Emergency! (TV Series 1972–1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. ... Series Cast complete, awaiting verification Randolph Mantooth ... Paramedic John Gage / ... 130 episodes, 1972-1979 Kevin Tighe ... Paramedic Roy ...
Jan 15, 1972 · The creme of Jack Webb action series ran 6 seasons from 1972-1979, inspired by CA legislation signed by Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan on July 14, 1970. The new law paved the way for creation of firefighter paramedic programs all over California. This series showcases the Los Angeles model and the emerging specialty of Emergency Hospital Medicine.
Julie London (Dixie McCall) Joining the cast of Emergency! would be one of London’s final acting projects / Everett Collection. Dixie McCall served as an army nurse during the Korean War and was the head nurse at Rampart. She was a bit cold in demeanor, but completely stunning and surely a draw for male viewers.
Young viewers love ‘Emergency’ TV show paramedics Randy, Kevin (1972) by Steve Hoffman, Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) October 27, 1972. Carey Hoffman owes me a thousand favors, because today’s column is about “Emergency!” the 8-9 pm Saturday NBC-TV fire rescue show. It’s my eight-year-old son’s favorite TV show.
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Personal life. Since 1985, Tighe has resided in Skagit County, Washington with his wife, the artist Rebecca Fletcher.
Rebecca Tighem. 1995Mary Lou Seamanm. 1968–1971Kevin Tighe/Spouse
Marco Lopez, Mike Stoker and Dick Hammer. The latter two were both Real Life firefighters, too. Hammer's character becomes The Other Darrin for at least one episode during season one. The real Hammer decided to go back into full-time firefighting and another actor, credited as "John Smith", took over the role.
The focus is on two young firefighter-paramedics John Roderick "Johnny" Gage (Randolph Mantooth), a young, immature man who is always unlucky in love, and Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe), a more mature family man.
He is best friends with Kevin Tighe in real life. There was no need to fake the chemistry between Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto, played by Kevin Tighe. The two remain close and Tighe served as best man at Mantooth's second marriage in 2002.Sep 19, 2016
Did you know that Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth from "Emergency!" took paramedic training courses in real life? Aside from skipping the final certification exam, they were fully qualified for the job!
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It was in service at Universal Studios from 1965 to about 1987 when it was placed in the care of the Los Angeles County Fire Museum in Bellflower, California, United States, where it resides today. Showing only 20,000 miles on the odometer it is the lowest mileage fire apparatus on the LACoFD.
What happened to Boot? Season Six opens with the bassett hound Henry as the station dog, but no mention is ever made of what happened to Boot, the original dog. The end of “Insomnia”. A half-asleep Johnny climbs on the back of the engine and is clinging to it as it pulls away.
Henry "Hank" Stanley, captain of Los Angeles County Fire Station 51, is portrayed by actor / screenwriter Michael Norell. Stanley replaced Captain Dick Hammer in the beginning of the second season and remained 51's commanding officer throughout the remainder of the series.
dispatcher Sam LanierThe role of the dispatcher was "played" by real-life LACoFD dispatcher Sam Lanier who had over eighteen years' service to the department.
Kristen Connorsm. 2002Rose Parram. 1978–1991Randolph Mantooth/Spouse
Universal Studios has released all six seasons of Emergency! and the six post-series tele-films (as The Final Rescues ), on DVD in Region 1. On July 12, 2016, Universal released Emergency! – The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.
In 1971, there were only 12 paramedic services operating in the United States. In the first three years that Emergency! aired, 46 out of 50 states enacted laws that allowed paramedics to practice. On a federal level, the 1974 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act was enacted to encourage the trend.
The Ward LaFrance Engine 51 was thus not a disguised unit and did not require the use of LACoFD resources for filming. Engine 127's 1965 Crown, one of the two originally used for the series, was later refitted with a closed cab. Eventually it was placed into reserve status when Station 127 received a new engine.
The vehicles which represented Squad 51 were constructed by Universal crews and were accurate replicas of the units built in-house on stock 1970 Dodge D300 truck chassis' by LACoFD prior to the filming of "Emergency". There were three identical truck chassis' used to represent the original T.V. Squad 51. The LACoFD shops were unable to fulfill a request from Universal to build the first unit for the show within the short deadline the studio asked, but did provide the blueprints so the studio could build its own unit on a 1972 Dodge D300 chassis.
