Regis Toomey

Also Known As: John Regis Toomey, John Francis Regis Toomey

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Birthday: August 11, 1898

Deathday: October 12, 1991

Adult: No

Gender: Male

Popularity:

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Known For:

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