Randolph Mantooth

Last updated

Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Mantooth 2014-01-29 15-35.jpg
Mantooth in 2014
Born
Randy DeRoy Mantooth

(1945-09-19) September 19, 1945 (age 79)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Education San Marcos High School
Alma mater Santa Barbara City College
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • speaker
Years active1960s–present
Known for
Spouses
Rose Parra
​
(m. 1978⁠–⁠1991)​
Kristen Connors
​
(m. 2002)​
Relatives Tonya Mantooth (sister)
Donald Mantooth (brother)
Website randolphmantooth.com
Cast of TV's Emergency! (1973), L-R: Kevin Tighe, Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup and Randolph Mantooth Emergency! cast 1973.jpg
Cast of TV's Emergency! (1973), L-R: Kevin Tighe, Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup and Randolph Mantooth

Randolph Mantooth (born Randy DeRoy Mantooth, September 19, 1945) is an American actor who has worked in television, documentaries, theater, and film for more than 50 years. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he was discovered in New York by a Universal Studios talent agent while performing the lead in the play Philadelphia, Here I Come . After signing with Universal and moving back to California, he slowly built up his resume with work on such dramatic series as Adam-12 (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); McCloud (1970) and Alias Smith and Jones (1971).

Contents

He portrayed paramedic John Gage in the 1970s medical drama Emergency! . [1] Randolph Mantooth has spoken regularly at Firefighter and EMS conferences and symposia across the United States while maintaining an active acting career. He is a spokesperson for both the International Association of Firefighters [IAFF] and the International Association of Fire Chiefs [IAFC] for firefighter health and safety, and honored over the years with numerous awards and recognition. [2] [3] [4]

Mantooth has appeared in numerous films and television series in lead and supportive roles including miniseries adaptations of Testimony of Two Men (1977) and a starring role as Abraham Kent in The Seekers (1979). Through the 1990s and 2000s, he appeared in daytime soap operas, earning him four Soap Opera Digest Award nominations. He frequently returns to performing in theatrical productions. He serves as an associate artist at Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre. [5] His performances includes Mark Kaufman's Evil Little Thoughts, [6] Black Elk Speaks, Carey Crim's Morning after Grace, [5] Lanford Wilson's Rain Dance, [7] and innumerable works by Native American playwrights including William S. Yellow Robe Jr.

Biography

Mantooth, the oldest of four children, was born as Randy DeRoy Mantooth in Sacramento, California, in 1945, [8] to Sadie (née Neddenreip) and Donald "Buck" Mantooth. His father was Seminole. [9]

Mantooth attended San Marcos High School and participated in school plays. Following his studies at Santa Barbara City College, he received a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. [10] It was there that he chose to change his first name from "Randy" to stage name "Randolph", keeping his last name. [8]

His performance as Gar in the play Philadelphia, Here I Come earned him the Charles Jehlenger Award for Best Actor, an honor he shared with fellow actor Brad Davis. [11]

Mantooth's earlier jobs included work as an elevator operator at the Madison Avenue Baptist Church and as a page at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. His very first paying job in life was as a newspaper boy for the local paper, the Coatesville Record, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. [12]

Randy married Rosemarie A. Parra on July 1, 1978.

On April 2, 2013, Mantooth's mother, Sadie Mantooth, died at age 90 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. The Los Angeles County Fire Museum received a special donation from him dedicated to the memory of his mother. [13]

In 2015, he revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer earlier that year and had completed treatment, heading towards a recovery. [14]

Career

Early work (1970s)

Mantooth was discovered in New York City by Universal Studios' talent agent Eleanor Kilgallen (sister of Dorothy Kilgallen) while playing the lead in the play Philadelphia, Here I Come . [11] After signing with Universal [15] and moving back to California, he slowly built up his resume with work on such dramatic series as Adam-12 (1968), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), McCloud (1970) and Alias Smith and Jones (1971). [10]

This led to television stardom on the popular Emergency! series in 1972 which aired on NBC for six seasons. [10] He earned further roles in two series. Mantooth portrayed Lt. Mike Bender on Operation Petticoat (1977) and as Eddie Dawkins on Detective School (1979). He was featured as a guest performer on episodic television. He appeared on several programs including Sierra , Cos , The Love Boat , Battlestar Galactica and Vega$ . [10]

