Kevin Tighe

Known for: Acting

Born: 1944-08-13 (age 81)

From: 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 (82)

MOVIE★ 7.3
One Battle After Another
2025
as Roy More
TV★ 6.3
Complications
2015
as Gary Ellison
TV★ 7.3
Salem
2014
as Giles Corey
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hello
2014
as Donald
MOVIE★ 6.0
I Am I
2013
as Gene
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Mountain Runners
2012
as Narrator
TV★ 6.8
Common Law
2012
as Fred Bendek
TV★ 7.3
Trauma
2009
as Capt. Cal Channing
TV★ 7.9
Lie to Me
2009
as Fletcher Bellwood
MOVIE★ 5.6
My Bloody Valentine
2009
as Ben Foley
TV★ 7.6
Leverage
2008
as Ian Blackpoole
MOVIE★ 4.4
Today You Die
2005
as Max Stevens
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
as William Gottschalk
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Deal
2005
as John Cortland
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Keith Watts
TV★ 8.0
Lost
2004
as Anthony Cooper
TV★ 7.2
The 4400
2004
as Senator Lenhoff
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
2003
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as William Gottschalk
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fast Food High
2003
as Dave Richter
MOVIE★ 5.8
Nancy Drew
2002
as Coach Jeffries
TV★ 7.6
Everwood
2002
as Joe Morris
TV★ 6.8
Rose Red
2002
as Victor Kandinsky
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Edwin Lindgard
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Sight
2000
as Jake
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Big Day
1999
as Joe
TV★ 8.2
Freaks and Geeks
1999
as Mr. Andopolis
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mumford
1999
as Mr. Crisp
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as Jack Buckland
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Julian Cooper
TV★ 8.1
Family Law
1999
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Wetonkawa Flash
1999
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Darwin Conspiracy
1999
as Allan Hollingsworth
MOVIE★ 6.3
Winchell
1998
as William Randolph Hearst
TV★ 6.1
In Cold Blood
1996
as Herbert Clutter
MOVIE★ 6.7
Scorpion Spring
1996
as California County Sheriff Rawley Gill
MOVIE★ 5.2
Race the Sun
1996
as Jack Fryman
MOVIE★ 5.5
Jade
1995
as D.A. Arnold Clifford
TV★ 5.8
The Single Guy
1995
as Jack Blake
TV★ 7.7
Murder One
1995
as David Blalock
MOVIE★ 5.5
Escape to Witch Mountain
1995
as Sheriff Bronson
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as General
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Avenging Angel
1995
as Benjamin Rigby
TV★ 7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Henry Janeway
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Pete Mattimore
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Harry Kincaid
MOVIE★ 5.2
Men of War
1994
as Colonel Merrick
MOVIE★ 6.8
Double Cross
1994
as Brian Cody
MOVIE★ 6.5
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Bill Carroll
MOVIE★ 7.7
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
as Mr. Carver
MOVIE★ 6.3
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles
MOVIE★ 6.4
I Love a Man in Uniform
1993
as Frank
MOVIE★ 6.1
Caught in the Act
1993
as Police Detective
MOVIE★ 4.8
Better Off Dead.
1993
as D.A. John Byron
MOVIE★ 6.5
School Ties
1992
as Coach McDevitt
MOVIE★ 6.7
Newsies
1992
as Snyder
MOVIE★ 10.0
Face of a Stranger
1991
as Richard Foster
MOVIE★ 6.8
City of Hope
1991
as O'Brien
MOVIE★ 4.9
Bright Angel
1990
as Billy Abbott
MOVIE★ 7.1
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
1990
as Steven Elliott
MOVIE★ 6.0
Another 48 Hrs.
1990
as Blake Wilson
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Sam Forney (segment "Cutting Cards")
MOVIE★ 6.8
Road House
1989
as Frank Tilghman
MOVIE★ 6.1
Lost Angels
1989
as Dr. Gaeyl
MOVIE★ 6.2
K-9
1989
as Lyman
MOVIE★ 6.8
Eight Men Out
1988
as Sport Sullivan
MOVIE★ 7.4
Matewan
1987
as Bill Hickey
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Insp. John Fernack
TV★ 7.0
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Insp John Fernack
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Moynihan
TV★ 10.0
The Rebels
1979
as Thomas Jefferson
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Chris
TV★ 7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
TV★ 7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
as Detective Jim Millay
TV★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Root
TV★ 6.0
Emergency +4
1973
as Fireman Roy DeSoto (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Emergency!
1972
as Roy DeSoto
MOVIE★ 8.3
Emergency!
1972
as Roy DeSoto
TV★ 7.1
Adam-12
1968
as Roy DeSoto
MOVIE★ 5.2
Narcotics: Pit of Despair
1967
as John Scott
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Graduate
1967
as Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited)
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Krulak