Regis Toomey

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Born

August 13, 1898

Died

October 12, 1991

Biography

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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 "G-Men" (1935), the war drama "Dive Bomber" (1941) and the Western "They Died With Their Boots On" (1942). During the 1950s and 60s, Toomey appeared as a regular on the TV series "Dante's Inferno," "He...

Filmography

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Evil Town (1987)

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

Chief Patterson

God Bless Dr. Shagetz (1977)

The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)

Joe--The Watchman

The Carey Treatment (1972)

Cover Me Babe (1970)

Photos & Videos

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Come To The Stable (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Sisters From France

Cry Danger (1951) -- (Movie Clip) All The Big Shots

Family & Companions

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J Kathryn Scott

Wife

Married in 1925.

Notes

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"Toomey died so frequently in movies that he once joked that he should be voted 'the mortician's man of the year' and began refusing roles in which he would be killed off." --From People magazine, October 28, 1991.

Served as president to the Motion Picture Permanent Charities Committee.

Biography

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 "G-Men" (1935), the war drama "Dive Bomber" (1941) and the Western "They Died With Their Boots On" (1942). During the 1950s and 60s, Toomey appeared as a regular on the TV series "Dante's Inferno," "Hey Mulligan," "Richard Diamond," "Burke's Law" (as Gene Barry's sidekick) and "Petticoat Junction."

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Evil Town (1987)

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

Chief Patterson

God Bless Dr. Shagetz (1977)

The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)

Joe--The Watchman

The Carey Treatment (1972)

Cover Me Babe (1970)

Change of Habit (1969)

The Night of the Grizzly (1966)

Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

King of the Roaring 20's--The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

The Last Sunset (1961)

Guns of the Timberland (1960)

The Hangman (1959)

Sing, Boy, Sing (1958)

Joy Ride (1958)

Curfew Breakers (1957)

Dakota Incident (1956)

Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)

Great Day in the Morning (1956)

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Arvid Abernathy

Drums Across the River (1954)

Sheriff Jim Beal

The Human Jungle (1954)

Detective Bob Geddes

The High and the Mighty (1954)

Take the High Ground! (1953)

Main Street to Broadway (1953)

The Nebraskan (1953)

Never Wave at a WAC (1953)

Gen. Ned Prager

It Happens Every Thursday (1953)

Island in the Sky (1953)

Son of Belle Starr (1953)

My Pal Gus (1952)

The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)

My Six Convicts (1952)

Just for You (1952)

The People Against O'Hara (1951)

The Tall Target (1951)

Cry Danger (1951)

Frenchie (1951)

Show Boat (1951)

Sheriff Ike Vallon

Navy Bound (1951)

Undercover Girl (1950)

"Butt" [Hank] Miller

Dynamite Pass (1950)

Again Pioneers (1950)

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)

Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Come to the Stable (1949)

Monsignor Talbot

Beyond the Forest (1949)

The Devil's Henchman (1949)

Devil's Henchmen (1949)

Station West (1948)

[James] Goddard

The Bishop's Wife (1948)

Raw Deal (1948)

The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

Inspector Clint Judd

Reaching from Heaven (1948)

Magic Town (1947)

The Big Fix (1947)

Lieutenant Brenner

The Guilty (1947)

High Tide (1947)

Inspector O'Haffey

The 13th Hour (1947)

The Big Sleep (1946)

Child of Divorce (1946)

Mysterious Intruder (1946)

Her Sister's Secret (1946)

Sister Kenny (1946)

Spellbound (1945)

Follow That Woman (1945)

Strange Illusion (1945)

Betrayal from the East (1945)

Song of the Open Road (1944)

Phantom Lady (1944)

Follow the Boys (1944)

Dr. [Jim] Henderson

Murder in the Blue Room (1944)

Inspector McDonald

When the Lights Go on Again (1944)

Dark Mountain (1944)

The Doughgirls (1944)

Raiders of Ghost City (1944)

Jack London (1943)

Destroyer (1943)

Lt. Comm. Clark

Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)

They Died with Their Boots On (1942)

The Forest Rangers (1942)

Bullet Scars (1942)

Dr. Steven Bishop

I Was Framed (1942)

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

[Blackstone] McDaniel

Reaching for the Sun (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Dive Bomber (1941)

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)

The Nurse's Secret (1941)

Inspector Tom Patten

Law of the Tropics (1941)

A Shot in the Dark (1941)

You're in the Army Now (1941)

Captain [Joe] Radcliffe

New York Town (1941)

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

His Girl Friday (1940)

Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)

'Til We Meet Again (1940)

Northwest Passage (1940)

Wings of the Navy (1939)

