Regis Toomey

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-08-11 (93 years old)

Deathday

1991-10-12

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Regis Toomey

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...

Acting

1946

The Big Sleep

as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

1940

His Girl Friday

as Sanders

1945

Spellbound

as Det. Sgt. Gillespie

1955

Guys and Dolls

as Arvide Abernathy

1931

Other Men's Women

as Jack Kulper

1951

Cry Danger

as Gus Cobb

1941

Meet John Doe

as Bert Hansen

1949

The Devil's Henchman

as Tip Banning

1953

Main Street to Broadway

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1947

The Thirteenth Hour

as Don Parker

1944

Follow the Boys

as Dr. Henderson

1970

Cover Me Babe

as Michael Atterbury

1939

1939

Hidden Power

as Mayton

1947

The Guilty

as Detective Heller

1940

Arizona

as Grant Oury

1929

Alibi

as Danny McGann

1930

Framed

as Jimmy McArthur

1953

Island in the Sky

as Sergeant Harper

1949

1945

Strange Illusion

as Dr. Vincent

1935

1951

The People Against O'Hara

as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man

1946

Mysterious Intruder

as James Summers

1931

Murder by the Clock

as Office Cassidy

1948

Station West

as Jim Goddard

1954

The Human Jungle

as Bob Geddes

1959

Warlock

as Skinner

1948

1944

Phantom Lady

as Detective

1945

Betrayal from the East

as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'

1952

My Six Convicts

as Dr. Gordon

1947

High Tide

as Inspector O'Haffey

1933

She Had to Say Yes

as Tommy Nelson

1929

The Wheel of Life

as Lt. MacLaren

1939

The Phantom Creeps

as Lt. Jim Daly

1961

The Last Sunset

as Milton Wing

1949

Mighty Joe Young

as John Young

1941

Dive Bomber

as Tim Griffin

1948

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

as Police Inspector Clint Judd

1954

1947

The Bishop's Wife

as Mr. Miller

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Blackstone McDaniel

1950

Undercover Girl

as Hank Miller

1937

Big City

as Fred Hawkins

1972

The Carey Treatment

as Sanderson the Pathologist

1940

North West Mounted Police

as Constable Jerry Moore

1956

Dakota Incident

as Minstrel

1953

Take the High Ground!

as Chaplain (uncredited)

1956

Great Day in the Morning

as Father Murphy

1932

Under Eighteen

as Jimmie Slocum

1944

The Doughgirls

as Timothy Walsh

1939

1943

Destroyer

as Lt. Cmdr. Clark

1944

Dark Mountain

as Steve Downey

1932

Shopworn

as David Livingston

1942

I Was Framed

as Bob Leeds

1953

Never Wave at a WAC

as General Ned Prager

1954

Drums Across the River

as Sheriff Jim Beal

1949

Come to the Stable

as Monsignor Talbot

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Dick Wilbur

1944

Raiders of Ghost City

as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]

1957

Curfew Breakers

as Coach Bettger

1940

1930

1932

The Penal Code

as Robert Palmer

1931

1933

Laughing at Life

as Pat Collins / Mc Hale

1932

They Never Come Back

as Jimmy Nolan

1944

Murder in the Blue Room

as Inspector McDonald

1935

Skull and Crown

as Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan

1932

A Strange Adventure

as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell

1931

Graft

as Dustin Hotchkiss

1935

Shadows of the Orient

as Inspector Bob Baxter

1946

Child of Divorce

as Ray Carter

1939

The Mysterious Miss X

as Jack Webster

1958

Joy Ride

as Miles Renny

1941

The Nurse's Secret

as Inspector Tom Patten

1953

The Nebraskan

as Col. Markham

1935

Shadow of Doubt

as Reed Ryan

1934

Picture Brides

as Dave Hart

1936

Bulldog Edition

as Jim Hardy

1950

Frenchie

as Carter

1944

1933

Big Time Or Bust

as Jimmie Kane

1935

Bars of Hate

as Ted Clark

1935

Great God Gold

as Phil Stuart

1942

Bullet Scars

as Dr. Steven Bishop

1955

Top Gun

as Jim O'Hara

1939

Indianapolis Speedway

as Dick Wilbur

1950

Dynamite Pass

as Dan Madden

1958

Sing Boy Sing

as Rev. Easton

1943

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

as Capt. Ralph Carson

1931

24 Hours

as Tony Bruzzi

1930

Good Intentions

as Richard Holt

1939

Union Pacific

as Paddy O'Rourke

1967

Gunn

as The Bishop

1947

Magic Town

as Ed Weaver

1931

The Finger Points

as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell

1931

Finn and Hattie

as Henry Collins

1930

Street of Chance

as 'Babe' Marsden

1933

State Trooper

as Michael Rolph

1941

Law of the Tropics

as Tom Marshall

1951

Navy Bound

as Capt. Charles Danning

1948

Raw Deal

as (uncredited)

1934

She Had to Choose

as Jack Berry

1930

Shadow of the Law

as Tom Owens

1938

1934

Red Morning

as John Hastings

1937

Midnight Taxi

as Hilton

1946

Her Sister's Secret

as Bill Gordon

1952

1929

Illusion

as Eric

1938

The Invisible Menace

as Lt. Matthews

1940

1952

Crossroads - U.S.A.

as Bill Marshall

1935

'G' Men

as Eddie Buchanan

1958

No Time at All

as Joe Donaldson

1938

Blind Alibi

as Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian

1951

Show Boat

as Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)

1939

Wings of the Navy

as First Flight Instructor

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)

1937

The Lady Escapes

as American reporter (uncredited)

1940

March On, Marines

as Drill Sergeant

1946

Sister Kenny

as New York Reporter (uncredited)

1959

The Hangman

as Soldier at Fort

1942

The Forest Rangers

as Frank Hatfield

1930

1960

Guns of the Timberland

as Sheriff Taylor

1939

Society Smugglers

as Johnny Beebe

1939

1934

Redhead

as Scoop

1966

The Night of the Grizzly

as Cotton Benson

1941

A Shot in the Dark

as William Ryder

1929

Rich People

as Jef MacLean

1952

Just for You

as Mr. Hodges

1941

You're in the Army Now

as Captain Joe Radcliffe

1934

Murder on the Blackboard

as Detective Smiley North

1950

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

as Reporter (uncredited)

1952

My Pal Gus

as Farley Norris

1987

Evil Town

as Doc Hooper

1975

Dr. Shagetz

as Doc Hooper

1931

Kick In

as Chick Hewes

1935

1950

Again Pioneers

as Dave Harley

1965

Johnny Shiloh

as Mr. Clem

1953

1937

Submarine D-1

as Tom Callan

1938

1941

New York Town

as Jim Martin (uncredited)

1945

Follow That Woman

as Barney Manners

1953

1961

The Errand Boy

as Studio Exec with the Baron

1947

The Big Fix

as Lt. Brenner

1953

1951

The Tall Target

as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

as 1st Policeman

1933

Soldiers of the Storm

as Brad Allerton

1931

Touchdown!

as Tom Hussey

1949

The Phantom Creeps

as Lt. Jim Daley

1969

Change of Habit

as Father Gibbons

1932

The Midnight Patrol

as John Martin

1930

Crazy That Way

as Robert Metcalf

1951

Tomahawk

as Smith (uncredited)

1938

Hunted Men

as Donovan

1959

The Hangman

as Orderly (uncredited)

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