Birth Day: 1898-08-11
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Credits
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As Doc Hooper -
As Burlesque Stagehand -
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As Joe -
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As Michael Atterbury -
As Father Gibbons -
As The Bishop -
As Cotton Benson -
As Bagley -
As Mr. Clem -
As Milton Wing -
As Dr. Jamieson -
As Bill Baird -
As Studio Exec with the Baron -
As Sheriff Taylor -
As Skinner -
As Soldier at Fort -
As Joe Donaldson -
As Miles Renny -
As Rev. Easton -
As Coach Bettger -
As Murph -
As Father Murphy -
As Minstrel -
As Mike Farrell -
As Jim O'Hara -
As Arvide Abernathy -
As Tim Garfield -
As Bob Geddes -
As Sheriff Jim Beal -
As Chaplain (uncredited) -
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited) -
As Col. Markham -
As Sergeant Harper -
As Mayor Hull -
As Tom Wren -
As General Ned Prager -
As Bill Carmody -
As Dr. Gordon -
As Mr. Hodges -
As Farley Norris -
As Bill Marshall
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As Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited) -
As Capt. Charles Danning -
As Smith (uncredited) -
As Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited) -
As Gus Cobb -
As Fred Colton, Police Sound Man -
As Hank Miller -
As Dave Harley -
As Carter -
As Reporter (uncredited) -
As Dan Madden -
As Lt. Jim Daley -
As John Young -
As Tip Banning -
As Monsignor Talbot -
As Sorren -
As Pastor -
As Jim Goddard -
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As Mr. Davis -
As Police Inspector Clint Judd -
As Detective Heller -
As Lt. Brenner -
As Don Parker -
As Inspector O'Haffey -
As Mr. Miller -
As Ed Weaver -
As New York Reporter (uncredited) -
As Bill Gordon -
As Ray Carter -
As Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls -
As James Summers -
As Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott' -
As Dr. Vincent -
As Barney Manners -
As Det. Sgt. Gillespie -
As Inspector McDonald -
As Bill Regan -
As Dr. Henderson -
As Timothy Walsh -
As Detective -
As Connors -
As Steve Downey -
As Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6] -
As Lt. Cmdr. Clark -
As Capt. Ralph Carson -
As Frank Hatfield -
As Bob Leeds -
As Blackstone McDaniel -
As Dr. Steven Bishop -
As Tom Marshall -
As Jim Martin (uncredited) -
As Captain Joe Radcliffe -
As William Ryder -
As Wallace -
As Intern -
As Fitzhugh Lee -
As Bert Hansen -
As Inspector Tom Patten -
As 1st Policeman -
As Tim Griffin -
As Drill Sergeant -
As Webster -
As Constable Jerry Moore -
As Freddy -
As Grant Oury -
As Sanders -
As Lt. Gary -
As Johnny Beebe -
As Jack Webster -
As Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited) -
As Dick Wilbur -
As First Flight Instructor -
As Mayton -
As Ives -
As Jim Parker -
As Paddy O'Rourke -
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As Lt. Jim Daly -
As Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian -
As Lt. Matthews -
As Windy -
As Ted Hall -
As Buck -
As Hilton -
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As Tom Callan -
As Fred Hawkins -
As Jim Hardy -
As Tom Dean -
As Eddie -
As Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan -
As Ted Clark -
As Inspector Bob Baxter -
As Phil Stuart -
As Reed Ryan -
As Eddie Buchanan -
As Scoop -
As John Hastings -
As Dave Hart -
As Detective Smiley North -
As Jack Berry -
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As Michael Rolph -
As Tommy Nelson -
As Brad Allerton -
As Himself
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As Jimmie Kane -
As Pat Collins / Mc Hale -
As Detective-Sergeant Mitchell -
As Dick Wilbur -
As Jimmie Slocum -
As Robert Palmer -
As David Livingston -
As John Martin -
As Jimmy Nolan -
As Chick Hewes -
As Regan -
As Charlie 'Breezy' Russell -
As Tony Bruzzi -
As Tom Hussey -
As Henry Collins -
As Jack Kulper -
As Office Cassidy -
As Dustin Hotchkiss -
As Robert Metcalf -
As Jersey -
As Bob Drexell -
As Jimmy McArthur -
As 'Babe' Marsden -
As Tom Owens -
As Richard Holt -
As Danny McGann -
As Jef MacLean
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As Lt. MacLaren -
As Eric