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