![]() "He was like Harry Morgan on 'Dragnet.' They both had this flare of coming on set with a joke or funny saying that would crack up everyone on set and that would start our day. "There was something special about Tim Donnelly that I got to see while working with him on 'Emergency!'" he wrote. ![]() Marco Lopez, who worked with Tim on "Emergency!" also paid tribute to the actor. He would laugh heartily and announce, 'You ain’t seen nothing yet!'" I once told him he was the most lovable pain in the a- I knew. Tim always had a twinkle of mischief in his eye and would always be so amused when his good-natured pranks were successful. After seven years of friendly banter with 'Chet' I will miss him dearly. "I deeply regret not staying closer to Tim Donnelly, after the show ended, as I did Kevin Tighe," said Mantooth in a statement. In 1972, Tim made his debut as fireman Chet Kelly in "Emergency!" The show, which was filmed at Station 51 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, ran until May 1977 and saw Tim feature in 122 episodes alongside Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Robert Fuller, Julie London and Bobby Troup. His father, Paul Donnelly, was a production executive at Universal Pictures and his brother, Dennis, became a director who would later cast Tim in several films and TV shows including episodes of "Hawaii Five-O," "Project U.F.O.," "Vega$" and "The A-Team," according to THR. 3, 1944, Tim grew up in the entertainment world. "Tim, as you know, played Chet Kelly on the show ‘Emergency!’ among many other roles during his acting career."īorn in Los Angeles on Sept. It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our friend, Tim Donnelly, this weekend," the statement read. Tim Donnelly was an actor best known for playing fireman Chet Kelly in the 1970s TV drama Emergency Died: Septem( Who else died on September 17) Details of death: Died in. "We at the Fire Museum are heartbroken as we sure all of you will be as well regarding the following news. ![]() The Los Angeles County Fire Museum shared the news Thursday in a statement on its website. His brother, Dennis Donnelly, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Tim had died at his home in New Mexico of complications from surgery. Lopez was also one of the original "extra" crewman on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, a show he lent his visage (though seldom his voice) to from 1964 to 1968.Tim Donnelly, known for his role as Chet Kelly in the NBC action series "Emergency!," has died at 77. He also appeared opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Julia Roberts in the movie America's Sweethearts, where he had an uncredited role as a photographer. Īfter Emergency! went off the air in 1979, Lopez took roles in such television shows as MacGyver Mission: Impossible The New Adam-12 The Lloyd Bridges Show Murder, She Wrote and The Six Million Dollar Man. In 1971, Webb offered Lopez the role that would bring him into the homes of millions of Americans weekly, that of Firefighter Marco Lopez in Webb and Robert Cinader's television series, Emergency! Like his fellow Emergency! co-star, Los Angeles County Fire Department engineer and actor Mike Stoker, Lopez used his real name as his character name (which led to confusion that he was an actual firefighter with the LACoFD - he had never worked with the LACoFD at any time). His first Hollywood job was as a stand-in for Elvis Presley in the 1956 movie Love Me Tender. He also served as Webb's stand in for long shots. Marco Antonio Lopez (born September 10, 1935), also credited as Marco Antonio and Marco Lopez, is an American actor born in Los Angeles, who played several parts in the supporting cast of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited television series, Dragnet and Adam-12.
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