Regis Toomey
Biography
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John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School. He initially pondered a law career, but acting won out and he established himself as a musical stage performer.
Educated in dramatics at the University of Pittsburgh, where he became a brother of Sigma Chi, Toomey began as a stock actor and eventually made it to Broadway. Toomey was a singer on stage until throat problems (acute laryngitis) while touring in Europe stopped that aspect of his career. In 1929, Toomey first began appearing in films. He initially started out as a leading man, but found more success as a character actor (sans his toupee).
Toomey appeared in over 180 films, including classics such as The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart. In 1956, he appeared as a judge, with Chuck Connors as "Andy", in the third episode, "The Nevada Nightingale", of the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show. Toomey thereafter appeared in another anthology series too as the character "Harry" in the 1960 episode "The Doctor and the Redhead", with Dick Powell and Felicia Farr, of CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. In the 1961–1962 television season, he appeared in a supporting role with George Nader in the syndicated crime drama Shannon about insurance investigators. From 1963–1966, Toomey was one of the stars of the ABC crime drama, Burke's Law, starring Gene Barry. He played Sergeant Les Hart, one of the detectives assisting the murder investigations of the millionaire police captain Amos Burke. He also guest-starred on dozens of television programs, including the "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" episode of Maverick.
In 1941, Toomey appeared in You're in the Army Now, in which he and Jane Wyman had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds.
Known For
Acting
1946
asChief Inspector Bernie Ohls
1961
asDr. Jamieson
1940
asSanders
1945
asDet. Sgt. Gillespie
1955
asArvide Abernathy
1931
asJack Kulper
1951
asGus Cobb
1941
asBert Hansen
1949
asTip Banning
1953
asDesk Sergeant (uncredited)
1947
asDon Parker
1944
asDr. Henderson
1970
asMichael Atterbury
1939
asMayton
1939
asLt. Gary
1947
asDetective Heller
1940
asGrant Oury
1929
asDanny McGann
1930
asJimmy McArthur
1953
asSergeant Harper
1945
asDr. Vincent
1949
asSorren
1935
asTom Dean
1951
asFred Colton, Police Sound Man
1946
asJames Summers
1931
asOffice Cassidy
1948
asJim Goddard
1961
asBill Baird
1954
asBob Geddes
1959
asSkinner
1948
asMr. Davis
1944
asDetective
1945
asAgent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
1952
asDr. Gordon
1947
asInspector O'Haffey
1933
asTommy Nelson
1929
asLt. MacLaren
1939
asLt. Jim Daly
1941
asFitzhugh Lee
1964
asBagley
1961
asMilton Wing
1949
asJohn Young
1941
asTim Griffin
1948
asPolice Inspector Clint Judd
1954
asTim Garfield
1947
asMr. Miller
1942
asBlackstone McDaniel
1950
asHank Miller
1937
asFred Hawkins
1972
asSanderson the Pathologist
1940
asConstable Jerry Moore
1956
asMinstrel
1953
asChaplain (uncredited)
1956
asFather Murphy
1932
asJimmie Slocum
1944
asTimothy Walsh
1939
asIves
1943
asLt. Cmdr. Clark
1944
asSteve Downey
1932
asDavid Livingston
1942
asBob Leeds
1953
asGeneral Ned Prager
1954
asSheriff Jim Beal
1949
asMonsignor Talbot
1932
asDick Wilbur
1944
asCapt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
1957
asCoach Bettger
1944
asBill Regan
1940
asFreddy
1930
asBob Drexell
1932
asRobert Palmer
1931
asRegan
1933
asPat Collins / Mc Hale
1932
asJimmy Nolan
1944
asInspector McDonald
1935
asBob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
1932
asDetective-Sergeant Mitchell
1931
asDustin Hotchkiss
1935
asInspector Bob Baxter
1946
asRay Carter
1939
asJack Webster
1958
asMiles Renny
1941
asInspector Tom Patten
1953
asCol. Markham
1935
asReed Ryan
1934
asDave Hart
1936
asJim Hardy
1950
asCarter
1944
asConnors
1933
asJimmie Kane
1935
asTed Clark
1935
asPhil Stuart
1942
asDr. Steven Bishop
1955
asJim O'Hara
1956
asMurph
1939
asDick Wilbur
1950
asDan Madden
1958
asRev. Easton
1943
asCapt. Ralph Carson
1931
asTony Bruzzi
1930
asRichard Holt
1939
asPaddy O'Rourke
1967
asThe Bishop
1947
asEd Weaver
1931
asCharlie 'Breezy' Russell
1931
asHenry Collins
1930
as'Babe' Marsden
1933
asMichael Rolph
1941
asTom Marshall
1951
asCapt. Charles Danning
1948
as(uncredited)
1934
asJack Berry
1930
asTom Owens
1938
asWindy
1934
asJohn Hastings
1937
asHilton
1937
asBuck
1946
asBill Gordon
1952
asDr. Carter
1929
asEric
1938
asLt. Matthews
1940
asWebster
1952
asBill Marshall
1935
asEddie Buchanan
1958
asJoe Donaldson
1939
as
1938
asDoctor Wilson - Veterinarian
1951
asSheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
1939
asFirst Flight Instructor
1939
asTom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
1937
asAmerican reporter (uncredited)
1940
asDrill Sergeant
1974
asJoe
1946
asNew York Reporter (uncredited)
1959
asSoldier at Fort
1942
asFrank Hatfield
1930
asJersey
1960
asSheriff Taylor
1939
asJohnny Beebe
1948
asPastor
1939
asJim Parker
1934
asScoop
1966
asCotton Benson
1941
asWilliam Ryder
1929
asJef MacLean
1952
asMr. Hodges
1941
asCaptain Joe Radcliffe
1934
asDetective Smiley North
1950
asReporter (uncredited)
1952
asFarley Norris
1941
asWallace
1987
asDoc Hooper
1975
asDoc Hooper
1931
asChick Hewes
1935
asEddie
1950
asDave Harley
1965
asMr. Clem
1953
asTom Wren
1937
asTom Callan
1938
asTed Hall
1941
asJim Martin (uncredited)
1945
asBarney Manners
1933
asHimself
1953
asMayor Hull
1934
as
1955
asMike Farrell
1961
asStudio Exec with the Baron
1941
asIntern
1947
asLt. Brenner
1953
asBill Carmody
1951
asInsp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
1941
as1st Policeman
1933
asBrad Allerton
1931
asTom Hussey
1949
asLt. Jim Daley
1976
asBurlesque Stagehand
1969
asFather Gibbons
1932
asJohn Martin
1930
asRobert Metcalf
1951
asSmith (uncredited)
1938
asDonovan
asDr. Ben Berkhart
asDetective Lester Hart
as
as
as
asJudge Thomas Otto
as
asCalvin Betts
as
asDoc Stuart
asSam Crane
asJimmy
as
asGeorge Penfield
as
as
asPete Marlowe
asJoseph Denton
asas 
asEd Bartlett
asLt. Dennis McGough
asFred Warren
as
asJudge Claymore
as
asas 
asLenny the Bartender
asJohn Peel
as
asWill Jenkins
asDefense Attorney Reed
as
asArthur Wheeler
as asJoe Mulligan
asDr. Harry Randolph
asEverett Strawn
asSam Streeter
asBen Granville
asHenry Herman
asFather Middleton
asGeorge Kent
asMr. McCarthy
asJohn Howell
asBilly Heckman
asBabe Bricker
asColonel Hawks
as asSheriff Barnes
asLt. Manny Waldo
asColonel
asPolice Lt. Manny Waldo
asAndy Grant
asRegis Toomey
asMr. Hunter
Production
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