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Kevin Tighe
Born John Kevin Fishburn
13 August 1944 (1944-08-13) (age 65)
Los Angeles, California,  United States
Occupation actor
Spouse(s) Rebecca

Kevin Tighe (born John Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor known 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.[1]

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Tighe was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of an actor.[2] His first big screen appearance was a bit role in The Graduate (as a fraternity member, with 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!.

Tighe has had many guest appearances in other television series since then, including Adam-12, The Love Boat, Murder She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager, Freaks and Geeks, Law & Order (both :SVU and :CI), The 4400 and The West Wing where he portrayed Governor Jack Buckland, among others. 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, K-9 (the first of two films with Jim Belushi, the other being Race The Sun), 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 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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