Kevin Tighe

Kevin Tighe

Known for
Acting
Born
August 13, 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

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Filmography

2025
One Battle After Another poster

One Battle After Another

Movie · as Roy More

2015
Complications poster

Complications

TV · as Gary Ellison · 5 eps

2014
Hello

Hello

Movie · as Donald

2014
Salem poster

Salem

TV · as Giles Corey · 1 ep

2013
I Am I poster

I Am I

Movie · as Gene

2012
The Mountain Runners poster

The Mountain Runners

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Common Law poster

Common Law

TV · as Fred Bendek · 1 ep

2009
My Bloody Valentine poster

My Bloody Valentine

Movie · as Ben Foley

2009
Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me

TV · as Fletcher Bellwood · 1 ep

2009
Trauma poster

Trauma

TV · as Capt. Cal Channing · 1 ep

2008
Leverage poster

Leverage

TV · as Ian Blackpoole · 2 eps

2005
The Deal poster

The Deal

Movie · as John Cortland

2005
Today You Die poster

Today You Die

Movie · as Max Stevens

2005
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper poster

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

Movie · as William Gottschalk

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Keith Watts · 1 ep

2004
The 4400 poster

The 4400

TV · as Senator Lenhoff · 2 eps

2004
Lost poster

Lost

TV · as Anthony Cooper · 6 eps

2003
Fast Food High poster

Fast Food High

Movie · as Dave Richter

2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp poster

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

Movie

2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story poster

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Movie · as William Gottschalk

2002
Nancy Drew poster

Nancy Drew

Movie · as Coach Jeffries

2002
Everwood poster

Everwood

TV · as Joe Morris · 1 ep

2002
Rose Red poster

Rose Red

TV · as Victor Kandinsky · 3 eps

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Edwin Lindgard · 1 ep

2000
The Sight poster

The Sight

Movie · as Jake

1999
Mumford poster

Mumford

Movie · as Mr. Crisp

1999
The Big Day poster

The Big Day

Movie · as Joe

1999
The Darwin Conspiracy poster

The Darwin Conspiracy

Movie · as Allan Hollingsworth

1999
The Wetonkawa Flash poster

The Wetonkawa Flash

Movie

1999
Freaks and Geeks poster

Freaks and Geeks

TV · as Mr. Andopolis · 2 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Julian Cooper, Gregory Searle · 1 ep

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · 1 ep

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Jack Buckland · 1 ep

1998
Winchell poster

Winchell

Movie · as William Randolph Hearst

1996
Race the Sun poster

Race the Sun

Movie · as Jack Fryman

1996
Scorpion Spring poster

Scorpion Spring

Movie · as California County Sheriff Rawley Gill

1996
In Cold Blood poster

In Cold Blood

TV · as Herbert Clutter · 2 eps

1995
The Avenging Angel poster

The Avenging Angel

Movie · as Benjamin Rigby

1995
Escape to Witch Mountain poster

Escape to Witch Mountain

Movie · as Sheriff Bronson

1995
Jade poster

Jade

Movie · as D.A. Arnold Clifford

1995
The Single Guy poster

The Single Guy

TV · as Jack Blake · 1 ep

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Henry Janeway · 1 ep

1995
Murder One poster

Murder One

TV · as David Blalock · 1 ep

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as General · 1 ep

1994
Double Cross poster

Double Cross

Movie · as Brian Cody

1994
Men of War poster

Men of War

Movie · as Colonel Merrick

1994
Betrayal of Trust poster

Betrayal of Trust

Movie · as Bill Carroll

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Harry Kincaid · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Pete Mattimore · 1 ep

1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape poster

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Movie · as Mr. Carver

1993
I Love a Man in Uniform poster

I Love a Man in Uniform

Movie · as Frank

1993
Caught in the Act poster

Caught in the Act

Movie · as Police Detective

1993
Geronimo: An American Legend poster

Geronimo: An American Legend

Movie · as Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles

1993
Better Off Dead. poster

Better Off Dead.

Movie · as D.A. John Byron

1992
School Ties poster

School Ties

Movie · as Coach McDevitt

1992
Newsies poster

Newsies

Movie · as Snyder

1991
City of Hope poster

City of Hope

Movie · as O'Brien

1991
Face of a Stranger poster

Face of a Stranger

Movie · as Richard Foster

1990
Another 48 Hrs. poster

Another 48 Hrs.

Movie · as Blake Wilson

1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

Movie · as Steven Elliott

1990
Bright Angel poster

Bright Angel

Movie · as Billy Abbott

1989
Road House poster

Road House

Movie · as Frank Tilghman

1989
K-9 poster

K-9

Movie · as Lyman

1989
Lost Angels poster

Lost Angels

Movie · as Dr. Gaeyl

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Sam Forney (segment "Cutting Cards") · 1 ep

1988
Eight Men Out poster

Eight Men Out

Movie · as Sport Sullivan

1987
Matewan poster

Matewan

Movie · as Bill Hickey

1987
The Saint in Manhattan poster

The Saint in Manhattan

Movie · as Insp. John Fernack

1987
CBS Summer Playhouse poster

CBS Summer Playhouse

TV · as Insp John Fernack · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lt. Moynihan · 1 ep

1979
The Rebels poster

The Rebels

TV · as Thomas Jefferson · 2 eps

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · 2 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Chris · 1 ep

1975
Ellery Queen poster

Ellery Queen

TV · as Detective Jim Millay · 1 ep

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV · as Root · 1 ep

1973
Emergency +4 poster

Emergency +4

TV · as Fireman Roy DeSoto (voice) · 23 eps

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

Movie · as Roy DeSoto

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

TV · as Roy DeSoto · 128 eps

1968
Adam-12 poster

Adam-12

TV · as Roy DeSoto · 1 ep

1967
Narcotics: Pit of Despair poster

Narcotics: Pit of Despair

Movie · as John Scott

1967
The Graduate poster

The Graduate

Movie · as Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited)

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Krulak · 1 ep