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Randolph Mantooth saved a co-star's life using training for Emergency!
Those on-screen skills came in handy.
Playing Johnny Gage wasn’t simply an exercise in performance for actor Randolph Mantooth. To properly portray the emergency responder, Mantooth and his co-star, Kevin Tighe, studied up on paramedic and firefighter training so that they would ensure they played their roles as realistically as possible.
Of course, Mantooth had no idea that his EMT training would come in handy one day.
During an interview with Indian Country Today Media Network, Mantoth was asked whether he ever used his “life-saving training” in person.
“I sure did, during one of the wrap parties for Emergency!” said Mantooth. “I assisted comedian Shelley Berman after he fell over one of the tables and he was laughing, and an ice cube got lodged in his esophagus. I managed to blow some air, and he coughed it up. The Los Angeles Times and some others picked up the story.”
In the same interview, Mantooth was also able to offer some useful advice to aspiring actors hoping to someday be in his shoes.
“If you love it, if you love being a storyteller, work hard and, if at all possible, get them to come to you,” said Mantooth. “Los Angeles is tough. Every waiter I know is an actor. Go to college, college is a place for everybody. Involve yourself, and if you have a story to tell, put it up on stage. If it is in your heart, I know you can do it.
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