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Kevin Tighe

1944 - Today

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Kevin Tighe (; born Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theater since the late 1960s. He is best known for portraying firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972–1977 NBC series Emergency! Tighe was cast in his first major film as an extra in 1967's The Graduate. After being under contract with Paramount and Universal, Tighe's career took a turn from bit parts and extra work when he was cast as Roy DeSoto on Emergency! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kevin Tighe is the 4,932nd most popular actor (up from 5,329th in 2019), the 7,216th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,916th in 2019) and the 2,219th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kevin Tighe ranks 4,932 out of 13,578. Before him are Im Yoon-ah, Melvil Poupaud, Herbert Marshall, Jocelyn Brando, Taylor Kinney, and Ginnifer Goodwin. After him are Birol Ünel, Robert Armstrong, Rachel Griffiths, Anica Dobra, Werner Peters, and Polly Holliday.

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Among people born in 1944, Kevin Tighe ranks 501. Before him are Sulochana Gadgil, Francis Girod, Dale Dye, Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Jean-Louis Debré, and Jaan Talts. After him are Miklós Páncsics, Caleb Deschanel, Ali Hatami, Florin Gheorghiu, Şerif Gören, and Edith McGuire.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin Tighe ranks 7,216 out of 20,380. Before him are David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Lucinda Williams (1937), Bob Menendez (1954), Jocelyn Brando (1919), Taylor Kinney (1981), and Ginnifer Goodwin (1978). After him are Robert Armstrong (1890), Duane Hanson (1925), Nat Adderley (1931), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), David Belasco (1853), and Lewis Binford (1932).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kevin Tighe ranks 2,219. Before him are Patricia Wettig (1951), Katharine Houghton (1945), Vincent Spano (1962), Jocelyn Brando (1919), Taylor Kinney (1981), and Ginnifer Goodwin (1978). After him are Robert Armstrong (1890), Polly Holliday (1937), Ted Raimi (1965), Brenda Bakke (1963), Dan Lauria (1947), and Charles S. Dutton (1951).

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