Kevin Tighe
Personal Info
Known 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
One Battle After Another
as Roy More
(2014)
Hello
as Donald
(2013)
I Am I
as Gene
(2012)
The Mountain Runners
as Narrator
(2009)
My Bloody Valentine
as Ben Foley
(2005)
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as William Gottschalk
(2005)
Today You Die
as Max Stevens
(2005)
The Deal
as John Cortland
(2003)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as William Gottschalk
(2003)
(2003)
Fast Food High
as Dave Richter
(2002)
Nancy Drew
as Coach Jeffries
(2000)
The Sight
as Jake
(1999)
Mumford
as Mr. Crisp
(1999)
The Big Day
as Joe
(1999)
The Darwin Conspiracy
as Allan Hollingsworth
(1998)
Winchell
as William Randolph Hearst
(1996)
Race the Sun
as Jack Fryman
(1996)
Scorpion Spring
as California County Sheriff Rawley Gill
(1995)
The Avenging Angel
as Benjamin Rigby
(1995)
Jade
as D.A. Arnold Clifford
(1995)
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Sheriff Bronson
(1994)
Double Cross
as Brian Cody
(1994)
Men of War
as Colonel Merrick
(1994)
Betrayal of Trust
as Bill Carroll
(1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Ken Carver
(1993)
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles
(1993)
Better Off Dead.
as D.A. John Byron
(1993)
I Love a Man in Uniform
as Frank
(1993)
Caught in the Act
as Police Detective
(1992)
Newsies
as Snyder
(1992)
School Ties
as Coach McDevitt
(1991)
City of Hope
as O'Brien
(1991)
Face of a Stranger
as Richard Foster
(1990)
Bright Angel
as Billy Abbott
(1990)
Another 48 Hrs.
as Blake Wilson
(1990)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
as Steven Elliott
(1989)
Road House
as Frank Tilghman
(1989)
K-9
as Lyman
(1989)
Lost Angels
as Dr. Gaeyl
(1988)
Eight Men Out
as Sport Sullivan
(1987)
The Saint in Manhattan
as Insp. John Fernack
(1987)
Matewan
as Bill Hickey
(1979)
The Rebels
as Thomas Jefferson
(1972)
Emergency!
as Roy DeSoto
(1967)
The Graduate
as Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited)
(1967)
Narcotics: Pit of Despair
as John Scott