Randolph Mantooth

Randolph Mantooth, born Randy DeRoy Mantooth on September 19, 1945, in Sacramento, California, is an American actor best known for portraying firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on the 1970s NBC medical drama Emergency!.

Of partial Seminole ancestry through his mother Sadie, a homemaker, he was the oldest of four children to construction engineer Donald Mantooth, enduring a transient childhood across California, Colorado, and Texas before settling in Santa Barbara.

Excelling in high school theater at San Marcos High, he honed his craft at Santa Barbara City College and secured a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, adopting his professional name after leading Philadelphia, Here I Come! and earning the Charles Jehlenger Award.

Full Name	Randolph Mantooth
Other Name	Randy DeRoy Mantooth
Gender	Male
Occupation	Actor/Writer/Speaker
Date of Birth	19-September-1945 (80 years)
Birth Year	1945
Birth Location	Sacramento, California, U.S.

Talent agent Eleanor Kilgallen spotted Randolph Mantooth off-Broadway, launching his Hollywood career with guest spots on Marcus Welby, M.D., Adam-12, McCloud, and The Bold Ones before landing the career-defining role of John Gage opposite Kevin Tighe on Emergency! from 1972 to 1979.

The duo underwent rigorous paramedic training with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, performing their own stunts and educating millions on emergency response, CPR, and fire safety, which spurred nationwide paramedic program growth and earned the series Peabody and Humanitas awards.

Emergency! spawned TV movies, an animated series, novels, comics, and toys, with its memorabilia enshrined in the Smithsonian after a 1999 national tour by fan group Project 51.

Following Emergency!, he starred in miniseries like Testimony of Two Men and Centennial, directed soap episodes, and earned Soap Opera Digest nominations for roles on Loving, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, and As the World Turns.

His film work includes Soapdish, The Ballad of Andy Crocker, Enemy Action, and Bold Native, alongside TV guest roles on Murder, She Wrote, JAG, ER, and Sons of Anarchy. A lifelong EMS advocate, he keynotes fire conferences, supports the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, and credits paramedics for saving his life from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Randolph Mantooth sustains a robust theater career as a Purple Rose Theatre associate artist, starring in productions like A Prayer for Owen Meany, Rain Dance, and The Lisbon Traviata, and serves on the San Diego Film Festival's Native American board with sister Tonya.

Divorced from actress Rose Parra after 17 years, he married Kristen Connors in 2002; he battled cancer in 2015, entering remission, while his mother passed in 2013 at 90.