Happy Birthday Kevin Tighe (born Jon Kevin Fishburn) American Actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s. He is known for his character, firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972-1977 NBC series Emergency!. Tighe was cast in his first major film as an extra in 1967s The Graduate. After being under contract with Paramount and Universal, Tighes career took a turn from bit parts and extra work when he was cast as Roy DeSoto in the television series, Emergency!. Following Emergency!, Tighe went on to make numerous guest television appearances in shows such as Ellery Queen, Cos, and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Aside from The Graduate, some of Tighes film credits include Road House, Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, and Jade. Tighe won a 1994 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in I Love a Man in Uniform. In the 2000s he played Anthony Cooper on the ABC television series, Lost, as well as Giles Corey in the premiere episode of the original WGN series, Salem. Tighe has also been seen in a number of stage productions including A Reckoning, Other Desert Cities, Curse of the Starving Class, and A Skull in Connemara. Hes 70
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