Biography
After "Emergency" was cancelled, he reinvested himself in his craft, and emerged in the mid-1980s to play physically imposing heavies whose true threat lay in their words. Tighe's bad men unspooled dark promises of danger and disaster in his measured tones, often delivered with a malevolent half-smile. Though "Emergency" would remain a nostalgic favorite to generations of children who came of age in the 1970s, the sheer quality of Tighe's …
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Career Milestones
2001 | Appeared on the NYC stage in "A Skull in Connemara" | |
| Had recurring role as the hardnosed father of Jason Segel's character Nick on the cult NBC series "Freaks and Geeks" | ||
1999 | Had featured role in "Mumford" | |
1998 | Portrayed William Randolph Hearst in the HBO biopic "Winchell" | |
1996 | Co-starred in the small screen remake of "In Cold Blood" as the patriarch of the murdered family | |
1995 | Returned to series TV as ensemble member of "Murder One" (ABC) | |
1993 | Won a Genie award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "I Love a Man in Uniform" | |
1987 | Began acting regularly in features with his work in "Matewan"; film was also his first with director John Sayles | |
1984 | Acted on Broadway in the short-lived drama, "Open Admissions" | |
| Performed with the National Company of Great Britain in Noel Coward's stage comedy, "Design for Living" | ||
1979 | Played Thomas Jefferson in the TV miniseries, "The Rebels" | |
1979 | Reprised role of Roy DeSoto in NBC's short-lived revival of "Emergency!" | |
1978 | Acted in the feature film, "Most Deadly Passage" | |
| Directed episodes of "Emergency!" | ||
| Provided voice for character of Roy DeSoto on the NBC animated children's series, "Emergency Plus Four" | ||
| Played paramedic Roy DeSoto on the popular NBC medical action drama, "Emergency!" | ||
| Was under contract to Universal Studios | ||
| Served in the U.S. Army | ||
1967 | Made feature film debut in a bit part in "The Graduate" | |