Nationality: American
Birthdate: 08/13/1898
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date: 10/12/1991
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".
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
1951
TV debut on "T.K.O" episode of "Bigelow-Sanford Theatre"
