Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 13, 1944
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Kevin Tighe
Biography
Kevin Tighe (b. Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American character actor primarily known for his roles on television. Tighe is best known for his role as Roy DeSoto, a senior paramedic, on the NBC series Emergency! (1972–77). He and Randolph Mantooth, his partner in the series, have remained close friends. In the 2000's he played Anthony Cooper the father of John Locke on the ABC series Lost.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | I Am I | Gene |
| 2012 | The Mountain Runners | Narrator |
| 2009 | My Bloody Valentine | Ben Foley |
| 2005 | The Deal | John Cortland |
| 2005 | Today You Die | Max Stevens |
| 2005 | A Life in Suitcases | William Gottschalk |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | William Gottschalk |
| 2003 | Fast Food High | Dave Richter |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp | |
| 2002 | Nancy Drew | Coach Jeffries |
| 2000 | The Sight | Jake |
| 1999 | Mumford | Mr. Crisp |
| 1999 | The Big Day | Joe |
| 1999 | The Darwin Conspiracy | Allan Hollingsworth |
| 1998 | Winchell | William Randolph Hearst |
| 1996 | Race the Sun | Jack Fryman |
| 1996 | Scorpion Spring | California County Sheriff Rawley Gill |
| 1995 | The Avenging Angel | Benjamin Rigby |
| 1995 | Escape to Witch Mountain | Sheriff Bronson |
| 1995 | Jade | D.A. Arnold Clifford |
| 1994 | Double Cross | Brian Cody |
| 1994 | Men of War | Colonel Merrick |
| 1994 | Betrayal of Trust | Bill Carroll |
| 1993 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Ken Carver |
| 1993 | I Love a Man in Uniform | Frank |
| 1993 | Caught in the Act | Police Detective |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles |
| 1993 | Better Off Dead. | D.A. John Byron |
| 1992 | School Ties | Coach McDevitt |
| 1992 | Newsies | Snyder |
| 1991 | City of Hope | O'Brien |
| 1991 | Face of a Stranger | Richard Foster |
| 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. | Blake Wilson |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Steven Elliott |
| 1990 | Bright Angel | Billy Abbott |
| 1989 | Road House | Frank Tilghman |
| 1989 | K-9 | Lyman |
| 1989 | Lost Angels | Dr. Gaeyl |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Sport Sullivan |
| 1987 | Matewan | Bill Hickey |
| 1987 | The Saint in Manhattan | Insp. John Fernack |
| 1979 | The Rebels | Thomas Jefferson |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Roy DeSoto |
| 1967 | Narcotics: Pit of Despair | John Scott |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Fletcher Bellwood |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | |
| 2004 | The 4400 | Senator Lenhoff |
| 2004 | Lost | Anthony Cooper |
| 2002 | Everwood | Joe Morris |
| 2002 | Rose Red | Victor Kandinsky |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Edwin Lindgard |
| 1999 | Freaks and Geeks | Mr. Andopolis |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Julian Cooper |
| 1999 | Family Law | |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Gov. Jack Buckland, D-IN |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gregory Searle |
| 1996 | In Cold Blood | Herbert Clutter |
| 1995 | The Single Guy | Jack Blake |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Henry Janeway |
| 1995 | Murder One | David Blalock |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | General |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | ER | Pete Mattimore |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Sam Forney (segment "Cutting Cards") |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Insp John Fernack |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Moynihan |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Chris |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Root |
| 1973 | Emergency +4 | Fireman Roy DeSoto (voice) |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Roy DeSoto |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Roy DeSoto |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Krulak |