–1962) as Bob Carson
My Living Doll
My Living Doll (1964–1965) as Dr. Robert McDonald
The Flying Nun
The Flying Nun ("Speak the Speech, I Pray You") (1969) as Father
Walter Larson
Gidget Grows Up
Gidget Grows Up (1969) as Russ Lawrence
Love, American Style
Love, American Style (1969–1973) as Walding (segment "Love and the
Secret Spouse") / Grandpa (segment "Love and the Second Time") / Bert
Palmer (segment "Love and the Pill")
Hollywood
Hollywood Squares (1970) as Guest Appearance
Green Acres
Green Acres ("Rest and Relaxation") (1970) as Mort Warner
Here Come the Brides
Here Come the Brides ("The She-Bear") (1970) as Jack Crosse
Bewitched
Bewitched ("Samantha and the Troll") (1971) as Roland Berkley
Partners in Crime (1973) as Ralph Elsworth
The Love Boat
The Love Boat ("Third Wheel/Grandmother's Day/Second String Mom")
(1979) as Eliott Smith
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ("Walt Disney World's 15th
Anniversary Celebration") (1986) as Host / Narrator / Himself
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary
Special
Special (1990) as Himself (final film
role)
Radio credits[edit]
Screen Directors Playhouse
Screen Directors Playhouse ("Bachelor Mother" (1951)[43]
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America ("Going Up") (1952)[44]
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