Emergency! (1972–1979)

Producer Robert A. Cinader saw Randolph Mantooth in a small role on The Bold Ones opposite Hal Holbrook that led to his decision to cast him as paramedic John Gage on Emergency! Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe were part of a paramedic team assigned to Squad 51 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. [11] Responding to accidents or dangerous rescues in an "emergency room on wheels" with directions via biophone from medical personnel at a hospital, the paramedics performed Advanced Life Support (ALS) techniques to stabilize injured, ill, and dying patients before transporting them to a medical facility. [11]

To train for their parts, the actors, Randolph Mantooth along with Kevin Tighe, "...sat in on paramedic classes" (although they never took any written exams) "and rode out on extensive ride-a-longs with LACoFD". [16] In an interview with Tom Blixa of WTVN, Mantooth said that the producer wanted them to train so that they would at least know the fundamentals and look like they knew what they were doing on camera. Mantooth mentioned that unless you take the written course you are not a paramedic and that "if anyone has a heart attack, I'll call 911 with the best of them". [17] According to authors Richard Yokley and Roxane Sutherland who wrote the book, Emergency! Behind the Scenes, the show Emergency! is an important chapter in television history. [1]

At the time of the series' world premiere in 1972, there were only 12 paramedical units in North America located in four municipalities. Ten years later, more than half of all Americans were within ten minutes of a paramedic rescue or ambulance unit, due to the influence of the show. The program introduced audiences from all over the world to the concept of pre-hospital care, along with fire prevention and CPR. [1]

The show ran six seasons (129 episodes) with seven two-hour television movie specials including the pilot film ( The Wedsworth-Townsend Act ). [11] with a national audience that averaged 30 million viewers each week. [11] Mantooth directed two episodes of Emergency!; "The Nuisance" (1976) and "Insanity Epidemic" (1977), and also directed the television movie Greatest Rescues of Emergency (1978). Mantooth and Tighe did many of their own stunts in the early years with the rule of thumb, "if you could see our faces, it was us doing the stunts; if you couldn't, it was our stunt doubles." [8] [18] He was offered an opportunity after Emergency! went off the air to be an actual firefighter, but decided to continue with acting. [15]

Nearly 30 years after Emergency! debuted, the Smithsonian Institution accepted Emergency! memorabilia into its American History Museum in the public service division and not entertainment on May 16, 2000. [1] [19] Items inducted at the Smithsonian included their uniforms, scripts, helmets, turnouts, biophone, and defibrillator. [20]

In conjunction to the induction of the equipment from Emergency! at the Smithsonian, Project 51 was created in an effort to raise funds for a children's burn charity, [8] [18] and exhibit the restored squad truck around the country. Mantooth, along with Marco Lopez, Tim Donnelly, Ron Pinkard and Mike Stoker, embarked on a 10-city tour with the squad to raise funds for charity on their way to Washington, D.C., with their final destination being the Smithsonian. [1] Project 51 folded after the equipment was inducted into the Smithsonian and the funds were distributed to burn centers, fire education projects, and museums. [1]

In 2012, Mantooth and Tighe were presented with traditional white leather Cairns chiefs' helmets by the Los Angeles County Fire Department as Honorary Fire Chiefs of the department. [2] The honor was bestowed on the men for their contributions to the fire service and emergency medicine through educating and inspiring children and adults to be firefighters, EMTs, or paramedics. The series contributed to the revolution in emergency medicine and mobile emergency health care across the country. [2]

The series was placed into syndication in 1977 as Emergency! One [1] to some local stations in the late 1970s. It was called Emergency! One because the show was still filming new episodes in the United States. After the show ended, the name reverted to Emergency! The show was sold overseas and aired in a number of countries, including Germany where it was renamed Notruf California, in addition to being dubbed in Spanish in the United States. [1]

In the late 1990s and 2000s, Emergency! began airing on cable and digital sub-channels networks that included TV Land, RTV, MeTV, and Cozi TV. Emergency! spun off an animated version called Emergency +4 aired on NBC Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1976, with Mantooth and Kevin Tighe voicing the animated characters of John Gage and Roy DeSoto. [8] Starship Rescue aired in 1973 to promote NBC's fall lineup of Saturday morning programs focusing on Emergency! and Star Trek: The Animated Series and it was hosted by Mantooth and Tighe. [1] Tighe and Mantooth also presented the work of firefighters and paramedics from the Los Angeles County Fire Department on the NBC Saturday morning children's series Go! . [1]

