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Regis Toomey. Actor: The Big Sleep. Pittsburgh-born and -raised character actor Regis Toomey, of Irish descent, took an early interest in the performing arts and initially studied drama at the university of his home town.
- January 1, 1
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
From 1963 to 1966, Toomey was one of the stars of the ABC crime drama, Burke's Law, starring Gene Barry. He played Sergeant Les Hart, one of the detectives assisting the murder investigations of the millionaire police captain Amos Burke. Toomey also appeared in the CBS western series, Rawhide episode
God was sad last Monday (10/12) when Regis Toomey passed away of natural causes in Woodland Hills, CA. Toomey was the consummate character actor who appeared in 179 films in a career than spanned 50 years. His most popular genres were: drama, romance, crime/film noir and comedy.
