Cast & creator
Kevin Tighe
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Kevin Tighe (b. Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American character actor primarily known for his roles on television. Tighe is best known for his role as Roy DeSoto, a senior paramedic, on the NBC series Emergency! (1972–77). He and Randolph Mantooth, his partner in the series, have remained close friends. In the 2000's he played Anthony Cooper the father of John Locke on the ABC series Lost. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Tighe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Jon Kevin Fishburn
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film credits
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television credits
83
1959–2025 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Julian Cooper
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Gregory Searle
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Edwin Lindgard
2001
The West Wing
Jack Buckland
1999
Lost
Anthony Cooper
2004
Star Trek: Voyager
Henry Janeway
1995
Chicago Hope
Harry Kincaid
1994
Bonanza
Krulak
1959
The Love Boat
Chris
1977
The Outer Limits
General
1995
ER
Pete Mattimore
1994
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Moynihan
1984
Numb3rs
Keith Watts
2005
Adam-12
Roy DeSoto
1968
Everwood
Joe Morris
2002
The Six Million Dollar Man
Root
1974
Emergency!
Roy DeSoto
1972Emergency!
Director
1972
Lie to Me
Fletcher Bellwood
2009
The 4400
Senator Lenhoff
2004
Tales from the Crypt
Sam Forney (segment "Cutting Cards")
1989
Leverage
Ian Blackpoole
2008
Family Law
1999
Murder One
David Blalock
1995
One Battle After Another
Roy More
2025
Freaks and Geeks
Mr. Andopolis
1999
The Single Guy
Jack Blake
1995
Ellery Queen
Detective Jim Millay
1975
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Salem
Giles Corey
2014
The Graduate
Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited)
1967
Common Law
Fred Bendek
2012
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Mr. Carver
1993
Rose Red
Victor Kandinsky
2002
Trauma
Capt. Cal Channing
2009
CBS Summer Playhouse
Insp John Fernack
1987
Another 48 Hrs.
Blake Wilson
1990
My Bloody Valentine
Ben Foley
2009
School Ties
Coach McDevitt
1992
Complications
Gary Ellison
2015
Road House
Frank Tilghman
1989
In Cold Blood
Herbert Clutter
1996
Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles
1993
Today You Die
Max Stevens
2005
The Rebels
Thomas Jefferson
1979
K-9
Lyman
1989
Eight Men Out
Sport Sullivan
1988
Newsies
Snyder
1992
Matewan
Bill Hickey
1987
Jade
D.A. Arnold Clifford
1995
I Am I
Gene
2013
Men of War
Colonel Merrick
1994
Scorpion Spring
California County Sheriff Rawley Gill
1996Hello
Donald
2014
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
William Gottschalk
2003
Escape to Witch Mountain
Sheriff Bronson
1995
The Deal
John Cortland
2005
Emergency +4
Fireman Roy DeSoto (voice)
1973
Caught in the Act
Police Detective
1993
Winchell
William Randolph Hearst
1998
Bright Angel
Billy Abbott
1990
Lost Angels
Dr. Gaeyl
1989
Race the Sun
Jack Fryman
1996
Mumford
Mr. Crisp
1999
I Love a Man in Uniform
Frank
1993
Nancy Drew
Coach Jeffries
2002
The Avenging Angel
Benjamin Rigby
1995
City of Hope
O'Brien
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Steven Elliott
1990
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
2003
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
William Gottschalk
2005
The Saint in Manhattan
Insp. John Fernack
1987
Face of a Stranger
Richard Foster
1991
The Big Day
Joe
1999
Double Cross
Brian Cody
1994
The Sight
Jake
2000
The Mountain Runners
Narrator
2012
Narcotics: Pit of Despair
John Scott
1967
The Darwin Conspiracy
Allan Hollingsworth
1999
Fast Food High
Dave Richter
2003
Better Off Dead.
D.A. John Byron
1993
Emergency!
Roy DeSoto
1972
Betrayal of Trust
Bill Carroll
1994