Regis Toomey
Acting
- Born:
- 1898-08-13
- Died:
- 1991-10-12
- 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
Filmography
Evil Town
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Fantasy Island
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Dr. Shagetz
The Phantom of Hollywood
Ghost Story
The Carey Treatment
Cover Me Babe
Change of Habit
Adam-12
Gunn
The Time Tunnel
The Night of the Grizzly
Johnny Shiloh
The F.B.I.
Green Acres
The Legend of Jesse James
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Man's Favorite Sport?
Petticoat Junction
Burke's Law
Going My Way
The Virginian
The Errand Boy
Shannon
Dr. Kildare
Cain's Hundred
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
The Last Sunset
Route 66
The Tall Man
Guns of the Timberland
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Tightrope
The Hangman
Warlock
Rawhide
Joy Ride
Bronco
Peter Gunn
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sing Boy Sing
No Time at All
Trackdown
Maverick
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Sugarfoot
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Curfew Breakers
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Playhouse 90
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Dakota Incident
Three for Jamie Dawn
Great Day in the Morning
Guys and Dolls
Top Gun
Matinee Theater
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Cheyenne
Navy Log
The Millionaire
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Climax!
December Bride
The Human Jungle
Hey Mulligan
The High and the Mighty
Drums Across the River
The Backbone of America
The Nebraskan
Take the High Ground!
Main Street to Broadway
The Danny Thomas Show
Letter to Loretta
Island in the Sky
Son of Belle Starr
It Happens Every Thursday
General Electric Theater
Never Wave at a WAC
My Pal Gus
Cavalcade of America
Just for You
Four Star Playhouse
The Battle at Apache Pass
My Six Convicts
Crossroads - U.S.A.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The People Against O'Hara
The Tall Target
Show Boat
Navy Bound
Cry Danger
Tomahawk
Frenchie
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Undercover Girl
Again Pioneers
Lux Video Theatre
Dynamite Pass
Beyond the Forest
The Devil's Henchmen
Come to the Stable
Mighty Joe Young
The Phantom Creeps
The Boy with Green Hair
Station West
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Raw Deal
Reaching from Heaven
The Bishop's Wife
Magic Town
High Tide
The Big Fix
The Guilty
The Thirteenth Hour
Child of Divorce
Sister Kenny
Her Sister's Secret
The Big Sleep
Mysterious Intruder
Follow That Woman
Spellbound
Betrayal from the East
Strange Illusion
The Doughgirls
Murder in the Blue Room
When the Lights Go On Again
Dark Mountain
Raiders of Ghost City
Song of the Open Road
Follow the Boys
Phantom Lady
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Destroyer
Tennessee Johnson
The Forest Rangers
I Was Framed
Bullet Scars
You're in the Army Now
They Died with Their Boots On
New York Town
Law of the Tropics
Dive Bomber
The Nurse's Secret
Reaching for the Sun
The Devil and Miss Jones
A Shot in the Dark
Meet John Doe
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Arizona
March On, Marines
North West Mounted Police
'Til We Meet Again
Northwest Passage
His Girl Friday
Thunder Afloat
Hidden Power
Indianapolis Speedway
Trapped in the Sky
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Union Pacific
Street of Missing Men
Society Smugglers
Wings of the Navy
The Mysterious Miss X
The Phantom Creeps
Pirates of the Skies
Smashing the Spy Ring
Illegal Traffic
Hunted Men
Blind Alibi
The Invisible Menace
Submarine D-1
Big City
Back in Circulation
The Lady Escapes
Midnight Taxi
Bulldog Edition
Skull and Crown
Bars of Hate
Reckless Roads
Shadows of the Orient
Manhattan Moon
'G' Men
One Frightened Night
Great God Gold
Shadow of Doubt
Red Morning
Redhead
She Had to Choose
Murder on the Blackboard
Picture Brides
What's Your Racket
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Big Time Or Bust
She Had to Say Yes
How to Break 90 #5: Impact
Laughing at Life
Soldiers of the Storm
State Trooper
The Penal Code
A Strange Adventure
They Never Come Back
The Crowd Roars
The Midnight Patrol
Shopworn
Under Eighteen
Touchdown!
24 Hours
Graft
Murder by the Clock
Kick In
The Finger Points
Finn and Hattie
Scandal Sheet
Other Men's Women
A Man from Wyoming
Good Intentions
Shadow of the Law
The Light of Western Stars
Crazy That Way
Framed
Street of Chance
Rich People
Illusion
The Wheel of Life
Alibi