Job Actor
Years active 1931-1990
Known for Well-meaning, pleasant but somewhat bumbling young men
Top Roles Eddie O'Rourke, Mark Halliday, Jim, Parris Mitchell, Extra in Crowd at Steamship Official's Announcement
Top GenresComedy, Drama, Romance, Musical, Crime, Mystery
Top TopicsRomance (Comic), Marriage, Based on Play
Top Collaborators (Director), (Producer), (Director), (Producer)
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Robert Cummings Overview:

Legendary actor, Robert Cummings, was born Charles Clarence Cummings on Jun 9, 1910 in Joplin, MO. Cummings died at the age of 80 on Dec 2, 1990 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

MINI BIO:

Perennially young, ever-smiling, black-haired American leading man, most at home in light comedy-romance where his skill at throwaway humor was best displayed. But he could be effectively used in drama, as proved by Sam Wood in Kings Row and Hitchcock in Saboteur. One of the earliest Hollywood entrants into TV, where he had his own show from 1955 to 1961. Made film debut as crowd player under the name Blade Stanhope Conway. Later billed (after 1962) as Bob Cummings. Suffered from Parkinson's Disease in later years. Died from kidney failure.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Television and Motion Pictures. Cummings was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Did you know? Actor , born Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings, was Godson to aviation pioneer Orville Wright.?Wright taught him to fly while Cummings was still in high school, and Cummings made his first solo flight in 1927 at the age of 16. Cummings gave local residents rides i... Read full article


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Robert Cummings Quotes:

Lewis Venable: Had Jeffrey Ashton once lived in this cold, forbidding house? I felt the past close in around me like a fog. The door to the present shut behind me.


Charles D'Aubigny: Seems I remember an appointment we had four years ago. Only one of us showed up. The stupid one. Your Charles has grown up to be a smart boy, now.
Madelon: I'll be waiting.
Charles D'Aubigny: I wouldn't count the minutes.


Barry Kane: Pat, this moment belongs to me. No matter what happens, they can never take it away from me.
[another dancer cuts in and dances off with Pat]


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Robert Cummings Facts
Began his contract career for Paramount in 1935.

Owned a hobby hardware store in Beverly Hills, California.

Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Sanctity.

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