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Regis Toomey

Highest Rated: 100% Raw Deal (1948)

Lowest Rated: 10% Change of Habit (1969)

Birthday: Aug 13, 1898

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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."

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Highest rated movies

100% 82% Raw Deal
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100% 66% The Tall Target
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96% 91% The Big Sleep
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91% 64% Mighty Joe Young
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91% 83% Guys and Dolls
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90% 71% Phantom Lady
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86% 82% Spellbound
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86% 36% Strange Illusion
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85% 81% The Bishop's Wife
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83% 48% The Crowd Roars
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Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES, Regis Toomey, 1948 ISLAND IN THE SKY, Regis Toomey, 1953 STATION WEST, Regis Toomey, 1948 DIVE BOMBER, from left: Regis Toomey, Fred MacMurray, Louis Jean Heyde, 1941 HIS GIRL FRIDAY, Cary Grant, Frank Jenks, Roscoe Karns, Gene Lockhart, Pat Flaherty, Porter Hall, Alma Kruger, Rosalind Russell, Regis Toomey, 1940 GUYS AND DOLLS, Jean Simmons, Marlon Brando, Regis Toomey, Kay Kuter, Stapleton Kent, 1955 ALIBI, Chester Morris, Regis Toomey, Harry Stubbs, 1929 DIVE BOMBER, Regis Toomey, Fred MacMurray, Errol Flynn, 1941 BIG CITY, standing from left: Clem Bevans, Regis Toomey, Irving Bacon (rear), Spencer Tracy, seated: Janet Beecher (back to camera left), Luise Rainer (facing front), 1937 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 28% C.H.O.M.P.S. Chief Patterson (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Phantom of Hollywood Joe (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet God Bless Dr. Shagetz Doc Hooper (Character) - 1974
10% 64% Change of Habit Father Gibbons (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunn The Bishop (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 55% The Night of the Grizzly Cotton Benson (Character) - 1966
63% 72% Man's Favorite Sport? Bagley (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Shiloh Mr. Clem (Character) - 1963
60% 58% The Last Sunset Milton Wing (Character) - 1961
72% 39% Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Dr. Jamieson (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 0% Guns of the Timberland Sheriff Taylor (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 76% Warlock Skinner (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joy Ride Miles (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Still Trumpet Ephraim Strong (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Curfew Breakers Coach Bettger (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 44% Dakota Incident Minstrel (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 13% Great Day in the Morning Father Murphy (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three for Jamie Dawn "Murph" (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 69% Top Gun Jim O'Hara (Character) - 1955
91% 83% Guys and Dolls Arvide Abernathy (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 27% Take the High Ground Chaplain (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nebraskan Col. Markham (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Happens Every Thursday Mayor Hull (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 38% Never Wave at a WAC General Ned Prager (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 33% The Battle at Apache Pass Dr. Carter (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 50% My Six Convicts Dr. Gordon (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 67% Just for You Mr. Hodges (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 79% Cry Danger Cobb (Character) - 1951
83% 70% Show Boat Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited) (Character) - 1951
100% 66% The Tall Target Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited) (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Navy Bound Capt. Charles Danning (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Again Pioneers Unknown (Character) - 1950
60% 66% Beyond the Forest Sorren (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 76% Come to the Stable Monsignor Talbot (Character) - 1949
91% 64% Mighty Joe Young John Young (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 44% Station West Jim Goddard (Character) - 1948
80% 57% The Boy With Green Hair Mr. Davis (Character) - 1948
100% 82% Raw Deal Police Capt. Fields (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 43% I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes Police Inspector Clint Judd (Character) - 1948
50% 36% Magic Town Ed Weaver (Character) - 1947
85% 81% The Bishop's Wife Mr. Miller (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 38% The Guilty Detective Heller (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 40% High Tide Inspector O'Haffey (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Fix Lt. Brenner (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 60% Her Sister's Secret Bill Gordon (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 56% Mysterious Intruder James Summers (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 72% Sister Kenny New York Reporter (Character) - 1946
96% 91% The Big Sleep Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Child of Divorce Ray Carter (Character) - 1946
86% 82% Spellbound Sgt. Gillespie (Character) - 1945
86% 36% Strange Illusion Dr. Martin Vincent (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Betrayal From the East Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott' (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Follow That Woman Barney Manners (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet When the Lights Go on Again Bill Regan (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 67% The Doughgirls Timothy Walsh, FBI (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Mountain Steve Downey (Character) - 1944
