Regis Toomey
183 movies · 47 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 13, 1898
- Died
- Oct 12, 1991 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- John Regis Toomey · John Francis Regis Toomey
Biography
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John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
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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.
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Known for
Regis Toomey: movies and TV shows
Acting (230)
- 1987 Evil Town
as Doc Hooper
- 1979 C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Chief Patterson
- 1978
- 1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Burlesque Stagehand
- 1975 Dr. Shagetz
as Doc Hooper
- 1974 The Phantom of Hollywood
as Joe
- 1972
- 1972 The Carey Treatment
as Sanderson the Pathologist
- 1970 Cover Me Babe
as Michael Atterbury
- 1969 Change of Habit
as Father Gibbons
- 1968
- 1967 Gunn
as The Bishop
- 1966
- 1966 The Night of the Grizzly
as Cotton Benson
- 1965 Johnny Shiloh
as Mr. Clem
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 Man's Favorite Sport?
as Bagley
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961 The Errand Boy
as Studio Exec with the Baron
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Dr. Jamieson
- 1961 King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Bill Baird
- 1961 The Last Sunset
as Milton Wing
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Guns of the Timberland
as Sheriff Taylor
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The Hangman
as Soldier at Fort / Orderly (uncredited)
- 1959 Warlock
as Skinner
- 1959 Rawhide · TV
- 1958 Joy Ride
as Miles Renny
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Sing Boy Sing
as Rev. Easton
- 1958 No Time at All
as Joe Donaldson
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Curfew Breakers
as Coach Bettger
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Dakota Incident
as Minstrel
- 1956 Three for Jamie Dawn
as Murph
- 1956 Great Day in the Morning
as Father Murphy
- 1955 Guys and Dolls
as Arvide Abernathy
- 1955 Top Gun
as Jim O'Hara
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Mike Farrell
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 The Human Jungle
as Bob Geddes
- 1954
- 1954 The High and the Mighty
as Tim Garfield
- 1954 Drums Across the River
as Sheriff Jim Beal
- 1953 The Backbone of America
as Bill Carmody
- 1953 The Nebraskan
as Col. Markham
- 1953 Take the High Ground!
as Chaplain (uncredited)
- 1953 Main Street to Broadway
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1953 Letter to Loretta · TV
as Everett Strawn / Henry Herman / Father Middleton / George Kent / Mr. McCarthy / John Howell · 6 episodes
- 1953 Island in the Sky
as Sergeant Harper
- 1953 Son of Belle Starr
as Tom Wren
- 1953 It Happens Every Thursday
as Mayor Hull
- 1953
- 1953 Never Wave at a WAC
as Ned Prager
- 1952 My Pal Gus
as Farley Norris
- 1952
- 1952 Just for You
as Mr. Hodges
- 1952
- 1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
as Dr. Carter
- 1952 My Six Convicts
as Dr. Gordon
- 1952 Crossroads - U.S.A.
as Bill Marshall
- 1951
- 1951 The People Against O'Hara
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
- 1951 The Tall Target
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
- 1951 Show Boat
as Ike Vallon (uncredited)
- 1951 Navy Bound
as Capt. Charles Danning
- 1951 Cry Danger
as Gus Cobb
- 1951 Tomahawk
as Smith (uncredited)
- 1950 Frenchie
as Carter
- 1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1950 Undercover Girl
as Hank Miller
- 1950 Again Pioneers
as Dave Harley
- 1950
- 1950 Dynamite Pass
as Dan Madden
- 1949 Beyond the Forest
as Sorren
- 1949 The Devil's Henchmen
as Tip Banning
- 1949 Come to the Stable
as Monsignor Talbot
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young
as John Young
- 1949 The Phantom Creeps
as Lt. Jim Daley
- 1948 The Boy with Green Hair
as Mr. Davis
- 1948 Station West
as Jim Goddard
