Regis Toomey

About Regis Toomey

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".

Partners

Wife

J Kathryn Scott. married in 1925

Education

Peabody High School

Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

Career Milestones

Appeared on NY and London stage for five years; toured England in George M Cohan's "Little Nelly Kelly" where severe laryngitis forced the end of his singing career

Signed to long-term contract with Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky

1929

Film debut, "Alibi"

1951

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