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