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