Regis Toomey

1898-08-13 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Evil Town	Doc Hooper	1987-06-02
	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Burlesque Stagehand	1976-07-26
	Dr. Shagetz	Doc Hooper	1975-01-01
	The Phantom of Hollywood	Joe	1974-02-12
	The Carey Treatment	Sanderson the Pathologist	1972-03-29
	Cover Me Babe	Michael Atterbury	1970-10-01
	Change of Habit	Father Gibbons	1969-11-10
	Gunn	The Bishop	1967-06-28
	The Night of the Grizzly	Cotton Benson	1966-04-20
	Johnny Shiloh	Mr. Clem	1965-12-21
	Man's Favorite Sport?	Bagley	1964-01-31
	The Last Sunset	Milton Wing	1961-06-08
	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Dr. Jamieson	1961-07-12
	The Errand Boy	Studio Exec with the Baron	1961-11-28
	King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein	Bill Baird	1961-06-11
	Guns of the Timberland	Sheriff Taylor	1960-02-01
	The Hangman	Soldier at Fort	1959-06-17
	Warlock	Skinner	1959-05-15
	The Hangman	Orderly (uncredited)	1959-06-17
	No Time at All	Joe Donaldson	1958-02-13
	Sing Boy Sing	Rev. Easton	1958-02-21
	Joy Ride	Miles Renny	1958-11-23
	Curfew Breakers	Coach Bettger	1957-03-22
	Three for Jamie Dawn	Murph	1956-07-08
	Dakota Incident	Minstrel	1956-07-23
	Great Day in the Morning	Father Murphy	1956-05-16
	Top Gun	Jim O'Hara	1955-12-01
	Atomic Energy as a Force for Good	Mike Farrell	1955-01-01
	Guys and Dolls	Arvide Abernathy	1955-12-23
	The High and the Mighty	Tim Garfield	1954-07-03
	Drums Across the River	Sheriff Jim Beal	1954-06-01
	The Human Jungle	Bob Geddes	1954-10-03
	The Nebraskan	Col. Markham	1953-12-02
	Main Street to Broadway	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	1953-10-12
	Son of Belle Starr	Tom Wren	1953-06-26
	Take the High Ground!	Chaplain (uncredited)	1953-10-30
	Island in the Sky	Sergeant Harper	1953-09-05
	Never Wave at a WAC	General Ned Prager	1953-01-28
	The Backbone of America	Bill Carmody	1953-12-29
	It Happens Every Thursday	Mayor Hull	1953-04-22
	Crossroads - U.S.A.	Bill Marshall	1952-02-02
	Just for You	Mr. Hodges	1952-09-27
	My Pal Gus	Farley Norris	1952-12-01
	My Six Convicts	Dr. Gordon	1952-03-20
	The Battle at Apache Pass	Dr. Carter	1952-05-09
	Show Boat	Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)	1951-07-19
	Tomahawk	Smith (uncredited)	1951-02-05
	The Tall Target	Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)	1951-08-17
	The People Against O'Hara	Fred Colton, Police Sound Man	1951-09-01
	Cry Danger	Gus Cobb	1951-02-23
	Navy Bound	Capt. Charles Danning	1951-03-04
	Again Pioneers	Dave Harley	1950-11-01
	Frenchie	Carter	1950-12-25
	Undercover Girl	Hank Miller	1950-11-02
	Dynamite Pass	Dan Madden	1950-03-23
	Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone	Reporter (uncredited)	1950-12-08
	Beyond the Forest	Sorren	1949-10-21
	The Phantom Creeps	Lt. Jim Daley	1949-06-06
	Come to the Stable	Monsignor Talbot	1949-07-27
	Mighty Joe Young	John Young	1949-07-13
	The Devil's Henchmen	Tip Banning	1949-09-15
	The Boy with Green Hair	Mr. Davis	1948-11-26
	Raw Deal	Cop (uncredited)	1948-05-21
	I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes	Police Inspector Clint Judd	1948-05-23
	Reaching from Heaven	Pastor	1948-02-01
	Station West	Jim Goddard	1948-09-01
	The Big Fix	Lt. Brenner	1947-04-19
	The Thirteenth Hour	Don Parker	1947-02-06
	Magic Town	Ed Weaver	1947-10-07
	The Guilty	Detective Heller	1947-03-22
	The Bishop's Wife	Mr. Miller	1947-12-25
	High Tide	Inspector O'Haffey	1947-09-13
	Sister Kenny	New York Reporter (uncredited)	1946-10-10
	Child of Divorce	Ray Carter	1946-10-14
	Mysterious Intruder	James Summers	1946-04-11
	The Big Sleep	Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls	1946-08-22
	Her Sister's Secret	Bill Gordon	1946-09-23
	Strange Illusion	Dr. Vincent	1945-03-31
	Spellbound	Det. Sgt. Gillespie	1945-11-08
	Betrayal from the East	Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'	1945-04-24
	Follow That Woman	Barney Manners	1945-12-14
	Phantom Lady	Detective	1944-01-28
	The Doughgirls	Timothy Walsh	1944-11-25
	Song of the Open Road	Connors	1944-06-21
	Murder in the Blue Room	Inspector McDonald	1944-10-27
	When the Lights Go On Again	Bill Regan	1944-10-22
	Follow the Boys	Dr. Henderson	1944-05-05
