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

Joy Ride

Magic Town

Shopworn

Warlock

Manhattan Moon

Song of the Open Road

The Big Sleep

His Girl Friday

North West Mounted Police

Spellbound

Great Day in the Morning

The Forest Rangers

Mighty Joe Young

Sister Kenny

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Reckless Roads

The Carey Treatment

Guys and Dolls

The Devil's Henchmen

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Her Sister's Secret

Crossroads - U.S.A.

Laughing at Life

Undercover Girl

Guns of the Timberland

Frenchie

Dive Bomber

Take the High Ground!

The High and the Mighty

Gunn

The Backbone of America

The Bishop's Wife

Main Street to Broadway

Smashing the Spy Ring

Wings of the Navy

Reaching from Heaven

You're in the Army Now

They Died with Their Boots On

Drums Across the River

Man's Favorite Sport?

Son of Belle Starr

Evil Town

Thunder Afloat

Show Boat

Union Pacific

Law of the Tropics

Scandal Sheet

Never Wave at a WAC

'Til We Meet Again

Betrayal from the East

Destroyer

'G' Men

Bulldog Edition

Tennessee Johnson

My Pal Gus

The Invisible Menace

Dakota Incident

Meet John Doe

Shadow of Doubt

Three for Jamie Dawn

Reaching for the Sun

Raiders of Ghost City

The Boy with Green Hair

The Doughgirls

The Night of the Grizzly

Graft

Come to the Stable

The Last Sunset

Island in the Sky

The Phantom Creeps

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

The Phantom of Hollywood

Skull and Crown

The Errand Boy

Dark Mountain

Under Eighteen

The Tall Target