Randolph Mantooth, the actor finest recognized for his iconic portrayal of paramedic John Gage on “Emergency!,” has died, TMZ confirmed.
Donald Mantooth, his brother, tells TMZ … the TV, movie, and stage actor died peacefully Thursday in a Ventura hospice surrounded by family and friends. The actor had been sick for a number of years with quite a lot of cancers, beginning with throat most cancers. He battled them as finest he might, however the toll it took on his physique was simply an excessive amount of, his brother says.
Working in Hollywood for greater than 50 years … Mantooth appeared in dozens and dozens of initiatives resembling “ER,” “LA Law,” “China Beach,” “Baywatch,” “Fantasy Island,” and “Charlie’s Angels.”
For 20 years, starting within the Nineteen Nineties, he appeared in a number of daytime cleaning soap operas, incomes 4 Cleaning soap Opera Digest Award nominations.
Mantooth is survived by his brother, sister, nieces, and nephews.
He was 80.
RIP
