Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Regis Toomey

  • Birthday:

    1898-08-11

  • Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.5204
  • Also Known As

    John Regis Toomey

    John Francis Regis Toomey

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.

Top Movie Cast

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleeptrue- Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

1946-08-23

7.6
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Voyage to the Bottom of the Seatrue- Dr. Jamieson

1961-07-12

5.7
His Girl Friday
His Girl Fridaytrue- Sanders

1940-01-18

7.4
Spellbound
Spellboundtrue- Det. Sgt. Gillespie

1945-11-08

7.4
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dollstrue- Arvide Abernathy

1955-12-23

6.6
Other Men's Women
Other Men's Womentrue- Jack Kulper

1931-01-17

5.7
Cry Danger
Cry Dangertrue- Gus Cobb

1951-02-23

6.7
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doetrue- Bert Hansen

1941-03-14

7.3
The Devil's Henchman
The Devil's Henchmantrue- Tip Banning

1949-09-15

6.0
Main Street to Broadway
Main Street to Broadwaytrue- Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1953-10-12

6.5
The Thirteenth Hour
The Thirteenth Hourtrue- Don Parker

1947-02-06

5.8
Follow the Boys
Follow the Boystrue- Dr. Henderson

1944-05-05

5.3
Cover Me Babe
Cover Me Babetrue- Michael Atterbury

1970-10-01

4.6
Hidden Power
Hidden Powertrue- Mayton

1939-09-07

0.0
Trapped in the Sky
Trapped in the Skytrue- Lt. Gary

1939-06-01

0.0
The Guilty
The Guiltytrue- Detective Heller

1947-03-22

5.3
Arizona
Arizonatrue- Grant Oury

1940-12-25

6.2
Alibi
Alibitrue- Danny McGann

1929-04-20

5.9
Framed
Framedtrue- Jimmy McArthur

1930-03-16

5.3
Island in the Sky
Island in the Skytrue- Sergeant Harper

1953-09-05

6.2
Strange Illusion
Strange Illusiontrue- Dr. Vincent

1945-03-31

5.6
Beyond the Forest
Beyond the Foresttrue- Sorren

1949-10-21

6.8
One Frightened Night
One Frightened Nighttrue- Tom Dean

1935-05-01

5.5
The People Against O'Hara
The People Against O'Haratrue- Fred Colton, Police Sound Man

1951-09-01

5.7
Mysterious Intruder
Mysterious Intrudertrue- James Summers

1946-04-11

5.8
Murder by the Clock
Murder by the Clocktrue- Office Cassidy

1931-07-21

6.0
Station West
Station Westtrue- Jim Goddard

1948-09-01

6.1
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothsteintrue- Bill Baird

1961-06-11

6.0
The Human Jungle
The Human Jungletrue- Bob Geddes

1954-10-03

5.3
Warlock
Warlocktrue- Skinner

1959-05-15

6.7
The Boy with Green Hair
The Boy with Green Hairtrue- Mr. Davis

1948-11-26

6.2
Phantom Lady
Phantom Ladytrue- Detective

1944-01-28

7.0
Betrayal from the East
Betrayal from the Easttrue- Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'

1945-04-24

5.8
My Six Convicts
My Six Convictstrue- Dr. Gordon

1952-03-20

6.3
High Tide
High Tidetrue- Inspector O'Haffey

1947-09-13

5.8
She Had to Say Yes
She Had to Say Yestrue- Tommy Nelson

1933-07-15

5.8
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Lifetrue- Lt. MacLaren

1929-06-15

0.0
The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creepstrue- Lt. Jim Daly

1939-01-07

4.3
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots Ontrue- Fitzhugh Lee

1941-11-20

6.6
Man's Favorite Sport?
Man's Favorite Sport?true- Bagley

1964-01-31

7.0
The Last Sunset
The Last Sunsettrue- Milton Wing

1961-06-08

6.8
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Youngtrue- John Young

1949-07-27

6.3
Dive Bomber
Dive Bombertrue- Tim Griffin

1941-01-01

6.3
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoestrue- Police Inspector Clint Judd

