Regis Toomey
Known for Acting · 228 credits
- Born
- 1898-08-13
- Died
- 1991-10-12
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (45)
Perry Mason
1957
as Sam Crane / Andy Grant
Matinee Theater
1955
Wagon Train
1957
as Mr. Hunter
Adam-12
1968
as Billy Heckman
Maverick
1957
as Ben Granville
Climax!
1954
as Fred Warren
The Virginian
1962
as Joseph Denton
Green Acres
1965
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Arthur Wheeler
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lt. Manny Waldo / Colonel / Police Lt. Manny Waldo
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Will Jenkins / Sheriff Barnes
Cheyenne
1955
as Pat Evans
The F.B.I.
1965
as Calvin Betts
Rawhide
1959
Peter Gunn
1958
Burke's Law
1963
as Detective Lester Hart
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Doc Stuart
Route 66
1960
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Lenny the Bartender
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as George Penfield
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lt. Dennis McGough
Sugarfoot
1957
as John Peel
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Playhouse 90
1956
as Regis Toomey
The Millionaire
1955
as Pete Marlowe
Trackdown
1957
as Murdoch
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Dr. Ben Berkhart
Navy Log
1955
Bronco
1958
as Judge Claymore
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Tall Man
1960
December Bride
1954
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Judge Thomas Otto
Ghost Story
1972
as Sam Streeter
Tightrope
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dr. Harry Randolph
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Defense Attorney Reed
Going My Way
1962
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Everett Strawn / Henry Herman / Father Middleton / George Kent / Mr. McCarthy / John Howell
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jimmy
Hey Mulligan
1954
as Joe Mulligan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ed Bartlett / Colonel Hawks / Babe Bricker
Shannon
1961
as Bill Cochran
Movies (183)
Spellbound
1945
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
Evil Town
1987
as Doc Hooper
The Big Sleep
1946
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
His Girl Friday
1940
as Sanders
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Arvide Abernathy
Show Boat
1951
as Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
Warlock
1959
as Skinner
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Dr. Jamieson
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Constable Jerry Moore
'G' Men
1935
as Eddie Buchanan
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as John Young
Union Pacific
1939
as Paddy O'Rourke
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Tim Garfield
Meet John Doe
1941
as Bert Hansen
Dive Bomber
1941
as Tim Griffin
The Hangman
1959
as Soldier at Fort / Orderly (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
Red Morning
1934
as John Hastings
Dakota Incident
1956
as Minstrel
Destroyer
1943
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Father Murphy
Hidden Power
1939
as Mayton
Good Intentions
1930
as Richard Holt
Picture Brides
1934
as Dave Hart
Tomahawk
1951
as Smith (uncredited)
Manhattan Moon
1935
as Eddie
Curfew Breakers
1957
as Coach Bettger
Rich People
1929
as Jef MacLean
Island in the Sky
1953
as Sergeant Harper
Northwest Passage
1940
as Webster
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as Lt. Jim Daly
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mr. Miller
Submarine D-1
1937
as Tom Callan
Station West
1948
as Jim Goddard
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Sanderson the Pathologist
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
as Bagley
Arizona
1940
as Grant Oury
Touchdown!
1931
as Tom Hussey
The Last Sunset
1961
as Milton Wing
State Trooper
1933
as Michael Rolph
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Fitzhugh Lee
The Errand Boy
1961
as Studio Exec with the Baron
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Cotton Benson
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Hilton
Alibi
1929
as Danny McGann
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as 1st Policeman
Undercover Girl
1950
as Hank Miller
New York Town
1941
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
Frenchie
1950
as Carter
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
as Dr. Carter
Magic Town
1947
as Ed Weaver
Raw Deal
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Tall Target
1951
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Gunn
1967
as The Bishop
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
as Tip Banning
Big City
1937
as Fred Hawkins
Change of Habit
1969
as Father Gibbons
Shopworn
1932
as David Livingston
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Dick Wilbur
Phantom Lady
1944
as Detective
Top Gun
1955
as Jim O'Hara
Bullet Scars
1942
as Dr. Steven Bishop
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Sorren
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Burlesque Stagehand
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Ives
Wings of the Navy
1939
as First Flight Instructor
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Pastor
The Guilty
1947
as Detective Heller
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Blackstone McDaniel
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Song of the Open Road
1944
as Connors
The Nebraskan
1953
as Col. Markham
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
1944
as Steve Downey
March On, Marines
1940
as Drill Sergeant
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Mr. Davis
My Six Convicts
1952
as Dr. Gordon
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
Cry Danger
1951
as Gus Cobb
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Joe
The Doughgirls
1944
as Timothy Walsh
Strange Illusion
1945
as Dr. Vincent
The Human Jungle
1954
as Bob Geddes
She Had to Choose
1934
as Jack Berry
Betrayal from the East
1945
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as James Summers
The Invisible Menace
1938
as Lt. Matthews
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
as Bill Baird
Laughing at Life
1933
as Pat Collins / Mc Hale
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as General Ned Prager
Drums Across the River
1954
as Sheriff Jim Beal
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Regan
Come to the Stable
1949
as Monsignor Talbot
Follow the Boys
1944
as Dr. Henderson
Finn and Hattie
1931
as Henry Collins
Pirates of the Skies
1939
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
as Inspector McDonald
Cover Me Babe
1970
as Michael Atterbury
Take the High Ground!
1953
as Chaplain (uncredited)
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Captain Joe Radcliffe
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
as Murph
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Freddy
The Big Fix
1947
as Lt. Brenner
Under Eighteen
1932
as Jimmie Slocum
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Dick Wilbur
Sing Boy Sing
1958
as Rev. Easton
Illegal Traffic
1938
as Windy
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Dan Madden
Other Men's Women
1931
as Jack Kulper
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Mayor Hull
Just for You
1952
as Mr. Hodges
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
as Detective Smiley North
Hunted Men
1938
as Donovan
24 Hours
1931
as Tony Bruzzi
The Lady Escapes
1937
as American reporter (uncredited)
Reaching for the Sun
1941
as Intern
Johnny Shiloh
1965
as Mr. Clem
Graft
1931
as Dustin Hotchkiss
About Regis Toomey
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. Too… With 228 credits spanning from 1929 to 1987, Regis Toomey has appeared in 183 films and 45 TV shows.
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Most Popular Regis Toomey Movies
- Spellbound (1945) — as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
- Evil Town (1987) — as Doc Hooper
- The Big Sleep (1946) — as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
- His Girl Friday (1940) — as Sanders
- Guys and Dolls (1955) — as Arvide Abernathy
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