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