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Irving Cummings, Irving Cummings (October 9, 1888 - April 18, 1959), born Irving Camisky in New York City, New York was an American movie actor, director, producer and writer.Cummings started his acting career in his late teens on Broadway with the legendary Lillian Russell. He entered into movies in 1909 and quickly became a popular leading man. Few of the films he made as an actor are easily available, except for Buster Keatons first feature film, The Saphead (1920), in which Cummings plays a crooked stockbroker and Fred Niblos film Sex(1920), one of the first films to depict a new phenomenon in 1920s America, the Flapper. Both films are readily available on home video. Around that time, he started to direct action movies and occasional comedies.In 1934, Cummings directed Grand Canary, and in 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his direction of In Old Arizona.Cummings was known for the big splashy 1930s Technicolor musicals with popular leading ladies such as Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, and Shirley Temple (Little Miss Broadway, 1938) he directed at 20th Century Fox.Cummings died in Los Angeles, California in 1959 of a heart ailment.[edit] External linksIrving Cummings at the Internet Movie DatabaseIrving Cummings at the Internet Broadway DatabasePersondataNameCummings, IrvingAlternative namesShort descriptionActor, Film directorDate of birth9 October 1888Place of birthNew York, New York, USADate of death18 April 1959Place of deathLos Angeles, California, USARetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_CummingsCategories: American film actors | American silent film actors | American film directors | English-language film 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