Robert Cummings

Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 - December 2, 1990) was an American actor and comedian. He is known for his roles in Saboteur (1942) and Dial M for Murder (1954), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 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.

Born

Jun 09, 1910

Joplin, Missouri, USA

Died

Dec 02, 1990

Known For

Acting

Movies

84 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.1

movie

Known For

Dial M for Murder

1954

as Mark Halliday

What a Way to Go!

1964

as Victor Stephanson

Saboteur

1942

as Barry Kane

Sons of the Desert

1933

as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)

Dial M for Murder

1954 • as Mark Halliday

★ 8.0

What a Way to Go!

1964 • as Victor Stephanson

★ 7.1

My Geisha

1962 • as Bob Moore

★ 6.5

Disneyland Handcrafted

2026 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2

Saboteur

1942 • as Barry Kane

★ 6.9

The Carpetbaggers

1964 • as Dan Pierce

★ 6.0

And One Was Beautiful

1940 • as Ridley Crane

★ 6.7

The Bride Wore Boots

1946 • as Jeff Warren

★ 6.1

Flesh and Fantasy

1943 • as Michael (segment 1)

★ 7.1

The Accused

1949 • as Warren Ford

★ 6.1

Stagecoach

1966 • as Henry Gatewood (as Bob Cummings)

★ 6.1

The Lost Moment

1947 • as Lewis Venable

★ 6.3

Sons of the Desert

1933 • as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)

★ 7.1

Sleep, My Love

1948 • as Bruce Elcott

★ 6.3

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

1990 • as Self

★ 6.0

Five Golden Dragons

1967 • as Bob Mitchell

★ 5.2

The Barefoot Mailman

1951 • as Sylvanus Hurley

★ 6.5

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941 • as Joe O'Brien

★ 7.6

Beach Party

1963 • as Professor Sutwell

★ 6.0

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962 • as Self

Three on a Date

1978 • as Cab Driver

★ 3.3

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960 • as Self

★ 6.0

Reign of Terror

1949 • as Charles D'Aubigny

★ 6.8

How to Be Very, Very Popular

1955 • as Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood

★ 4.6

Desert Gold

1936 • as Fordyce 'Ford' Mortimer

★ 5.7

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 • as Self

★ 6.0

The Last Train from Madrid

1937 • as Juan Ramos

★ 4.8

The Chase

1946 • as Chuck Scott

★ 6.2

Touchdown, Army

1938 • as Cadet Jimmy Howal

★ 7.5

So Red the Rose

1935 • as George Pendleton

★ 7.8

One Night in the Tropics

1940 • as Steve Harper

★ 5.8

It Started with Eve

1941 • as Johnny Reynolds Jr.

★ 7.2

You and Me

1938 • as Jim

★ 6.6

Tell It to the Judge

1949 • as Pete Webb

★ 6.6

Wells Fargo

1937 • as Dan Trimball, prospector

★ 5.5

Rio

1939 • as Bill Gregory

★ 5.4

Lucky Me

1954 • as Dick Carson

★ 6.8

Hideaway Girl

1936 • as Mike Winslow

★ 7.0

The Virginia Judge

1935 • as Jim Preston

★ 10.0

Paid in Full

1950 • as Bill Prentice

★ 6.9

The Accusing Finger

1936 • as Jimmy Ellis

★ 5.8

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939 • as Harry Loren

★ 7.2

Forever and a Day

1943 • as Ned

★ 7.5

Souls at Sea

1937 • as George Martin

★ 6.5

You Came Along

1945 • as Maj. Bob Collins

★ 7.3

Everything Happens at Night

1939 • as Ken Morgan

★ 5.3

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 • as Jay Wallace

★ 4.5

Heaven Only Knows

1947 • as Michael, aka Mike

★ 6.5

Princess O'Rourke

1943 • as Eddie O'Rourke

★ 6.5

Kings Row

1942 • as Parris Mitchell

★ 7.4

Promise Her Anything

1966 • as Dr. Philip Brock

★ 4.1

For Heaven's Sake

1950 • as Jeff Bolton

★ 7.0

Twelve Angry Men

1954 • as Juror #8

★ 7.8

Bomber's Moon

1958 • as Colonel Culver

Let's Live a Little

1948 • as Duke Crawford

★ 7.0

Partners in Crime

1973 • as Ralph Elsworth

★ 5.0

Free For All

1949 • as Christopher Parker

★ 6.3

Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast

1955

★ 7.2

Moon Over Miami

1941 • as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II

★ 6.5

Gidget Grows Up

1969 • as Russell Lawrence

★ 6.7

Free and Easy

1941 • as Max Clemington

★ 6.9

The First Time

1952 • as Joe Bennett

★ 7.5

The Great American Beauty Contest

1973 • as Dan Carson (as Bob Cummings)

★ 5.8

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960 • as Self

★ 8.0

Marry Me Again

1953 • as Bill

★ 8.0

Millions in the Air

1935 • as Jimmy

★ 10.0

Arizona Mahoney

1936 • as Phillip Randall

★ 6.5

movie

Three Cheers for Love

1936 • as Jimmy Tuttle

★ 8.0

Between Us Girls

1942 • as Jimmy Blake

★ 7.5

Disneyland '59

1959 • as Self

★ 7.3

Sophie Lang Goes West

1937 • as Curley Griffin

★ 8.0

The Petty Girl

1950 • as George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp

★ 4.3

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939 • as Scotty Hamilton

★ 8.0

The Texans

1938 • as Alan Sanford

★ 6.6

College Swing

1938 • as Radio Announcer

★ 6.8

Border Flight

1936 • as Lt. Bob Dixon

★ 6.5

Romeo and Juliet

1916 • as Friar Lawrence

Spring Parade

1940 • as Corporal Harry Marten

★ 6.9

Seasoned Greetings

1933 • as Husband (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Forgotten Faces

1936 • as Clinton Faraday

★ 5.5

Private Affairs

1940 • as Jimmy Nolan

★ 7.0

The Under-Pup

1939 • as Dennis Lane

★ 7.0

I Stand Accused

1938 • as Frederick A. Davis

★ 9.0

movie

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)

1943 • as Himself