Mantooth's and Tighe's likenesses were used for games, puzzles, lunch boxes, action figures, and comic books connected to the series. [1] The comic books for Emergency focused on the primary actors from Rampart Hospital, along with Johnny and Roy. The four comic books, [21] and four magazines, [22] were issued by Charlton Comics in 1976. [1] Some of the issues were drawn by John Byrne and Neal Adams. Emergency! +4 and Emergency! both had coloring books that were created to promote the series to young viewers using the likenesses of the five principal characters. Viewmaster released a series of reels that had film stills of the show arranged in a story or photo montage. [1]

Mantooth and Kevin Tighe's characters John Gage and Roy DeSoto appeared on another Robert A. Cinader created series, Sierra . The series focused on National Park Service Rangers stationed in the Sierras. Mantooth and Tighe appeared in the episode, "Urban Rangers". [8] [1] Mantooth's character appeared on a crossover episode of Adam-12 called "Lost and Found". [1]

The on-screen camaraderie between Mantooth and Tighe, as well as their friendship with both London and Troup, carried over to real life as well. Before London's and Troup's deaths, all four remained close friends after the series came to a close, and Tighe served as best man at Mantooth's second wedding in 2002. [23]

While talking with Tom Blixa of WTVN, Mantooth said that at first it was a little intimidating working with Robert Fuller, Bobby Troup and Julie London, because they were all big stars, but after doing a series with them for seven years they all became like family. [17] In the same interview, while discussing happenings behind the scenes and blooper reels, Mantooth said there was "a lot of salty language though"..."and we learned every bad word from Julie London"...”I love her to death but she herself said 'I'm a broad'". [17] In a 2013 interview with The Tolucan Times, Mantooth said of his decades-long colleague, "Julie London was a mentor to all of us. She let the words work for her, rather than emoting; that’s all anybody needed." [20]

Firefighter/EMS advocate and spokesperson

In addition to Mantooth working as an actor for over forty years, he has remained an advocate of firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, and other emergency medical services providers. He does speeches and personal appearances each year at events across the country, [15] discussing the "inside story of the development of the television series Emergency! and its impact on the EMS system development". [24] Having worked closely with the nation's first certified firefighter/paramedics, who served as technical advisors on the set of Emergency!, Mantooth brings a perspective and insight into the startup and history of pre-hospital treatment in the field. He worked alongside influential men who made a difference ... men he greatly admired ... the late Robert A. Cinader, creator and executive producer of Emergency!, and the man known as the Father of Modern Emergency Medical Services, close friend and mentor, the late James O. Page. [3] According to A.J. Heightman, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS), "Randy Mantooth is one of the strongest reminders of how America turned the dedicated delivery of basic emergency care into a systematic approach to EMS and Advanced Life Support." [24]

Mantooth's dedication to promoting and advocating for the fire service and EMS is shown through personal reasons, "I owe an incredible debt to firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics... so that's a debt that no one can really pay back, but you can try. That's why it's so important for me to do what I do." [25] Mantooth references his own life being saved from carbon monoxide poisoning at home during the run of Emergency!, in addition to paramedics and a flight nurse saving his sister's life after she was involved in a car accident. [26] [18] [25] Mantooth also advocates for the health and safety of firefighters and educating them on the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and secondary effects of low level CO poisoning. [27] In association with Masimo Corporation, he speaks on carbon monoxide poisoning nationwide. Masimo Corporation funded a video, narrated by Mantooth, regarding the dangers of carbon monoxide to educate firefighters. [27]

Mantooth serves as a spokesperson for the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) on Health and Safety. He has been honored over the years with numerous awards and recognition, most recently the James O. Page Award of Excellence from the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), EMS section. He is a lifetime member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) and a lifetime member of the Washington, D.C.-based Advocates for EMS. [4] He "accepts the accolades with gracious deference to those he considers our true heroes". [3] Mantooth serves as honorary chairman and spokesperson for the non-profit County of Los Angeles Fire Museum Association. [28]

