Kevin Tighe Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Kevin Tighe (born Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s. He is known for his character, firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972-1977 NBC series Emergency!.Tighe was cast in his first major film as an extra in 1967's The Graduate. After being under contract with Paramount and Universal, Tighe's career took a turn from bit parts and extra work when he was cast as Roy DeSoto in the television series, Emergency!. Following Emergency!, Tighe went on to make numerous guest television appearances in shows such as Ellery Queen, Cos, and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Aside from The Graduate, some of Tighe's film credits include Road House, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and Jade. Tighe won a 1994 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in I Love a Man in Uniform. In the 2000s he played Anthony Cooper on the ABC television series, Lost, as well as Giles Corey in the premiere episode of the original WGN series, Salem.Tighe has also been seen in a number of stage productions including A Reckoning, Other Desert Cities, Curse of the Starving Class, and A Skull in Connemara.
Full Name
Kevin Tighe
Net Worth
$200,000
Date Of Birth
August 13, 1944
Place Of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Height
1.85 m
Occupation
Actor
Profession
Actor, Television Director
Education
University of Southern California
Nationality
American
Spouse
Rebecca Tighe, Mary Lou Seaman
Children
Jennifer Tighe
Nicknames
Kevin Tighe, Tighe, Kevin
IMDB
Awards
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Movies
Road House, K-9, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Another 48 Hrs., Newsies, Matewan, School Ties, City of Hope, Eight Men Out, Geronimo: An American Legend, Race the Sun, Today You Die, Scorpion Spring, Men of War, I Am I, Jade, I Love a Man in Uniform, Mumford, Winchell, Narcoti...
TV Shows
Emergency!, Rose Red, Murder One, The Wedsworth-Townsend Act, Emergency +4
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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[on his professional on- and off-screen chemistry with Julie London and Bobby Troup, who played both Dixie 'Dix' McCall, RN & Dr. Joe Early, M.D., respectively]: Working with Julie and Bobby. Never a dull moment. Great wrap parties. The opportunity of working with such a wonderful cast and crew!
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[on the deaths of Bobby Troup and Julie London]: They were very special to the cast and crew and they became good friends and that it hurt deeply when Bobby and Julie died. Their friendship could never be replaced.
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[Who admitted he had a serious problem with his celebrity status prior to his days on Emergency! (1972)]: I didn't know how to deal with it. I couldn't small talk. I would go to parties and my glasses would fog. I was truly miserable. I am a character actor. I am not a celebrity.
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We were supposed to do it in New York, but something happened. So I went to Europe. I worked at Cambridge for a while. I ran out of money.
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[If he was embarrassed over his role on Emergency! (1972) opposite Julie London, Bobby Troup and Randolph Mantooth, who would later be his best friend, who in turn played Johnny Gage]: No, I feel a great deal of pride that I was able to be a paramedic. Randolph and I have stayed good friends. I was the best man at his wedding. I didn't want to scurry away from it. But it was something I did in my 20s. It didn't require a lot of acting. It didn't require a lot of great dialogue ... I don't list it in the program because it doesn't really link with what I am doing now.
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I grew up in downtown L.A. on West 7th Street near Lafayette Park. When I was 5 we moved to Pasadena. My father was a bit actor. He got me going when I was about 9 or 10 - I auditioned for something at the Pasadena Playhouse and I started playing juvenile leads.
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Fact
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He was awarded the 2010 Back Stage Garland Award for Performance in a Play for "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Through his ex-Emergency! (1972) series' leads, Julie London and Bobby Troup, Tighe had the honor/privilege of meeting some popular jazz musicians.
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He alongside Randolph Mantooth had attended the memorial of his ex-Emergency! (1972) co-star, Bobby Troup, at Moonlight Tango Cafe in Encino, California, on 28 February 1999, to honor his life.