1948-05-23

5.5
The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mightytrue- Tim Garfield

1954-07-03

5.9
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wifetrue- Mr. Miller

1947-12-25

7.0
Tennessee Johnson
Tennessee Johnsontrue- Blackstone McDaniel

1942-12-01

6.1
Undercover Girl
Undercover Girltrue- Hank Miller

1950-11-02

5.8
Big City
Big Citytrue- Fred Hawkins

1937-09-03

7.4
The Carey Treatment
The Carey Treatmenttrue- Sanderson the Pathologist

1972-03-29

5.8
North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Policetrue- Constable Jerry Moore

1940-10-22

6.3
Dakota Incident
Dakota Incidenttrue- Minstrel

1956-07-23

6.3
Take the High Ground!
Take the High Ground!true- Chaplain (uncredited)

1953-10-30

5.7
Great Day in the Morning
Great Day in the Morningtrue- Father Murphy

1956-05-16

5.9
Under Eighteen
Under Eighteentrue- Jimmie Slocum

1932-01-02

6.6
The Doughgirls
The Doughgirlstrue- Timothy Walsh

1944-11-25

7.0
Thunder Afloat
Thunder Afloattrue- Ives

1939-09-15

5.9
Destroyer
Destroyertrue- Lt. Cmdr. Clark

1943-08-19

6.6
Dark Mountain
Dark Mountaintrue- Steve Downey

1944-09-01

5.3
Shopworn
Shopworntrue- David Livingston

1932-03-25

6.5
I Was Framed
I Was Framedtrue- Bob Leeds

1942-04-04

4.0
Never Wave at a WAC
Never Wave at a WACtrue- General Ned Prager

1953-01-28

4.9
Drums Across the River
Drums Across the Rivertrue- Sheriff Jim Beal

1954-06-01

5.4
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stabletrue- Monsignor Talbot