Mantooth's work as an advocate for firefighters and EMTs also extended to Native American peoples. In May 2012, he filmed an Emergency Preparedness video with Monte Fronk in Minnesota at the Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation to be distributed to tribal leaders. [29] The project was funded through a public health education grant through the University of Minnesota. [25] Mantooth served as a moderator in a project done in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Fire Museum, called Pioneers of Paramedicine, which was an effort to document and record the history of the paramedicine program. Originally filmed in 2001, with additional scenes filmed in 2013, this featured discussions with four doctors: Eugene Nagel, M.D. from Miami; Leonard Cobb, M.D., Seattle; J. Michael Criley, M.D., Los Angeles; and Walter Graf, M.D., in Los Angeles. These doctors pioneered the idea of mobile pre-hospital medicine and paramedics based on early ideas in Northern Ireland and Russia. [30]

1980s to present

Mantooth appeared in the miniseries adaptations of Taylor Caldwell's 1968 novel Testimony of Two Men (1977) and John Jakes' novel The Seekers (1979–80). The adaptation of The Seekers featured Mantooth in the starring role as Abraham Kent. [31]

Through the 1980s, Mantooth made guest-star appearances on a number of televisions series including Charlie's Angels , Fantasy Island , three appearances on The Fall Guy , Dallas , Murder, She Wrote and L.A. Law .

He moved back to New York where he explored a new direction in his career with daytime soap operas, [10] earning him four Soap Opera Digest Award nominations. He played Clay Alden [15] on Loving from 1987–1990. It was during this time, that the character, Clay Alden, was actually Alex Masters. Mantooth described the character as a "good guy with an edge." [8]

Mantooth left Loving for personal reasons in 1990, before returning to the show in 1993, this time in the role of Alex Masters. The series was later revamped and titled The City , lasting for two more years before folding in 1997. His character, Alex Masters, did several crossover episodes on One Life to Live in 1997. [32]

He appeared on General Hospital , One Life to Live and As the World Turns , where he played both good guys and villains. [10] In 2003, Mantooth joined the cast of As the World Turns as a temporary replacement for Benjamin Hendrickson in the role of Hal Munson. [8] When Hendrickson left the series in 2004, Mantooth returned to the series as Munson, in a recurring position until Hendrickson returned to the program in 2005. In 2007, Mantooth landed the recurring role of Kirk Harmon on One Life to Live . [15]

Besides his work on daytime in the 1990s, Mantooth starred in television movies such as White Cobra Express and portrayed Bing Tupper in both the movie Before the Storm and the series Under Cover . He starred in a CBS Schoolbreak Special as Mr. Leland in "Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen". In 1999, he played Solonsky in the feature film Enemy Action. Mantooth also made guest appearances on series such as China Beach , MacGyver , Baywatch , Diagnosis: Murder , JAG , Promised Land and Walker, Texas Ranger during the 1990s.

In 2000, Mantooth played Ken Crandall in the television movie Bitter Suite (original title Time Share ), and in 2007, he played Dutch Fallon in the television movie Fire Serpent . Feature film roles include Admiral Edwards in Agent Red (2000), Dr. Willis in He Was a Quiet Man (2007), Ambassador Cartwright in Scream of the Bikini (2009), Richard Cranehill in Bold Native (2010), and Detective Bodrogi in Killer Holiday (2013). Mantooth also starred on series such as ER , Criminal Minds , Ghost Whisperer , and most recently as Charlie Horse in Sons of Anarchy in 2011. Mantooth is marketing a screenplay that focuses on Indian gambling, called The Bone Game. [15]

Since 2012, the actor has represented the Seminole Nation on the American Indian Advisory Board at the San Diego International Film Festival. [33] His sister Tonya is the CEO and artistic director of the Festival. [34]

