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. 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.
228 acting credits
Acting · 228
Perry Mason
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Maverick
1957
Adam-12
1968
The Virginian
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Petticoat Junction
1963
Climax!
1954
The F.B.I.
1965
Cheyenne
1955
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Burke's Law
1963
Rawhide
1959
Route 66
1960
Matinee Theater
1955
Green Acres
1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Peter Gunn
1958
Sugarfoot
1957
The Time Tunnel
1966
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Playhouse 90
1956
The Millionaire
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Trackdown
1957
Bronco
1958
Navy Log
1955
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Tall Man
1960
Ghost Story
1972
Cain's Hundred
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
December Bride
1954
Tightrope
1959
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Going My Way
1962
Letter to Loretta
1953
The Big Sleep
1946
General Electric Theater
1953
Hey Mulligan
1954
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
His Girl Friday
1940
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
Spellbound
1945
Guys and Dolls
1955
Warlock
1959
The High and the Mighty
1954
North West Mounted Police
1940
'G' Men
1935
Evil Town
1987
Show Boat
1951
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
The Bishop's Wife
1947
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
The Hangman
1959
Sister Kenny
1946
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Great Day in the Morning
1956
Tomahawk
1951
Union Pacific
1939
Arizona
1940
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
Meet John Doe
1941
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
The Last Sunset
1961
The Phantom Creeps
1939
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
Magic Town
1947
The Tall Target
1951
Take the High Ground!
1953
The Errand Boy
1961
Island in the Sky
1953
Frenchie
1950
Gunn
1967
Northwest Passage
1940
Beyond the Forest
1949
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
Bullet Scars
1942
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
Tennessee Johnson
1942
Shannon
1961
Destroyer
1943
Raw Deal
1948
Submarine D-1
1937
Change of Habit
1969
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Alibi
1929
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
Dakota Incident
1956
Scandal Sheet
1931
Touchdown!
1931
The Nebraskan
1953
The People Against O'Hara
1951
The Carey Treatment
1972
Midnight Taxi
1937
Phantom Lady
1944
Illegal Traffic
1938
Mysterious Intruder
1946
Thunder Afloat
1939
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
Dive Bomber
1941
Station West
1948
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
Other Men's Women
1931
Hidden Power
1939
The Crowd Roars
1932
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Rich People
1929
Top Gun
1955
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
My Six Convicts
1952
Framed
1930
The Doughgirls
1944
Pirates of the Skies
1939
Johnny Shiloh
1965
Blind Alibi
1938
The Guilty
1947
Good Intentions
1930
Cry Danger
1951
The Invisible Menace
1938
Come to the Stable
1949
Reaching from Heaven
1948
Hunted Men
1938
Trapped in the Sky
1939
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
The Human Jungle
1954
A Man from Wyoming
1930
Follow the Boys
1944
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
Guns of the Timberland
1960
New York Town
1941
The Phantom Creeps
1949
Society Smugglers
1939
Shopworn
1932
Big City
1937
Strange Illusion
1945
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Dark Mountain
1944
Drums Across the River
1954
Back in Circulation
1937
The Forest Rangers
1942
Undercover Girl
1950
Shadow of the Law
1930
She Had to Choose
1934
Reaching for the Sun
1941
Manhattan Moon
1935
Cover Me Babe
1970
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
Child of Divorce
1946
My Pal Gus
1952
The Thirteenth Hour
1947
The Penal Code
1932
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
Picture Brides
1934
Just for You
1952
Shadow of Doubt
1935
The Big Fix
1947
Sing Boy Sing
1958
Wings of the Navy
1939
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
A Strange Adventure
1932
Dynamite Pass
1950
Son of Belle Starr
1953
Joy Ride
1958
Under Eighteen
1932
24 Hours
1931
Dr. Shagetz
1975
Betrayal from the East
1945
You're in the Army Now
1941
March On, Marines
1940
Her Sister's Secret
1946
Graft
1931
No Time at All
1958
Law of the Tropics
1941
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
The Nurse's Secret
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
They Never Come Back
1932
She Had to Say Yes
1933
The Light of Western Stars
1930
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
Finn and Hattie
1931
Kick In
1931
Illusion
1929
Redhead
1934
Laughing at Life
1933
Bulldog Edition
1936
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
The Finger Points
1931
High Tide
1947
The Backbone of America
1953
Street of Chance
1930
Navy Bound
1951
Street of Missing Men
1939
Crazy That Way
1930
Song of the Open Road
1944
The Midnight Patrol
1932
A Shot in the Dark
1941
The Lady Escapes
1937
Big Time Or Bust
1933
State Trooper
1933
Again Pioneers
1950
Soldiers of the Storm
1933
I Was Framed
1942
Red Morning
1934
Curfew Breakers
1957
Murder by the Clock
1931
One Frightened Night
1935
Shadows of the Orient
1935
Great God Gold
1935
Bars of Hate
1935
The Wheel of Life
1929
Skull and Crown
1935
Follow That Woman
1945
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
Reckless Roads
1935
How to Break 90 #5: Impact
1933
What's Your Racket
1934