	Raiders of Ghost City	Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]	1944-07-25
	Dark Mountain	Steve Downey	1944-09-01
	Destroyer	Lt. Cmdr. Clark	1943-08-19
	Adventures of the Flying Cadets	Capt. Ralph Carson	1943-09-07
	The Forest Rangers	Frank Hatfield	1942-10-21
	Tennessee Johnson	Blackstone McDaniel	1942-12-01
	I Was Framed	Bob Leeds	1942-04-04
	Bullet Scars	Dr. Steven Bishop	1942-03-07
	The Devil and Miss Jones	1st Policeman	1941-04-11
	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance	Wallace	1941-03-06
	A Shot in the Dark	William Ryder	1941-04-05
	You're in the Army Now	Captain Joe Radcliffe	1941-12-25
	New York Town	Jim Martin (uncredited)	1941-10-31
	Reaching for the Sun	Intern	1941-05-01
	Dive Bomber	Tim Griffin	1941-08-30
	Meet John Doe	Bert Hansen	1941-03-14
	They Died with Their Boots On	Fitzhugh Lee	1941-11-20
	Law of the Tropics	Tom Marshall	1941-10-04
	The Nurse's Secret	Inspector Tom Patten	1941-05-24
	Northwest Passage	Webster	1940-02-23
	March On, Marines	Drill Sergeant	1940-12-14
	'Til We Meet Again	Freddy	1940-04-20
	His Girl Friday	Sanders	1940-01-18
	Arizona	Grant Oury	1940-12-25
	North West Mounted Police	Constable Jerry Moore	1940-10-22
	Wings of the Navy	First Flight Instructor	1939-02-11
	Pirates of the Skies		1939-01-01
	Union Pacific	Paddy O'Rourke	1939-05-05
	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)	1939-05-06
	Hidden Power	Mayton	1939-09-07
	Society Smugglers	Johnny Beebe	1939-03-01
	Indianapolis Speedway	Dick Wilbur	1939-08-05
	Trapped in the Sky	Lt. Gary	1939-06-01
	Thunder Afloat	Ives	1939-09-15
	The Phantom Creeps	Lt. Jim Daly	1939-01-07
	Street of Missing Men	Jim Parker	1939-04-24
	The Mysterious Miss X	Jack Webster	1939-01-10
	Smashing the Spy Ring	Ted Hall	1938-12-29
	The Invisible Menace	Lt. Matthews	1938-01-11
	Hunted Men	Donovan	1938-05-27
	Blind Alibi	Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian	1938-05-20
	Illegal Traffic	Windy	1938-11-02
	Midnight Taxi	Hilton	1937-04-04
	Back in Circulation	Buck	1937-08-27
	Submarine D-1	Tom Callan	1937-11-27
	Big City	Fred Hawkins	1937-09-03
	The Lady Escapes	American reporter (uncredited)	1937-07-22
	Bulldog Edition	Jim Hardy	1936-09-13
	Reckless Roads	Speed Demming	1935-07-30
	Manhattan Moon	Eddie	1935-07-01
	Great God Gold	Phil Stuart	1935-04-14
	One Frightened Night	Tom Dean	1935-05-01
	Skull and Crown	Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan	1935-12-16
	Shadows of the Orient	Inspector Bob Baxter	1935-07-06
	Bars of Hate	Ted Clark	1935-11-01
	Shadow of Doubt	Reed Ryan	1935-02-15
	'G' Men	Eddie Buchanan	1935-05-04
	Picture Brides	Dave Hart	1934-04-23
	Hollywood on Parade No. B-1		1934-03-02
	Murder on the Blackboard	Detective Smiley North	1934-06-15
	She Had to Choose	Jack Berry	1934-10-01
	Red Morning	John Hastings	1934-12-14
	What's Your Racket	Bert Miller	1934-03-06
	Redhead	Scoop	1934-10-31
	Big Time Or Bust	Jimmie Kane	1933-11-10
	How to Break 90 #5: Impact	Himself	1933-07-14
	She Had to Say Yes	Tommy Nelson	1933-07-15
	Soldiers of the Storm	Brad Allerton	1933-04-04
	State Trooper	Michael Rolph	1933-02-10
	Laughing at Life	Pat Collins / Mc Hale	1933-07-12
	Under Eighteen	Jimmie Slocum	1932-01-02
	The Midnight Patrol	John Martin	1932-04-10
	They Never Come Back	Jimmy Nolan	1932-05-10
	Shopworn	David Livingston	1932-03-25
	The Crowd Roars	Dick Wilbur	1932-04-16
	The Penal Code	Robert Palmer	1932-12-23
	A Strange Adventure	Detective-Sergeant Mitchell	1932-11-20
	The Finger Points	Charlie 'Breezy' Russell	1931-04-11
	Finn and Hattie	Henry Collins	1931-02-04
	Murder by the Clock	Office Cassidy	1931-07-21
	Other Men's Women	Jack Kulper	1931-01-17
	24 Hours	Tony Bruzzi	1931-10-03
	Touchdown!	Tom Hussey	1931-11-15
	Graft	Dustin Hotchkiss	1931-09-21
	Kick In	Chick Hewes	1931-05-22
	Scandal Sheet	Regan	1931-01-31
	Shadow of the Law	Tom Owens	1930-06-06
	Framed	Jimmy McArthur	1930-03-16
	The Light of Western Stars	Bob Drexell	1930-04-19
	A Man from Wyoming	Jersey	1930-07-12
	Crazy That Way	Robert Metcalf	1930-03-20
	Good Intentions	Richard Holt	1930-06-29
	Street of Chance	'Babe' Marsden	1930-02-08
	The Wheel of Life	Lt. MacLaren	1929-06-15
	Illusion	Eric	1929-09-21
	Alibi	Danny McGann	1929-04-20
	Rich People	Jef MacLean	1929-12-07