Theatre

Mantooth has frequently returned to his theatre roots in such productions as Arsenic and Old Lace at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre in 1983, and The Man With The Dirty Mind with Don Knotts and Rue McClanahan. [18] In 1984, Mantooth worked with David Carradine and Will Sampson, along with Native actors, in a production of Black Elk Speaks for the American Indian Theatre Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mantooth continued to do theatre with roles in a variety of plays including Edith Villareal's Crazy from the Heart at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1986, [10] [35] and Mark Kaufman's Evil Little Thoughts [10] at the Denver Center Theatre in 1991, [6] Mantooth, along with James Van Der Beek performed Lanford Wilson's Rain Dance off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre. [7] [36] Mantooth has also performed in three works written by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.: The Pendleton Blanket, Wink-Dah and The Independence of Eddie Rose. [37]

Mantooth performed with Donne Coteau in Footprints in Blood for the American Indian Theatre Company (AITCO) at the Old Lady of Brady Theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [38] Mantooth portrayed Dr. Charles Western in Gary Leon Hill's Back to the Blankets at the Denver Center Theatre in 1991. Mantooth performed in two additional plays: The Paper Crown and The Inuit.

Mantooth is an Associate Artist of The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan, founded by Jeff Daniels, [5] since 2003. Mantooth completed a three-month run of Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts in 2012 [39] at the theater. Mantooth performed in Carey Crim's Morning after Grace at the Purple Rose Theatre in the Fall 2016. [40]

Mantooth is noted in the song, "What Do You Want From Life," by The Tubes.

Filmography

[41] [42]

TV series and appearances

TV movies

Emergency! [1] pilot and six 2-hour TV movies (season 7):

  • The Wedsworth-Townsend Act (1972) Pilot
  • The Steel Inferno (January 7, 1978)
  • Survival on Charter #220 (March 28, 1978)
  • Most Deadly Passage (April 4, 1978)
  • Greatest Rescues of Emergency (December 31, 1978) (also as Director)
  • What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing (June 26, 1979)
  • The Convention (July 3, 1979)

Feature films

Documentaries

  • The West Voice, Episode 1 (1996)
  • Actor? A Documentary (2014)

Daytime drama series

Soap Opera Digest Award Nominations:

  • (1990) Outstanding Hero: Daytime (Loving)
  • (1995) Outstanding Supporting Actor (Loving)
  • (1996) Outstanding Male Scene Stealer (Loving)
  • (1997) Outstanding Supporting Actor (The City)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paramedic</span> Healthcare professional who works in emergency medical situations

A paramedic is a healthcare professional trained in the medical model, whose main role has historically been to respond to emergency calls for medical help outside of a hospital. Paramedics work as part of the emergency medical services (EMS), most often in ambulances. They also have roles in emergency medicine, primary care, transfer medicine and remote/offshore medicine. The scope of practice of a paramedic varies between countries, but generally includes autonomous decision making around the emergency care of patients.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Webb</span> American actor, producer, director, and writer (1920–1982)

John Randolph Webb was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, most famous for his role as Joe Friday in the Dragnet franchise, which he created. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited.

<i>Emergency!</i> American television series

Emergency! is an American action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972, replacing two situation comedy series, The Partners and The Good Life, it ran for a total of 122 episodes until May 28, 1977, with six additional two-hour television films in 1978 and 1979.

James O. Page JD was recognized as a leading authority on United States emergency medical services (EMS). James was born in Alhambra, California, and frequently moved between California and Kansas as a youth. After holding a number of jobs, including an ambulance attendant in East Los Angeles, he received his first job in the fire service with Monterey Park Fire Department. After failing a medical clearance with Los Angeles City Fire Department Page served in the Los Angeles County Fire Department for 16 years rising to the rank of Battalion Chief. While working with the department, he began his studies in law at Southwestern Law School. Recognizing an opportunity, management in the Los Angeles County Fire Department placed problematic firefighters under Page's supervision hoping that his litigious training would hasten their dismissal. However, Page refused to serve as the department's "executioner."

The Seattle & King County Emergency Medical Services System is a fire-based two-tier response system providing prehospital basic and advanced life support services.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Los Angeles County Fire Department</span> Firefighting service in California

The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting and emergency medical services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, California, as well as 59 cities through contracting, including the city of La Habra, which is located in Orange County and is the first city outside of Los Angeles County to contract with LACoFD.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Tighe</span> American actor (born 1944)

Kevin Tighe is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theater since the late 1960s. He is best known for his character, firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972–1977 NBC series Emergency!

