Kevin Tighe
Acting • Born 1944-08-13
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.
Filmography
77 credits
City of Hope
Movie • 1991
O'Brien
Road House
Movie • 1989
Frank Tilghman
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Movie • 1993
Ken Carver
The Deal
Movie • 2005
John Cortland
K-9
Movie • 1989
Lyman
Another 48 Hrs.
Movie • 1990
Blake Wilson
Mumford
Movie • 1999
Mr. Crisp
Matewan
Movie • 1987
Bill Hickey
Today You Die
Movie • 2005
Max Stevens
Eight Men Out
Movie • 1988
Sport Sullivan
My Bloody Valentine
Movie • 2009
Ben Foley
The Big Day
Movie • 1999
Joe
Lost Angels
Movie • 1989
Dr. Gaeyl
The Sight
Movie • 2000
Jake
I Love a Man in Uniform
Movie • 1993
Frank
Race the Sun
Movie • 1996
Jack Fryman
The Avenging Angel
Movie • 1995
Benjamin Rigby
Narcotics: Pit of Despair
Movie • 1967
John Scott
Winchell
Movie • 1998
William Randolph Hearst
Escape to Witch Mountain
Movie • 1995
Sheriff Bronson
Scorpion Spring
Movie • 1996
California County Sheriff Rawley Gill
Face of a Stranger
Movie • 1991
Richard Foster
I Am I
Movie • 2013
Gene
Emergency!
Movie • 1972
Roy DeSoto
The Graduate
Movie • 1967
Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited)
Caught in the Act
Movie • 1993
Police Detective
Geronimo: An American Legend
Movie • 1993
Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles
Double Cross
Movie • 1994
Brian Cody
The Darwin Conspiracy
Movie • 1999
Allan Hollingsworth
Fast Food High
Movie • 2003
Dave Richter
The Mountain Runners
Movie • 2012
Narrator
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
Movie • 2003
Jade
Movie • 1995
D.A. Arnold Clifford
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Movie • 1990
Steven Elliott
Better Off Dead.
Movie • 1993
D.A. John Byron
Nancy Drew
Movie • 2002
Coach Jeffries
School Ties
Movie • 1992
Coach McDevitt
Newsies
Movie • 1992
Snyder
Men of War
Movie • 1994
Colonel Merrick
The Saint in Manhattan
Movie • 1987
Insp. John Fernack
Bright Angel
Movie • 1990
Billy Abbott
Betrayal of Trust
Movie • 1994
Bill Carroll
Hello
Movie • 2014
Donald
One Battle After Another
Movie • 2025
Roy More
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Movie • 2003
William Gottschalk
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Movie • 2005
William Gottschalk
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lt. Moynihan
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Keith Watts
The 4400
TV • 2004
Senator Lenhoff
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
Jack Blake
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Henry Janeway
Freaks and Geeks
TV • 1999
Mr. Andopolis
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Sam Forney (segment "Cutting Cards")
Everwood
TV • 2002
Joe Morris
Murder One
TV • 1995
David Blalock
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Julian Cooper
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Edwin Lindgard
Lost
TV • 2004
Anthony Cooper
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Roy DeSoto
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Roy DeSoto
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Harry Kincaid
Lie to Me
TV • 2009
Fletcher Bellwood
Family Law
TV • 1999
Rose Red
TV • 2002
Victor Kandinsky
In Cold Blood
TV • 1996
Herbert Clutter
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Jack Buckland
Emergency +4
TV • 1973
Fireman Roy DeSoto (voice)
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Krulak
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
General
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Root
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Gregory Searle
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV • 1987
Insp John Fernack
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Chris
ER
TV • 1994
Pete Mattimore
The Rebels
TV • 1979
Thomas Jefferson
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Detective Jim Millay