He played Roy on "Emergency!" See Kevin Tighe now at 78 years old.
The actor and his former partner on the screen are always close friends.
Anyone who liked to connect to watch the duo of Roy Desoto and Johnny Gage saving livesEmergency!will be happy to learn that the two actors who played themremained friends. From 1972 to 1977,Kevin Tighe Played like Roy onEmergency! While his firefighter / paramedical partner was played byRandolph Mantooth.
In a 2010 interview with theLos Angeles Times, Tighe said opened ontheir friendship for life. "Randolph and I have remained good friends," said the actor. "I was the best man at his wedding."
Now, the show has been created for 50 years, and Tighe is 78 years old. Since his time onEmergency!, he participated in another popular series, in films and on stage. Read the rest to find out more about the actor today.
Read this then:He played Johnny onEmergency! See Randolph Mantooth now at 77 years old.
He was surprised to finishEmergency!.
When Tighe was thrown fromEmergency!, he had already played in plays and in small parties of television and films. It was a supplement in 1967The graduation and appeared on the episodes ofAdam-12 andBargain.
The promising interpreter was more focused on action on stage at the time, but ended up with a hearing forEmergency!In any event. "I entered [producerJack WebbThe office of the "S] and spoke four lines," he saidLos Angeles Times. "They did a quick screen test on me. I was afraid to death. In two or three days, I was on the set and I did a pilot. I didn't even know what a driver was. ""
He continued more roles in popular shows.
AfterEmergency!, Tighe continued to have roles in the moviesMatewan,,Roadhouse news,,What eats Gilbert Grape,,I am I, and more. He also appeared in episodes of emissions, of whichUh,,Freaks and Geeks, andThe west wing. Later, he played the recurring role of Anthony Cooper onLostBetween 2005 and 2010. The most recent role of Tighe was in a 2016 episode ofLaw and command: Special victims unit.
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He acted alongside his daughter.
Tighe is married toRebecca Fletcher, a visual artist,Oil painting. He has a daughter,Jennifer Tighe, of his first marriage. Jennifer is also an actor and has played roles in the episodes ofUh,,Chicago Hope,,Providence,,Nis, and more. In 2005, Tighe and Jenniferplayed as a father and daughter in the gameA calculation.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
He is proud ofEmergency!.
In its 2010Los Angeles Times Interview, we asked Tighe whyEmergency! was not mentioned in his biography in the program for the play in which he played at the time. He replied: "I feel a lot of pride that I could be paramedical." But, he added: "[I] was something that I did in my twenties. It didn't require a lot of play. It didn't require a lot of great dialogue ... I don't lighten it in the Program because it doesn't really connect you with what I'm doing now. "
Tighe, however, participated in the celebration of the series and its inheritance. In 2o22, it appeared onCozi TV 50th anniversary special For the show. He and Mantooth areProduce a documentary together,,In the unknown: the journey of paramedical paramedics, clearly inspired by their time in the series. Bothwere photographed At La County Fire Museum while working on the film earlier this year.