- 1948 I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
- 1948 Raw Deal
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1948 Reaching from Heaven
as Pastor
- 1947 The Bishop's Wife
as Mr. Miller
- 1947 Magic Town
as Ed Weaver
- 1947 High Tide
as Inspector O'Haffey
- 1947 The Big Fix
as Lt. Brenner
- 1947 The Guilty
as Detective Heller
- 1947 The Thirteenth Hour
as Don Parker
- 1946 Child of Divorce
as Ray Carter
- 1946 Sister Kenny
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
- 1946 Her Sister's Secret
as Bill Gordon
- 1946 The Big Sleep
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
- 1946 Mysterious Intruder
as James Summers
- 1945 Follow That Woman
as Barney Manners
- 1945 Spellbound
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
- 1945 Betrayal from the East
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
- 1945 Strange Illusion
as Dr. Vincent
- 1944 The Doughgirls
as Timothy Walsh
- 1944 Murder in the Blue Room
as Inspector McDonald
- 1944 When the Lights Go On Again
as Bill Regan
- 1944 Dark Mountain
as Steve Downey
- 1944 Raiders of Ghost City
as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
- 1944 Song of the Open Road
as Connors
- 1944 Follow the Boys
as Dr. Henderson
- 1944 Phantom Lady
as Detective
- 1943 Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Capt. Ralph Carson
- 1943 Destroyer
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
- 1942 Tennessee Johnson
as Blackstone McDaniel
- 1942 The Forest Rangers
as Frank Hatfield
- 1942 I Was Framed
as Bob Leeds
- 1942 Bullet Scars
as Dr. Steven Bishop
- 1941 You're in the Army Now
as Captain Joe Radcliffe
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Fitzhugh Lee
- 1941 New York Town
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
- 1941 Law of the Tropics
as Tom Marshall
- 1941 Dive Bomber
as Tim Griffin
- 1941 The Nurse's Secret
as Inspector Tom Patten
- 1941 Reaching for the Sun
as Intern
- 1941 The Devil and Miss Jones
as 1st Policeman
- 1941 A Shot in the Dark
as William Ryder
- 1941 Meet John Doe
as Bert Hansen
- 1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Wallace
- 1940 Arizona
as Grant Oury
- 1940 March On, Marines
as Drill Sergeant
- 1940 North West Mounted Police
as Constable Jerry Moore
- 1940 'Til We Meet Again
as Freddy
- 1940 Northwest Passage
as Webster
- 1940 His Girl Friday
as Sanders
- 1939 Thunder Afloat
as Ives
- 1939 Hidden Power
as Mayton
- 1939 Indianapolis Speedway
as Dick Wilbur
- 1939 Trapped in the Sky
as Lt. Gary
- 1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
- 1939 Union Pacific
as Paddy O'Rourke
- 1939 Street of Missing Men
as Jim Parker
- 1939 Society Smugglers
as Johnny Beebe
- 1939 Wings of the Navy
as First Flight Instructor
- 1939 The Mysterious Miss X
as Jack Webster
- 1939 The Phantom Creeps
as Lt. Jim Daly
- 1939
- 1938 Smashing the Spy Ring
as Ted Hall
- 1938 Illegal Traffic
as Windy
- 1938 Hunted Men
as Donovan
- 1938 Blind Alibi
as Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
- 1938 The Invisible Menace
as Lt. Matthews
- 1937 Submarine D-1
as Tom Callan
- 1937 Big City
as Fred Hawkins
- 1937 Back in Circulation
as Buck
- 1937 The Lady Escapes
as American reporter (uncredited)
- 1937 Midnight Taxi
as Hilton
- 1936 Bulldog Edition
as Jim Hardy
- 1935 Skull and Crown
as Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
- 1935 Bars of Hate
as Ted Clark
- 1935 Reckless Roads
as Speed Demming
- 1935 Shadows of the Orient
as Inspector Bob Baxter
- 1935 Manhattan Moon
as Eddie
- 1935 'G' Men
as Eddie Buchanan
- 1935 One Frightened Night
as Tom Dean
- 1935 Great God Gold
as Phil Stuart
- 1935 Shadow of Doubt
as Reed Ryan
- 1934 Red Morning
as John Hastings
- 1934 Redhead
as Scoop
- 1934 She Had to Choose
as Jack Berry
- 1934 Murder on the Blackboard
as Detective Smiley North
- 1934 Picture Brides
as Dave Hart
- 1934 What's Your Racket
as Bert Miller
- 1934
- 1933 Big Time Or Bust
as Jimmie Kane
- 1933 She Had to Say Yes
as Tommy Nelson
+ 30 more credits
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1933