Regis Toomey

Biography: He spent five years as a stage actor then switched to films at the dawn of the sound era. He appeared in over 250 films during four-plus decades onscreen, mostly in character roles. He also did a great deal of work on TV, and was a regular on the TV series Dante's Inferno, Hey, Mulligan, Richard Diamond, and Burke's Law. He was active in Hollywood's civic and charitable organizations; he was president of the Motion Picture Permanent Charities Committee, and he was a long-time member of the governing body of the Los Angeles Community Chest.