Regis Toomey
Acting
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.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Dr. Jamieson
Age 62 (now 93)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Burlesque Stagehand
Age 77 (now 93)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Dr. Jamieson
Age 62 (now 93)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Bill Baird
Age 62 (now 93)
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Mike Farrell
Age 56 (now 93)
Main Street to Broadway
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Age 55 (now 93)
The People Against O'Hara
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
Age 53 (now 93)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Reporter (uncredited)
Age 52 (now 93)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
Age 49 (now 93)
Betrayal from the East
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
Age 46 (now 93)
Raiders of Ghost City
as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
Age 45 (now 93)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Capt. Ralph Carson
Age 45 (now 93)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Fitzhugh Lee
Age 43 (now 93)
North West Mounted Police
as Constable Jerry Moore
Age 42 (now 93)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
Age 40 (now 93)
Murder on the Blackboard
as Detective Smiley North
Age 35 (now 93)
The Legend of Jesse James
as Defense Attorney Reed
Age 67 (now 93)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as George Penfield
Age 66 (now 93)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dr. Harry Randolph
Age 61 (now 93)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Lt. Dennis McGough
Age 58 (now 93)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Barnes
Age 58 (now 93) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Will Jenkins
Age 58 (now 93)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Colonel Hawks
Age 53 (now 93)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
John Regis Toomey, John Francis Regis Toomey
IMDB
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