Kevin Tighe (b. Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s. He attended University of Southern California where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting. Tighe earned a role in The Graduate starring Dustin Hoffman and then served in the U.S. Army. Following his military service, he returned to acting, working under contract for Paramount Pictures. In 1971 he signed a contract with Universal Studios and got the part of Fireman Roy DeSoto on the NBC series Emergency! (1972–77). He has made many guest appearances in TV shows such as Ellery Queen, Cos, and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Tighe's film credits include Road House, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and Jade. Tighe won a Genie Award for best supporting actor in 1994 for I Love a Man in Uniform. In the 2000s he played Anthony Cooper, the father of John Locke, on the ABC series Lost.
Filmography Film + Feature film acting roles Year(s) Title RoleNotes 1967 Narcotics: Pit of Despair John Scott Short The Graduate Extra Uncredited 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Extra Uncredited 1987 Matewan Hickey 1988 Eight Men Out Joseph 'Sport' Sullivan 1989 K-9 Lyman Lost Angels Dr. Gaeyl Road House Frank Tilghman 1990 Another 48 Hrs. Lieutenant Blake Wilson Bright Angel The Man 1991 City of Hope O'Brien 1992 Newsies Snyder School Ties Coach McDevitt 1993 I Love a Man in Uniform Frank AKA A Man in UniformTighe won a Genie Award for best supporting actor in 1994 for this film What's Eating Gilbert Grape Ken Carver Geronimo: An American Legend Brigadier General Nelson Miles 1994 Double Cross Brian Cody Men of War Colonel Merrick 1995 Jade Captain Arnold Clifford The Ticket Mr. Kessler Short 1996 Race the Sun Jack Fryman Scorpion Spring California County Sheriff Rawley Gill 1999 The Wetonkawa Flash Unknown Mumford Mr. Crisp 2001 The Big Day Joe 2003 Fast Food High Dave Richter The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story William Gottschalk The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp William Gottschalk 2005 Hello Donald Short The Deal John Cortland Today You Die Max Stevens A Life in Suitcases William Gottschalk 2009 My Bloody Valentine Ben Foley 2013 I am I Gene 2025 One Battle After Another Roy More
Television + Television acting roles Year(s) Title RoleNotes 1970 Bonanza Krulak Episode: "The Weary Willies" (season 12, episode 3) 1972 Adam-12 Roy DeSoto Episode: "Lost and Found" (season 5, episode 4) The Wedsworth-Townsend Act Firefighter Paramedic Roy DeSoto 2-hour pilot movie for the series Emergency! 1972–1979 Emergency! Firefighter Paramedic Roy DeSoto, L.A. County FD Squad 51 129 episodes and six 2-hour television movies Also as director: "Inventions" (1974) (season 3, episode 22), "Gossip" (1974) (season 4, episode 3), "Equipment" (1975) (season 5, episode 4), "Fair Fight" (1976) (season 6, episode 5) Also as writer: "All Night Long" (1977) (season 6, episode 21) 1973–1974 Emergency +4 Firefighter Paramedic Roy DeSoto (voice only) 23 episodes 1973 Starship Rescue Himself Special preview for NBC's Saturday morning line up 1974Go! Himself Episode: "September 7, 1974" The Six Million Dollar Man Root Episode: "The Last of the Fourth of Julys" (series 1, episode 10) Sierra Fireman Roy DeSoto Episode: "The Urban Rangers" (season 1, episode 5) 1975 Dinah! Himself Season 2, episode 73 (December 26, 1975) The Hollywood Squares Himself Episode dated 6 October 1975 1976 Ellery Queen Detective Jim Millay Episode: "The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep" (season 1, episode 20) Cos Neighbor Episode dated 10 October 1976 The Rich Little Show Himself Season 1, episode 5 (March 1, 1976) Battle of the Network Stars Himself TV special 1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Steve 2 episodes: "The Last Kiss of Summer Part 1", "The Last Kiss of Summer Part 2 (season 3, episode 1-2) 1979 The Rebels Thomas Jefferson Television movie 1980 The Love Boat Chris Episode: "Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover" (season 