Regis Toomey
Acting
Born August 13, 1898 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Films (182)
Evil Town
1987
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
Dr. Shagetz
1975
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
The Carey Treatment
1972
Cover Me Babe
1970
Change of Habit
1969
Gunn
1967
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
Johnny Shiloh
1965
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
The Errand Boy
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
The Last Sunset
1961
Guns of the Timberland
1960
The Hangman
1959
Warlock
1959
Joy Ride
1958
Sing Boy Sing
1958
No Time at All
1958
Curfew Breakers
1957
Dakota Incident
1956
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
Great Day in the Morning
1956
Guys and Dolls
1955
Top Gun
1955
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
The Human Jungle
1954
The High and the Mighty
1954
Drums Across the River
1954
The Backbone of America
1953
The Nebraskan
1953
Take the High Ground!
1953
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Island in the Sky
1953
Son of Belle Starr
1953
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
My Pal Gus
1952
Just for You
1952
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
My Six Convicts
1952
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
The People Against O'Hara
1951
The Tall Target
1951
Show Boat
1951
Navy Bound
1951
Cry Danger
1951
Tomahawk
1951
Frenchie
1950
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
Undercover Girl
1950
Again Pioneers
1950
Dynamite Pass
1950
Beyond the Forest
1949
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
Come to the Stable
1949
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Phantom Creeps
1949
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Station West
1948
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
Raw Deal
1948
Reaching from Heaven
1948
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Magic Town
1947
High Tide
1947
The Big Fix
1947
The Guilty
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
1947
Child of Divorce
1946
Sister Kenny
1946
Her Sister's Secret
1946
The Big Sleep
1946
Mysterious Intruder
1946
Follow That Woman
1945
Spellbound
1945
Betrayal from the East
1945
Strange Illusion
1945
The Doughgirls
1944
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
Dark Mountain
1944
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
Song of the Open Road
1944
Follow the Boys
1944
Phantom Lady
1944
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
Destroyer
1943
Tennessee Johnson
1942
The Forest Rangers
1942
I Was Framed
1942
Bullet Scars
1942
You're in the Army Now
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
New York Town
1941
Law of the Tropics
1941
Dive Bomber
1941
The Nurse's Secret
1941
Reaching for the Sun
1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
A Shot in the Dark
1941
Meet John Doe
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
Arizona
1940
March On, Marines
1940
North West Mounted Police
1940
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Northwest Passage
1940
His Girl Friday
1940
Thunder Afloat
1939
Hidden Power
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
Trapped in the Sky
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
Union Pacific
1939
Street of Missing Men
1939
Society Smugglers
1939
Wings of the Navy
1939
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
The Phantom Creeps
1939
Pirates of the Skies
1939
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
Illegal Traffic
1938
Hunted Men
1938
Blind Alibi
1938
The Invisible Menace
1938
Submarine D-1
1937
Big City
1937
Back in Circulation
1937
The Lady Escapes
1937
Midnight Taxi
1937
Bulldog Edition
1936
Skull and Crown
1935
Bars of Hate
1935
Shadows of the Orient
1935
Manhattan Moon
1935
'G' Men
1935
One Frightened Night
1935
Great God Gold
1935
Shadow of Doubt
1935
Red Morning
1934
Redhead
1934
She Had to Choose
1934
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
Picture Brides
1934
What's Your Racket
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Big Time Or Bust
1933
She Had to Say Yes
1933
How to Break 90 #5: Impact
1933
Laughing at Life
1933
Soldiers of the Storm
1933
State Trooper
1933
The Penal Code
1932
A Strange Adventure
1932
They Never Come Back
1932
The Crowd Roars
1932
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Shopworn
1932
Under Eighteen
1932
Touchdown!
1931
24 Hours
1931
Graft
1931
Murder by the Clock
1931
Kick In
1931
The Finger Points
1931
Finn and Hattie
1931
Scandal Sheet
1931
Other Men's Women
1931
A Man from Wyoming
1930
Good Intentions
1930
Shadow of the Law
1930
The Light of Western Stars
1930
Crazy That Way
1930
Framed
1930
Street of Chance
1930
Rich People
1929
Illusion
1929
The Wheel of Life
1929
Alibi
1929