Regis Toomey
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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
Credits
Spellbound (1945)
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
The Big Sleep (1946)
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as John Young
'G' Men (1935)
as Eddie Buchanan
Magic Town (1947)
as Ed Weaver
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
as Lt. Jim Daly
Warlock (1959)
as Skinner
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
as Mr. Miller
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Fitzhugh Lee
Guys and Dolls (1955)
as Arvide Abernathy
His Girl Friday (1940)
as Sanders
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
as Dr. Jamieson
The High and the Mighty (1954)
as Tim Garfield
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Constable Jerry Moore
Shopworn (1932)
as David Livingston
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
Joy Ride (1958)
as Miles Renny
Station West (1948)
as Jim Goddard
Song of the Open Road (1944)
as Connors
Son of Belle Starr (1953)
as Tom Wren
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
as Mr. Davis
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
as Cotton Benson
The Last Sunset (1961)
as Milton Wing
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
as Bagley
Law of the Tropics (1941)
as Tom Marshall
Meet John Doe (1941)
as Bert Hansen
Union Pacific (1939)
as Paddy O'Rourke
Undercover Girl (1950)
as Hank Miller
Sister Kenny (1946)
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
Island in the Sky (1953)
as Sergeant Harper
Manhattan Moon (1935)
as Eddie
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Studio Exec with the Baron
Other Men's Women (1931)
as Jack Kulper
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
as Dr. Carter
Reaching from Heaven (1948)
as Pastor
Reckless Roads (1935)
as Speed Demming
The Forest Rangers (1942)
as Frank Hatfield
The Backbone of America (1953)
as Bill Carmody
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
as Sheriff Taylor
The Thirteenth Hour (1947)
as Don Parker
Tomahawk (1951)
as Smith (uncredited)
Show Boat (1951)
as Ike Vallon (uncredited)
Her Sister's Secret (1946)
as Bill Gordon
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
Redhead (1934)
as Scoop
Cry Danger (1951)
as Gus Cobb
Change of Habit (1969)
as Father Gibbons
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
Crossroads - U.S.A. (1952)
as Bill Marshall
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
as Father Murphy
Cover Me Babe (1970)
as Michael Atterbury
Laughing at Life (1933)
as Pat Collins / Mc Hale
Frenchie (1950)
as Carter
Arizona (1940)
as Grant Oury
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
as 1st Policeman
Northwest Passage (1940)
as Webster
Take the High Ground! (1953)
as Chaplain (uncredited)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
as Burlesque Stagehand
Raw Deal (1948)
as Cop (uncredited)
The Tall Target (1951)
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
The Devil's Henchmen (1949)
as Tip Banning
Main Street to Broadway (1953)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Hangman (1959)
as Soldier at Fort
Drums Across the River (1954)
as Sheriff Jim Beal
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Actor
What's Your Racket (1934)
as Bert Miller
C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
as Chief Patterson
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
as Ned Prager
Bulldog Edition (1936)
as Jim Hardy
Beyond the Forest (1949)
as Sorren
Come to the Stable (1949)
as Monsignor Talbot
Dive Bomber (1941)
as Tim Griffin
Phantom Lady (1944)
as Detective
Submarine D-1 (1937)
as Tom Callan
Top Gun (1955)
as Jim O'Hara
The Wheel of Life (1929)
as Lt. MacLaren
The Carey Treatment (1972)
as Sanderson the Pathologist
'Til We Meet Again (1940)
as Freddy
Evil Town (1987)
as Doc Hooper
Johnny Shiloh (1965)
as Mr. Clem
The Light of Western Stars (1930)
as Bob Drexell
Reaching for the Sun (1941)
as Intern
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
as Bill Baird
You're in the Army Now (1941)
as Captain Joe Radcliffe
Destroyer (1943)
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Pirates of the Skies (1939)
Actor
Big Time Or Bust (1933)
as Jimmie Kane
Hunted Men (1938)
as Donovan
Gunn (1967)
as The Bishop
March On, Marines (1940)
as Drill Sergeant
No Time at All (1958)
