Kevin Tighe

Infobox actor
name = Kevin Tighe

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birthname = John Kevin Fishburn
birthdate = birth date and age|1944|8|13|df=y
birthplace = Los Angeles, California, USA
spouse = Rebecca
children = Jennifer Tighe

Kevin Tighe (born John Kevin Fishburn on August 13, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best remembered for his role as Randolph Mantooth's firefighting/paramedic partner Roy DeSoto on the NBC-Universal TV series "Emergency!", from 1972 to 1977. He and Mantooth have remained close friends since that time. [http://www.randymantooth.com/30anniv/tighe.html]

His first big screen appearance was a bit role in "The Graduate" (a few lines of dialogue late in the film) after which he served a stint in the US Army. After his military service he returned to acting, working under contract for Paramount Pictures, and then auditioned for producer Jack Webb and won a starring role in "Emergency!".

Since this time Tighe has had several guest appearances in other television series, including "Adam-12", "The Love Boat", "Murder She Wrote", ', "Freaks and Geeks", "Law & Order" (both ' and "") and "The West Wing" where he portrayed Governor Jack Buckland. On "Lost", he has appeared numerous times (2005-2007) as the villainous Anthony Cooper, father of John Locke.

Tighe has also become a dependable character actor and has appeared in supporting or featured roles in several movies, notably "Matewan", "Eight Men Out", "Road House", "Another 48 Hours", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "I Love a Man in Uniform" (for which he won a Genie Award for best supporting actor in 1994) and a TV-remake of "Escape to Witch Mountain".

Tighe is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.Fact|date=December 2007 He has lived in Skagit County of Washington state for the last 30 years, with his wife Rebecca. They have one daughter.

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