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
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
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 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)
Actor
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
Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)
as Murph
Society Smugglers (1939)
as Johnny Beebe
Skull and Crown (1935)
as Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
The Invisible Menace (1938)
as Lt. Matthews
The Midnight Patrol (1932)
as John Martin
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
as Reed Ryan
Johnny Shiloh (1965)
as Mr. Clem
Dr. Shagetz (1975)
as Doc Hooper
The Penal Code (1932)
as Robert Palmer
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
as Detective Smiley North
Top Gun (1955)
as Jim O'Hara
Redhead (1934)
as Scoop
Again Pioneers (1950)
as Dave Harley
Trapped in the Sky (1939)
as Lt. Gary
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
as Mayor Hull
Bullet Scars (1942)
as Dr. Steven Bishop
A Strange Adventure (1932)
as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
A Shot in the Dark (1941)
as William Ryder
Street of Chance (1930)
as 'Babe' Marsden
Finn and Hattie (1931)
as Henry Collins
The Finger Points (1931)
as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
as Dick Wilbur
Navy Bound (1951)
as Capt. Charles Danning
Hunted Men (1938)
as Donovan
Kick In (1931)
as Chick Hewes
Submarine D-1 (1937)
as Tom Callan
Red Morning (1934)
as John Hastings
Picture Brides (1934)
as Dave Hart
Midnight Taxi (1937)
as Hilton
Graft (1931)
as Dustin Hotchkiss
Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
as Capt. Ralph Carson
They Never Come Back (1932)
as Jimmy Nolan
Street of Missing Men (1939)
as Jim Parker
State Trooper (1933)
as Michael Rolph
Strange Illusion (1945)
as Dr. Vincent
Crazy That Way (1930)
as Robert Metcalf
Hidden Power (1939)
as Mayton
Follow That Woman (1945)
as Barney Manners
The Nurse's Secret (1941)
as Inspector Tom Patten
24 Hours (1931)
as Tony Bruzzi
A Man from Wyoming (1930)
as Jersey
Touchdown! (1931)
as Tom Hussey
Back in Circulation (1937)
as Buck
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Actor
Bars of Hate (1935)
as Ted Clark
Big Time Or Bust (1933)
as Jimmie Kane
Child of Divorce (1946)
as Ray Carter
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good (1955)
as Mike Farrell
Shadows of the Orient (1935)
as Inspector Bob Baxter
Good Intentions (1930)
as Richard Holt
She Had to Choose (1934)
as Jack Berry
Illusion (1929)
as Eric
Shadow of the Law (1930)
as Tom Owens
Rich People (1929)
as Jef MacLean
Great God Gold (1935)
as Phil Stuart
High Tide (1947)
as Inspector O'Haffey
Curfew Breakers (1957)
as Coach Bettger
March On, Marines (1940)
as Drill Sergeant
The Wheel of Life (1929)
as Lt. MacLaren
The Big Fix (1947)
as Lt. Brenner
Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
as Brad Allerton
How to Break 90 #5: Impact (1933)
as Himself
Framed (1930)
as Jimmy McArthur