American actor, director, and producer (born 1908)

Robert Cummings

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.

Born

1910

June 9

Died

1990

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1910s

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1990 Died

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-411 The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
53 The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
68 Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.

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The world in 1910

When Robert arrived

april 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
april 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
april 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
april 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

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Christina Stürmer 1982– Austrian singer-songwriter D'banj 1980– Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata 1946– Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Johann Gottfried Galle 1812– German astronomer and academic (died 1910) Josh Cribbs 1983– American football player Les Paul 1915–2009 American guitarist, songwriter, and inventor (born 1915) Mae Whitman 1988– American actress Patricia Cornwell 1956– American journalist and author Pierre Duhem 1861– French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916)

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Alicia Markova 1910–2004 English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004) António de Spínola 1910–1996 Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996) Barbara Castle 1910–2002 Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (born 1910) Bluey 1910–1939 Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939) Bonnie Parker 1910–1934 American criminal (born 1910) Carmine Coppola 1910–1991 American composer and conductor (born 1910) Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg 1910–2012 Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910) Cyril Cusack 1910–1993 South African-born Irish actor (died 1993) Douglas Bader 1910–1982 English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982)

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