as Joe Donaldson
The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)
as Joe
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
as Detective Smiley North
Shadow of the Law (1930)
as Tom Owens
The Doughgirls (1944)
as Timothy Walsh
She Had to Choose (1934)
as Jack Berry
Great God Gold (1935)
as Phil Stuart
Big City (1937)
as Fred Hawkins
The Nurse's Secret (1941)
as Inspector Tom Patten
The Lady Escapes (1937)
as American reporter (uncredited)
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
as Tommy Nelson
Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)
as Ted Hall
Follow the Boys (1944)
as Dr. Henderson
Dr. Shagetz (1975)
as Doc Hooper
Strange Illusion (1945)
as Dr. Vincent
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
as Mayor Hull
Raiders of Ghost City (1944)
as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
Street of Missing Men (1939)
as Jim Parker
Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
as Inspector McDonald
The Human Jungle (1954)
as Bob Geddes
The Crowd Roars (1932)
as Dick Wilbur
Picture Brides (1934)
as Dave Hart
Wings of the Navy (1939)
as First Flight Instructor
Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
as Capt. Ralph Carson
Blind Alibi (1938)
as Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
Street of Chance (1930)
as 'Babe' Marsden
Betrayal from the East (1945)
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
Illegal Traffic (1938)
as Windy
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
as Wallace
Just for You (1952)
as Mr. Hodges
A Shot in the Dark (1941)
as William Ryder
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
as Blackstone McDaniel
Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)
as Murph
Murder by the Clock (1931)
as Office Cassidy
They Never Come Back (1932)
as Jimmy Nolan
Under Eighteen (1932)
as Jimmie Slocum
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Sing Boy Sing (1958)
as Rev. Easton
High Tide (1947)
as Inspector O'Haffey
Mysterious Intruder (1946)
as James Summers
Dark Mountain (1944)
as Steve Downey
Back in Circulation (1937)
as Buck
Trapped in the Sky (1939)
as Lt. Gary
When the Lights Go On Again (1944)
as Bill Regan
Alibi (1929)
as Danny McGann
My Six Convicts (1952)
as Dr. Gordon
One Frightened Night (1935)
as Tom Dean
A Man from Wyoming (1930)
as Jersey
The Nebraskan (1953)
as Col. Markham
Navy Bound (1951)
as Capt. Charles Danning
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
as Dick Wilbur
Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
as Brad Allerton
24 Hours (1931)
as Tony Bruzzi
Child of Divorce (1946)
as Ray Carter
Shadows of the Orient (1935)
as Inspector Bob Baxter
The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
as Jack Webster
Bullet Scars (1942)
as Dr. Steven Bishop
Finn and Hattie (1931)
as Henry Collins
The Finger Points (1931)
as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
New York Town (1941)
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
Graft (1931)
as Dustin Hotchkiss
Dakota Incident (1956)
as Minstrel
Scandal Sheet (1931)
as Regan
Again Pioneers (1950)
as Dave Harley
Rich People (1929)
as Jef MacLean
The Guilty (1947)
as Detective Heller
My Pal Gus (1952)
as Farley Norris
Good Intentions (1930)
as Richard Holt
Kick In (1931)
as Chick Hewes
Touchdown! (1931)
as Tom Hussey
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Ives
Crazy That Way (1930)
as Robert Metcalf
The Big Fix (1947)
as Lt. Brenner
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
as Reed Ryan
Hidden Power (1939)
as Mayton
Society Smugglers (1939)
as Johnny Beebe
Midnight Taxi (1937)
as Hilton
State Trooper (1933)
as Michael Rolph
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good (1955)
as Mike Farrell
How to Break 90 #5: Impact (1933)
as Himself
Red Morning (1934)
as John Hastings
Curfew Breakers (1957)
as Coach Bettger
Framed (1930)
as Jimmy McArthur
The Phantom Creeps (1949)
as Lt. Jim Daley
The Midnight Patrol (1932)
as John Martin
Illusion (1929)
as Eric
The Invisible Menace (1938)
as Lt. Matthews
Dynamite Pass (1950)
as Dan Madden
I Was Framed (1942)
as Bob Leeds
Follow That Woman (1945)
as Barney Manners
Bars of Hate (1935)
as Ted Clark
The Penal Code (1932)
as Robert Palmer
Skull and Crown (1935)
as Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
A Strange Adventure (1932)
as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell