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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 13, 1898
Died
October 12, 1991
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- John Regis Toomey
- John Francis Regis Toomey
Regis Toomey
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
3.8
Doc Hooper
Evil Town
1987
4.1
Burlesque Stagehand
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
0.0
Doc Hooper
Dr. Shagetz
1975
5.1
Joe
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
7.1
Sam Streeter
Ghost Story
1972
5.9
Sanderson the Pathologist
The Carey Treatment
1972
4.2
Michael Atterbury
Cover Me Babe
1970
5.3
Father Gibbons
Change of Habit
1969
7.0
Billy Heckman
Adam-12
1968
5.2
The Bishop
Gunn
1967
Credits
Evil Town
as Doc Hooper
1987
3.8
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Burlesque Stagehand
1976
4.1
Dr. Shagetz
as Doc Hooper
1975
0.0
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Joe
1974
5.1
Ghost Story
as Sam Streeter
1972
7.1
The Carey Treatment
as Sanderson the Pathologist
1972
5.9
Cover Me Babe
as Michael Atterbury
1970
4.2
Change of Habit
as Father Gibbons
1969
5.3
Adam-12
as Billy Heckman
1968
7.0
Gunn
as The Bishop
1967
5.2
The Time Tunnel
as Dr. Ben Berkhart
1966
7.6
The Night of the Grizzly
as Cotton Benson
1966
5.8
Johnny Shiloh
as Mr. Clem
1965
7.5
The F.B.I.
as Calvin Betts
1965
5.4
Green Acres
1965
7.3
The Legend of Jesse James
as Defense Attorney Reed
1965
4.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as George Penfield
1964
7.7
Man's Favorite Sport?
as Bagley
1964
6.9
Petticoat Junction
as Doc Stuart
1963
5.7
Burke's Law
as Detective Lester Hart
1963
6.0
Going My Way
1962
5.7
The Virginian
as Joseph Denton
1962
6.4
The Errand Boy
as Studio Exec with the Baron
1961
6.1
🎬
Shannon
as Bill Cochran
1961
5.0
Dr. Kildare
as Arthur Wheeler
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as Judge Thomas Otto
1961
4.7
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Dr. Jamieson
1961
5.6
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Bill Baird
1961
6.0
The Last Sunset
as Milton Wing
1961
6.8
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Tall Man
1960
6.3
Guns of the Timberland
as Sheriff Taylor
1960
6.1
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dr. Harry Randolph
1959
6.3
Tightrope
1959
5.5
The Hangman
as Soldier at Fort
1959
6.3
The Hangman
as Orderly (uncredited)
1959
6.3
Warlock
as Skinner
1959
6.7
Rawhide
1959
7.2
Joy Ride
as Miles Renny
1958
5.0
Bronco
as Judge Claymore
1958
5.9
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Lenny the Bartender
1958
6.8
Sing Boy Sing
as Rev. Easton
1958
6.0
No Time at All
as Joe Donaldson
1958
0.0
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Trackdown
as Murdoch
1957
6.4
Maverick
as Ben Granville
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Sam Crane
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Andy Grant
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Mr. Hunter
1957
6.6
Sugarfoot
as John Peel
1957
4.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Lt. Dennis McGough
1957
6.2
Curfew Breakers
as Coach Bettger
1957
5.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Will Jenkins
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Barnes
1956
6.0
Playhouse 90
as Regis Toomey
1956
7.6
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Dakota Incident
as Minstrel
1956
6.5
Three for Jamie Dawn
as Murph
1956
5.0
Great Day in the Morning
as Father Murphy
1956
5.9
Guys and Dolls
as Arvide Abernathy
1955
6.5
Top Gun
as Jim O'Hara
1955
6.3
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Pat Evans
1955
6.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
The Millionaire
as Pete Marlowe
1955
5.0
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Mike Farrell
1955
0.0
Climax!
as Fred Warren
1954
3.3
December Bride
1954
5.5
The Human Jungle
as Bob Geddes
1954
4.8
🎬
Hey Mulligan
as Joe Mulligan
1954
6.7
The High and the Mighty
as Tim Garfield
1954
5.9
Drums Across the River
as Sheriff Jim Beal
1954
5.6
The Backbone of America
as Bill Carmody
1953
0.0
The Nebraskan
as Col. Markham
1953
2.7
Take the High Ground!
