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John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. [1] Early life. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High School.
Regis Toomey. Actor: The Big Sleep. Pittsburgh-born and -raised character actor Regis Toomey, of Irish descent, took an early interest in the performing arts and initially studied drama at the university of his home town.
Regis Toomey. Actor: The Big Sleep. Pittsburgh-born and -raised character actor Regis Toomey, of Irish descent, took an early interest in the performing arts and initially studied drama at the university of his home town.
Toomey was the consummate character actor who appeared in 179 films in a career than spanned 50 years. His most popular genres were: drama, romance, crime/film noir and comedy. 3.5 lowest IMDb rating - Evil Town (1977) 8.1 highest IMDb rating - The Big Sleep (1946) His appearances in movies obtained these IMDb ratings: mean - 6.5. median - 6.2.
Oct 13, 1991 · Actor Regis Toomey, best known for his man-of-action roles and for taking part in what was billed as the longest on-screen kiss in Hollywood history, died Saturday at the Motion Picture and...
Oct 15, 1991 · Regis Toomey, a veteran of more than 200 films who gave Jane Wyman what was in 1941 Hollywood's longest screen kiss, died on Saturday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's...
Oct 12, 1991 · 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.
Veteran character actor in over 200 films. During his decades-long career, Toomey played mainly men-of-action character roles, second-rank good guys or cops variously in the gangster movie...
Find the location of Regis Toomey's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, read a biography, see related stars and browse a map of important places in their career.
Oct 12, 1991 · A lifelong pal of actor Dick Powell, Regis Toomey was cast in prominent recurring roles in such Powell-created TV series of the 1950s and 1960s as Richard Diamond, Dante's Inferno, and Burke's Law. Movie Highlights. See Full Filmography.
