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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1898-08-11

Died: 1991-10-12

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	Alibi	Danny McGann	59
2	1929	The Wheel of Life	Lt. MacLaren	0
3	1929	Illusion	Eric	0
4	1929	Rich People	Jef MacLean	0
5	1930	Street of Chance	'Babe' Marsden	66
6	1930	Framed	Jimmy McArthur	53
7	1930	Crazy That Way	Robert Metcalf	0
8	1930	The Light of Western Stars	Bob Drexell	28
9	1930	Shadow of the Law	Tom Owens	64
10	1930	Good Intentions	Richard Holt	0
11	1930	A Man from Wyoming	Jersey	90
12	1931	Other Men's Women	Jack Kulper	57
13	1931	Scandal Sheet	Regan	0
14	1931	Finn and Hattie	Henry Collins	53
15	1931	The Finger Points	Charlie 'Breezy' Russell	66
16	1931	Kick In	Chick Hewes	60
17	1931	Murder by the Clock	Office Cassidy	60
18	1931	Graft	Dustin Hotchkiss	45
19	1931	24 Hours	Tony Bruzzi	55
20	1931	Touchdown!	Tom Hussey	0
21	1932	Under Eighteen	Jimmie Slocum	66
22	1932	Shopworn	David Livingston	65
23	1932	The Midnight Patrol	John Martin	0
24	1932	The Crowd Roars	Dick Wilbur	59
25	1932	They Never Come Back	Jimmy Nolan	55
26	1932	A Strange Adventure	Detective-Sergeant Mitchell	50
27	1932	The Penal Code	Robert Palmer	60
28	1933	State Trooper	Michael Rolph	0
29	1933	Soldiers of the Storm	Brad Allerton	0
30	1933	Laughing at Life	Pat Collins / Mc Hale	60
31	1933	How to Break 90 #5: Impact	Himself	0
32	1933	She Had to Say Yes	Tommy Nelson	58
33	1933	Big Time Or Bust	Jimmie Kane	35
34	1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-1		60
35	1934	Picture Brides	Dave Hart	45
36	1934	Murder on the Blackboard	Detective Smiley North	57
37	1934	She Had to Choose	Jack Berry	50
38	1934	Redhead	Scoop	60
39	1934	Red Morning	John Hastings	50
40	1935	Shadow of Doubt	Reed Ryan	62
41	1935	Great God Gold	Phil Stuart	90
42	1935	One Frightened Night	Tom Dean	55
43	1935	'G' Men	Eddie Buchanan	65
44	1935	Manhattan Moon	Eddie	0
45	1935	Shadows of the Orient	Inspector Bob Baxter	50
46	1935	Bars of Hate	Ted Clark	50
47	1935	Skull and Crown	Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan	60
48	1936	Bulldog Edition	Jim Hardy	30
49	1937	Midnight Taxi	Hilton	50
50	1937	The Lady Escapes	American reporter (uncredited)	0
51	1937	Back in Circulation	Buck	53
52	1937	Big City	Fred Hawkins	74
53	1937	Submarine D-1	Tom Callan	47
54	1938	The Invisible Menace	Lt. Matthews	41
55	1938	Blind Alibi	Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian	58
56	1938	Hunted Men	Donovan	60
57	1938	Illegal Traffic	Windy	65
58	1938	Smashing the Spy Ring	Ted Hall	0
59	1939	Pirates of the Skies		0
60	1939	The Phantom Creeps	Lt. Jim Daly	42
61	1939	The Mysterious Miss X	Jack Webster	53
62	1939	Wings of the Navy	First Flight Instructor	60
63	1939	Society Smugglers	Johnny Beebe	57
64	1939	Street of Missing Men	Jim Parker	90
65	1939	Union Pacific	Paddy O'Rourke	65
66	1939	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)	61
67	1939	Trapped in the Sky	Lt. Gary	0
68	1939	Indianapolis Speedway	Dick Wilbur	50
69	1939	Hidden Power	Mayton	0
70	1939	Thunder Afloat	Ives	59
71	1940	His Girl Friday	Sanders	74
72	1940	Northwest Passage	Webster	63
73	1940	'Til We Meet Again	Freddy	62
74	1940	North West Mounted Police	Constable Jerry Moore	63
75	1940	March On, Marines	Drill Sergeant	25
76	1940	Arizona	Grant Oury	62
77	1941	Dive Bomber	Tim Griffin	63
78	1941	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance	Wallace	60
79	1941	Meet John Doe	Bert Hansen	73
80	1941	A Shot in the Dark	William Ryder	50
81	1941	The Devil and Miss Jones	1st Policeman	77
82	1941	Reaching for the Sun	Intern	60
83	1941	The Nurse's Secret	Inspector Tom Patten	50
