Regis Toomey
Acting
🎂 1898-08-11
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.
Cast credits(239)
Sam Crane
1957
Andy Grant
1957
Ben Granville
1957
Mr. Hunter
1957
Fred Warren
1954
1955
Joseph Denton
1962
Billy Heckman
1968
1959
Lt. Manny Waldo
1952
Colonel
1952
Police Lt. Manny Waldo
1952
Doc Stuart
1963
1960
Will Jenkins
1956
Sheriff Barnes
1956
Calvin Betts
1965
Lenny the Bartender
1958
1955
Arthur Wheeler
1961
Detective Lester Hart
1963
Judge Claymore
1958
Pete Marlowe
1955
1965
1958
John Peel
1957
1955
Regis Toomey
1956
George Penfield
1964
Lt. Dennis McGough
1957
1957
1960
1956
1955
Dr. Ben Berkhart
1966
1950
Dr. Harry Randolph
1959
Sam Streeter
1972
1954
1959
1962
1952
Judge Thomas Otto
1961
Defense Attorney Reed
1965
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
1946
Everett Strawn
1953
Henry Herman
1953
Father Middleton
1953
George Kent
1953
Mr. McCarthy
1953
John Howell
1953
Joe Mulligan
1954
Arvide Abernathy
1955
Det. Sgt. Gillespie
1945
Sanders
1940
Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
1951
Milton Wing
1961
Joe
1974
Mr. Miller
1947
Paddy O'Rourke
1939
Jack Webster
1939
Tim Griffin
1941
Sheriff Jim Beal
1954
Tim Garfield
1954
Tom Marshall
1941
Skinner
1959
Lt. Matthews
1938
Webster
1940
Fitzhugh Lee
1941
Steve Downey
1944
Bert Hansen
1941
Mayor Hull
1953
Father Gibbons
1969
Fred Hawkins
1937
Constable Jerry Moore
1940
John Young
1949
Grant Oury
1940
Sergeant Harper
1953
Cotton Benson
1966
Dr. Jamieson
1961
Bill Carmody
1953
Mike Farrell
1955
Smith (uncredited)
1951
Jim O'Hara
1955
Jimmy
1953
Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
1944
Ed Bartlett
1951
Colonel Hawks
1951
Babe Bricker
1951
1951
Michael Rolph
1933
Dr. Henderson
1944
(uncredited)
1948
Chaplain (uncredited)
1953
Soldier at Fort
1959
Orderly (uncredited)
1959
Monsignor Talbot
1949
Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
1931
Burlesque Stagehand
1976
Carter
1950
Michael Atterbury
1970
Minstrel
1956
Jersey
1930
Eddie
1935
New York Reporter (uncredited)
1946
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1953
Mr. Davis
1948
Robert Metcalf
1930
Ted Hall
1938
Jim Goddard
1948
Detective
1944
Lt. Cmdr. Clark
1943
Dr. Gordon
1952
Buck
1937
Farley Norris
1952
Bob Geddes
1954
Hank Miller
1950
Donovan
1938
Eddie Buchanan
1935
Gus Cobb
1951
Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
1945
Dan Madden
1950
Joe Donaldson
1958
Captain Joe Radcliffe
1941
Ives
1939
Dr. Carter
1952
Connors
1944
Intern
1941
Bob Drexell
1930
Windy
1938
Ed Weaver
1947
Detective Smiley North
1934
Mr. Hodges
1952
Regan
1931
First Flight Instructor
1939
Mr. Clem
1965
Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
1939
Studio Exec with the Baron
1961
Pastor
1948
Dave Harley
1950
Tom Wren
1953
Father Murphy
1956
Bill Baird
1961
Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
1938
Dick Wilbur
1932
James Summers
1946
Frank Hatfield
1942
Jimmy McArthur
1930
Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
1951
Capt. Ralph Carson
1943
Sheriff Taylor
1960
Freddy
1940
Reed Ryan
1935
David Livingston
1932
John Hastings
1934
Bagley
1964
Jimmie Slocum
1932
Dr. Steven Bishop
1942
Wallace
1941
Dick Wilbur
1939
Hilton
1937
Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
1932
Timothy Walsh
1944
Chick Hewes
1931
Police Inspector Clint Judd
1948
Jim Martin (uncredited)
1941
Reporter (uncredited)
1950
Doc Hooper
1987
Inspector McDonald
1944
Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
1951
Tony Bruzzi
1931
Don Parker
1947
Bill Marshall
1952
1934
Lt. Jim Daly
1939
Jimmie Kane
1933
Lt. Brenner
1947
Coach Bettger
1957
Tip Banning
1949
Detective Heller
1947
Robert Palmer
1932
Drill Sergeant
1940
Lt. MacLaren
1929
Blackstone McDaniel
1942
Richard Holt
1930
Col. Markham
1953
Johnny Beebe
1939
1st Policeman
1941
American reporter (uncredited)
1937
Bob Leeds
1942
Dr. Vincent
1945
Tom Callan
1937
Lt. Gary
1939
Pat Collins / Mc Hale
1933
Office Cassidy
1931
1939
Dustin Hotchkiss
1931
'Babe' Marsden
1930
Mayton
1939
The Bishop
1967
Sorren
1949
Himself
1933
Inspector Tom Patten
1941
Brad Allerton
1933
General Ned Prager
1953
Jim Parker
1939
Danny McGann
1929
Jef MacLean
1929
Barney Manners
1945
Sanderson the Pathologist
1972
Tommy Nelson
1933
William Ryder
1941
Jack Berry
1934
Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
1935
Bill Gordon
1946
Capt. Charles Danning
1951
Tom Owens
1930
John Martin
1932
Miles Renny
1958
Inspector Bob Baxter
1935
Ray Carter
1946
Henry Collins
1931
Jack Kulper
1931
Phil Stuart
1935
Ted Clark
1935
Dave Hart
1934
Jimmy Nolan
1932
Doc Hooper
1975
Tom Hussey
1931
Rev. Easton
1958
Inspector O'Haffey
1947
Eric
1929
Jim Hardy
1936
Scoop
1934
Lt. Jim Daley
1949
Tom Dean
1935
Bill Regan
1944
Murph
1956