3, episode 24) 1981 CBS Library Unknown Episode: "Orphans, Waifs and Wards" 1986 Good Morning America Himself Episode dated July 9, 1986 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Inspector John Fernack Episode: "The Saint in Manhattan"(season 1, episode 1) 1990 Murder, She Wrote Lieutenant Moynihan Episode: "How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying" (season 6, episode 14) Tales from the Crypt Sam Forney Episode: "Cutting Cards" (season 2, episode 3) Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter Steven Elliott Television movie 1991 Face of a Stranger Richard Television movie 1992 Yesterday Today Mike Television movie 1993 Better Off Dead District Attorney John Byron Television movie Caught in the Act Detective Television movie 1994 Betrayal of Trust Bill Carroll Television movie Under Suspicion Bob Phillips Episode: "Wife Abuse/Murder: Part 2" (season 1, episode 6) 1995 The Avenging Angel Benjamin Rigby Television movie Escape to Witch Mountain Sheriff Bronson Television movie Murder One David Blalock 6 episodes (season 1, episodes 1-6) Chicago Hope Harry Kincaid Episode: "Christmas Truce" (season 2, episode 11) 1996 The Single Guy Jack Blake Episode: "Rival" (season 1, episode 14) In Cold Blood Herbert Clutter Television movie 1997 ER Sergeant Pete Mattimore Episode: "Fortune's Fools" (season 3, episode 13) The 119 Battalion Chief Kieran Ryan Television movie 1998 The Outer Limits General Episode: "Final Exam" (season 4, episode 16) Winchell William Randolph Hearst Television movie 1999 The Darwin Conspiracy Alan Hollingsworth Television movie Star Trek: Voyager Henry Janeway Episode: "11:59" (season 5, episode 23) 1999–2000 Freaks and Geeks Mr. Andopolis 2 episodes: "I'm with the Band", "Smooching and Mooching" (season 1, episodes 6, 16) 2000 Family Law Unknown Episode: "Metamorphosis" (season 1, episode 17) The Sight Jake Television movie 2001 The West Wing Governor Jack Buckland, D-IN Episode: "On the Day Before" (season 3, episode 5) 2002 Rose Red Victor Kandinsky Television mini-series; 3 episodes Strange World Jack Cullum Episode: "The Devil Still Holds My Hand" (season 1, episode 6) Nancy Drew Coach Jeffries Television movie 2003 Everwood Joe Morris Episode: "Episode 20" (season 1, episode 21) 2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dr. Edwin Lindgard Episode: "D.A.W." (season 3, episode 20) 2005–2010 Lost Anthony Cooper 6 episodes: "Deus Ex Machina" (season 1, episode 19), "Orientation" (2005) (season 2, episode 3), "Lockdown" (2006) (season 2, episode 17), "The Man from Tallahassee" (2007) (season 3, episode 13), "The Brig" (2007) (season 3, episode 19), "The Candidate" (2010) (season 6, episode 14) 2007 The 4400 Senator Lenhoff 2 episodes: "The Truth and Nothing But the Truth" (season 4, episode 4), "Till We Have Built Jerusalem" (season 4, episode 7) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Julian Cooper Episode: "Avatar" (season 9, episode 2) 2008 Numb3rs Keith Watts Episode: "Charlie Don't Surf" (season 5, episode 7) 2009 Leverage Ian Blackpoole 2 episodes: "The First David Job" (season 1, episode 12), "The Second David Job"(season 1, episode 13) Lie to Me Fletcher Bellwood Episode: "Undercover" (season 1, episode 11) 2010 Trauma Captain Cal Channing Episode: "13" (season 1, episode 13) 2012 Common Law Fred Bendek Episode: "In-Laws vs. Outlaws" (season 1, episode 10) The Mountain Runners Himself (Narrator) Documentary 2013 America on Stage Himself Documentary Independent Lens Himself Episode: "Playwright: From Page to Stage" (season 15, episode 5) 2014 Salem Giles Corey Episode: "The Vow" (season 1, episode 1) 2015 Complications Gary Ellison 5 episodes: "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1), "Onset" (season 1, episode 3), "Diagnosis" (season 1, episode 6), "Deterioration" (season 1, episode 9), "Critical Condition" (season 1, episode 10) 2016 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gregory Searle Episode: "Sheltered Outcasts" (season 17, episode 19)
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