Regis Toomey
Known for Acting · 228 credits
- Born
- 1898-08-13
- Died
- 1991-10-12
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (45)
Perry Mason
1957
as Sam Crane / Andy Grant
Wagon Train
1957
as Mr. Hunter
Adam-12
1968
as Billy Heckman
Maverick
1957
as Ben Granville
Climax!
1954
as Fred Warren
The Virginian
1962
as Joseph Denton
Matinee Theater
1955
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Doc Stuart
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Arthur Wheeler
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Will Jenkins / Sheriff Barnes
Cheyenne
1955
as Pat Evans
The F.B.I.
1965
as Calvin Betts
Rawhide
1959
Green Acres
1965
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lt. Manny Waldo / Colonel / Police Lt. Manny Waldo
Route 66
1960
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Lenny the Bartender
Burke's Law
1963
as Detective Lester Hart
Peter Gunn
1958
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as George Penfield
Sugarfoot
1957
as John Peel
The Millionaire
1955
as Pete Marlowe
Playhouse 90
1956
as Regis Toomey
Trackdown
1957
as Murdoch
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Dr. Ben Berkhart
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lt. Dennis McGough
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Bronco
1958
as Judge Claymore
Navy Log
1955
December Bride
1954
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Tall Man
1960
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Cavalcade of America
1952
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Judge Thomas Otto
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dr. Harry Randolph
Ghost Story
1972
as Sam Streeter
Tightrope
1959
Going My Way
1962
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Everett Strawn / Henry Herman / Father Middleton / George Kent / Mr. McCarthy / John Howell
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Defense Attorney Reed
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jimmy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ed Bartlett / Babe Bricker / Colonel Hawks
Hey Mulligan
1954
as Joe Mulligan
Shannon
1961
as Bill Cochran
Movies (183)
The Big Sleep
1946
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Spellbound
1945
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
His Girl Friday
1940
as Sanders
Show Boat
1951
as Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Constable Jerry Moore
Warlock
1959
as Skinner
'G' Men
1935
as Eddie Buchanan
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Arvide Abernathy
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Tim Garfield
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Dr. Jamieson
Tomahawk
1951
as Smith (uncredited)
Dakota Incident
1956
as Minstrel
Submarine D-1
1937
as Tom Callan
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as John Young
The Hangman
1959
as Soldier at Fort / Orderly (uncredited)
Evil Town
1987
as Doc Hooper
Meet John Doe
1941
as Bert Hansen
Sister Kenny
1946
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
Destroyer
1943
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
as Tip Banning
Dive Bomber
1941
as Tim Griffin
The Last Sunset
1961
as Milton Wing
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Father Murphy
Undercover Girl
1950
as Hank Miller
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Fitzhugh Lee
Alibi
1929
as Danny McGann
Station West
1948
as Jim Goddard
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mr. Miller
Song of the Open Road
1944
as Connors
Picture Brides
1934
as Dave Hart
Frenchie
1950
as Carter
Touchdown!
1931
as Tom Hussey
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as Lt. Jim Daly
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Burlesque Stagehand
Big City
1937
as Fred Hawkins
Arizona
1940
as Grant Oury
March On, Marines
1940
as Drill Sergeant
Dark Mountain
1944
as Steve Downey
Top Gun
1955
as Jim O'Hara
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
as Bill Baird
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Mayor Hull
Northwest Passage
1940
as Webster
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as 1st Policeman
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
as Bagley
Rich People
1929
as Jef MacLean
Island in the Sky
1953
as Sergeant Harper
Red Morning
1934
as John Hastings
Change of Habit
1969
as Father Gibbons
Framed
1930
as Jimmy McArthur
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Cotton Benson
Union Pacific
1939
as Paddy O'Rourke
Phantom Lady
1944
as Detective
The Errand Boy
1961
as Studio Exec with the Baron
Magic Town
1947
as Ed Weaver
The Lady Escapes
1937
as American reporter (uncredited)
State Trooper
1933
as Michael Rolph
Manhattan Moon
1935
as Eddie
Follow the Boys
1944
as Dr. Henderson
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Sanderson the Pathologist
Redhead
1934
as Scoop
Bullet Scars
1942
as Dr. Steven Bishop
Shopworn
1932
as David Livingston
Raw Deal
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Sorren
The Tall Target
1951
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
as Dr. Carter
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Dan Madden
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Mr. Davis
Wings of the Navy
1939
as First Flight Instructor
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Again Pioneers
1950
as Dave Harley
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Ives
Drums Across the River
1954
as Sheriff Jim Beal
Curfew Breakers
1957
as Coach Bettger
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Pastor
Good Intentions
1930
as Richard Holt
Street of Chance
1930
as 'Babe' Marsden
Pirates of the Skies
1939
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Dick Wilbur
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Freddy
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Blackstone McDaniel
My Six Convicts
1952
as Dr. Gordon
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Hilton
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
The Doughgirls
1944
as Timothy Walsh
Gunn
1967
as The Bishop
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
as Inspector McDonald
Hidden Power
1939
as Mayton
Cry Danger
1951
as Gus Cobb
New York Town
1941
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
Other Men's Women
1931
as Jack Kulper
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Joe
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
as Reporter (uncredited)
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as James Summers
Law of the Tropics
1941
as Tom Marshall
The Human Jungle
1954
as Bob Geddes
Under Eighteen
1932
as Jimmie Slocum
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Wallace
Crazy That Way
1930
as Robert Metcalf
Strange Illusion
1945
as Dr. Vincent
She Had to Choose
1934
as Jack Berry
Sing Boy Sing
1958
as Rev. Easton
Come to the Stable
1949
as Monsignor Talbot
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Tommy Nelson
The Nebraskan
1953
as Col. Markham
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Frank Hatfield
High Tide
1947
as Inspector O'Haffey
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as General Ned Prager
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
as Ted Hall
I Was Framed
1942
as Bob Leeds
24 Hours
1931
as Tony Bruzzi
Cover Me Babe
1970
as Michael Atterbury
Son of Belle Starr
1953
as Tom Wren
The Big Fix
1947
as Lt. Brenner
Shadow of the Law
1930
as Tom Owens
Trapped in the Sky
1939
as Lt. Gary
Guns of the Timberland
1960
as Sheriff Taylor
About 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. Too… With 228 credits spanning from 1929 to 1987, Regis Toomey has appeared in 183 films and 45 TV shows.
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Most Popular Regis Toomey Movies
- The Big Sleep (1946) — as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
- Spellbound (1945) — as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
- His Girl Friday (1940) — as Sanders
- Show Boat (1951) — as Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
- North West Mounted Police (1940) — as Constable Jerry Moore
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