Kevin Tighe (born John Kevin Fishburn on August 13, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best remembered 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] His first big screen appearance was a bit role in The Graduate (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!. Since this time Tighe has had several guest appearances in other television series, including Adam-12, The Love Boat, Murder She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager, Freaks and Geeks, Law & Order (both :SVU and :CI) and The West Wing where he portrayed Governor Jack Buckland. On Lost, he has appeared numerous times (2005-2007) as the villa ...more