1949-07-27

6.4
The Crowd Roars
The Crowd Roarstrue- Dick Wilbur

1932-04-16

5.9
Raiders of Ghost City
Raiders of Ghost Citytrue- Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]

1944-07-25

6.0
Curfew Breakers
Curfew Breakerstrue- Coach Bettger

1957-03-22

5.0
When the Lights Go On Again
When the Lights Go On Againtrue- Bill Regan

1944-10-22

5.5
'Til We Meet Again
'Til We Meet Againtrue- Freddy

1940-04-20

6.2
The Light of Western Stars
The Light of Western Starstrue- Bob Drexell

1930-04-19

2.8
The Penal Code
The Penal Codetrue- Robert Palmer

1932-12-23

6.0
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheettrue- Regan

1931-01-31

0.0
Laughing at Life
Laughing at Lifetrue- Pat Collins / Mc Hale

1933-07-12

6.0
They Never Come Back
They Never Come Backtrue- Jimmy Nolan

1932-05-10

5.5
Murder in the Blue Room
Murder in the Blue Roomtrue- Inspector McDonald

1944-10-27

5.0
Skull and Crown
Skull and Crowntrue- Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan

1935-12-16

6.0
A Strange Adventure
A Strange Adventuretrue- Detective-Sergeant Mitchell

1932-11-20

5.0
Graft
Grafttrue- Dustin Hotchkiss

1931-09-21

4.5
Shadows of the Orient
Shadows of the Orienttrue- Inspector Bob Baxter

1935-07-06

5.0
Child of Divorce
Child of Divorcetrue- Ray Carter

1946-10-14

6.0
The Mysterious Miss X
The Mysterious Miss Xtrue- Jack Webster

1939-01-10

5.3
Joy Ride
Joy Ridetrue- Miles Renny

1958-11-23

5.0
The Nurse's Secret
The Nurse's Secrettrue- Inspector Tom Patten

1941-05-24

5.0
The Nebraskan
The Nebraskantrue- Col. Markham

1953-12-02

3.0
Shadow of Doubt
Shadow of Doubttrue- Reed Ryan

1935-02-15

6.2
Picture Brides
Picture Bridestrue- Dave Hart

1934-04-23

4.5
Bulldog Edition
Bulldog Editiontrue- Jim Hardy

1936-09-13

3.0
Frenchie
Frenchietrue- Carter

1950-12-25

5.7
Song of the Open Road
Song of the Open Roadtrue- Connors

1944-06-21

0.0
Big Time Or Bust
Big Time Or Busttrue- Jimmie Kane

1933-11-10

3.5
Bars of Hate
Bars of Hatetrue- Ted Clark

1935-11-01

5.0
Great God Gold
Great God Goldtrue- Phil Stuart

1935-04-14

7.0
Bullet Scars
Bullet Scarstrue- Dr. Steven Bishop

1942-03-07

6.2
Top Gun
Top Guntrue- Jim O'Hara

1955-12-01

6.0
Three for Jamie Dawn
Three for Jamie Dawntrue- Murph

1956-07-08

5.0
Indianapolis Speedway
Indianapolis Speedwaytrue- Dick Wilbur

1939-08-05

5.0
Dynamite Pass
Dynamite Passtrue- Dan Madden

1950-03-23

5.8
Sing Boy Sing
Sing Boy Singtrue- Rev. Easton

1958-02-21

6.0
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Adventures of the Flying Cadetstrue- Capt. Ralph Carson

1943-09-07

6.5
24 Hours
24 Hourstrue- Tony Bruzzi

1931-10-03

5.5
Good Intentions
Good Intentionstrue- Richard Holt

1930-06-29

0.0
Union Pacific
Union Pacifictrue- Paddy O'Rourke

1939-05-05

6.5
Gunn
Gunntrue- The Bishop

1967-06-28

5.4
Magic Town
Magic Towntrue- Ed Weaver

1947-10-07

6.7
The Finger Points
The Finger Pointstrue- Charlie 'Breezy' Russell

1931-04-11

6.6
Finn and Hattie
Finn and Hattietrue- Henry Collins

1931-02-04

5.3
Street of Chance
Street of Chancetrue- 'Babe' Marsden

1930-02-08

6.6
State Trooper
State Troopertrue- Michael Rolph

1933-02-10

0.0
Law of the Tropics
Law of the Tropicstrue- Tom Marshall

1941-10-04

6.0
Navy Bound
Navy Boundtrue- Capt. Charles Danning

1951-03-04

6.0
Raw Deal
Raw Dealtrue- (uncredited)

1948-05-21

6.7
She Had to Choose
She Had to Choosetrue- Jack Berry

1934-10-01

5.0
Shadow of the Law
Shadow of the Lawtrue- Tom Owens

1930-06-06

6.4
Illegal Traffic
Illegal Traffictrue- Windy

1938-11-02

6.5
Red Morning
Red Morningtrue- John Hastings

1934-12-14

5.0
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxitrue- Hilton

1937-04-04

5.0
Back in Circulation
Back in Circulationtrue- Buck

1937-08-27

5.3
Her Sister's Secret
Her Sister's Secrettrue- Bill Gordon

1946-09-23

6.5
The Battle at Apache Pass
The Battle at Apache Passtrue- Dr. Carter

1952-05-09

6.3
Illusion
Illusiontrue- Eric

1929-09-21

0.0
The Invisible Menace
The Invisible Menacetrue- Lt. Matthews

1938-01-11

4.1
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passagetrue- Webster

1940-02-23

6.3
'G' Men
'G' Mentrue- Eddie Buchanan

1935-05-04

6.5
No Time at All
No Time at Alltrue- Joe Donaldson

1958-02-13

0.0
Pirates of the Skies
Pirates of the Skiestrue

1939-01-01

0.0
Blind Alibi
Blind Alibitrue- Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian

1938-05-20

5.8
Show Boat
Show Boattrue- Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)

1951-07-19

6.1
Wings of the Navy
Wings of the Navytrue- First Flight Instructor

1939-02-11

6.0
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spytrue- Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)

