Irving Cummings Jr. (January 27, 1918 – March 26, 1996) was an American producer and writer, known for the

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television series '' Fury''.

Biography

Cummings was the son of actor and director

Irving Cummings Irving Caminsky (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director. Career Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy''. His Broadway theatre, Broadway, p ...

. They worked together several times: in 1948 they produced ''

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'' together, and in 1951 he produced the film ''

Double Dynamite ''Double Dynamite'' is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, and Frank Sinatra. The film was written by Leo Rosten (story), Melville Shavelson (screenplay), Mannie Manheim (base ...

'', which his father directed. He died of cancer in

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, California.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cummings, Irving Jr. 1918 births 1996 deaths American film producers