Birth Day: 1898-08-13
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
-
As Doc Hooper -
As Burlesque Stagehand -
As Doc Hooper -
As Joe -
As Sanderson the Pathologist -
As Michael Atterbury -
As Father Gibbons -
As The Bishop -
As Cotton Benson -
As Mr. Clem -
As Bagley -
As Studio Exec with the Baron -
As Milton Wing -
As Bill Baird -
As Dr. Jamieson -
As Sheriff Taylor -
As Orderly (uncredited) -
As Skinner -
As Soldier at Fort
-
As Rev. Easton -
As Joe Donaldson -
As Miles Renny -
As Coach Bettger -
As Minstrel -
As Father Murphy -
As Murph -
As Jim O'Hara -
As Mike Farrell -
As Arvide Abernathy -
As Sheriff Jim Beal -
As Tim Garfield -
As Bob Geddes -
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited) -
As Col. Markham -
As Sergeant Harper -
As Chaplain (uncredited) -
As Bill Carmody -
As Tom Wren -
As Mayor Hull -
As General Ned Prager -
As Dr. Gordon -
As Bill Marshall
-
As Dr. Carter -
As Mr. Hodges -
As Farley Norris -
As Smith (uncredited) -
As Gus Cobb -
As Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited) -
As Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited) -
As Capt. Charles Danning -
As Fred Colton, Police Sound Man -
As Reporter (uncredited) -
As Hank Miller -
As Carter -
As Dave Harley -
As Dan Madden -
As John Young -
As Sorren -
As Monsignor Talbot -
As Lt. Jim Daley -
As Tip Banning -
As (uncredited) -
As Police Inspector Clint Judd -
As Pastor -
As Mr. Davis -
As Jim Goddard -
As Don Parker -
As Ed Weaver -
As Detective Heller -
As Lt. Brenner -
As Inspector O'Haffey -
As Mr. Miller -
As Bill Gordon -
As James Summers -
As New York Reporter (uncredited) -
As Ray Carter -
As Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls -
As Dr. Vincent -
As Barney Manners -
As Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott' -
As Det. Sgt. Gillespie -
As Timothy Walsh -
As Steve Downey -
As Inspector McDonald -
As Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6] -
As Dr. Henderson -
As Bill Regan -
As Connors -
As Detective -
As Lt. Cmdr. Clark -
As Capt. Ralph Carson -
As Frank Hatfield -
As Dr. Steven Bishop -
As Bob Leeds -
As Blackstone McDaniel -
As Tim Griffin -
As Tom Marshall -
As William Ryder -
As Bert Hansen -
As Captain Joe Radcliffe -
As Wallace -
As Jim Martin (uncredited) -
As Inspector Tom Patten -
As 1st Policeman -
As Fitzhugh Lee -
As Intern -
As Webster -
As Constable Jerry Moore -
As Grant Oury -
As Drill Sergeant -
As Sanders -
As Freddy -
As First Flight Instructor -
As Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited) -
-
As Ives -
As Johnny Beebe -
As Jim Parker -
As Jack Webster -
As Lt. Gary -
As Lt. Jim Daly -
As Dick Wilbur -
As Mayton -
As Paddy O'Rourke -
As Lt. Matthews -
As Windy -
As Donovan -
As Ted Hall -
As Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian -
As Buck -
As American reporter (uncredited) -
As Tom Callan -
As Fred Hawkins -
As Hilton -
As Jim Hardy -
As Tom Dean -
As Eddie -
As Phil Stuart -
As Ted Clark -
As Eddie Buchanan -
As Reed Ryan -
As Inspector Bob Baxter -
As Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan -
As Speed Demming -
-
As John Hastings -
As Detective Smiley North -
As Dave Hart -
As Scoop -
As Jack Berry -
As Bert Miller -
As Brad Allerton -
As Jimmie Kane -
As Michael Rolph -
As Tommy Nelson -
As Himself
-
As Pat Collins / Mc Hale -
As Jimmie Slocum -
As John Martin -
As David Livingston -
As Dick Wilbur -
As Jimmy Nolan -
As Robert Palmer -
As Detective-Sergeant Mitchell -
As Dustin Hotchkiss -
As Tony Bruzzi -
As Tom Hussey -
As Regan -
As Charlie 'Breezy' Russell -
As Jack Kulper -
As Henry Collins -
As Office Cassidy -
As Chick Hewes -
As 'Babe' Marsden -
As Bob Drexell -
As Jersey -
As Richard Holt -
As Tom Owens -
As Robert Metcalf -
As Jimmy McArthur -
As Jef MacLean -
As Danny McGann -
As Eric -
As Lt. MacLaren