The original Engine 51 was a 1965 open-cab Crown Firecoach, and was represented by LACoFD Engine 127's 1965 Crown in stock footage at the fire station (in reality LACoFD Station 127), and by LACoFD Engine 60's 1965 Crown (the unit assigned to Universal Studios) for filming on the grounds of the studio.
Antique Dennis Fire Engine. An antique fire engine was the part of three episodes of the show. In the third season, episode 2 , entitled, "The Old Engine", Gage and DeSoto see a derelict fire engine in a scrap yard during a fire. They purchase the vehicle for $80 according to the script and attempt to renovate it.
It debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972, replacing the two short-lived situation comedy series The Partners and The Good Life, and ran for a total of 122 episodes until May 28, 1977, with six additional two-hour television films during the next two years, 1978 and 1979.
The creme of Jack Webb action series ran 6 seasons from 1972-1979, inspired by CA legislation signed by Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan on July 14, 1970. The new law paved the way for creation of firefighter paramedic programs all over California. This series showcases the Los Angeles model and the emerging specialty of Emergency Hospital Medicine.
After the series, Jim Page, considered as the father of modern EMS and served as a series consultant, offered Randolph Mantooth the opportunity to train and become a Firefighter with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He turned it down, but only after much reflection.
By what name was Emergency! (1972) officially released in India in English?
Many TV critics were surprised that Emergency! was a success. One factor for sure: actors Randy Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, who played paramedics John Gage and Roy DeSoto, made indelible impressions on viewers.
With an ensemble cast — though perhaps best known for starring Randolph Mantooth as John Gage, and Kevin Tighe as Roy DeSoto — “Emergency!” offered a realistic portrayal of the work of firefighters and paramedics, their interactions with hospital staff, and the emotional fallout they would sometimes face from their jobs.
One factor for sure: Randy [Randolph] Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, who play paramedics John Gage and Roy DeSoto, have made indelible impressions on viewers. ALSO SEE: Ambulances from the 1950s: Vintage rescue vehicles. They made a positive impression on TV editors last June in Los Angeles. Mantooth is a look-alike for Robert Forster ...
Both were friendly and amply answered all questions. Randy is the son of a full-blooded Seminole Indian, a pipeline construction worker who took his family to 44 of the 48 of the continental states before settling in California in 1962. Randy was 16 at that time.
1967. The Communicable Disease Center is renamed The National Communicable Disease Center (NCDC) and the title of Chief of the Center is changed to CDC Director. Reproductive health activities first begin, (today’s Division of Reproductive Health) to include family planning and healthier mothers and babies.
Based on that data, the Environmental Protection Agency implements policies that decrease the amount of lead in gas by half from 1976 – 1980, subsequently dropping levels of lead in blood by 37%, and Congress is persuaded to phase out leaded gas permanently. Timelineicon.
CDC begins a program to study public health insect problems connected with water resource development. Two field stations are established: one to study the effect of economic poisons (pesticides) on humans, and the other to study tropical diseases. Timelineicon.
The Venereal Disease Division is transferred from the U.S. Public Health Service to CDC, bringing two important innovations to CDC’s activities: a grant program and a new kind of employee, public health advisors.
In 1967, the group is renamed the National Medical Audiovisual Center and administratively transferred to the National Library of Medicine. CDC’s Venereal Disease Program changes its name to National Syphilis Eradication program as efforts are placed on strengthening the epidemiologic process.
CDC establishes the Veterinary Public Health Division, focusing on protecting and improving both animal and human health. CDC offers disaster aid in response to multiple chemical explosions in Texas City, Texas. Subsequently, CDC is designated as the official response agency for future epidemics and disasters.
CDC quickly sets up an influenza surveillance unit, a joint operation of the Epidemiology and Laboratory Branches
What made Emergency! so compelling is that it showed real-world type of activities of the firefighters and medical staff, using real fire equipment and a real hospital. The show came along at the very start of the Paramedic program in Los Angeles and helped to revolutionize emergency medical care across the country.
LACoFD has several stations that use this same floor plan, but Station 127 was ideal for filming since it faced south. Station 127 looks very much like it did in the 1970s. The parking area in the foreground was added in the 1990s, and the gate leading to the back parking lot was added in the 2000s.
The squad is a 1974 Dodge dually truck with a utility box on the back. It was built by the studio using blueprints supplied by the LACoFD. It was built exactly to the blueprints, including a white light on top of the lightbar that was in the drawings, but was never installed on any of the LACoFD vehicles.
