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Robert Cummings (1910-1990) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in comedy films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O’Rourke (1943) and his two Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers, Saboteur (1942) and Dial M for Murder (1954). His IMDb page shows 107 acting credits from 1933-1986. This page will rank 41 Robert Cummings movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Robert Cummings Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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A woman I used to worked elections with liked to tell the story of how she and her girlfriend stalked Mr. Cummings in Manhattan because they were such fans and he turned around and yelled at them.
Orville Wright was Bob’s godfather and Bob was the first licensed flight instructor in America.
Bob was never on any Oracle of Bacon lists. The following actors on the 2016 list appeared in films with Bob.
9 DONALD SUTHERLAND Promise Her Anything (1965)
35 CHRISTOPHER LEE Five Golden Dragons (1967)
455 SHIRLEY MACLAINE My Geisha (1962)
455 SHIRLEY MACLAINE What a Way to Go! (1964)
660 ANN-MARGRET Stagecoach (1966)
681 ANTHONY QUINN The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
767 ROBERT RIETTY FIVE GOLDEN DRAGONS (1967)
807 TERI GARR What a Way to Go! (1964)
809 ROBERT MITCHUM Saboteur (1942)
809 ROBERT MITCHUM What a Way to Go! (1964)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Reign of Terror (1949)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY The First Time (1952)
The following actors were on the original list in 2000 and have since fallen off; all appeared with Bob.
43 KEENAN WYNN Promise Her Anything (1965)
43 KEENAN WYNN Stagecoach (1966)
48 MARTIN BALSAM The Carpetbaggers (1964)
67 PAUL NEWMAN What a Way to Go! (1964)
81 LIONEL STANDER Promise Her Anything (1965)
95 KLAUS KINSKI Five Golden Dragons (1967)
96 FERDY MAYNE Promise Her Anything (1965)
100 IAN WOLFE Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
100 IAN WOLFE Saboteur (1942)
100 IAN WOLFE The Petty Girl (1950)
125 VINCENT PRICE Beach Party (1963)
137 CARROLL BAKER The Carpetbaggers (1964)
169 JOHN DEHNER Let’s Live a Little (1948)
177 MARCEL DALIO Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
177 MARCEL DALIO Lucky Me (1954)
187 RAY MILLAND Dial M for Murder (1954)
187 RAY MILLAND Everything Happens at Night (1939)
187 RAY MILLAND Forever and a Day (1943)
222 BESS FLOWERS Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
222 BESS FLOWERS Dial M for Murder (1954)
222 BESS FLOWERS Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
222 BESS FLOWERS For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
222 BESS FLOWERS Free and Easy (1941)
222 BESS FLOWERS It Started with Eve (1941)
222 BESS FLOWERS Lucky Me (1954)
222 BESS FLOWERS Paid in Full (1950)
222 BESS FLOWERS Rio (1939)
222 BESS FLOWERS Sleep, My Love (1948)
222 BESS FLOWERS Tell It to the Judge (1949)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Accused (1949)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Carpetbaggers (1964)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Chase (1946)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Petty Girl (1950)
222 BESS FLOWERS You Came Along (1945)
237 PETER LAWFORD Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
245 SLIM PICKENS Stagecoach (1966)
256 HANK WORDEN Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
273 GEORGE COULOURIS Sleep, My Love (1948)
278 KEYE LUKE Sleep, My Love (1948)
296 KENNETH TOBEY Free for All (1949)
299 FRITZ FELD Everything Happens at Night (1939)
332 ANGIE DICKINSON Lucky Me (1954)
364 LESLIE CARON Promise Her Anything (1965)
379 ANN DORAN The Accused (1949)
379 ANN DORAN The Carpetbaggers (1964)
384 GILBERT ROLAND The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
393 CHARLES BOYER Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
394 ALDO RAY The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
410 GEORGE RAFT Five Golden Dragons (1967)
410 GEORGE RAFT Souls at Sea (1937)
410 GEORGE RAFT You and Me (1938)
420 MAURICE MARSAC What a Way to Go! (1964)
458 WARREN BEATTY Promise Her Anything (1965)
459 DABBS GREER Lucky Me (1954)
459 DABBS GREER Reign of Terror (1949)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON My Geisha (1962)
504 ANDY ROMANO Beach Party (1963)