90% 71% Phantom Lady Detective Chewing Gum (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 100% Tennessee Johnson Blackstone McDaniel (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bullet Scars Dr. Steven Bishop (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Was Framed Bob Leeds (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Forest Rangers Frank Hatfield (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 51% Dive Bomber Tim Griffin (Character) - 1941
82% 75% They Died With Their Boots On Fitzhugh Lee (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law of the Tropics Tom Marshall (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nurse's Secret Inspector Tom Patten (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet You're in the Army Now Capt. Radcliffe (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Shot in the Dark William Ryder (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 56% Arizona Grant Oury (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet March On, Marines Drill Sergeant (uncredited) (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 56% 'Til We Meet Again Freddy (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 0% Wings of the Navy First Flight Instructor (Character) - 1939
83% 64% Union Pacific Paddy O'Rourke (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indianapolis Speedway Dick Wilbur (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mysterious Miss X Jack Webster (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 30% The Phantom Creeps Lt. Jim Daly (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Phantom Creeps Unknown (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Society Smugglers Johnny Beebe (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thunder Afloat Ives (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invisible Menace Lieutenant Matthews (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadows of the Orient Inspector Bob Baxter (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 70% The Big City Fred Hawkins (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bulldog Edition J. M. "Jim" Hardy (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bars of Hate Ted Clark (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 68% G-Men Edward Buchanan (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Frightened Night Tom Dean (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Skull and Crown Bob Franklin (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great God Gold Phil Stuart (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow of Doubt Reed Ryan (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Time or Bust Jimmy Kane (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Had to Choose Jack Berry (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder on the Blackboard Det. Smiley North (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Picture Brides Dave (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Morning John Hastings (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Penal Code Robert Palmer (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laughing at Life Pat Collins / Mc Hale (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Had to Say Yes Tommy Nelson (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 42% Shopworn David Livingston (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Strange Adventure Detective-Sergeant Mitchell (Character) - 1932
83% 48% The Crowd Roars Dick Wilbur (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 64% Under Eighteen Jimmie Slocum (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet They Never Come Back Jimmy Nolan (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 46% Other Men's Women Jack Kulper (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder by the Clock Officer Cassidy (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet 24 Hours Tony 'Sicily' Bruzzi (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touchdown Tom Hussey (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kick In Chick Hewes (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finn and Hattie Henry Collins (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Finger Points Charlie `'Breezy'` Russell (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Framed Jimmy McArthur (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet 57% Street of Chance "Babe" Marsden (Character) - 1930
56% 35% Alibi Danny McGann (Character) - 1929

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No Score Yet No Score Yet It's a Living Samuel (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Judge (Character) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Adam-12 Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doris Day Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petticoat Junction Unknown (Guest Star) 1968-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Green Acres Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Burke's Law Detective Les Hart (Character) 1963-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Farmer's Daughter Minister (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Sam Crane (Guest Star) 1960 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1956-1957 1960 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cain's Hundred Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stagecoach West Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tall Man Doc Corbin (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Les Goslyn (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tombstone Territory Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Dr. Lem Shepherd (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Sheriff Dave Waterman (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Call Mr. D Lt. Dennis "Mac" McGough (Character) 1957-1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Self 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 20th Century-Fox Hour Unknown (Character) 1956-1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mickey Rooney Show Joe Mulligan (Character) 1954-1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage 7 Johnny Davis (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Four Star Playhouse Lt. Manny Waldo (Character) 1952