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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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 13, 1898
Died
October 12, 1991
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
The Big Sleep
1946
Take the High Ground!
1953
Come to the Stable
1949
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
Again Pioneers
1950
Pirates of the Skies
1939
The Errand Boy
1961
Dynamite Pass
1950
Soldiers of the Storm
1933
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
Murder by the Clock
1931
Dive Bomber
1941
Beyond the Forest
1949
Johnny Shiloh
1965
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
The Phantom Creeps
1939
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
The Phantom Creeps
1949
The Last Sunset
1961
Skull and Crown
1935
+ 163 more movies
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Adam-12
1968
Burke's Law
1963
The Virginian
1962
Maverick
1957
Rawhide
1959
Cheyenne
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Dr. Kildare
1961
Matinee Theater
1955
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Climax!
1954
The F.B.I.
1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Petticoat Junction
1963
Route 66
1960
Four Star Playhouse
1952
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