515 BESSIE LOVE Promise Her Anything (1965)
522 RED BUTTONS Stagecoach (1966)
534 BOB HOPE College Swing (1938)
542 PAUL FIX Souls at Sea (1937)
562 PAUL BRYAR Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
562 PAUL BRYAR Rio (1939)
562 PAUL BRYAR The Petty Girl (1950)
571 CHARLES LANE Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
571 CHARLES LANE For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
571 CHARLES LANE The Carpetbaggers (1964)
592 WHIT BISSELL For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
599 JOHN DOUCETTE Reign of Terror (1949)
611 DON ‘RED’ BARRY The Carpetbaggers (1964)
617 PAUL FREES The Carpetbaggers (1964)
623 RUSS TAMBLYN Reign of Terror (1949)
671 EDUARDO CIANELLI The Lost Moment (1947)
682 RAY TEAL Lucky Me (1954)
682 RAY TEAL The Petty Girl (1950)
691 GEORGE PEPPARD The Carpetbaggers (1964)
723 MICKEY KNOX The Accused (1949)
732 ARTHUR O’CONNELL And One Was Beautiful (1940)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Marry Me Again (1953)
745 RICHARD BASEHART Reign of Terror (1949)
746 HERB VIGRAN Lucky Me (1954)
746 HERB VIGRAN Tell It to the Judge (1949)
783 JAMES FLAVIN And One Was Beautiful (1940)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Private Affairs (1940)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Saboteur (1942)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Sleep, My Love (1948)
786 LLOYD NOLAN Wells Fargo (1937)
800 MARTHA HYER Lucky Me (1954)
800 MARTHA HYER The Carpetbaggers (1964)
824 FRANK WILCOX Let’s Live a Little (1948)
832 DON BRODIE Sons of the Desert (1933)
851 CEDRIC HARDWICKE Forever and a Day (1943)
882 DEAN MARTIN What a Way to Go! (1964)
894 PHILIP VAN ZANDT The Petty Girl (1950)
925 RAYMOND BURR Sleep, My Love (1948)
962 OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Princess O’Rourke (1943)
963 FRANK FERGUSON Free for All (1949)
963 FRANK FERGUSON The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
965 MARY WICKES The Petty Girl (1950)
969 BYRON FOULGER Let’s Live a Little (1948)
982 BILLY BENEDICT And One Was Beautiful (1940)
994 ELLEN CORBY Sons of the Desert (1933)
994 ELLEN CORBY The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
17 films with Bess Flowers!!! In 1933 Bob appeared in a short with Sammy Davis Jr. when he was 8.
Bob appeared with 28 Oscar winners;
ANTHONY QUINN The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
BING CROSBY Stagecoach (1966)
CHARLES COBURN Forever and a Day (1943)
CHARLES COBURN How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
CHARLES COBURN Kings Row (1942)
CHARLES COBURN Princess O’Rourke (1943)
CHARLES COBURN The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
CHARLES LAUGHTON Forever and a Day (1943)
CHARLES LAUGHTON It Started with Eve (1941)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT Sleep, My Love (1948)
DON AMECHE Moon Over Miami (1941)
DON AMECHE Sleep, My Love (1948)
DONALD CRISP FOREVER AND A DAY (1943)
DOROTHY MALONE Beach Party (1963)
EDMUND GWENN For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
EDMUND GWENN Forever and a Day (1943)
EDMUND GWENN The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
GARY COOPER Souls at Sea (1937)
GEORGE BURNS College Swing (1938)
GIG YOUNG Tell It to the Judge (1949)
GRACE KELLY Dial M for Murder (1954)
JANE WYMAN Princess O’Rourke (1943)
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT SOULS AT SEA (1937)
KIM HUNTER You Came Along (1945)
LORETTA YOUNG The Accused (1949)
MARTIN BALSAM The Carpetbaggers (1964)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Princess O’Rourke (1943)
PAUL NEWMAN What a Way to Go! (1964)
RAY MILLAND Dial M for Murder (1954)
RAY MILLAND Everything Happens at Night (1939)
RAY MILLAND Forever and a Day (1943)
RED BUTTONS Stagecoach (1966)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE My Geisha (1962)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE What a Way to Go! (1964)
SUSAN HAYWARD The Lost Moment (1947)
THOMAS MITCHELL Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
VAN HEFLIN Stagecoach (1966)
VICTOR MCLAGLEN Forever and a Day (1943)
VICTOR MCLAGLEN Rio (1939)
WALTER BRENNAN The Texans (1938)
Near where I live in Queens there is the AMC Fresh Meadows theater, opened in 1949. It wasn’t AMC then and it had only 1 screen. Nowadays it has 7 screens including an IMAX one. The first picture to play there in 49 was Tell it to the Judge featuring Mr. Cunnings.
