Police Academy' star Steve Guttenberg was interviewed on live TV while helping to clear the path for firefighters during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.

Police Academy' star Steve Guttenberg is helping firefighters move cars in the Pacific Palisades, where a deadly wildfire is destroying homes and 20,000 residents are trying to evacuate. The 66-year-old actor - who played lead character Cadet Carey Mahoney in the 1984 comedy film - has been urging locals departing the Californian neighbourhood to leave their car keys behind,

As the Palisades Fire exploded, Steve Guttenberg, one of the biggest movie stars of the 1980s and '90s, was moving abandoned cars so emergency vehicles could get through. Six sleepless days later, and with much of his hometown reduced to ruins,

In his memoir the actor writes of his father and the relationship they shared, through their final years together, when Guttenberg dedicated himself to becoming a caregiver after his dad was diagnosed with kidney failure.