Kevin Tighe Movies
Kevin Tighe's, whose given name was Kevin Fishburn, was a psychology major at Cal State when he switched his major to Theatre at USC. Most TV viewers were introduced to Tighe in the role of paramedic Roy DeSoto on the adventure series Emergency!, which ran from 1972 through 1977. After Emergency! folded, Tighe worked on Broadway and in film supporting roles. He was "rediscovered" by filmmaker John Sayles, who cast Tighe in such plum parts as Hickey in Matewan (1987) and gambler Sport Sullivan in Eight Men Out (1988). Specializing in gritty authority roles in the last decade, Kevin Tighe was reunited with his Emergency co-star Randolph Mantooth in the 1991 thriller Spy Games. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1977
Fed up with low-quality television programs, John (Randolph Mantooth) stays up all night--for several consecutive nights--to develop his own TV game show. Back on the job, John joins Roy (Kevin Tighe) in treating an ex-jazz singer who may have heart problems. Other emegencies on tonight's docket include a tightrope walker who is trapped between two tall buildings, and a multiple-injury incident caused by a careless driver. This final episode of Emergency!'s sixth season is also the series' last hour-long episode; thereafter, the program would resurface in the form of six movie-length "specials", spread out over the next two years. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1976
While other emergency calls go waiting, Roy (Kevin Tighe) and John (Randolph Mantooth) are repeatedly summoned to the home of a married couple (Terry Kiser, Anne Schedeen) who are causing each other great bodily injury during their "interpersonal therapy" sessions. Other cases this evening include an industrial fire, which serves to introduce the men of Squad 51 to their new mascot, a sad-eyed dog named Henry. And in a tense climax, John is among those trapped in a tunnel collapse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1975
John (Randolph Mantooth) takes it personally when a shortage of equipment results in the death of a heart attack victim. Elsewhere, Roy (Kevin Tighe) is injured in a fire at a fireworks factory, and Chet (Tim Donnelly) likewise sustains injuries in an explosion. Also, the team is pestered by an amateur firefighter; a young patient shows symptoms of polio; and a tree surgeon requires a quick rescue. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
The Squad 51 guys enter a contest for the best new firefighting invention. This new diversion, however, does not cause them to neglect their workload, which this week includes an obese homehowner stuck in his own ceiling, a comatose man suffering from an inexplicable ailment, and a case of radiation poisoning which threatens to spread throughout the city. This final episode of Emergency!'s third season was directed by series regular Kevin Tighe (Roy Desoto). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Disaster follows Nurse Ridgely (Catherine Burns) when she spreads a rumor about Dr. Morton's (Ron Pinkard) financial status, while Roy (Kevin Tighe) hopes that everyone else will follow John (Randolph Mantooth) when he participates in the Fireman's Olympics track event. The emergency-call manifest includes a case of peach-pit cyanide poisioning, and the rescue of a man trapped in an overturned armored car. Finally, another emergency patient suffers not only from a fracture, but from the consequences of having two wives at the same time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
First telecast January 15, 1972, Emergency is of course the 2-hour pilot episode for the weekly series of the same name. Robert Fuller heads the cast as Dr. Kelly Brackett, head of the staff of LA's Ramparts General Hospital. Brackett oversees the activities of Paramedics Squad 51 of the Los Angeles Fire Department, peopled by such experts in their field as John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe). Also on hand are Dr. Joe Early and nurse Dixie McCall, played by real-life husband and wife Bobby Troup and Julie London (London was previously married to Emergency executive producer Jack Webb). The series proper debuted January 22, 1972, as a mid-season replacement for two failed NBC sitcoms; it survived several cancellation attempts, running until September 3, 1977. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Hastily assembled by executive producers Jack Webb and R.A. Cinader to fill the Saturday-night schedule gap left by the abrupt cancellation of the NBC sitcoms The Partners and The Good Life, the hour-long drama Emergency! premiered in January of 1972, in a Saturday-night "suicide" slot opposite CBS' All in the Family. Inspired by a paramedics program that had been inaugurated by Los Angeles country only two years earlier, the series focuses on Squad 51, a team of paramedics operating out of the L.A. County Fire Department and nearby Rampart General Hospital. The premiere episode sets the tone for all to come: several different "incidents," tied together with a basic plotline. In the opener, the doctors at Ramparts treat a girl with respiratory problems and a drunk who isn't a drunk, while the paramedics rescue an imperiled hunter and a party-goer whose chest pains are at first treated as a joke by his friends. Weaving in and out of the proceedings is the story of a man and his dog, namely paramedic John Gage (Randolph Mantooth), who has been enlisted to look after the pet dog of a woman injured in a car accident. Later episodes deal with such crises as botulism, a boy trapped in a condemned building, the birth of a cyanotic baby, a deadly brushfire, an ailing hippie who may or may not be on drugs, the consequences of cryogenic freezing, and on a lighter note, the perils of public adulation when one of the paramedics is lionized in the press for his heroics. Although Emergency! ran a distant second in the ratings to All in the Family during its first season, it emerged as the most popular prime-time program amongst younger viewers, specifically those under the age of eleven. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
In this crossover episode with Adam-12's "sister" series Emergency!, mobile officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) join forces with doctors of Rampart Hospital and the paramedics of Emergency Squad 51. Their most urgent assignment consists of locating two runaways: a dangerously diabetic 8-year-old boy (Kirby Furlong) and a suicidal teenage drug addict (Diane Sherry. In addition to guest appearances by Emergency! regulars Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth, this episode features Elaine Giftos as Malloy's latest girlfriend Kathy, and future Days of Our Lives leading lady Dierdre Hall as a nurse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Robert Pirosh's teleplay for this Bonanza episode was based on an actual 19th century phenomenon. In the years following the Civil War, many young and disillusioned ex-soldiers formed nomadic groups called the "Weary Willies", who roamed throughout the west living off the land and avoiding "proper" employment. In other words, they were the hippies of their time, something with which viewers could instantly relate when this episode first aired on September 27, 1970. In the course of the story, the Ponderosa welcomes the Willies to their property, but their neighbors do not. When a girl is attacked, the Willies are accused of the crime, but the truth lies closer to home. The cast includes a pre-Waltons Richard Thomas as Billy, Lee Purcell as Angie, Elisha Cook Jr. as Marcus, and Kevin Tighe as Krulak. In keeping with its flower-child ambience, "The Weary Willies" features several songs, including "Man Passing Through", "Blood Brothers" and "It Won't Be Very Long". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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