Hey Dan
1. Thanks for the great information.
2. Good trivia about Orville Wright being his godfather…..and the “stalking” story…..can’t say I can blame Cummings reaction.
3. Nice to see that he still has some connections left on the current list….with Sutherland having a chance to keep him connected for a very long time….as it seems Donald is not slowing down at all.
4. Bess Flowers and Cummings in 18 movies together…..WOW! Good old Bess….I know you like Mr. Arthur…..but Bess is the one I always look for first.
5. 28 Oscar winners seems a little on the low side…especially for such a long career.
6. Good trivia about Tell It To The Judge being the first movie shown there…..I like stuff like that.
Good stuff as always…changed the name from Anonymous to Dan.
HI BRUCE Your own posts are like busses – they all seem to come at once! Thanks for your feedback on my Cumberbatch post and for fixing that error.
I have not seen many of Robert Cummings’ movies which is ironic in a way because he and Don Ameche might well be the first two movie stars that I ever watched as when I was about 9 my father took me to see Sleep my Love in which as you show above they co-starred with Claudette Colbert.
Robert was never a big box office star but he was popular as a leading man for a time and he had a reasonably good acting range, for example appearing as a dramatic hero in the 2 Hitch films you mention, doing comedy in The Devil and Miss Jones and portraying, excellently I thought, the sleazy agent Dan Pierce in The Carpetbaggers.
Another bonus for him in my eyes is that as well as appearing with my hero Alan Ladd in the latter film which was Laddie’s final one Cummings co-starred opposite 2 of my 3 favourite Classic era actresses as your list above shows – Deanna Durbin in 3 movies and Doris Day in the 1954 Lucky Me.
Apart from the movies that I have mentioned in this post the only other ones for which I can immediately remember Bob Cummings [as he called himself for his later movies. Great name “bob” – who wants a boring old one like Steve or Bruce!] are King’s Row of course and the little known 1952 comedy The First Time in which he co-starred with Barbara Hale and which I don’t see listed on your table.
Despite his rather bland screen persona on occasions it would seem that in real life there were possibly strains of Russell Crowe and Johnny Depp in Bob’s character. He allegedly physically assaulted a sheriff, was sued for the offence and was addicted to drugs. By the way I see that bad boy Depp has been at it again, currently being sued for hitting a crew member on set, and I think I’ve mentioned before that Crowe was reportedly involved in a slanging match in recent times with an African American female singer and both engaged in racial slurs and Crowe allegedly added injury to insult by manhandling her for “insulting his white friends”.
I welcome this new page of yours of a solid performer of bygone days.
Bob Roy, great share. “Bob” by choice. crowe and depp were my top 2 actors late 90’s and early 2000’s. thanks for the suggestions. I feel they did not meet their potential. temperament may have played a part.
Hey Bob
1. I agree my comments seem to be all at once…..our schedule is so crazy these days…..but I am trying.
2. Awesome memory of Sleep My Love…..love hearing about stories like that….and it is amazing how it sticks with you.
3. I thought of you everytime I got to one of the Durbin/Cummings movies….sadly I did not have time to do the trailers for those movies.
4. I agree with you about the name “Bob”……that was my dad’s name…..most Bobs are pretty cool…..with a few exceptions…lol.
