The treacherous wildfire that tore through the Pacific Palisades had left his once-lush neighborhood charred and unrecognizable. With homes smoldered, streets emptied and friends scattered by evacuation orders,

Steve Guttenberg doesn’t just play a good guy on the screen. The actor, best known for performances in hit films like “Police Academy” and “Three Men and a Baby,” sprang into action when Los Angeles County wildfires threatened the area around his Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

The "Three Men and a Baby" actor told CNN that he hadn't "seen anything like this in my entire life, and I don't think many people have."