as Chaplain (uncredited)
1953
5.9
Main Street to Broadway
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Everett Strawn
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Henry Herman
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Father Middleton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as George Kent
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mr. McCarthy
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as John Howell
1953
6.5
Island in the Sky
as Sergeant Harper
1953
6.3
Son of Belle Starr
as Tom Wren
1953
0.0
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mayor Hull
1953
6.2
General Electric Theater
as Jimmy
1953
6.4
Never Wave at a WAC
as General Ned Prager
1953
4.6
My Pal Gus
as Farley Norris
1952
7.0
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Just for You
as Mr. Hodges
1952
4.8
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Lt. Manny Waldo
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Colonel
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Police Lt. Manny Waldo
1952
6.7
The Battle at Apache Pass
as Dr. Carter
1952
6.4
My Six Convicts
as Dr. Gordon
1952
6.3
🎬
Crossroads - U.S.A.
as Bill Marshall
1952
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ed Bartlett
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Colonel Hawks
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Babe Bricker
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The People Against O'Hara
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
1951
5.7
The Tall Target
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
1951
6.8
Show Boat
as Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
1951
6.1
Navy Bound
as Capt. Charles Danning
1951
6.0
Cry Danger
as Gus Cobb
1951
6.6
Tomahawk
as Smith (uncredited)
1951
6.9
Frenchie
as Carter
1950
5.7
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Reporter (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Undercover Girl
as Hank Miller
1950
5.2
Again Pioneers
as Dave Harley
1950
3.5
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
Dynamite Pass
as Dan Madden
1950
5.9
Beyond the Forest
as Sorren
1949
6.7
The Devil's Henchmen
as Tip Banning
1949
6.0
Mighty Joe Young
as John Young
1949
6.4
Come to the Stable
as Monsignor Talbot
1949
6.4
The Phantom Creeps
as Lt. Jim Daley
1949
3.8
The Boy with Green Hair
as Mr. Davis
1948
6.2
Station West
as Jim Goddard
1948
6.1
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
1948
5.5
Raw Deal
as (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Reaching from Heaven
as Pastor
1948
0.0
The Bishop's Wife
as Mr. Miller
1947
7.1
Magic Town
as Ed Weaver
1947
6.7
High Tide
as Inspector O'Haffey
1947
5.9
The Big Fix
as Lt. Brenner
1947
0.0
The Guilty
as Detective Heller
1947
5.4
The Thirteenth Hour
as Don Parker
1947
5.8
Child of Divorce
as Ray Carter
1946
6.0
Sister Kenny
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
1946
6.8
Her Sister's Secret
as Bill Gordon
1946
6.5
The Big Sleep
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
1946
7.6
Mysterious Intruder
as James Summers
1946
5.9
Follow That Woman
as Barney Manners
1945
6.0
Spellbound
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
1945
7.4
Betrayal from the East
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
1945
5.8
Strange Illusion
as Dr. Vincent
1945
5.4
The Doughgirls
as Timothy Walsh
1944
7.0
Murder in the Blue Room
as Inspector McDonald
1944
5.0
When the Lights Go On Again
as Bill Regan
1944
5.5
Dark Mountain
as Steve Downey
1944
4.9
Raiders of Ghost City
as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
1944
6.0
Song of the Open Road
as Connors
1944
0.0
Follow the Boys
as Dr. Henderson
1944
5.3
Phantom Lady
as Detective
1944
7.0
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Capt. Ralph Carson
1943
6.5
Destroyer
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
1943
6.6
Tennessee Johnson
as Blackstone McDaniel
1942
6.1
