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Kevin Tighe (/ t aɪ ɡ /; [1] born Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theater since the late 1960s. He is best known for his character, firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972–1977 NBC series Emergency!
Emergency! is an American action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television.Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972, replacing two situation comedy series, The Partners and The Good Life, it ran for a total of 122 episodes until May 28, 1977, with six additional two-hour television films in 1978 and 1979.
Robert Fuller (born Leonard Leroy Lee; July 29, 1933) is a retired American actor.Fuller was known for his deep “charcoal” voice, his roles on the popular Western series Laramie as Jess Harper and Wagon Train as Cooper Smith, and as Dr. Kelly Brackett in the medical/action drama Emergency!
Cast of TV's Emergency! (1973), L-R: Kevin Tighe, Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup and Randolph Mantooth Randolph Mantooth (born Randy DeRoy Mantooth, September 19, 1945) is an American actor who has worked in television, documentaries, theater, and film for more than 50 years.
Donnelly later won the role of fireman Chet Kelly in Emergency!, when he auditioned in casting. [6] After he won the role, Donnelly had to cut some of his hair and shave his beard. [6] After the series ended in 1977, he played starring roles in films Parts: The Clonus Horror [7] and his brother's Dennis Donnelly 1978 film The Toolbox Murders.
The DeSoto spouses, Roy and Joanne, appear on a TV quiz show. The firefighters then respond to a liquor store shooting involving a policeman; the investigating officer, Lt. Crockett ( James McEachin ), objects to John, Roy, and later Dixie, in treating the suspect with tragic results.
His most notable role was Dr. Mike Morton on Emergency!. [1] [2] He also served as a technical advisor on the movie Flight of the Intruder, [1] and received a "special thanks" in the movies Tiger Street, and as LCDR Ronald F. Pinkard, USNR in the movie The Hunt for Red October. [1] In most of his roles, he portrays police officers, or doctors.
Hammer was a basketball player at the University of Southern California, and competed in volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.As an actor, he played Captain Richard "Dick" Hammer in the television series Emergency! but left the show during the 1972 first season after ten episodes.