In his personal life, Cummings also admired beautiful women-but rarely remained a bachelor.
Incorporated into the scripts were several details of Cummings’ real life: his penchant for maintaining youthful good looks, his home town of Joplin, and his hobby of flying small aircraft-including assuming the role of “Grandpa Collins,” who took great glee in bombing his “enemies” with jugs of cider while flying his beloved World War I era “Jenny.” In his long-running television series, “The Bob Cummings Show,” Cummings portrayed Bob Collins, a studio photographer who photographed-and dated-the world’s most beautiful models. His last film credits were “What a Way to Go!” and “The Carpetbaggers” in 1964 “Promise Her Anything” and a remake of “Stagecoach” in 1966, and “Five Golden Dragons” in 1967.
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He later reclaimed his own name, earning credits in a string of light romantic comedies.Ĭummings also won critical acclaim, however, for dramatic roles in films like “Kings Row,” “The Lost Moment” and “Dial M for Murder.”Īlthough he achieved his greatest fame with his television series in the 1950s and 1960s, Cummings continued to make occasional movies in those years.
In 1935, Cummings moved to Hollywood and broke into films by faking a southern drawl and presenting himself as Brice Hutchens, a Texan.
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