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Regis Toomey
Regis Toomey
93 years (Aug 13, 1898 – Oct 12, 1991)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
175 Movies
30 TV Shows

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey is the sort of actor with a body of work built one job at a time. The career now covers more than 97 years. 'The Big Sleep' is where the largest audience met him. 'Spellbound' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. Romance keeps coming back on the credit list.
Regis Toomey is the sort of actor with a body of work built one job at a time. The career now covers more than 97 years. 'The Big Sleep' is where the largest audience met him. 'Spellbound' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. Romance keeps coming back on the credit list.
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Evil Town
Doc Hooper
★ 3.8
1987
Film
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Chief Patterson
★ 5.0
1979
Film
Fantasy Island
Dr. Thomas · 1 episode
★ 6.5
1978–
TV
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Burlesque Stagehand
★ 4.4
1976
Film
Dr. Shagetz
Doc Hooper
1975
Film
Ghost Story
Sam Streeter · 1 episode
★ 7.4
1972–
TV
The Carey Treatment
Sanderson the Pathologist
★ 6.0
1972
Film
Cover Me Babe
Michael Atterbury
★ 4.7
1970
Film
Change of Habit
Father Gibbons
★ 5.4
1969
Film
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Is Regis Toomey still alive?
Regis Toomey passed away on October 12, 1991 at age 93.
What are the most famous roles of Regis Toomey?
Regis Toomey is best known for roles in The Big Sleep, Spellbound, His Girl Friday.
How many movies has Regis Toomey been in?
Over a 62-year career (since 1929), Regis Toomey has appeared in 175 movies and 30 TV shows.
What was Regis Toomey's first movie?
The career of Regis Toomey began with Alibi (1929).
What is Regis Toomey's most recent movie or series?
Regis Toomey's most recent release is Evil Town, which premiered on June 2, 1987.
What TV shows has Regis Toomey appeared in?
On television, Regis Toomey has appeared in The Time Tunnel, Perry Mason, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Fantasy Island.
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Regis Toomey
Regis Toomey
1898-08-13 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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