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nontransporting EMS vehicle</span> Emergency vehicle equipped for providing care, but not transporting patients

A nontransporting EMS vehicle is a vehicle that responds to and provides emergency medical services (EMS) without the ability to transport patients. For patients whose condition requires transport, an ambulance is necessary. In some cases they may fulfill other duties when not participating in EMS operations, such as policing or fire suppression.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">California Emergency Medical Services Authority</span> California State government agency

The California Emergency Medical Services Authority is an agency of California State government. The California EMS Authority is one of the thirteen departments within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The director is required to be a physician with substantial experience in emergency medicine. Elizabeth Basnett is the current Acting Director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paramedics in the United States</span> Overview of paramedics in the United States of America

In the United States, the paramedic is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for patients who access Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This individual possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. Paramedics function as part of a comprehensive EMS response under physician medical direction. Paramedics often serve in a prehospital role, responding to Public safety answering point (9-1-1) calls in an ambulance. The paramedic serves as the initial entry point into the health care system. A standard requirement for state licensure involves successful completion of a nationally accredited Paramedic program at the certificate or associate degree level.

In the United States, paramedicine is the physician-directed practice of medicine, often viewed as the intersection of health care, public health, and public safety. While discussed for many years, the concept of paramedicine was first formally described in the EMS Agenda for the Future. Paramedicine represents an expansion of the traditional notion of emergency medical services as simply an emergency response system. Paramedicine is the totality of the roles and responsibilities of individuals trained and credentialed as EMS practitioners. These practitioners have been referred to as various levels of emergency medical technician (EMTs). In the US, paramedics represent the highest practitioner level in this domain. Additional practitioner levels in this domain within the US include emergency medical responders (EMRs), emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and advanced emergency medical technicians (AEMTs).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Detroit Fire Department</span> U.S. local government agency

The Detroit Fire Department (DFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.

Emergency +4 is a 1973–74 American animated television series based on the live action prime-time series Emergency!

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Biophone</span> Voice and telemetry radio communications system used by paramedics

The Biophone is a combination voice and telemetry radio communications system used in the 1970s and 80s by paramedics to talk to the physicians supervising them from a hospital base station. The difference between the unit and another two-way radio was that it had the ability to transmit a patient's electrocardiogram.

<i>Sierra</i> (TV series) 1974 TV series or program

Sierra is a 1974 television crime drama series focusing on the efforts of National Park Service rangers to enforce federal law and to effect wilderness rescues. The program aired on NBC and was packaged by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. The show's theme song was written by Lee Holdridge (music) and John Denver (lyrics). Robert A. Cinader, executive producer of Mark VII's Emergency!, handled this program also.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians</span> United States EMS Certification Organization

The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) is a US based, non-profit certification organization for pre-hospital emergency medical providers that exists to ensure that every Emergency Medical Technician has the knowledge and skills required for competent practice.

In the United States, the licensing of prehospital emergency medical providers and oversight of emergency medical services are governed at the state level. Each state is free to add or subtract levels as each state sees fit. Therefore, due to differing needs and system development paths, the levels, education requirements, and scope of practice of prehospital providers varies from state to state. Even though primary management and regulation of prehospital providers is at the state level, the federal government does have a model scope of practice including minimum skills for EMRs, EMTs, Advanced EMTs and Paramedics set through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Robert A. Cinader was an American television producer best known for his work on two NBC series packaged by actor/producer Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited, Adam-12 and Emergency! The latter show in particular was widely credited by observers as one of the most important efforts to promote the widespread adoption of paramedic services by fire departments and hospitals in the U.S.

The New Haven Fire Department (NHFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of New Haven, Connecticut. The New Haven Fire Department currently serves a population of over 130,000 people living in 19 square miles of land and is one of the largest fire departments in the state.

