Studied acting with Sandy Meisner and Betty Cashman, jazz dancing with Eugene Louis Facciuto (Luigi), tap dancing with Ernest Carlos and ballet with the New York City Ballet.
As a youngster, he played Louis, the son of Anna, in the original 1951 Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I. Cummins later appeared on stage in Damn Yankees, The Music Man and Plaza Suite.
Gave his body to Science Cares for medical research and education.
He was also a recording artist. "Cinderella Neath the Beach Umbrella," and "Always Together."