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
as
as
asEd Bartlett
asLt. Dennis McGough
asFred Warren
as
asJudge Claymore
as
as
as
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
Crew
Directing