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). 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.