R.I.P. Tim Donnelly, funny fireman Chet Kelly on Emergency!

https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-tim-donnelly-fireman-chet-kelly-on-emergency ^ | 09/21/2021 | METV Staff

[massmike]

The prankster of Station 51 passed away at the age of 77.

[dfwgator]

I just remember the hots I had for Nurse Dixie.

[Fai Mao]

I thought a woman named Dixie who lived in California was really weird.

[ducttape45]

I remember him, and I loved that TV series. Wow, if that doesn’t show my age, nothing will! He will be indeed be missed.

[irishjuggler]

R.I.P., Chet. My absolute favorite show at approximately age 5. I used to call it “Johnny and Roy” after the lead characters.

[dfwgator]

Always thought this would make for a great ringtone....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2DQ9ytB2I

[Mermaid Girl]

So sad! I loved this show, and Chet Kelly was hilarious! My first crush ever, though, was Randolph Mantooth as Johnny Gage.

So sad.

[TheCipher]

LOL, that IS my ringtone ( but a clearer version )

[gundog]

RIP

He played a lot of roles on “Dragnet” and “Adam—12” before the “Emergency!” gig.

[DarrellZero]

He played the firehouse jokester and occasional comic foil of Gage and Desoto.

Gary Crosby, another unfortunate son of Bing, originated the character type in the show’s early days.

[cyclotic]

Always one of my favorite shows.

[wally_bert]

Emergency was good TV.

RIP.

[ConservativeMind]

Ringer’s lactate ping.

Thanks. I enjoyed the show as a kid.

[Political Junkie Too]

He was a "regular" guest star on all of Jack Webb's shows.

In Dragnet, he often played a student perp, student drug user, student draft dodger, etc.

-PJ

[PROCON]

Loved the show Emergency!, it plays periodically on METV.

[KMG365]

I watched Emergency every Saturday night when I was a kid, hence my FR screen name

[MrLucky1966]

I remember that episode of Dragnet, he did cosplay before it became popular.

[LukeL]

I have used that for my alarm and for my text alert.

[MrLucky1966]

It is one of my favorite shows. They also had a Saturday morning cartoon spinoff, “Emergency plus Squad 4.” I think there was one episode starring Mark Harman as an animal control officer where it was meant to be a pilot of a new series but it never came about.

[LukeL]

I always remember the line from Dr Bracket “Start him on a liter of D5W TKO”