Randolph Mantooth
Born: 1945-09-19 in Sacramento, California, USA
Died: 2026-07-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Randy DeRoy Mantooth (September 19, 1945 – July 9, 2026), known professionally as Randolph Mantooth, was an American actor who 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). Mantooth portrayed paramedic John Gage in the 1970s medical drama Emergency! and spoke regularly at Firefighter and EMS conferences and symposia across the United States while maintaining an active acting career. He was a spokesperson for both the International Association of Firefighters [IAFF] and the International Association of Fire Chiefs [IAFC] for firefighter health and safety, and was honored over the years with numerous awards and recognition. He 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 returned to performing in theatrical productions. He served as an associate artist at Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre. His performances include Mark Kaufman's Evil Little Thoughts, Black Elk Speaks, Carey Crim's Morning after Grace, Lanford Wilson's Rain Dance, and numerous works by Native American playwrights including William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
Filmography
2013
- Killer Holiday as Detective Bodrogi
2010
- Bold Native as Richard Cranehill
- Scream of the Bikini as Ambasador Cartwright
2008
- Sons of Anarchy as Charlie Horse
2007
- He Was a Quiet Man as Dr. Willis
- Fire Serpent as Dutch Fallon
2006
- Price To Pay as Bert
2005
- Criminal Minds as Patrick Gless
- Ghost Whisperer
2000
- Time Share as Ken Crandall
- Agent Red as Admiral Edwards
1999
- Where Are They Now? as Self
- Enemy Action as Solonsky
1996
- Promised Land as Ben Camden
1994
- ER as Policeman (uncredited)
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Mayor Bill Tremont
- Walker, Texas Ranger as James Lee Crown
1991
- Under Cover as Bing Tupper
- Before the Storm as Bing Tupper
1989
1988
1986
- L.A. Law as Gil Tecowsky
1985
- MacGyver as Earl Stringer
- Scene of the Crime
- Terror at London Bridge as Joe Netz
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Raymond Two Crows
1981
1979
- The Seekers as Abraham Kent
- Detective School
1978
- Dallas as Joe Don Ford
- Vega$
- Battlestar Galactica as Michael
1977
- The Love Boat as Alan Billingsley
- Operation Petticoat as Lt. Mike Bender
- Testimony of Two Men as Father Frank McNulty
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Mark Williams
1973
- Emergency +4 as Paramedic John Gage (voice)
1972
- Emergency! as John Gage
- The Bravos as 2nd Lt. Lewis
- Emergency! as John Gage
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Keith Ryder
- Sarge as Corporal Finch
- Vanished as Ensign
- Marriage: Year One as Dan
1970
- Night Gallery as Elkins (segment "Class of '99")
- McCloud
- The Bold Ones: The Senator as Lt. Tony Caffey
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Intern
1968
- Adam-12 as John Gage
- One Life to Live
1962
- The Virginian as Lt. Dorn