Biography
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.
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Awards & recognition
- Aberconway Medal · 1984
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1955
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography39 titles
The Twilight Zone
Dial M for Murder
Bewitched
Twelve Angry Men
The Devil and Miss Jones
Forever and a Day
Kings Row
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Green Acres
My Living Doll
It Started with Eve
Disneyland Handcrafted
What a Way to Go!
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Sons of the Desert
My Hero
What's My Line?
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Saboteur
My Geisha
Lucky Me
Reign of Terror
Here's Lucy
Lux Video Theatre
Tell It to the Judge
You and Me
The Texans
Arizona Mahoney
The Love Boat
The Bob Cummings Show
The Chase
Beach Party
The Carpetbaggers
Desert Gold
One Night in the Tropics
Wells Fargo
Five Golden Dragons
Promise Her Anything