
Regis Toomey
Born: 1898-08-13
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

The Carey Treatment

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Reaching for the Sun

Murder on the Blackboard

Warlock

Hidden Power

The Phantom of Hollywood

Shadows of the Orient

The Big Sleep

Again Pioneers

The Boy with Green Hair

Good Intentions

Dakota Incident

Johnny Shiloh

Tennessee Johnson

Bullet Scars

Dive Bomber

Bars of Hate

The Devil and Miss Jones

Thunder Afloat

'G' Men

Top Gun

The Bishop's Wife

Sister Kenny

Arizona

The Doughgirls

Spellbound

Dynamite Pass

Undercover Girl

Mysterious Intruder

Great Day in the Morning

Graft

Tomahawk

The Nebraskan

Evil Town

Magic Town

Big City

Cry Danger

His Girl Friday

Red Morning

Gunn

Frenchie

Manhattan Moon

Song of the Open Road

Shadow of Doubt

Society Smugglers

Joy Ride

The Mysterious Miss X

The Last Sunset

Show Boat

Hunted Men

Illusion

The Crowd Roars

High Tide

Guys and Dolls

Man's Favorite Sport?

Mighty Joe Young

Come to the Stable

Touchdown!

Beyond the Forest

The Lady Escapes

Shopworn

The Devil's Henchmen

I Was Framed

Picture Brides

The Errand Boy

New York Town

Her Sister's Secret

24 Hours

Framed

Law of the Tropics

Indianapolis Speedway

Take the High Ground!

Redhead

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Murder in the Blue Room

Big Time Or Bust

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

The High and the Mighty

Meet John Doe

The Phantom Creeps

Skull and Crown

The Human Jungle

The Night of the Grizzly

The Phantom Creeps

Reaching from Heaven

Union Pacific

Change of Habit

Sing Boy Sing

Bulldog Edition

Northwest Passage

Island in the Sky

They Died with Their Boots On

My Pal Gus

Laughing at Life

Pirates of the Skies

Drums Across the River

Follow the Boys

The Tall Target

It Happens Every Thursday

Smashing the Spy Ring

Just for You

Soldiers of the Storm

Raw Deal

Destroyer

The Hangman

The Hangman

The Thirteenth Hour

'Til We Meet Again

Murder by the Clock

Station West

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Raiders of Ghost City

North West Mounted Police

Main Street to Broadway

Cover Me Babe

Follow That Woman

Other Men's Women

The Midnight Patrol

Under Eighteen

She Had to Choose

They Never Come Back

Scandal Sheet

Phantom Lady

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

The Forest Rangers

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

The Battle at Apache Pass

Son of Belle Starr

The Invisible Menace

Guns of the Timberland

What's Your Racket

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

The People Against O'Hara

A Shot in the Dark

The Guilty

The Big Fix

My Six Convicts

The Finger Points

Strange Illusion

Never Wave at a WAC

The Penal Code

She Had to Say Yes

Curfew Breakers

Kick In

Alibi

Illegal Traffic

The Wheel of Life

Wings of the Navy

Navy Bound

You're in the Army Now

Crazy That Way

A Strange Adventure

Dr. Shagetz

Street of Chance

No Time at All

A Man from Wyoming

Back in Circulation

Blind Alibi

Betrayal from the East

Child of Divorce

Submarine D-1

Shadow of the Law

Dark Mountain

Trapped in the Sky

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

The Nurse's Secret

The Light of Western Stars

Great God Gold

Three for Jamie Dawn

Midnight Taxi

Finn and Hattie

The Backbone of America

Street of Missing Men

State Trooper

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

One Frightened Night

When the Lights Go On Again
