Robert Cummings (actor, born 1865): Biography and Background

Robert Cummings (February 8, 1865 – July 22, 1949) was an American actor active on the stage and in film. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he was a member of the Cummings family of actors. He was active on the New York stage as early as 1883 when he performed in The Pavements of Paris at Niblo's Garden. In the 1890s he managed his own theatre troupe, the Cummings Stock Company, which was active both in the United States and Canada. He had a prolific stage career that lasted until his retirement in 1941. He starred in many Broadway productions, most often in plays but also in musicals. He also performed in American regional theatre and in national touring productions. While never completely abandoning his stage career, he starred in 28 silent films released between 1914 and 1920. In c. 1930 he moved to Los Angeles to work in sound films; making five pictures in the 1930s. He died in Los Angeles in 1949.

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