Regis Toomey
Age: 93 | From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1898-08-13 11:13:12
Death: 1991-10-12 11:13:12
Aliases: John Regis Toomey
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 136
TV Involvements: 28
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Andy Grant
The Virginian
(1962) Joseph Denton
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) Lenny the Bartender
Wagon Train
(1957) Mr. Hunter
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(1964) George Penfield
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Arthur Wheeler
Climax!
(1954) Fred Warren
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Sheriff BarnesActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Doc Hooper | |
| 1976 | Burlesque Stagehand | |
| 1975 | Doc Hooper | |
| 1974 | Joe | |
| 1972 | Sam Streeter | |
| Sanderson the Pathologist | ||
| 1970 | Michael Atterbury | |
| 1969 | Father Gibbons | |
| 1967 | The Bishop | |
| 1966 | Dr. Ben Berkhart | |
| Cotton Benson | ||
| 1965 | Calvin Betts | |
| N/A | ||
| Defense Attorney Reed | ||
| 1964 | George Penfield | |
| Bagley | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Detective Lester Hart | ||
| Mr. Clem | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Joseph Denton | ||
| 1961 | Studio Exec with the Baron | |
| Arthur Wheeler | ||
| Judge Thomas Otto | ||
| Dr. Jamieson | ||
| Bill Baird | ||
| Milton Wing | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Sheriff Taylor | ||
| 1959 | Dr. Harry Randolph | |
| N/A | ||
| Soldier at Fort | ||
| Skinner | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | Miles Renny | |
| Judge Claymore | ||
| N/A | ||
| Lenny the Bartender | ||
| Rev. Easton | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Ben Granville | ||
| Andy Grant | ||
| Sam Crane | ||
| Mr. Hunter | ||
| John Peel | ||
| Lt. Dennis McGough | ||
| Coach Bettger | ||
| 1956 | Sheriff Barnes | |
| Will Jenkins | ||
| N/A | ||
| Minstrel | ||
| Murph | ||
| Father Murphy | ||
| 1955 | Arvide Abernathy | |
| Jim O'Hara | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Pete Marlowe | ||
| Mike Farrell | ||
| 1954 | Fred Warren | |
| N/A | ||
| Bob Geddes | ||
| Joe Mulligan | ||
| Tim Garfield | ||
| Sheriff Jim Beal | ||
| 1953 | Bill Carmody | |
| Col. Markham | ||
| Chaplain (uncredited) | ||
| Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | ||
| John Howell | ||
| Mr. McCarthy | ||
| George Kent | ||
| Father Middleton | ||
| Henry Herman | ||
| Everett Strawn | ||
| Sergeant Harper | ||
| Tom Wren | ||
| Mayor Hull | ||
| Jimmy | ||
| General Ned Prager | ||
| 1952 | Farley Norris | |
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Hodges | ||
| Colonel | ||
| Police Lt. Manny Waldo | ||
| Lt. Manny Waldo | ||
| Dr. Carter | ||
| Dr. Gordon | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Colonel Hawks | ||
| Babe Bricker | ||
| Ed Bartlett | ||
| Fred Colton, Police Sound Man | ||
| Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited) | ||
| Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited) | ||
| Capt. Charles Danning | ||
| Gus Cobb | ||
| 1950 | Carter | |
| Reporter (uncredited) | ||
| "Butt" Miller | ||
| Dave Harley | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dan Madden | ||
| 1949 | Sorren | |
| Tip Banning | ||
| John Young | ||
| Lt. Jim Daley | ||
| Monsignor Talbot | ||
| 1948 | Mr. Davis | |
| Jim Goddard | ||
| Police Inspector Clint Judd | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Pastor | ||
| 1947 | Mr. Miller | |
| Ed Weaver | ||
| Inspector O'Haffey | ||
| Lt. Brenner | ||
| Detective Heller | ||
| Don Parker | ||
| 1946 | Ray Carter | |
| New York Reporter (uncredited) | ||
| Bill Gordon | ||
| Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls | ||
| James Summers | ||
| 1945 | Barney Manners | |
| Det. Sgt. Gillespie | ||
| Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott' | ||
| Dr. Vincent | ||
| 1944 | Timothy Walsh | |
| Inspector McDonald | ||
| Bill Regan | ||
| Steve Downey | ||
| Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6] | ||
| Connors | ||
| Dr. Henderson | ||
| Detective | ||
| 1943 | Capt. Ralph Carson | |
| Lt. Cmdr. Clark | ||
| 1942 | Blackstone McDaniel | |
| Frank Hatfield | ||
| Bob Leeds | ||
| Dr. Steven Bishop | ||
| 1941 | Captain Joe Radcliffe | |
| Fitzhugh Lee | ||
| Jim Martin (uncredited) | ||
| Tom Marshall | ||
| Tim Griffin | ||
| Inspector Tom Patten | ||
| Intern | ||
| 1st Policeman | ||
| William Ryder | ||
| Bert Hansen | ||
| Wallace | ||
| 1940 | Grant Oury | |
| Drill Sergeant | ||
| Constable Jerry Moore | ||
| Freddy | ||
| Webster | ||
| Sanders | ||
| 1939 | Ives | |
| Mayton | ||
| Dick Wilbur | ||
| Lt. Gary | ||
| Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited) | ||
| Paddy O'Rourke | ||
| Jim Parker | ||
| Johnny Beebe | ||
| First Flight Instructor | ||
| Jack Webster | ||
| Lt. Jim Daly | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1938 | Ted Hall | |
| Windy | ||
| Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian | ||
| Lt. Matthews | ||
| 1937 | Tom Callan | |
| Buck | ||
| Fred Hawkins | ||
| Inspector Bob Baxter | ||
| Hilton | ||
| 1936 | Jim Hardy | |
| 1935 | Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan | |
| Ted Clark | ||
| Eddie | ||
| Eddie Buchanan | ||
| Tom Dean | ||
| Phil Stuart | ||
| Reed Ryan | ||
| 1934 | John Hastings | |
| Scoop | ||
| Jack Berry | ||
| Detective Smiley North | ||
| Dave Hart | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1933 | Jimmie Kane | |
| Tommy Nelson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Pat Collins / Mc Hale | ||
| Brad Allerton | ||
| Michael Rolph | ||
| 1932 | Robert Palmer | |
| Detective-Sergeant Mitchell | ||
| Jimmy Nolan | ||
| Dick Wilbur | ||
| John Martin | ||
| David Livingston | ||
| 1931 | Jimmie Slocum | |
| Tom Hussey | ||
| Tony Bruzzi | ||
| Dustin Hotchkiss | ||
| Office Cassidy | ||
| Chick Hewes | ||
| Charlie 'Breezy' Russell | ||
| Henry Collins | ||
| Regan | ||
| Jack Kulper | ||
| 1930 | Jersey | |
| Richard Holt | ||
| Tom Owens | ||
| Bob Drexell | ||
| Robert Metcalf | ||
| Jimmy McArthur | ||
| 'Babe' Marsden | ||
| 1929 | Eric | |
| Lt. MacLaren | ||
| Danny McGann | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