84	1941	Law of the Tropics	Tom Marshall	60
85	1941	New York Town	Jim Martin (uncredited)	100
86	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Fitzhugh Lee	66
87	1941	You're in the Army Now	Captain Joe Radcliffe	36
88	1942	Bullet Scars	Dr. Steven Bishop	62
89	1942	I Was Framed	Bob Leeds	40
90	1942	The Forest Rangers	Frank Hatfield	0
91	1942	Tennessee Johnson	Blackstone McDaniel	61
92	1943	Destroyer	Lt. Cmdr. Clark	66
93	1943	Adventures of the Flying Cadets	Capt. Ralph Carson	65
94	1944	Phantom Lady	Detective	70
95	1944	Follow the Boys	Dr. Henderson	53
96	1944	Song of the Open Road	Connors	0
97	1944	Raiders of Ghost City	Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]	60
98	1944	Dark Mountain	Steve Downey	53
99	1944	When the Lights Go On Again	Bill Regan	55
100	1944	Murder in the Blue Room	Inspector McDonald	50
101	1944	The Doughgirls	Timothy Walsh	70
102	1945	Strange Illusion	Dr. Vincent	55
103	1945	Betrayal from the East	Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'	58
104	1945	Spellbound	Det. Sgt. Gillespie	74
105	1945	Follow That Woman	Barney Manners	60
106	1946	Mysterious Intruder	James Summers	58
107	1946	The Big Sleep	Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls	76
108	1946	Her Sister's Secret	Bill Gordon	65
109	1946	Sister Kenny	New York Reporter (uncredited)	65
110	1946	Child of Divorce	Ray Carter	60
111	1947	The Thirteenth Hour	Don Parker	58
112	1947	The Guilty	Detective Heller	53
113	1947	The Big Fix	Lt. Brenner	0
114	1947	High Tide	Inspector O'Haffey	58
115	1947	Magic Town	Ed Weaver	67
116	1947	The Bishop's Wife	Mr. Miller	70
117	1948	Reaching from Heaven	Pastor	0
118	1948	Raw Deal	(uncredited)	67
119	1948	I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes	Police Inspector Clint Judd	55
120	1948	Station West	Jim Goddard	61
121	1948	The Boy with Green Hair	Mr. Davis	62
122	1949	The Phantom Creeps	Lt. Jim Daley	32
123	1949	Mighty Joe Young	John Young	63
124	1949	Come to the Stable	Monsignor Talbot	64
125	1949	The Devil's Henchman	Tip Banning	60
126	1949	Beyond the Forest	Sorren	68
127	1950	Dynamite Pass	Dan Madden	58
128	1950	Again Pioneers	Dave Harley	35
129	1950	Undercover Girl	Hank Miller	58
130	1950	Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone	Reporter (uncredited)	60
131	1950	Frenchie	Carter	57
132	1951	Tomahawk	Smith (uncredited)	66
133	1951	Cry Danger	Gus Cobb	68
134	1951	Navy Bound	Capt. Charles Danning	60
135	1951	Show Boat	Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)	61
136	1951	The Tall Target	Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)	68
137	1951	The People Against O'Hara	Fred Colton, Police Sound Man	57
138	1952	Crossroads - U.S.A.	Bill Marshall	0
139	1952	My Six Convicts	Dr. Gordon	63
140	1952	The Battle at Apache Pass	Dr. Carter	63
141	1952	Just for You	Mr. Hodges	48
142	1952	My Pal Gus	Farley Norris	70
143	1953	Never Wave at a WAC	General Ned Prager	49
144	1953	It Happens Every Thursday	Mayor Hull	62
145	1953	Son of Belle Starr	Tom Wren	0
146	1953	Island in the Sky	Sergeant Harper	62
147	1953	Main Street to Broadway	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	65
148	1953	Take the High Ground!	Chaplain (uncredited)	57
149	1953	The Nebraskan	Col. Markham	30
150	1953	The Backbone of America	Bill Carmody	0
151	1954	Drums Across the River	Sheriff Jim Beal	54
152	1954	The High and the Mighty	Tim Garfield	59
153	1954	The Human Jungle	Bob Geddes	53
154	1955	Atomic Energy as a Force for Good	Mike Farrell	0
155	1955	Top Gun	Jim O'Hara	60
156	1955	Guys and Dolls	Arvide Abernathy	66
157	1956	Great Day in the Morning	Father Murphy	59
