American actor who has worked in television, documentaries, theater, and film for more than 40 years. He is best known for playing Native American paramedic, John Gage on the television show, Emergency!
Early Life (Childhood)He was born as Randy DeRoy Mantooth in Sacramento, California. His first paying job was as a newspaper boy for the local paper but because of his father's construction work, he had lived in 24 states.
Interesting FactsHe 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).
Personal LifeHe married second wife, Kristen Connors in 2002 and is the oldest of four children. He is half Seminole Native American. Once admitted he never had a crush on Julie London.
NETWORTH And ACHIEVEMENTThrough the 1990s and 2000s he appeared in daytime soap operas, earning him four Soap Opera Digest Award nominations.