1939-05-06

6.1
The Lady Escapes
The Lady Escapestrue- American reporter (uncredited)

1937-07-22

0.0
March On, Marines
March On, Marinestrue- Drill Sergeant

1940-12-14

2.5
The Phantom of Hollywood
The Phantom of Hollywoodtrue- Joe

1974-02-12

5.1
Sister Kenny
Sister Kennytrue- New York Reporter (uncredited)

1946-10-10

6.5
The Hangman
The Hangmantrue- Soldier at Fort

1959-06-17

6.3
The Forest Rangers
The Forest Rangerstrue- Frank Hatfield

1942-10-21

0.0
A Man from Wyoming
A Man from Wyomingtrue- Jersey

1930-07-12

9.0
Guns of the Timberland
Guns of the Timberlandtrue- Sheriff Taylor

1960-02-01

6.1
Society Smugglers
Society Smugglerstrue- Johnny Beebe

1939-03-01

5.7
Reaching from Heaven
Reaching from Heaventrue- Pastor

1948-02-01

0.0
Street of Missing Men
Street of Missing Mentrue- Jim Parker

1939-04-24

9.0
Redhead
Redheadtrue- Scoop

1934-10-31

6.0
The Night of the Grizzly
The Night of the Grizzlytrue- Cotton Benson

1966-04-20

5.7
A Shot in the Dark
A Shot in the Darktrue- William Ryder

1941-04-05

5.0
Just for You
Just for Youtrue- Mr. Hodges

1952-09-27

4.8
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Nowtrue- Captain Joe Radcliffe

1941-12-25

3.6
Murder on the Blackboard
Murder on the Blackboardtrue- Detective Smiley North

1934-06-15

5.7
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malonetrue- Reporter (uncredited)

1950-12-08

6.0
My Pal Gus
My Pal Gustrue- Farley Norris

1952-12-01

7.0
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chancetrue- Wallace

1941-03-06

6.0
Evil Town
Evil Towntrue- Doc Hooper

1987-06-02

3.9
Dr. Shagetz
Dr. Shagetztrue- Doc Hooper

1975-01-01

0.0
Kick In
Kick Intrue- Chick Hewes

1931-05-22

6.0
Manhattan Moon
Manhattan Moontrue- Eddie

1935-07-01

0.0
Again Pioneers
Again Pioneerstrue- Dave Harley

1950-11-01

3.5
Johnny Shiloh
Johnny Shilohtrue- Mr. Clem

1963-01-20

7.5
Son of Belle Starr
Son of Belle Starrtrue- Tom Wren

1953-06-26

0.0
Submarine D-1
Submarine D-1true- Tom Callan

1937-11-27

4.7
Smashing the Spy Ring
Smashing the Spy Ringtrue- Ted Hall

1938-12-29

0.0
New York Town
New York Towntrue- Jim Martin (uncredited)

1941-10-31

10.0
Follow That Woman
Follow That Womantrue- Barney Manners

1945-12-14

6.0
It Happens Every Thursday
It Happens Every Thursdaytrue- Mayor Hull

1953-04-22

6.2
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1true

1934-03-02

6.0
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Atomic Energy as a Force for Goodtrue- Mike Farrell

1955-01-01

0.0
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boytrue- Studio Exec with the Baron

1961-11-28

6.1
Reaching for the Sun
Reaching for the Suntrue- Intern

1941-05-01

6.0
The Big Fix
The Big Fixtrue- Lt. Brenner

1947-04-19

0.0
The Backbone of America
The Backbone of Americatrue- Bill Carmody

1953-12-29

0.0
The Tall Target
The Tall Targettrue- Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)

1951-08-17

6.8
The Devil and Miss Jones
The Devil and Miss Jonestrue- 1st Policeman

1941-04-11

7.7
Soldiers of the Storm
Soldiers of the Stormtrue- Brad Allerton

1933-04-04

0.0
Touchdown!
Touchdown!true- Tom Hussey

1931-11-15

0.0
The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creepstrue- Lt. Jim Daley

1949-06-06

3.3
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywoodtrue- Burlesque Stagehand

1976-07-26

4.1
Change of Habit
Change of Habittrue- Father Gibbons

1969-11-10

5.6
The Midnight Patrol
The Midnight Patroltrue- John Martin

1932-04-10

0.0
Crazy That Way
Crazy That Waytrue- Robert Metcalf

1930-03-20

0.0
Tomahawk
Tomahawktrue- Smith (uncredited)

1951-02-05

6.6
Hunted Men
Hunted Mentrue- Donovan

1938-05-27

6.0

Profile Images