Regis Toomey
Known for Acting · 229 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 (46)
Perry Mason
1957
as Sam Crane / Andy Grant
Matinee Theater
1955
Wagon Train
1957
as Mr. Hunter
Peter Gunn
1958
Fantasy Island
1978
as Dr. Thomas
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Doc Stuart
Maverick
1957
as Ben Granville
Climax!
1954
as Fred Warren
Adam-12
1968
as Billy Heckman
Burke's Law
1963
as Detective Lester Hart
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lt. Manny Waldo / Colonel / Police Lt. Manny Waldo
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Arthur Wheeler
Cheyenne
1955
as Pat Evans
The Virginian
1962
as Joseph Denton
Green Acres
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
as Calvin Betts
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lt. Dennis McGough
Rawhide
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Will Jenkins / Sheriff Barnes
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Lenny the Bartender
Route 66
1960
The Millionaire
1955
as Pete Marlowe
The Tall Man
1960
Sugarfoot
1957
as John Peel
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as George Penfield
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Dr. Ben Berkhart
Playhouse 90
1956
as Regis Toomey
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Ghost Story
1972
as Sam Streeter
Navy Log
1955
December Bride
1954
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dr. Harry Randolph
Trackdown
1957
as Murdoch
Cavalcade of America
1952
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Judge Thomas Otto
Bronco
1958
as Judge Claymore
Going My Way
1962
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Everett Strawn / Henry Herman / Father Middleton / George Kent / Mr. McCarthy / John Howell
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Defense Attorney Reed
Tightrope
1959
Hey Mulligan
1954
as Joe Mulligan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ed Bartlett / Babe Bricker / Colonel Hawks
Shannon
1961
as Bill Cochran
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jimmy
Movies (183)
The Big Sleep
1946
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
His Girl Friday
1940
as Sanders
Joy Ride
1958
as Miles Renny
Manhattan Moon
1935
as Eddie
Spellbound
1945
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
Shopworn
1932
as David Livingston
Magic Town
1947
as Ed Weaver
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Arvide Abernathy
Warlock
1959
as Skinner
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Tim Garfield
Reckless Roads
1935
as Speed Demming
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Constable Jerry Moore
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Fitzhugh Lee
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
The Last Sunset
1961
as Milton Wing
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Father Murphy
Show Boat
1951
as Ike Vallon (uncredited)
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Cotton Benson
Song of the Open Road
1944
as Connors
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Sanderson the Pathologist
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
as Bagley
'G' Men
1935
as Eddie Buchanan
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as John Young
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Dr. Jamieson
Undercover Girl
1950
as Hank Miller
Take the High Ground!
1953
as Chaplain (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Frank Hatfield
Union Pacific
1939
as Paddy O'Rourke
Sister Kenny
1946
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
1941
as Bert Hansen
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
Dive Bomber
1941
as Tim Griffin
Other Men's Women
1931
as Jack Kulper
Her Sister's Secret
1946
as Bill Gordon
Phantom Lady
1944
as Detective
Northwest Passage
1940
as Webster
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
as Tip Banning
Follow the Boys
1944
as Dr. Henderson
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Pastor
Gunn
1967
as The Bishop
The Errand Boy
1961
as Studio Exec with the Baron
Destroyer
1943
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
The Tall Target
1951
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Bulldog Edition
1936
as Jim Hardy
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Mr. Davis
Wings of the Navy
1939
as First Flight Instructor
Change of Habit
1969
as Father Gibbons
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as Lt. Jim Daly
Drums Across the River
1954
as Sheriff Jim Beal
The Backbone of America
1953
as Bill Carmody
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Freddy
Raw Deal
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
as Ted Hall
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Captain Joe Radcliffe
Guns of the Timberland
1960
as Sheriff Taylor
Under Eighteen
1932
as Jimmie Slocum
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Burlesque Stagehand
The Hangman
1959
as Soldier at Fort / Orderly (uncredited)
Come to the Stable
1949
as Monsignor Talbot
Station West
1948
as Jim Goddard
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mr. Miller
The Thirteenth Hour
1947
as Don Parker
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Blackstone McDaniel
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as General Ned Prager
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Joe
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
as Bill Marshall
Arizona
1940
as Grant Oury
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as 1st Policeman
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
Laughing at Life
1933
as Pat Collins / Mc Hale
Son of Belle Starr
1953
as Tom Wren
Dakota Incident
1956
as Minstrel
Dark Mountain
1944
as Steve Downey
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Ives
Law of the Tropics
1941
as Tom Marshall
The Human Jungle
1954
as Bob Geddes
My Six Convicts
1952
as Dr. Gordon
Big City
1937
as Fred Hawkins
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
Frenchie
1950
as Carter
The Doughgirls
1944
as Timothy Walsh
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
as Reporter (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Regan
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Sorren
Cry Danger
1951
as Gus Cobb
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Dick Wilbur
Betrayal from the East
1945
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
Evil Town
1987
as Doc Hooper
Blind Alibi
1938
as Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
I Was Framed
1942
as Bob Leeds
The Guilty
1947
as Detective Heller
Just for You
1952
as Mr. Hodges
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
as Dr. Carter
The Nebraskan
1953
as Col. Markham
Cover Me Babe
1970
as Michael Atterbury
My Pal Gus
1952
as Farley Norris
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
as Inspector McDonald
Reaching for the Sun
1941
as Intern
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Dan Madden
The Phantom Creeps
1949
as Lt. Jim Daley
What's Your Racket
1934
as Bert Miller
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Tommy Nelson
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
as Bill Baird
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Wallace
Island in the Sky
1953
as Sergeant Harper
Illegal Traffic
1938
as Windy
The Lady Escapes
1937
as American reporter (uncredited)
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as James Summers
Pirates of the Skies
1939
Alibi
1929
as Danny McGann
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as Bob Drexell
New York Town
1941
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Bill Regan
Tomahawk
1951
as Smith (uncredited)
Murder by the Clock
1931
as Office Cassidy
Sing Boy Sing
1958
as Rev. Easton
One Frightened Night
1935
as Tom Dean
No Time at All
1958
as Joe Donaldson
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
as Jack Webster
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 229 credits spanning from 1929 to 1987, Regis Toomey has appeared in 183 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Regis Toomey Movies
- The Big Sleep (1946) — as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
- His Girl Friday (1940) — as Sanders
- Joy Ride (1958) — as Miles Renny
- Manhattan Moon (1935) — as Eddie
- Spellbound (1945) — as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
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