Tighe, Kevin 1944-

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Tighe, Kevin 1944-

PERSONAL

Various sources cite original name as John Kevin Fishburn or Jon Kevin Fishburn; born August 13, 1944, in Los Angeles, CA; father, an actor; married; wife's name, Rebecca; children: Jennifer (an actress). Education: California State University, B.A., psychology; University of Southern California, M.F.A., performing arts; studied at Pasadena City College; studied acting with Robert Lewis and Stella Adler in New York City.

Addresses:

Agent—Domain, 9229 Sunset Blvd., Suite 415, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Manager—Burstein Company, 15304 Sunset Blvd., Suite 208, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

Career:

Actor and director. Universal Studios, contract player, 1972-77. Taught drama at the University of Southern California. Project 51 (fund-raising organization), honorary board member. Military service: U.S. Army, 1967-69.

Awards, Honors:

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Director Fellowship, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1988-89; Genie Award, best performance by an actor in a supporting role, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1993, for I Love a Man in Uniform.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Roy DeSoto, Emergency! (also known as Emergency One and Emergencia), NBC, 1972-78.

Roy DeSoto, Emergency Plus Four (animated; also known as Emergency +4), NBC, 1973-76.

Roy DeSoto, Emergency! (revised version), NBC, 1979.

David Blalock, Murder One, ABC, 1995.

Anthony Cooper, Lost, ABC, 2005-2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Thomas Jefferson, The Rebels, syndicated, 1979.

Herbert Clutter, In Cold Blood, CBS, 1996.

Victor Kandinsky, Rose Red (also known as Stephen King's "Rose Red"), ABC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Steven Elliot, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (also known as Perry Mason: The Case of the Deadly Deal), NBC, 1990.

Cobb, Spy Games (consists of re-edited episodes of the television series Under Cover [also known as The Company]), ABC, 1991.

Richard Foster, Face of a Stranger (also known as My Shadow), CBS, 1991.

Detective Hallahan, Caught in the Act (also known as The Wire), USA Network, 1993.

District attorney John Byron, Better Off Dead (also known as A Good Kill), Lifetime, 1993.

Bill Carroll, Betrayal of Trust (also known as Under the Influence), NBC, 1994.

Benjamin Rigby, The Avenging Angel, TNT, 1995.

Sheriff Bronson, "Escape to Witch Mountain," ABC Family Movie (also known as Disney Family Films), ABC, 1995.

William Randolph Hearst, Winchell, HBO, 1998.

Allan Hollingsworth, Darwin Conspiracy, UPN, 1999.

Jacob "Jake" Caine, The Sight (also known as Shadows and Visions), FX Network, 2000.

Dave Richter, Fast Food High (also known as Class Rebellion at Burger High), CTV (Canada), 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

NBC team member, Battle of the Network Stars (also known as Battle of the Network Stars I), ABC, 1976.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Krulak, "The Weary Willies," Bonanza (also known as Ponderosa), NBC, 1970.

Roy DeSoto, "Lost and Found," Adam-12, NBC, 1972.

Root, "The Last of the Fourth of Julys," The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1974.

Roy DeSoto, "The Urban Ranger," Sierra, NBC, 1974.

Himself, Dinah! (also known as Dinah and Dinah and Friends), syndicated, 1975.

Himself, The Hollywood Squares, NBC and syndicated, 1975.

Jim Millay, "The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep," Ellery Queen (also known as The Adventures of Ellery Queen), NBC, 1976.

Neighbor, "New Family/Traffic Rules," Cos, ABC, 1976.

Steve, "The Last Kiss of Summer: Parts 1 & 2," The Hardy Boys Mysteries (also known as The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries and The Nancy Drew Mysteries), ABC, 1978.

Chris, "Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover," The Love Boat, ABC, 1980.

Lieutenant Moynihan, "How to Make a Killing without Really Trying," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990.

Sam Forney, "Cutting Cards," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1990.

Bob Phillips, "Wife Abuse/Murder: Part 2," Under Suspicion, CBS, 1994.

Harry Kincaid, "Christmas Truce," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995.

Jack Blake, "Rival," The Single Guy, NBC, 1996.

Sergeant Pete Mattimore, "Fortune's Fools," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1997.

General, "Final Exam," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, Sci-Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1998.

Henry Janeway, "1:59," Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), UPN, 1999.

Mr. Andopolis, "I'm with the Band," Freaks and Geeks (also known as Freaks & Geeks, Freaks og Geeks, Nollor och noerdar, and Voll daneben, voll im Leben), NBC, 1999.

Judge Richard Sammeth, "Metamorphosis," Family Law, CBS, 2000.

Mr. Andopolis, "Smooching and Mooching," Freaks and Geeks (also known as Freaks & Geeks, Freaks og Geeks, Nollor och noerdar, and Voll daneben, voll im Leben), NBC, 2000.

Governor Jack Buckland, "On the Day Before," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 2001.

Jack Callum, "The Devil Still Holds My Hand," Strange World, Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

Joe Morris, "Episode 20," Everwood (also known as Our New Life in Everwood), The WB, 2002.

Dr. Edwin Lingard, "D.A.W.," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2004.

Julian Cooper, "Avatar," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2007.

Senator Lenhoff, "Till We Have Built Jerusalem," The 4400 (also known as 4400), USA Network and Sky One, 2007.

Senator Lenhoff, "The Truth and Nothing but the Truth," The 4400 (also known as 4400), USA Network and Sky One, 2007.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Roy DeSoto, "The Wedsworth-Townsend Act" (also known as "Emergency! The Wedsworth-Townsend Act"), Emergency! (also known as Emergency One and Emergencia), NBC, 1972.

Inspector John Fernack, "The Saint" (also known as "The Saint in Manhattan" and "The Saint in New York"), CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987.