Randolph Mantooth is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Mantooth has been a working actor in television, documentaries, theatre, and film for more than 40 years. He was discovered in New York by a Universal Studios talent agent while performing the lead in the play Philadelphia, Here I Come. After signing with Universal and moving to California, he slowly built up his resume with work on such dramatic series as Adam-12 (1968), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), McCloud (1970), and Alias Smith and Jones (1971).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Yokley, Richard; Sutherland, Roxane (July 13, 2007). Emergency! Behind the Scenes. Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition. ISBN   978-0-7637-4896-8.
  2. 1 2 3 Woyjeck, Joe (Fall 2012). "Randolph Mantooth & Kevin Tighe Made Honorary Fire Chiefs by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department" (PDF). lacountyfiremuseum.com. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Randolph Mantooth Profile". randolphmantooth.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Then and Now". Route51.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Purple Rose Theatre Company". Purple Rose Theatre. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Denver Center Theatre Production History". denvercenter.org. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Randolph Mantooth at the Internet Off-Broadway Database". lortel.org. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Harrington, Amy (December 13, 2013). "Interview with Randolph Mantooth". emmytvlegends.org. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ Beck, Marilyn (November 14, 1979). "Randolph Mantooth Mellows After All These Years". The Victoria Advocate. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Brumburgh, Gary. "IMDB profile". imdb.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Randolph Mantooth profile". randymantooth.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Homeward Bound". route51.com. May 28, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  13. ↑ "LA County Fire Museum (Museum Donor Board)". lacountyfiremuseum.com. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  14. ↑ Randy Mantooth (August 30, 2015). "Randy Mantooth recovering from cancer". GoHeroes. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vincent Schilling (May 26, 2015). "Randy Mantooth of 'Emergency!' Looks Back and Forges Ahead". Indian Country Today. Retrieved June 6, 2015. In a conversation with ICTMN, Mantooth discusses his successful career, his love of speaking and how he's addressed the challenges unique to being a Native actor.
  16. ↑ "Q & A with Randolph Mantooth". route51.com. February 1, 2014. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  17. 1 2 3 "Interview with Randolph Mantooth". Interviewed by Tom Blixa. Columbus, Ohio: WTVN. May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "CRAGG LIVE - Randolph Mantooth, Marty Allen, & Jay Johnson". November 23, 2014. pp. (audio starts at 10:00). Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  19. ↑ Reiner, Jonathan (May 15, 2000). "Emergency! at the Smithsonian". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  20. 1 2 Ames, Denise (December 12, 2013). "One-on-One with Randolph Mantooth". The Tolucan Times . Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Grand Comics Database, January 1976-June 1976". comics.org. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Grand Comics Database, July 1976-January 1977". comics.org. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Randolph Mantooth biography". starpulse.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  24. 1 2 "Randolph Mantooth.Home". randolphmantooth.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  25. 1 2 3 "Interview: Native Report, Season 8 Episode 2 (2013)". WDSE/WPRT PBS. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  26. ↑ Randolph Mantooth Interview Part 2 of 3 - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews, with Amy Harrington, December 13, 2013 (page, uploaded to YouTube on February 4, 2014, alt) where he explains how he nearly died of CO poisoning, and how his life was saved by paramedics, as well as how his sister's life was saved after a car crash.
  27. 1 2 "The Silent Killer (2010)". thesilentkiller.net. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  28. ↑ "LA County Fire Museum (About Us)". lacountyfiremuseum.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  29. ↑ "Emergency Preparedness for Tribal Leaders (2012)". NEMT. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Pioneers of Paramedicine". pioneersofparamedicine.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  31. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974–1984. VNR AG. p. 371. ISBN   978-0-918432-61-2.
  32. ↑ Warner, Gary (July 1, 1998). One Life to Live: Thirty Years of Memories. Hyperion; 1st edition. ISBN   978-0-7868-6367-9.
  33. ↑ "American Indian Advisory Board". San Diego International Film Festival. April 19, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  34. ↑ "Leadership". San Diego International Film Festival. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  35. ↑ "Yale Repertory Theatre 1980–1989". Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  36. ↑ Jones, Kenneth (March 28, 2003). "Full Cast of Wilson's Rain Dance Announced: Van Der Beek, Regan, Yulin, Mantooth". playbill.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  37. ↑ "Artist Bio: William S. Yellow Robe, Jr". amerinda.org. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Bio: Donna Coteau (2010)". aich.org. 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  39. ↑ "Randy Mantooth Update". route51.com. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  40. ↑ "The Purple Rose Theatre Announces 2016–2017 Season!". purplerrosetheatre.org. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  41. ↑ "Randolph Mantooth filmography". IMDb. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  42. ↑ "Randolph Mantooth". TV.com. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.