Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

August 13, 1898 · 128 years old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School. He initially pondered a l…

Known For

24 titles
1
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946 · 1h 54m · Movie

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.

7.9
2
His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

1940 · 1h 32m · Movie

When a newspaper editor's ace reporter ex-wife is about to quit her job and remarry, he buys himself time to win her back by promising her an exclusive interview with a death row convict.

7.8
3
Spellbound

Spellbound

1945 · 1h 51m · Movie

A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.

7.5
4
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947 · 1h 49m · Movie

A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.

7.6
5
Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

1955 · 2h 30m · Movie

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

7.1
6
Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

1941 · 2h 2m · Movie

A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.

7.6
7
Warlock

Warlock

1959 · 2h 1m · Movie

A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.

7.1
8
They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 · 2h 22m · Movie

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.

7.2
9
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961 · 1h 45m · Movie

When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.

6.0
10
Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady

1944 · 1h 27m · Movie

A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.

7.2
11
'G' Men

'G' Men

1935 · 1h 25m · Movie

James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.

7.1
12
Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage

1940 · 2h 6m · Movie

Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.

7.0
13
The Boy with Green Hair

The Boy with Green Hair

1948 · 1h 22m · Movie

This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.

6.7
14
Cry Danger

Cry Danger

1951 · 1h 19m · Movie

Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.

7.3
15
The Carey Treatment

The Carey Treatment

1972 · 1h 41m · Movie

At a Boston hospital, a new surgeon, Dr. Carey, becomes an amateur sleuth to help clear a colleague's name who's been accused of botching an illegal abortion that killed a 15 year old girl; the daughter of the chief surgeon.

6.1
16
Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable

1949 · 1h 34m · Movie

Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various townspeople to help them build a children's hospital.

7.1
17
Arizona

Arizona

1940 · 2h 5m · Movie

In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.

6.8
18
The Hangman

The Hangman

1959 · 1h 27m · Movie

U.S. Marshal Bovard comes to a small border town to identify and arrest a fugitive, but the whole town seems determined to prevent the Marshal from doing his job.

6.6
19
Drums Across the River

Drums Across the River

1954 · 1h 18m · Movie

When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.

6.2
20
The Guilty

The Guilty

1947 · 1h 11m · Movie

Two guys sharing an apartment meet twin girls (both Bonita Granville). One's sweet, the other a major piece of bad news. The nice one is murdered and her boyfriend is accused of the crime. The wrong man/wrong victim plot strikes a...

6.3
21
Mysterious Intruder

Mysterious Intruder

1946 · 1h 1m · Movie

Amid murders and kidnappings, a private detective is hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectible song recordings worth a lot of money.

6.3
22
High Tide

High Tide

1947 · 1h 12m · Movie

A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh Fresney, managing editor of the Los Ange...

6.5
23
The Thirteenth Hour

The Thirteenth Hour

1947 · 1h 5m · Movie

Truck owner Steve Reynolds gets caught up in a rivalry feud and is framed for a cop's murder after his truck is stolen. With a diamond-studded glove as the only clue, he evades the law while pursuing the real culprit to clear his ...

6.4
24
Undercover Girl

Undercover Girl

1950 · 1h 23m · Movie

A young woman joins the Police Department in order to track down the killer who murdered her father.

6.4