

Cast & creator
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Wagon Train
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.
Also known as: John Regis Toomey, John Francis Regis Toomey
185
film credits
61
television credits
246
1929–1987 · acting roles
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Sam Crane
1957
Andy Grant
1957
Mr. Hunter
1957
Billy Heckman
1968
Ben Granville
1957
Fred Warren
1954

Lt. Manny Waldo
1952
Colonel
1952
Police Lt. Manny Waldo
1952
Arthur Wheeler
1961
Joseph Denton
1962
Doc Stuart
1963
Calvin Betts
1965


Pat Evans
1955
Lenny the Bartender
1958

Detective Lester Hart
1963
Will Jenkins
1956
Sheriff Barnes
1956
Dr. Thomas
1978



George Penfield
1964
Judge Claymore
1958
Lt. Dennis McGough
1957
John Peel
1957
Pete Marlowe
1955
Dr. Ben Berkhart
1966


Murdoch
1957
Dr. Harry Randolph
1959

Bob Carter
1953


Regis Toomey
1956
Sam Streeter
1972


Judge Thomas Otto
1961
Defense Attorney Reed
1965
Everett Strawn
1953
Henry Herman
1953
Father Middleton
1953
George Kent
1953
Mr. McCarthy
1953
John Howell
1953
Joe Mulligan
1954
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
1946
Det. Sgt. Gillespie
1945
Jimmy
1953
Sanders
1940
Ed Bartlett
1951
Babe Bricker
1951
Colonel Hawks
1951

Mr. Miller
1947
John Young
1949
Arvide Abernathy
1955
Skinner
1959
Ed Weaver
1947
Tim Garfield
1954
Milton Wing
1961
Dr. Jamieson
1961
Fitzhugh Lee
1941
Paddy O'Rourke
1939
Grant Oury
1940Bill Cochran
1961
Ike Vallon (uncredited)
1951
Carter
1950
Bert Hansen
1941
Studio Exec with the Baron
1961
Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Davis
1948
Cotton Benson
1966
Eddie Buchanan
1935
Bagley
1964
Sheriff Taylor
1960
Constable Jerry Moore
1940
Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
1951
Dr. Carter
1952
Father Murphy
1956
Sergeant Harper
1953
Burlesque Stagehand
1976
Webster
1940

Bill Baird
1961
Detective
1944
Sheriff Jim Beal
1954
New York Reporter (uncredited)
1946
Father Gibbons
1969
Miles Renny
1958
Connors
1944
Hank Miller
1950
Cop (uncredited)
1948
Chaplain (uncredited)
1953
Wallace
1941
1st Policeman
1941
Tip Banning
1949
Tim Griffin
1941
First Flight Instructor
1939
Chief Patterson
1979
Monsignor Talbot
1949
Mayor Hull
1953
Police Inspector Clint Judd
1948
Ned Prager
1953
The Bishop
1967
Freddy
1940
Soldier at Fort
1959
Orderly (uncredited)
1959
Eddie
1935
Gus Cobb
1951
Joe Donaldson
1958
Detective Smiley North
1934
Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
1951
Inspector McDonald
1944
Murph
1956
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1953
Smith (uncredited)
1951
Sanderson the Pathologist
1972
David Livingston
1932
Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
1945
Bill Gordon
1946
Tom Marshall
1941
Lt. Cmdr. Clark
1943
Dr. Gordon
1952
Jack Kulper
1931
William Ryder
1941
Reporter (uncredited)
1950
Mr. Clem
1965
Lt. Jim Daly
1939
Blackstone McDaniel
1942
Joe
1974
Tom Wren
1953
Jim Goddard
1948
Timothy Walsh
1944

Jim Hardy
1936
Captain Joe Radcliffe
1941
Jim Martin (uncredited)
1941
Ted Hall
1938
Capt. Ralph Carson
1943
Scoop
1934
Fred Hawkins
1937
Pastor
1948
Intern
1941
Don Parker
1947
Tom Owens
1930
Bob Drexell
1930
Ives
1939
Inspector Bob Baxter
1935
Tom Callan
1937
Frank Hatfield
1942
Jim O'Hara
1955
Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
1944
Bill Carmody
1953
Doc Hooper
1987
Michael Atterbury
1970
Mike Farrell
1955
Tommy Nelson
1933
Bert Miller
1934
Office Cassidy
1931
Inspector Tom Patten
1941
Dr. Henderson
1944Bill Marshall
1952
Sorren
1949
Doc Hooper
1975
Jersey
1930
Brad Allerton
1933
Jack Berry
1934
Jimmie Kane
1933
Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
1938
James Summers
1946
Speed Demming
1935
Minstrel
1956
Pat Collins / Mc Hale
1933
Jimmy Nolan
1932
Jack Webster
1939
Bill Regan
1944
Bob Geddes
1954
Regan
1931
Lt. Gary
1939
Mr. Hodges
1952
Jim Parker
1939
Lt. MacLaren
1929
Dick Wilbur
1939
Donovan
1938
Tony Bruzzi
1931
John Martin
1932
Dave Harley
1950
Col. Markham
1953
Dick Wilbur
1932
Barney Manners
1945
Dan Madden
1950
Jimmie Slocum
1932
Tom Dean
1935Himself
1933
Lt. Jim Daley
1949
Reed Ryan
1935
Rev. Easton
1958
Windy
1938
Hilton
1937
Richard Holt
1930
Lt. Matthews
1938
Henry Collins
1931
Lt. Brenner
1947
Coach Bettger
1957
John Hastings
1934
Steve Downey
1944
Buck
1937
American reporter (uncredited)
1937
Dr. Steven Bishop
1942
'Babe' Marsden
1930
Detective Heller
1947
Capt. Charles Danning
1951
Danny McGann
1929
Dustin Hotchkiss
1931
Ray Carter
1946
Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
1931
Farley Norris
1952
Jimmy McArthur
1930
Phil Stuart
1935
Bob Leeds
1942
Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
1932
Dave Hart
1934
Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
1935
Inspector O'Haffey
1947
Michael Rolph
1933
Mayton
1939
Dr. Vincent
1945
Robert Metcalf
1930
Ted Clark
1935
Johnny Beebe
1939
Chick Hewes
1931
Robert Palmer
1932
Tom Hussey
1931
Eric
1929
Drill Sergeant
1940
Jef MacLean
1929