Squad 51 is owned and displayed by the Los Angeles County Fire Museum, located at 9834 Flora Vista Street in Bellflower, California.
In real life, it was Harbor General Hospital, located at the corner of Carson Street and Vermont Avenue in Carson, California. The exterior looks much the same as it did during the series, though the lower wing on the north side of the building has been completely rebuilt.
Station 51 received a new engine early in its third season. Ward La France had done a large deal with the LACoFD, and they decided to donate a fire truck to Universal Studios for the show. The Ward served Station 51 for the rest of the TV series and appeared in one of the Emergency! movies after the series ended.
Basic Training, 1970, Fort Polk, LA. The Vietnam war was still going strong in the winter of 1970. Training centers throughout the United States continued to process new, raw meat for the war. One such camp was Fort Polk located in southwest Louisiana near the bustling towns of DeRidder and Leesville. It mattered not whether one was ...
The garrison cap, more commonly known as the unmentionable “C word” hat, worn during that era was a particular magnet for derision. The basic deal for enlisted reserves (ERs) was six months active duty and six years of weekends including an annual two-week summer camp.
However, one black kid from Alabama had already been recycled once and had no intention of ever completing basic training. He put on a shuck and jive routine so extreme it would have made the 1930’s movie character Stepin Fetchit look like a Prussian grenadier. Whatever the order he’d do the opposite.
EMERGENCY!, a drama series, aired on NBC on Saturday evenings from 8:00 to 9:00pm EST from January 22, 1972 to July of 1972, and then from September of 1972 until September 3, 1977. EMERGENCY! followed the efforts of Squad 51 of the Los Angeles COUNTY Fire Department's Paramedic Rescue Service.
The cartoon was called, "Emergency Plus Four", the "four" being two kids and a monkey and a dog or something who were, of course, incredibly talented. Johnny and Roy (the animated ones, that is) basically just had cameo appearances in each episode, while the "Four" did all the heroics. From: [email protected].
The IMDB says Gary Crosby died on August 24, 1995 of lung cancer. From: [email protected]. James G. Richardson played FF/PM Craig Brice, the paramedic everyone loves to hate, in "The Nuisance", "Limelight" and "Rules of Order". He also wrote the episodes "Limelight" and "Rules of Order".
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A sort of country-fried spin on The Streets of San Francisco, Nashville 99 paired an old-school cop (Claude Akins) with a hip hotshot (Jerry Reed). The show had country credibility.
The dashing Benedict went on to star in Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team. McMullan had less luck, landing in flops like 1980's Beyond Westworld. Image: The Everett Collection. 4.
Those brilliant spoofs worked so well because the casts were known for playing those type of characters seriously. Before he was a bumbling cop and a slapstick airline mechanic, Kennedy was known for playing gritty, blue-collar types. (He is not the only actor on this list to go from TV drama to Airplane!)
Police cars flying through the air and tumbling down the highway! Explosions! A cop playing chicken with an airplane! Foot chases! A man leaping atop a moving schoolbus! A carnival! William Shatner dangling from a helicopter! Heather Locklear and Adrian Zmed lounging poolside!If there was a more exciting opening credits sequence than T.J. Hooker in 1980s television, we don't know what it is. Heck, even the series' creator was named Rick Husky, a man seemingly predestined by name to craft 1980s action shows.For five seasons, from 1982–86, veteran beat cop T.J Hooker and his young underlings patrolled the streets of Los Angeles. The hit series provided a small-screen comeback for Shatner, who had before primarily been known as Captain Kirk. With its mix of grit, humor and stunts, T.J. Hooker encapsulated the era's affinity for macho police stories.Let's take a closer look at this beloved favorite.
Detective School. Randolph Mantooth was beloved as a television hero, saving lives on Emergency! He took a far different approach in Detective School, a sitcom from the creators of Diff'rent Strokes, about a bunch of misfit people learning detective skills in night school, a proto- Police Academy concept.
But after that day, the television landscape changed forever with an episode comically titled, "Chuckles Bites the Dust. ".
If Get Christie Love! wasn't enough evidence that Quentin Tarantino watched a ton of television in the 1970s, take Nakia as further proof. The calm, cool Robert Forster ( Jackie Brown) starred as a Navajo sheriff in a New Mexico town. Like Breaking Bad, the series was filmed in and around Albuquerque.