Kevin Tighe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-08-13 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Tighe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1991

City of Hope

as O'Brien

1989

Road House

as Frank Tilghman

2005

The Deal

as John Cortland

1989

K-9

as Lyman

1990

Another 48 Hrs.

as Blake Wilson

1999

Mumford

as Mr. Crisp

1987

Matewan

as Bill Hickey

2005

Today You Die

as Max Stevens

1988

Eight Men Out

as Sport Sullivan

2009

1999

1989

Lost Angels

as Dr. Gaeyl

2000

The Sight

as Jake

1996

Race the Sun

as Jack Fryman

1995

The Avenging Angel

as Benjamin Rigby

1967

1998

Winchell

as William Randolph Hearst

1995

Escape to Witch Mountain

as Sheriff Bronson

1996

Scorpion Spring

as California County Sheriff Rawley Gill

1991

Face of a Stranger

as Richard Foster

2013

I Am I

as Gene

1972

Emergency!

as Roy DeSoto

1967

The Graduate

as Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited)

1993

Caught in the Act

as Police Detective

1993

Geronimo: An American Legend

as Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles

1994

Double Cross

as Brian Cody

1999

The Darwin Conspiracy

as Allan Hollingsworth

1979

The Rebels

as Thomas Jefferson

2003

Fast Food High

as Dave Richter

2012

2005

A Life in Suitcases

as William Gottschalk

1995

Jade

as D.A. Arnold Clifford

1993

Better Off Dead.

as D.A. John Byron

2002

Nancy Drew

as Coach Jeffries

1992

School Ties

as Coach McDevitt

1992

Newsies

as Snyder

1994

Men of War

as Colonel Merrick

1987

The Saint in Manhattan

as Insp. John Fernack

1990

Bright Angel

as Billy Abbott

1994

Betrayal of Trust

as Bill Carroll

2014

Hello

as Donald

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