Randolph Mantooth, ‘Emergency!’ star who played Johnny Gage, dead at 80
Mantooth shot to fame in 1972 when he was cast in “Emergency!,” the NBC drama that introduced the profession of paramedics to millions of viewers.
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Celebrity News Randolph Mantooth, ‘Emergency!’ star who played Johnny Gage, dead at 80 By Adam Silverstein Published July 11, 2026, 1:20 a.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results. Add Page Six on Google Randolph Mantooth, the actor best known for playing firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on NBC’s hit 1970s series “Emergency!,” has died. He was 80.
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