Kevin Tighe

Acting

Born August 13, 1944, Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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