Cast

Regis Toomey

Acting

Cast

Regis Toomey

Known for

Acting

Born

1898-08-13

From

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

1991-10-12

Also known as John Regis Toomey, John Francis Regis Toomey

Biography

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.

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Biography

The Big Sleep

His Girl Friday

Joy Ride

Manhattan Moon

Spellbound

Shopworn

Magic Town

Guys and Dolls

Warlock

The High and the Mighty

Reckless Roads

North West Mounted Police

They Died with Their Boots On

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

The Last Sunset

Great Day in the Morning

Show Boat

The Night of the Grizzly

Song of the Open Road

The Carey Treatment

Man's Favorite Sport?

'G' Men

Mighty Joe Young

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Undercover Girl

Take the High Ground!

The Forest Rangers

Union Pacific

Sister Kenny

Meet John Doe

The People Against O'Hara

Dive Bomber

Other Men's Women

Her Sister's Secret

Phantom Lady

Northwest Passage

The Devil's Henchmen

Follow the Boys

Reaching from Heaven

Gunn

The Errand Boy

Destroyer

The Tall Target

Bulldog Edition

The Boy with Green Hair

Wings of the Navy

Change of Habit

The Phantom Creeps

Drums Across the River

The Backbone of America

'Til We Meet Again

Raw Deal

Smashing the Spy Ring

You're in the Army Now

Guns of the Timberland

Under Eighteen

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

The Hangman

The Hangman

Come to the Stable

Station West

The Bishop's Wife

The Thirteenth Hour

Tennessee Johnson

Never Wave at a WAC

The Phantom of Hollywood

Crossroads - U.S.A.

Arizona

The Devil and Miss Jones

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

Laughing at Life

Son of Belle Starr

Dakota Incident

Dark Mountain

Thunder Afloat

Law of the Tropics

The Human Jungle