Regis Toomey
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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.
Acted in
Evil Town
1987
as Doc Hooper
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Burlesque Stagehand
Dr. Shagetz
1975
as Doc Hooper
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Joe
Ghost Story
1972
as Sam Streeter
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Sanderson the Pathologist
Cover Me Babe
1970
as Michael Atterbury
Change of Habit
1969
as Father Gibbons
Adam-12
1968
as Billy Heckman
Gunn
1967
as The Bishop
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Dr. Ben Berkhart
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Cotton Benson
The F.B.I.
1965
as Calvin Betts
Green Acres
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Defense Attorney Reed
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as George Penfield
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
as Bagley
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Doc Stuart
Burke's Law
1963
as Detective Lester Hart
Johnny Shiloh
1963
as Mr. Clem
Going My Way
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Joseph Denton
The Errand Boy
1961
as Studio Exec with the Baron
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Arthur Wheeler
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Judge Thomas Otto
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Dr. Jamieson
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
as Bill Baird
The Last Sunset
1961
as Milton Wing
Route 66
1960
The Tall Man
1960
Guns of the Timberland
1960
as Sheriff Taylor
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dr. Harry Randolph
Tightrope
1959
The Hangman
1959
as Soldier at Fort
Warlock
1959
as Skinner
Rawhide
1959
Joy Ride
1958
as Miles Renny
Bronco
1958
as Judge Claymore
Peter Gunn
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Lenny the Bartender
Sing Boy Sing
1958
as Rev. Easton
No Time at All
1958
as Joe Donaldson
Trackdown
1957
Maverick
1957
as Ben Granville
Perry Mason
1957
as Sam Crane
Perry Mason
1957
as Andy Grant
Wagon Train
1957
as Mr. Hunter
Sugarfoot
1957
as John Peel
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lt. Dennis McGough
Curfew Breakers
1957
as Coach Bettger
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Will Jenkins
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Barnes
Playhouse 90
1956
as Regis Toomey
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Dakota Incident
1956
as Minstrel
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
as Murph
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Father Murphy
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Arvide Abernathy
Top Gun
1955
as Jim O'Hara
Matinee Theater
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Navy Log
1955
The Millionaire
1955
as Pete Marlowe
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
as Mike Farrell
Climax!
1954
as Fred Warren
December Bride
1954
The Human Jungle
1954
as Bob Geddes
Hey Mulligan
1954
as Joe Mulligan
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Tim Garfield
Drums Across the River
1954
as Sheriff Jim Beal
The Backbone of America
1953
as Bill Carmody
The Nebraskan
1953
as Col. Markham
Take the High Ground!
1953
as Chaplain (uncredited)
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Everett Strawn
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Henry Herman
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Father Middleton
Letter to Loretta
1953
as George Kent
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mr. McCarthy
Letter to Loretta
1953
as John Howell
Island in the Sky
1953
as Sergeant Harper
Son of Belle Starr
1953
as Tom Wren
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Mayor Hull
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jimmy
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as General Ned Prager
My Pal Gus
1952
as Farley Norris
Cavalcade of America
1952
Just for You
1952
as Mr. Hodges
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lt. Manny Waldo
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Colonel
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Police Lt. Manny Waldo
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
as Dr. Carter
My Six Convicts
1952
as Dr. Gordon
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
as Bill Marshall
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ed Bartlett
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Babe Bricker
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Colonel Hawks
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
The Tall Target
1951
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951
as Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
Navy Bound
1951
as Capt. Charles Danning
Cry Danger
1951
as Gus Cobb
Frenchie
1950
as Carter
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
as Reporter (uncredited)
Undercover Girl
1950
as Hank Miller
Again Pioneers
1950
as Dave Harley
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Dan Madden
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Sorren
The Devil's Henchman
1949
as Tip Banning
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as John Young
Come to the Stable
1949
as Monsignor Talbot
The Phantom Creeps
1949
as Lt. Jim Daley
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Mr. Davis
