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}} Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990)〔 was an American film and television actor known mainly for his roles in comedy films such as ''The Devil and Miss Jones'' (1941) and ''Princess O'Rourke'' (1943), but was also effective in dramatic films, especially two of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, ''Saboteur'' (1942) and ''Dial M for Murder'' (1954).〔Wise and Wilderson 2000, p. 189.〕 Cummings received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance in 1955. In 1960, he received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures and television.〔Oliver, Myrna. "(Robert Cummings )". ''Los Angeles Times'', December 3, 1990.〕 ==Early life== Cummings was born in Joplin, Missouri, a son of Dr. Charles Clarence Cummings and the former Ruth Annabelle Kraft.〔FilmReference.com〕 His father was a surgeon, who was part of the original medical staff of St. John's Hospital in Joplin. He was the founder of the Jasper County Tuberculosis Hospital in Webb City, Missouri.〔Christensen 1999, p. 225.〕 Cummings' mother was an ordained minister of the Science of Mind.〔 While attending Joplin High School, Cummings was taught to fly by his godfather, Orville Wright, the aviation pioneer.〔 His first solo was on March 3, 1927.〔Greenwood 1960, p. 45.〕 During high school, Cummings gave Joplin residents rides in his aircraft for $5 per person.〔 When the government began licensing flight instructors, Cummings was issued flight instructor certificate No. 1, making him the first official flight instructor in the United States.〔 Cummings studied briefly at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, but his love of flying caused him to transfer to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied aeronautical engineering for a year before he dropped out because of financial reasons, his family having lost heavily in the 1929 stock market crash.〔 Since the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City paid its male actors $14 a week, Cummings decided to study there.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Cummings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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