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Kevin Tighe is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s. He is best known for his character, firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972-77 NBC series Emergency!
Birth Name
Jon Kevin Fishburn
Born
Sunday, 13 August 1944
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cine Chalom | Frank Tilghman | 2019 |
| Complications | Gary Ellison | 2015 |
| Salem | Giles Corey | 2014 |
| I Am I | Gene | 2013 |
| The Mountain Runners | Narration | 2012 |
| Common Law | Fred Bendek | 2012 |
| Trauma | Capt. Cal Channing | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | Fletcher Bellwood | 2009 |
| My Bloody Valentine | Ben Foley | 2009 |
| Leverage | Ian Blackpoole | 2008 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cine Chalom | Frank Tilghman | 2019 |
| Complications | Gary Ellison | 2015 |
| Salem | Giles Corey | 2014 |
| I Am I | Gene | 2013 |
| The Mountain Runners | Narration | 2012 |
| Common Law | Fred Bendek | 2012 |
| Trauma | Capt. Cal Channing | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | Fletcher Bellwood | 2009 |
| My Bloody Valentine | Ben Foley | 2009 |
| Leverage | Ian Blackpoole | 2008 |
| A Life in Suitcases | William Gottschalk | 2005 |
| Today You Die | Max Stevens | 2005 |
| The Deal | John Cortland | 2005 |
| Hello | Donald | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Keith Watts | 2005 |
| Lost | Anthony Cooper | 2004 |
| The 4400 | Senator Lenhoff | 2004 |
| The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp | 2003 | |
| The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | William Gottschalk | 2003 |
| Fast Food High | Dave Richter | 2003 |
| Everwood | Joe Morris | 2002 |
| Rose Red | Victor Kandinsky | 2002 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Edwin Lindgard | 2001 |
| The Sight | Jake | 2000 |
| The Big Day | Joe | 1999 |
| Freaks and Geeks | Mr. Andopolis | 1999 |
| Mumford | Mr. Crisp | 1999 |
| The West Wing | Gov. Jack Buckland, D-IN | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gregory Searle / Julian Cooper | 1999 |
| Strange World | Jack Cullum | 1999 |
| The Darwin Conspiracy | Allan Hollingsworth | 1999 |
| Winchell | William Randolph Hearst | 1998 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Coach Jeffries | 1997 |
| In Cold Blood | Herbert Clutter | 1996 |
| Scorpion Spring | California County Sheriff Rawley Gill | 1996 |
| Race the Sun | Jack Fryman | 1996 |
| The Wetonkawa Flash | 1996 | |
| Jade | D.A. Arnold Clifford | 1995 |
| The Single Guy | Jack Blake | 1995 |
| Murder One | David Blalock | 1995 |
| Escape to Witch Mountain | Sheriff Bronson | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | General | 1995 |
| The Avenging Angel | Benjamin Rigby | 1995 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Henry Janeway | 1995 |
| ER | Sgt. Pete Mattimore | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Harry Kincaid | 1994 |
| Under Suspicion | Bob Phillips | 1994 |
| Men of War | Colonel Merrick | 1994 |
| Double Cross | Brian Cody | 1994 |
| Betrayal of Trust | Bill Carroll | 1994 |
| What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Ken Carver / Mr. Carver | 1993 |
| Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles | 1993 |
| A Man in Uniform | Frank | 1993 |
| Caught in the Act | Police Detective | 1993 |
| Better Off Dead | D.A. John Byron | 1993 |
| School Ties | Coach McDevitt | 1992 |
| Newsies | Snyder | 1992 |
| Face of a Stranger | Richard Foster / Richard | 1991 |
| City of Hope | O'Brien | 1991 |
| Bright Angel | The Man / Billy Abbott | 1990 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Steven Elliott | 1990 |
| Another 48 Hrs. | Blake Wilson | 1990 |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | Committee Member | 1989 |
| Eight Men Out | Joseph 'Sport' Sullivan / Sport Sullivan | 1988 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Sam Forney | 1989 |
| Road House | Tilghman / Frank Tilghman | 1989 |
| Lost Angels | Dr. Gaeyl | 1989 |
| K-9 | Lyman | 1989 |
| Matewan | Hickey | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Insp John Fernack | 1987 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Moynihan | 1984 |
| The Rebels | Thomas Jefferson | 1979 |
| The Love Boat | Chris | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Steve | 1977 |
| Cos | Neighbor | 1976 |
| The Rich Little Show | Self | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Detective Jim Millay | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Sierra | Fireman Roy DeSoto | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Root | 1974 |
| Emergency +4 | Fireman Roy DeSoto (voice) / Fireman Roy DeSoto | 1973 |
| Emergency! | Roy DeSoto / Paramedic Roy DeSoto | 1972 |
| The Immortal | Steve Adkins | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | Roy DeSoto | 1968 |
| Yours, Mine and Ours | Extra | 1968 |
| Narcotics: Pit of Despair (1967) | John Scott | 1967 |
| The Graduate | Carter - Showering Fraternity Brother | 1967 |
| Bonanza | Krulak | 1959 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Emergency! | 1972 |
