Biography
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...
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Complete Filmography
Hello
2014
as Donald
When Max (Eric Stoltz), urged on by "Risk Management," a self-help book for the hapless, decides to approach his fellow ferry-commuter Rory (Susanna T...

I Am I
2013
as Gene
I AM I is the story of a young woman, Rachael, who meets the father she never knew, Gene, at her mother's funeral. She discovers that her father is co...

The Mountain Runners
2012
as Narrator
The story of America's first mountain endurance/adventure foot race, the Mount Baker Marathon, which took place in Bellingham, Washington. First run i...

My Bloody Valentine
2009
as Ben Foley
Ten years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gearin...

A Life in Suitcases
2005
as William Gottschalk
Follows Tulse Luper as he is swept into the ill-fortuned tides of the 20th century and forced to spend his life in a succession of imprisonments.

Today You Die
2005
as Max Stevens
A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on those who framed him.

The Deal
2005
as John Cortland
A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp continues telling the picaresque adventures through the world of multi-disciplinary artist and professional prisone...

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as William Gottschalk
The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War, as an explorer in Mormon Utah, and ...

Fast Food High
2003
as Dave Richter
Fast Food High tells the story of Emma Redding, a young fast food restaurant employee who musters her inner Erin Brockovich and tries to start a union...

Nancy Drew
2002
as Coach Jeffries
Nancy and her faithful sidekicks Bess and George just entered River Heights University, where she tackles the mystery of a football star's drug-induce...

The Sight
2000
as Jake
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is...

The Big Day
1999
as Joe
While trying to make amends, Zack sends his soon-to-be-married brother, John fleeing on his wedding day, all while his bride, Sara, is anxiously await...

Mumford
1999
as Mr. Crisp
When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarm...

The Darwin Conspiracy
1999
as Allan Hollingsworth
The frozen body of a prehistoric, but super-advanced, human leads scientists to start covert DNA experiments for the development of a new race of supe...

Winchell
1998
as William Randolph Hearst
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.

Scorpion Spring
1996
as California County Sheriff Rawley Gill
On the run from the law, desperate drug runner Astor and his beautiful prisoner struggle through the savage heat...

Race the Sun
1996
as Jack Fryman
A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own ...

Jade
1995
as D.A. Arnold Clifford
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Att...

Escape to Witch Mountain
1995
as Sheriff Bronson
The tale of two orphan twins with special powers who go looking for their origins. The two are hindered by an avaricious tycoon who only wants to expl...

The Avenging Angel
1995
as Benjamin Rigby
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involvin...

Men of War
1994
as Colonel Merrick
Nick Gunar is a burnt-out, jaded and hard-up former mercenary who is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. At the end of his rope, he is...

Double Cross
1994
as Brian Cody
A chance encounter with a blonde in a sports car causes Jack to give chase in his souped up mustang and culminates in a car crash and a sexual encount...

Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Bill Carroll
A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her o...

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
as Ken Carver
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't lea...

Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of cor...

I Love a Man in Uniform
1993
as Frank
Henry Adler, an outwardly normal banker, yearns to make it in show business and still answers to his overbearing father. When Henry is hired to act in...

Caught in the Act
1993
as Police Detective
An unemployed actor is mixed up in a case about a $10,000,000 bank fraud.

Better Off Dead.
1993
as D.A. John Byron
A lawyer fights a losing battle against the courts to overturn the death sentence for a convicted female robber/murderer despite demands from the woma...

School Ties
1992
as Coach McDevitt
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from...

Newsies
1992
as Snyder
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze ...

Face of a Stranger
1991
as Richard Foster
After the death of her husband, Pat learns that he gambled away all of their savings and that she's now destitute. She may even have to leave their ap...

City of Hope
1991
as O'Brien
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...

Bright Angel
1990
as Billy Abbott
In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets pret...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
1990
as Steven Elliott
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.

Another 48 Hrs.
1990
as Blake Wilson
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture ...

Road House
1989
as Frank Tilghman
The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look l...

Lost Angels
1989
as Dr. Gaeyl
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a t...

K-9
1989
as Lyman
The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Offic...

Eight Men Out
1988
as Sport Sullivan
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching...

Matewan
1987
as Bill Hickey
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Keneh...

The Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Insp. John Fernack
Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for...

The Rebels
1979
as Thomas Jefferson
This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthrigh...

Emergency!
1972
as Roy DeSoto
The pilot movie to the hit series about Los Angeles paramedics and their interaction with the fire department and hospital system.

Narcotics: Pit of Despair
1967
as John Scott
An educational film from 1967 designed to scare teenagers away from illegal drugs

The Graduate
1967
as Carter (Showering Fraternity Brother) (uncredited)
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.