Biografie

In 2000 he participated in Project 51, a non-profit organization organized to not only celebrate the impact Notruf California (1972) had on rescue and emergency services but to honor members of the EMS profession as well. As one of seven committee members guiding this organization, he finished a cross-country tour, traveling with the refurbished Squad from the television show to such cities as: Orlando, Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Island, Baltimore and the final stop, Washington, DC. On May 16, nearly 30 years after "Emergency!" debuted, the Smithsonian Institute accepted the show's memorabilia into its Natural History Museum.

Serves as Honorary Chairman and Spokesperson for the non-profit County of Los Angeles Fire Museum Association, and received an award for his efforts from the International Association of Fire Chiefs' EMS section.

He has played the character of Los Angeles Paramedic John Gage on four different series: Notruf California (1972), Emergency +4 (1973), Adam-12 (1968), and Sierra (1974).

In 1997 he made a guest appearance on Diagnose: Mord (1993) starring Dick Van Dyke, which reunited him with former Notruf California (1972) co-star Robert Fuller.

Did live action safety tips along with Kevin Tighe at the end of each episode of the Saturday morning cartoon series Emergency +4 (where they reprized both their roles from the live action TV show Emergency) these scenes were cut out when the show went in to syndication.

People tell me this all the time...they come up to me and say, 'You're my hero,' I say no. I'm just the face. You're the body. You do the work. You're on the front line. Believe me, when I tell you from the bottom of my heart -- if you're a firefighter...an EMT...a paramedic -- you're my hero.

[When he arrived from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles to become an actor]: This town let me be an actor. They've always said, 'Randy? Yeah, let's see what he can do.' Hollywood never said, 'Let's see what he can do,' they said, 'I know what he can do. I don't need to see him.'

[on playing someone else besides "Johnny Gage"]: I got recognized when I was on Notruf California (1972), but nothing like I do now as "Clay". People seem to have a tendency to take the soaps much more seriously and reality identify on a personal basis much more than they do on prime-time. I'll be riding home on the subway and these ladies will come up to me and lecture me about how I should deal with "Ava".

My son's up to no good, and really no good, and I'm sorta [I guess] in a state of denial. I can't believe that my son's doing something like this, and I've been pretty much hiding him out and financing him, behind my wife's back, and turns out that was a big mistake on my part.

[on his Loving (1983) character]: I don't want to make him a villain. First of all, I don't think anyone is all bad or all good; there are shades of human behavior and I think a character is more interesting and more credible if you show those shadings.