First flight instructor

Street of Missing Men (1939)

Indianapolis Speedway (1939)

Thunder Afloat (1939)

Trapped in the Sky (1939)

Lieutenant Gray

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)

Society Smugglers (1939)

Hidden Power (1939)

Pirates of the Skies (1939)

Union Pacific (1939)

The Phantom Creeps (1939)

Passport Husband (1938)

His Exciting Night (1938)

Hunted Men (1938)

Smashing the Spy Ring (1938)

The Invisible Menace (1938)

Lieutenant Matthews

Illegal Traffic (1938)

Island in the Sky (1938)

Back in Circulation (1937)

Midnight Taxi (1937)

Submarine D-1 (1937)

Shadows of the Orient (1937)

Baxter, also known as Keeler and "Tricky" Thomas

From Now On (1937)

Big City (1937)

The Lady Escapes (1937)

American reporter

Bulldog Edition (1936)

Shadow of Doubt (1935)

One Frightened Night (1935)

Uncle Tom Dean Whyte

Manhattan Moon (1935)

Skull and Crown (1935)

Bob Franklin [also known as Rocky Morgan]

Reckless Roads (1935)

Bars of Hate (1935)

Great God Gold (1935)

Phil "Stu" Stuart

Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

Red Morning (1934)

She Had to Choose (1934)

Laughing at Life (1933)

Picture Brides (1933)

Big Time or Bust (1933)

What's Your Racket (1933)

Soldiers of the Storm (1933)

Brad Allerton, also known as Bud Langton

State Trooper (1933)

She Had to Say Yes (1933)

Strange Adventure (1932)

Detective Sergeant Mitchell

Shopworn (1932)

Dave [Livingston]

They Never Come Back (1932)

The Penal Code (1932)

Under Eighteen (1932)

Finn and Hattie (1931)

Dusty Hotchkiss

The Finger Points (1931)

Charles "Breezy" Russell

Other Men's Women (1931)

Touchdown! (1931)

Scandal Sheet (1931)

24 Hours (1931)

Tony "Sicily" Bruzzi

Murder by the Clock (1931)

Officer Cassidy

Jimmy McArthur [Carter]

Crazy That Way (1930)

A Man From Wyoming (1930)

Good Intentions (1930)

Shadow of the Law (1930)

The Light of Western Stars (1930)

Street of Chance (1930)

The Wheel of Life (1929)

Lieutenant MacLaren

Rich People (1929)

Illusion (1929)

Eric Schmittlap

Cast (Special)

The Third Commandment (1959)

Maggie Malone (1959)

Detective Andy Cullen (Guest)

Backbone of America (1953)

Cast (Short)

March On, Marines (1940)

How to Break 90 #5 Impact (1933)

Life Events

1929

Film debut, "Alibi"

1951

TV debut on "T.K.O" episode of "Bigelow-Sanford Theatre"

Photo Collections

Shopworn - Publicity Stills

Here are a few publicity stills from Columbia Pictures' Shopworn (1932), starring Barbara Stanwyck.

Videos

Come To The Stable (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Sisters From France Jumped by director Henry Koster from the idyllic village where they first arrived, the sisters (Loretta Young and Celeste Holm as Margaret and Scolastica), seeking land for their school, appear in the offices of a New England bishop (Basil Ruysdael), received by his aide (Regis Toomey), in Come To The Stable, 1949.

Cry Danger (1951) -- (Movie Clip) All The Big Shots From opening credits revealing nothing but trains, star Dick Powell emerges, we soon learn, from a stretch in prison, greeted by cop Gus (Regis Toomey) and alibi DeLong (Richard Erdman), in Cry Danger, 1951, directed by Robert Parrish, also starring Rhonda Fleming.

Phantom Lady (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Too Spoiled And Too Beautiful We learn here that Alan Curtis is professional engineer Henderson, returning home after a date with a mystery woman, with whom he shared a Broadway ticket after his wife stood him up, greeted by cops Regis Toomey, Joseph Crehan, and Thomas Gomez as Burgess, early in Robert Siodmak’s Phantom Lady, 1944.

'G' Men (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Honest Lawyer Stuff After a prologue and credits, the opening is pure joy for James Cagney fans, as "Brick" Davis he addresses the camera, then is visited by a local gangster (Edwin Maxwell) then an old pal (Regis Toomey), in Warner Bros.' 'G' Men, 1935.

Other Men's Women (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Say Kluck? Colorful bachelor railroad employee Bill (Grant Withers) and less lively, married Jack (Regis Toomey) have just gotten under-way when their colleague Ed (James Cagney) appears on top of their train, and director William A. Wellman executes a stunt, early in Other Men’s Women, 1931.