158	1956	Three for Jamie Dawn	Murph	50
159	1956	Dakota Incident	Minstrel	63
160	1957	Curfew Breakers	Coach Bettger	50
161	1958	No Time at All	Joe Donaldson	0
162	1958	Sing Boy Sing	Rev. Easton	60
163	1958	Joy Ride	Miles Renny	50
164	1959	Warlock	Skinner	67
165	1959	The Hangman	Soldier at Fort	62
166	1960	Guns of the Timberland	Sheriff Taylor	61
167	1961	The Last Sunset	Milton Wing	68
168	1961	King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein	Bill Baird	60
169	1961	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Dr. Jamieson	57
170	1961	The Errand Boy	Studio Exec with the Baron	61
171	1963	Johnny Shiloh	Mr. Clem	75
172	1964	Man's Favorite Sport?	Bagley	70
173	1966	The Night of the Grizzly	Cotton Benson	56
174	1967	Gunn	The Bishop	54
175	1969	Change of Habit	Father Gibbons	56
176	1970	Cover Me Babe	Michael Atterbury	46
177	1972	The Carey Treatment	Sanderson the Pathologist	58
178	1974	The Phantom of Hollywood	Joe	51
179	1975	Dr. Shagetz	Doc Hooper	0
180	1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Burlesque Stagehand	41
181	1987	Evil Town	Doc Hooper	40

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre		60
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Ed Bartlett	70
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Colonel Hawks	70
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Babe Bricker	70
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
6	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Lt. Manny Waldo	61
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Colonel	61
8	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Police Lt. Manny Waldo	61
9	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
10	1953	General Electric Theater	Jimmy	60
11	1953	Letter to Loretta	Everett Strawn	62
12	1953	Letter to Loretta	Henry Herman	62
13	1953	Letter to Loretta	Father Middleton	62
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	George Kent	62
15	1953	Letter to Loretta	Mr. McCarthy	62
16	1953	Letter to Loretta	John Howell	62
17	1954	Hey Mulligan	Joe Mulligan	67
18	1954	December Bride		55
19	1954	Climax!	Fred Warren	30
20	1955	The Millionaire	Pete Marlowe	50
21	1955	Cheyenne		58
22	1955	Navy Log		45
23	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
24	1955	Matinee Theater		46
25	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		37
26	1956	Playhouse 90	Regis Toomey	75
27	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Will Jenkins	55
28	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Sheriff Barnes	55
29	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Lt. Dennis McGough	62
30	1957	Sugarfoot	John Peel	48
31	1957	Wagon Train	Mr. Hunter	63
32	1957	Perry Mason	Sam Crane	77
33	1957	Perry Mason	Andy Grant	77
34	1957	Maverick	Ben Granville	68
35	1957	Trackdown		64
36	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Lenny the Bartender	69
37	1958	Peter Gunn		65
38	1958	Bronco	Judge Claymore	52
39	1959	Rawhide		72
40	1959	Tightrope		55
41	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Dr. Harry Randolph	63
42	1960	The Tall Man		63
43	1960	Route 66		63
44	1961	Cain's Hundred	Judge Thomas Otto	47
45	1961	Dr. Kildare	Arthur Wheeler	53
46	1962	The Virginian	Joseph Denton	64
47	1962	Going My Way		57
48	1963	Burke's Law	Detective Lester Hart	60
49	1963	Petticoat Junction	Doc Stuart	58
50	1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	George Penfield	77
51	1965	The Legend of Jesse James	Defense Attorney Reed	48
52	1965	Green Acres		72
53	1965	The F.B.I.	Calvin Betts	55
54	1966	The Time Tunnel	Dr. Ben Berkhart	76
55		Shannon		30
56	1968	Adam-12	Billy Heckman	71
57	1972	Ghost Story	Sam Streeter	71