The Forest Rangers
as Frank Hatfield
1942
0.0
I Was Framed
as Bob Leeds
1942
4.0
Bullet Scars
as Dr. Steven Bishop
1942
6.2
You're in the Army Now
as Captain Joe Radcliffe
1941
4.0
They Died with Their Boots On
as Fitzhugh Lee
1941
6.6
New York Town
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
1941
10.0
Law of the Tropics
as Tom Marshall
1941
6.0
Dive Bomber
as Tim Griffin
1941
6.4
The Nurse's Secret
as Inspector Tom Patten
1941
5.0
Reaching for the Sun
as Intern
1941
6.0
The Devil and Miss Jones
as 1st Policeman
1941
7.7
A Shot in the Dark
as William Ryder
1941
5.0
Meet John Doe
as Bert Hansen
1941
7.3
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Wallace
1941
6.0
Arizona
as Grant Oury
1940
6.3
March On, Marines
as Drill Sergeant
1940
2.0
North West Mounted Police
as Constable Jerry Moore
1940
6.4
'Til We Meet Again
as Freddy
1940
6.2
Northwest Passage
as Webster
1940
6.5
His Girl Friday
as Sanders
1940
7.4
Thunder Afloat
as Ives
1939
5.9
Hidden Power
as Mayton
1939
0.0
Indianapolis Speedway
as Dick Wilbur
1939
5.0
Trapped in the Sky
as Lt. Gary
1939
0.0
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Union Pacific
as Paddy O'Rourke
1939
6.6
Street of Missing Men
as Jim Parker
1939
9.0
Society Smugglers
as Johnny Beebe
1939
5.6
Wings of the Navy
as First Flight Instructor
1939
6.0
The Mysterious Miss X
as Jack Webster
1939
4.6
The Phantom Creeps
as Lt. Jim Daly
1939
4.2
Pirates of the Skies
1939
0.0
Smashing the Spy Ring
as Ted Hall
1938
0.0
Illegal Traffic
as Windy
1938
6.5
Hunted Men
as Donovan
1938
6.0
Blind Alibi
as Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
1938
5.8
The Invisible Menace
as Lt. Matthews
1938
3.8
Submarine D-1
as Tom Callan
1937
4.7
Big City
as Fred Hawkins
1937
7.4
Back in Circulation
as Buck
1937
5.3
The Lady Escapes
as American reporter (uncredited)
1937
0.0
Midnight Taxi
as Hilton
1937
5.0
Bulldog Edition
as Jim Hardy
1936
2.3
Skull and Crown
as Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
1935
4.3
Bars of Hate
as Ted Clark
1935
5.0
Shadows of the Orient
as Inspector Bob Baxter
1935
4.8
Manhattan Moon
as Eddie
1935
0.0
'G' Men
as Eddie Buchanan
1935
6.6
One Frightened Night
as Tom Dean
1935
5.3
Great God Gold
as Phil Stuart
1935
5.0
Shadow of Doubt
as Reed Ryan
1935
6.2
Red Morning
as John Hastings
1934
5.0
Redhead
as Scoop
1934
6.0
She Had to Choose
as Jack Berry
1934
5.0
Murder on the Blackboard
as Detective Smiley North
1934
5.8
Picture Brides
as Dave Hart
1934
4.5
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
6.0
Big Time Or Bust
as Jimmie Kane
1933
3.5
She Had to Say Yes
as Tommy Nelson
1933
5.2
🎬
How to Break 90 #5: Impact
as Himself
1933
0.0
Laughing at Life
as Pat Collins / Mc Hale
1933
6.0
Soldiers of the Storm
as Brad Allerton
1933
0.0
State Trooper
as Michael Rolph
1933
0.0
The Penal Code
as Robert Palmer
1932
6.0
A Strange Adventure
as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
1932
5.0
They Never Come Back
as Jimmy Nolan
1932
5.5
The Crowd Roars
as Dick Wilbur
1932
5.9
The Midnight Patrol
as John Martin
1932
0.0
Shopworn
as David Livingston
1932
6.5
Under Eighteen
as Jimmie Slocum
1932
6.2
Touchdown!
as Tom Hussey
1931
0.0
24 Hours
as Tony Bruzzi
1931
5.5
Graft
as Dustin Hotchkiss
1931
4.5
Murder by the Clock
as Office Cassidy
1931
6.0
Kick In
as Chick Hewes
1931
6.0
The Finger Points
as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
1931
5.8
Finn and Hattie
as Henry Collins
1931
5.3
Scandal Sheet
as Regan
1931
0.0
Other Men's Women
as Jack Kulper
1931
5.5
A Man from Wyoming
as Jersey
1930
9.0
Good Intentions
as Richard Holt
1930
0.0
Shadow of the Law
as Tom Owens
1930
6.4
The Light of Western Stars
as Bob Drexell
1930
2.8
Crazy That Way
as Robert Metcalf
1930
0.0
Framed
as Jimmy McArthur
1930
5.0
Street of Chance
as 'Babe' Marsden
1930
6.6
🎬
Rich People
as Jef MacLean
1929
0.0
Illusion
as Eric
1929
0.0
The Wheel of Life
as Lt. MacLaren
1929
0.0
Alibi
as Danny McGann
1929
6.0