Other Men's Women (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Make The First One Cold Boozy railroad man Bill (Grant Withers), kicked out of his own apartment, comes home with buddy Jack (Regis Toomey) and comes mostly to his senses, upon meeting wife Lily (Mary Astor) and family friend Peg Leg (J. Farrell MacDonald), in William A. Wellman’s Other Men’s Women, 1931.

Other Men's Women (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Only One Of Us Is Happy Boarder Bill (Grant Withers) and Lily (Mary Astor), wife of his co-worker, housemate and best friend Jack (Regis Toomey), who’s stepped out for ice cream, have just this minute confessed their love to each other, torment rising in director William A. Wellman’s racy Other Men’s Women, 1931.

Shopworn (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Study Of The Human Body After routine jousting with the coarser college crowd led by Toby (Robert Alden) waitress Kitty (Barbara Stanwyck) has an adversarial but promising tiff with studious David (Regis Toomey), in Shopworn, 1932.

Shopworn (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Cheap, I'm Not Common! Society doyenne Mrs. Livingston (Clara Blandick) and friend Judge Forbes (Oscar Apfel) drop in on working-class Kitty (Barbara Stanwyck) where her college-man son David Livingston (Regis Toomey) delivers shocking news, in Shopworn, 1932.

Mighty Joe Young (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Dangerous Gorilla After a lengthy cross species meet-cute between young Jill (Lora Lee Michel) and her new pet, she's arranged to surprise her African farmer father (Regis Toomey), early in the Merian C. Cooper production Mighty Joe Young, 1949.

Top Gun (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Draw Poker With Guns Unjustly known about his hometown of Casper, Wyoming as a killer, Rick Martin (Sterling Hayden), returned to look into the death of his mother, deals with upstart Lem (Rod Taylor) and top citizens before visiting his one remaining friend, innkeeper O’Hara (Regis Toomey) in Top Gun, 1955.

Last Sunset, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Cowboys Aren't Very Bright We know little about the Kirk Douglas character here, except that Rock Hudson's after him, as he introduces himself to Dorothy Malone (Mrs. Breckenridge), daughter Melissa (Carol Lynley) and hired man Wing (Regis Toomey), at a ranch in Mexico, in Robert Aldrich's The Last Sunset, 1961.

Big Sleep, The - (Original Trailer) Private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer in The Big Sleep.

Wings Of The Navy - (Original Trailer) Pilot brothers (George Brent, John Payne) vie for the same woman (Olivia de Havilland) in Wings Of The Navy (1939).

Under Eighteen - (Original Trailer) Is there no end to Warren William's perfidy? Now he's a theatrical producer after a girl who's Under Eighteen (1932).

Nebraskan, The - (Black-and-white Trailer) A frontier scout tries to make peace between settlers and the Sioux in The Nebraskan (1953).

I Was Framed - (Original Trailer) I Was Framed (1942) says a reporter whose political investigations land him in prison in this loose remake of Dust Be My Destiny (1939).

Guys And Dolls - (Original Trailer) Ed Sullivan hosts the trailer for the movie version of the Broadway musical Guys And Dolls (1955) starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.

Finger Points, The - (Original Trailer) A naive reporter (Richard Barthelmess) takes payoffs for keeping a prominent gangster out of the papers in The Finger Points (1931) co-starring Fay Wray.

Other Men's Women (1931) - (Original Trailer) A railroad engineer (Grant Withers) falls for a co-worker's wife (Mary Astor) in Other Men's Women (1931).

Destroyer - (Re-issueTrailer) The crew of a torpedoed ship fights to take out an enemy sub in Destroyer (1943) starring Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford.

His Girl Friday -- (Original Trailer) Cary Grant does everything to keep his ex-wife and star reporter Rosalind Russell from re-marriage in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (1940).

Bullet Scars - (Original Trailer) Hoods kidnap an honest doctor (Regis Toomey) to patch up one of their own in Bullet Scars (1942).

Bishop's Wife, The - (Original Trailer) Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven, stars of the romantic fantasy The Bishop's Wife (1947), introduce the...we'll let them explain.

Family

Francis X Toomey

Father

Marie Ellen Toomey

Mother

Othelia Toomey

Sister

Sarah Toomey

Sister

Ord Toomey

Brother

Companions

J Kathryn Scott

Wife

Married in 1925.

Bibliography

Notes

"Toomey died so frequently in movies that he once joked that he should be voted 'the mortician's man of the year' and began refusing roles in which he would be killed off." --From People magazine, October 28, 1991.

Served as president to the Motion Picture Permanent Charities Committee.

Toomey was a member of the governing body of the Los Angeles Community Chest.

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