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".
Born
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAJob Titles
actor
Education
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Peabody High School
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University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
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Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Performing Artsschool later renamed Carnegie-Mellon University
Significant Others
- J Kathryn Scott
married in 1925