Mike, Yesterday/Today (also known as Yesterday Today), NBC, 1992.

Battalion chief Kieran Ryan, The 119, ABC, 1997.

Coach Jeffries, "Nancy Drew," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2002.

Appeared as Colonel Mather in the pilot High Wired, NBC.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Equipment," Emergency! (also known as Emergency One and Emergencia), NBC, 1974.

"Gossip," Emergency! (also known as Emergency One and Emergencia), NBC, 1974.

"Inventions," Emergency! (also known as Emergency One and Emergencia), NBC, 1974.

"Fair Fight," Emergency! (also known as Emergency One and Emergencia), NBC, 1976.

Stage Appearances:

Henry, Design for Living, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1970.

Design for Living, National Company of Great Britain, 1979.

The Night of the Iguana, McCarter Theatre Company, Princeton, NJ, 1982.

Frank Reid, The Ballad of Soapy Smith, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1983, and New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Estelle Newman Theater, New York City, 1984.

Peter Carlson, Open Admissions, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Svidrigailov and Marmeladov, Crime and Punishment, Arena Stage, Kreeger Theater, Washington, DC, 1987.

Hilton Lasker, Swifty, and Lord Kitterson, The End of the Day: An Entertainment, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1989-90.

Mick Dowd, A Skull in Connemara, A Contemporary Theatre (ACT), Seattle, WA, 2000, and Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Brigadier general Ezra Mannon, Mourning Becomes Electra, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 2002.

Spencer (father), A Reckoning, Fort Mason Center, Building D, Magic Theatre, Sam Shepard Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 2005.

Salter, A Number, A Contemporary Theatre, 2006.

Appeared in various productions with the Arena Stage; appeared in other productions, including Buried Child and Equus.

Stage Work:

Director, Homegirl, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1986.

Film Appearances:

Extra, The Graduate, Embassy Pictures, 1967.

John, Narcotics: Pit of Despair (short educational film), 1967, released on video as part of Classroom Scare Films Vol. 7: Drugs & Beyond!, Something Weird Video, 2000, and The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs, Fantoma, 2001.

(Uncredited) Extra, Yours, Mine and Ours, United Artists, 1968.

Hickey, Matewan, Cinecom, 1987.

Joseph "Sport" Sullivan, Eight Men Out, Orion, 1988.

Dr. Gaeyl, Lost Angels (also known as Roadhome and The Road Home), Orion, 1989.

Frank Tilghman (owner of the Double Deuce), Road House, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989.

Blake Wilson, Another 48 Hrs. (also known as Another 48 Hours, Akoma 48 ores, Alte 48 de ore, Ancora 48 ore, Cuarenta y ocho horas mas, 48 heures de plus, 48 horas mas, 48 horas—Parte II, 48 timmar igen, Nye 48 timer, Otras 48 horas, Toiset 48 tuntia, and Und wieder 48 stunden), Paramount, 1990.

Lyman, K-9 (also known as Canino (K-NINO), Chien de flic, En snut paa hugget, K-9—Um policial bom pra cachorro, K-nino, Kyttaekaksikko, Mein Partner mit der kalten Schnauze, Nume de cod: K-9, Poliziotto a 4 zampe, Poliziotto a quattro zampe, and Superagent K-9), Universal, 1990.

The man, Bright Angel, Hemdale Releasing, 1991.

O'Brien, City of Hope, Samuel Goldwyn, 1991.

Coach McDevitt, School Ties (also known as Codigo de honor, Der Aussenseiter, La difference, Scuola d'onore, and Zar Ba'Migrash), Paramount, 1992.

Snyder, Newsies (musical; also known as Extra! Extra!, Newsboys, and The News Boys), Buena Vista, 1992.

Brigadier general Nelson Miles, Geronimo: An American Legend (also known as Geronimo), Columbia, 1993.

Frank, I Love a Man in Uniform (also known as A Man in Uniform), A-pix Entertainment, 1993.

Mr. Ken Carver, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (also known as Gilbert Grape), Paramount, 1993.

Brian Cross, Double Cross, A B C Distributing Company, 1994.

Merrick, Men of War (also known as A Safe Place, Soldiers of Fortune, and Hombres de acero), Miramax, 1994.

Mr. Kessler, The Ticket (short film), 1994.

District attorney Arnold Clifford, Jade, Paramount, 1995.

California county sheriff Rawley Gill, Scorpion Spring (also known as Dark Journey and Showdown in Scorpion Spring), 1996.

Jack Fryman, Race the Sun, TriStar, 1996.

Joe Kendrick, We Met on the Vineyard (also known as The Big Day), Menemsha Entertainment, 1999.

Mr. Crisp (hardware store owner), Mumford (also known as Dr. Mumford, Algo va a cambiar en tu vida, Dr. Mumford: Inocencia ou culpa?, and Hahaverrim Shel Mumford), Buena Vista, 1999.

The Wetonkawa Flash (also known as The Wetumka Flash), 1999, Indican Pictures, 2006.

William Gottschalk, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (also known as Las maletas de Tulse Luper: La historia de Moab and Le valigie di Tulse Luper—La storia di Moab), Laurenfilm, 2003.

Donald, Hello (short film), Try This Films, 2005.

John Cortland, The Deal, Front Street Productions, 2005.

Max Stevens, Today You Die (also known as Heraphant), Nu Image Films, 2005.

Mayor Ben, My Bloody Valentine 3-D, Lionsgate, 2009.

Some sources cite an appearance in The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp, c. 2003.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

John in the short educational film Narcotics: Pit of Despair, released on video as part of Classroom Scare Films Vol. 7: Drugs & Beyond!, Something Weird Video, 2000.

John in the short educational film Narcotics: Pit of Despair, released on video as part of The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs, Fantoma, 2001.