Regis Toomey
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 11, 1898
Day of Death: October 12, 1991 (93 years old)
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Actor Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Main Street to Broadway
Actor Sergeant Harper
Island in the Sky
Actor Chaplain (uncredited)
Take the High Ground!
Actor General Ned Prager
Never Wave at a WAC
Actor Col. Markham
The Nebraskan
Actor Tom Wren
Son of Belle Starr
Actor Mayor Hull
It Happens Every Thursday
Actor Bill Carmody
The Backbone of America
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Actor Dr. Henderson
Follow the Boys
Actor Detective
Phantom Lady
Actor Timothy Walsh
The Doughgirls
Actor Steve Downey
Dark Mountain
Actor Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
Raiders of Ghost City
Actor Bill Regan
When the Lights Go On Again
Actor Inspector McDonald
Murder in the Blue Room
Actor Connors
Song of the Open Road
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Actor Bert Hansen
Meet John Doe
Actor Fitzhugh Lee
They Died with Their Boots On
Actor Tim Griffin
Dive Bomber
Actor Inspector Tom Patten
The Nurse's Secret
Actor Tom Marshall
Law of the Tropics
Actor William Ryder
A Shot in the Dark
Actor Captain Joe Radcliffe
You're in the Army Now
Actor Wallace
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Actor Jim Martin (uncredited)
New York Town
Actor Intern
Reaching for the Sun
Actor 1st Policeman
The Devil and Miss Jones
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Actor Mayton
Hidden Power
Actor Lt. Gary
Trapped in the Sky
Actor Lt. Jim Daly
The Phantom Creeps
Actor Ives
Thunder Afloat
Actor Jack Webster
The Mysterious Miss X
Actor Dick Wilbur
Indianapolis Speedway
Actor Paddy O'Rourke
Union Pacific
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Pirates of the Skies
Actor First Flight Instructor
Wings of the Navy
Actor Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Actor Johnny Beebe
Society Smugglers
Actor Jim Parker
Street of Missing Men
