Randolph Mantooth (born September 19, 1945 in Sacramento, California), is a prolific character actor primarily known for his roles in soap operas and television series. He began his professional acting career as a contract player for Universal Studios in the early 1970's, appearing as a guest star in many of their TV productions, such as Marcus Welby M.D., Adam-12, and Night Gallery.

The naturally black-haired Mantooth is widely recognized for his role as Los Angeles County Firefighter/Paramedic Johnny Gage on the popular 1970's NBC-Universal television series Emergency!. Due to the series Mantooth has maintained a close personal and professional connection with the firefighting and emergency medical services communities, and is a frequent keynote speaker at Fire Service and EMS conferences and events all across the United States.

In May 2007, the International Association of Fire Chiefs EMS Section applauded his inspirational contribution as "Ambassador for the Fire Service and EMS" professions by presenting him with their highest honor -- the prestigious "James O. Page EMS Achievement Award." Mantooth was also recently recognized by the Arkansas Ambulance Association with the "Arkansas Star of Life Award" for his commitment to the advancement of EMS. Ironically, Mantooth's character "John Gage" was named after James O. Page, who had helped in the development of the Emergency! TV series.

As Honorary Chairman and spokesperson for the non profit County of Los Angeles Fire Museum Association, Randy actively participates in developing plans to build a world-class Fire/EMS Museum and Event Center. His personal appearances often include a fund raising autograph session for the benefit of the museum's James O. Page Memorial Building Fund.

A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Mantooth has accumulated more than eighty credits in television, film, and theater. He has recently completed four feature film roles, including He Was a Quiet Man, and appeared in a recurring role on the ABC daytime drama, One Life to Live.

His original screenplay, The Bone Game, has drawn considerable interest from independent production companies, while his creative concept for a new series based on the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Urban Search and Rescue teams, entitled USAR-1, is being pitched to television networks. Mantooth and his partner Hayma Washington, four-time Emmy award-winning producer of The Amazing Race, would be the series executive producers.

Randy and his wife Kristen currently live in Los Angeles.

Randolph Mantooth definitely fit the bill when he made a bankable name for himself in the TV medic series "Emergency!" (1972) as strong but sensitive paramedic/firefighter John Gage. Tall, dark and quite handsome, he was of Seminole Indian heritage, born in Sacramento, California, one of four children to a construction engineer. His childhood was somewhat physically unsettling in that his father's job career had the family moving frequently from state to state. Randy attended San Marcos High School in the Santa Barbara area of California where he participated in school plays. He received a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York following his studies at Santa Barbara City College. Randy was discovered in New York by a Universal talent agent after performing the lead in the play "Philadelphia, Here I Come," and returned to California. He slowly built up his resume with work on such dramatic series as "Adam-12,", "McCloud," "Alias Smith" and "Marcus Welby, M.D." This led to TV stardom on the popular "Emergency!" series in 1972 which ran over five seasons. As a change of pace, he tried comedy and earned series roles on the short-lived "Operation Petticoat" (1977) and "Detective School" (1979)_, as well as pursued the guest star route on episodics. He was also prominently seen in the high-profile mini-series "Testimony of Two Men" (1977) (mini) and _"Seekers, The" (1979) (mini)_. After a career lull in the early 1980s, Randy found a new direction in his career with daytime soaps. He played Clay Alden in the soap opera _"Loving" (1983/I)_ from 1987 through 1990, then left for personal reasons before returning to the show in 1993, this time in the role of Alex Masters. The soap was later revamped and entitled "City, The" (1995) but it lasted only two more years. Since then he has regularly appeared on "General Hospital," "One Life to Live" and "As the World Turns," where he has played both good guys and villains. Randy has frequently returned to his theater roots in such productions as "Footprints in Blood," "Back to the Blankets," "Wink Dah," "The Independence of Eddie Rose," "The Paper Crown," "The Inuit" and, most recently "Rain Dance" off-Broadway in 2003.