5. Yep….came up empty handed with regards to The First Time…..will keep searching for that one.
6. I read that Depp was having more issues…..he has had a rough 18 months……but he still has movies coming out pretty regularly.
7. Russell Crowe is getting to old to be having these issues….you think he would have learned a little something by now.
Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE
When I saw it back in 1952 The First Time was on a double bill with “Sound Off” starring Mickey Rooney
I’ve told you previously about how before he hit the big time in movies Crowe belonged to a pop group and he released a song called “I want to be like Marlon Brando”.
Seems like he’s got his wish as he’s now around 20 stone for a new part he’s playing – certainly not a reprisal of Gladiator’s Maximus!
I saw 7. one favourite , a 10, dial m for murder. kings row fabulous acting by the 2 female leads and Ronald Reagan but a real downer. one of flora’s favorites , what a way to go , is my hidden gem. light weight fluff with incredible male leads newman, mitchum, dick van dyke, gene Kelly, dean martin, Robert Cummings.
I just learned that Cummings did a tv version of 12 angry men. winning a best actor emmy 3 years before the feature length version. I hope to see this.
the next year started a 5 season run of the bob Cummings show. reruns were titled appropriately:
LOVE THAT BOB
Hey bob cox,
12 angry Men, at internet archive.org. Public Domain, perfectly legal. Enjoy 😉
https://archive.org/details/12AngryMenCourtroomDramaThriller1954Teleplay
Hey Lupino…..thanks for sharing this link….great find! You are the MAN!
Lupino, thanks. with a little help from my friends. I hope to check it out this weekend. I always appreciate your sharing.
Hey bob cox…….tally counts….Flora 12, Steve 8, you 7 and me at the bottom with 4. I agree with you about Dial M For Murder….that would be in my Top 10 Hitch movies….which is loaded with some great movies. Now I really want to see What A Way To Go!….you are right…that cast is stellar! I see Lupino was nice enough to provide the link to that Cummings’ 12 Angry Man production…..he is the man! Good feedback on Robert Cummings.
I have seen 12 Robert Cummings movies. I have always enjoyed his performances.
The highest rated film I have seen is Kings Row at number 1.
The lowest rated film I have seen is Free and Easy at 39.
The highest rated film I have NOT seen is Souls at Sea.
My favourite Robert Cummings films in order are:
Dial M For Murder
Saboteur
The Devil and Miss Jones
Princess O’Rourke
What a Way to Go!
Moon Over Miami
Beach Party
Hey Flora
1. Thanks for the feedback on Robert Cummings.
2. Tally count….Flora 12…..Steve and Cogerson 12…..8 for Steve and 4 for me…..so it is a tie….lol.
3. So Kings Row did not make your favorites list….I really liked Reagan in that one.
4. I want to see Souls at Sea…..it is a Gary Cooper movie that rarely gets mentioned.
5. I have actually seen your Top 3….so maybe I watched the right 4 movies…..lol.
6. What A Way To Go! is a movie I want to see….love the attached trailer……lots of stars in that one.
Good feedback as always.
I know Robert Cummings best from the two Hitchcock films he made.
I’ve seen 8 of the 41 films on the chart, favorites are Dial M for Murder and Saboteur.
I watched a season of Beach Party movies a couple of months ago starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon, yes a glutton for punishment I am. Plenty of girls in bikinis plus there were cameos from Boris Karloff, Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in three of them. Robert Cummings starred in the first of these, along with Dorothy Malone.
I haven’t seen Kings Row or The Devil and Miss Jones.
Whoa! The Carpetbaggers was a huge hit in the US, Steve McQueen would play the younger version of Alan Ladd’s character in Nevada Smith (1966).
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for checking out one of our latest pages.
2. Your total of 8….doubles my total of 4. I have seen both Hitch movies..with Dial M For Murder being my favorite of the two.
3. The Beach movies were the Love Boat of the 1960s….lol. Love Boat was a USA television show that offered parts to older thespians.
4. Ronald Reagan is at his best in Kings Row……worth checking out. The Devil and Miss Jones is very outdated…Charles Coburn is fun to watch in that one.
5. I want to see The Carpetbaggers….the trailer seems pretty wild for a early 1960s movie.
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