Station West
1948
as Jim Goddard
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
Raw Deal
1948
as (uncredited)
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Pastor
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mr. Miller
Magic Town
1947
as Ed Weaver
High Tide
1947
as Inspector O'Haffey
The Big Fix
1947
as Lt. Brenner
The Guilty
1947
as Detective Heller
The Thirteenth Hour
1947
as Don Parker
Child of Divorce
1946
as Ray Carter
Sister Kenny
1946
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
Her Sister's Secret
1946
as Bill Gordon
The Big Sleep
1946
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as James Summers
Follow That Woman
1945
as Barney Manners
Spellbound
1945
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
Betrayal from the East
1945
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
Strange Illusion
1945
as Dr. Vincent
The Doughgirls
1944
as Timothy Walsh
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
as Inspector McDonald
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Bill Regan
Dark Mountain
1944
as Steve Downey
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
Song of the Open Road
1944
as Connors
Follow the Boys
1944
as Dr. Henderson
Phantom Lady
1944
as Detective
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
as Capt. Ralph Carson
Destroyer
1943
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Blackstone McDaniel
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Frank Hatfield
I Was Framed
1942
as Bob Leeds
Bullet Scars
1942
as Dr. Steven Bishop
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Captain Joe Radcliffe
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Fitzhugh Lee
New York Town
1941
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
Law of the Tropics
1941
as Tom Marshall
The Nurse's Secret
1941
as Inspector Tom Patten
Reaching for the Sun
1941
as Intern
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as 1st Policeman
A Shot in the Dark
1941
as William Ryder
Meet John Doe
1941
as Bert Hansen
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Wallace
Dive Bomber
1941
as Tim Griffin
Arizona
1940
as Grant Oury
March On, Marines
1940
as Drill Sergeant
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Constable Jerry Moore
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Freddy
Northwest Passage
1940
as Webster
His Girl Friday
1940
as Sanders
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Ives
Hidden Power
1939
as Mayton
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Dick Wilbur
Trapped in the Sky
1939
as Lt. Gary
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939
as Paddy O'Rourke
Street of Missing Men
1939
as Jim Parker
Society Smugglers
1939
as Johnny Beebe
Wings of the Navy
1939
as First Flight Instructor
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
as Jack Webster
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as Lt. Jim Daly
Pirates of the Skies
1939
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
as Ted Hall
Illegal Traffic
1938
as Windy
Blind Alibi
1938
as Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
The Invisible Menace
1938
as Lt. Matthews
Submarine D-1
1937
as Tom Callan
Big City
1937
as Fred Hawkins
Back in Circulation
1937
as Buck
The Lady Escapes
1937
as American reporter (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Hilton
Bulldog Edition
1936
as Jim Hardy
Skull and Crown
1935
as Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
Bars of Hate
1935
as Ted Clark
Shadows of the Orient
1935
as Inspector Bob Baxter
Manhattan Moon
1935
as Eddie
'G' Men
1935
as Eddie Buchanan
One Frightened Night
1935
as Tom Dean
Great God Gold
1935
as Phil Stuart
Shadow of Doubt
1935
as Reed Ryan
Red Morning
1934
as John Hastings
Redhead
1934
as Scoop
She Had to Choose
1934
as Jack Berry
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
as Detective Smiley North
Picture Brides
1934
as Dave Hart
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Big Time Or Bust
1933
as Jimmie Kane
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Tommy Nelson
How to Break 90 #5: Impact
1933
as Himself
Laughing at Life
1933
as Pat Collins / Mc Hale
Soldiers of the Storm
1933
as Brad Allerton
State Trooper
1933
as Michael Rolph
The Penal Code
1932
as Robert Palmer
A Strange Adventure
1932
as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
They Never Come Back
1932
as Jimmy Nolan
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Dick Wilbur
The Midnight Patrol
1932
as John Martin
Shopworn
1932
as David Livingston
Under Eighteen
1932
as Jimmie Slocum
Touchdown!
1931
as Tom Hussey
24 Hours
1931
as Tony Bruzzi
Graft
1931
as Dustin Hotchkiss
Murder by the Clock
1931
as Office Cassidy
Kick In
1931
as Chick Hewes
The Finger Points
1931
as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
Finn and Hattie
1931
as Henry Collins
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Regan
Other Men's Women
1931
as Jack Kulper
A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Jersey
Good Intentions
1930
as Richard Holt
Shadow of the Law
1930
as Tom Owens
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as Bob Drexell
Crazy That Way
1930
as Robert Metcalf
Framed
1930
as Jimmy McArthur
Street of Chance
1930
as 'Babe' Marsden
Rich People
1929
as Jef MacLean
Illusion
1929
as Eric
The Wheel of Life
1929
as Lt. MacLaren
Alibi
1929
as Danny McGann
