- Jack Lord
John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 - January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name Jack Lord, was an American television, film, and Broadway actor. He was best known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program "Hawaii Five-O" from 1968 to 1980. Lord also appeared in several classic feature films, among them "Man of the West" (1958) starring Gary Cooper. - James MacArthur
James Gordon MacArthur (born December 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. James MacArthur is best known for the role of Dan (Danno) Williams, reliable second-in-command to Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord), head of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad Hawaii Five-O. The role won him fans all over the world. - Leonard Freeman
Leonard Freeman (born October 31,1920, died January 20, 1974) was an American television writer and producer whose most famous achievement was the creation of the CBS television network series "Hawaii Five-O" in 1968.The show ran for twelve seasons. At the time that was a record for a crime drama. In 1960, he wrote for the series "Route 66"; in 1962, he produced "The Untouchables". - Richard Denning
Richard Denning, formally known as Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger (March 27, 1914 - October 11, 1998), was an American actor who starred in such movies as "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954) and "An Affair to Remember" (1957), and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in "My Favorite Husband" (1948-1951), the forerunner of television's "I Love Lucy", … - Morton Stevens
Morton Stevens (Jan 30, 1929 - Nov 11, 1991) was an American film score composer from Newark, New Jersey. He is probably best known for composing the theme song for Hawaii Five-O, a television series for which he won two Emmy Awards (in 1970 and 1974). - Al Harrington
Alvin Harrington (b. December 12, 1935) was born Tausau Ta'a in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He is best known as his role as "Det. Ben Kokua" on the CBS television series "Hawaii Five-O". - Herman Wedemeyer
Herman John Wedemeyer (born May 20 1924 in Hilo, Hawaii; died January 25 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii) was an American actor, football player, and politician. He is best known for portraying 'Sergeant/Detective "Duke" Lukela' on the crime drama "Hawaii Five-O" (1972-1980). Wedermeyer, a running back, played college football for the St. Mary's College Galloping Gaels in Moraga, CA. In 1945, he finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, … - Reza Badiyi
Reza Sayed Badiyi was born on April 17, 1930 in Tehran, Iran. He immigrated to the United States in the 1960s to work in the entertainment industry. [1] Badiyi has directed episodes of nearly sixty television series [2] , including episodes of Mission: Impossible (13 episodes between 1969 - 1972), The Incredible Hulk (8 episodes between 1978 - 1980), Falcon Crest (34 episodes between 1984 - 1990), and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (5 episodes between 1994 - 1996). - Peggy Ryan
Peggy Ryan (born "Margaret O'Rene Ryan" on 28 August 1924 in Long Beach, California - died 30 October 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American dancer who starred in a series of movie musicals at Universal Studios, tapping and clowning with Donald O'Connor. Her parents were the vaudeville team "The Merry Dancing Ryans," and Peggy joined them onstage before she was two years old. Her singing, acting, and dancing skills were noticed by George Murphy, … - Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur (b. November 5 1895, Scranton, Pennsylvania; d. April 21 1956, New York City) was an American playwright and screenwriter. The son of to a Baptist minister, he is best known for his plays with Ben Hecht, "Twentieth Century" and "The Front Page", which has been filmed frequently. It was based in part on MacArthur's experiences at the City News Bureau of Chicago. MacArthur also co-wrote, with Edward Sheldon, a play called "Lulu Belle", … - Ross Martin
Ross Martin, culminating with a role in "The Great Race," as the smoothly villainous Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe. After his performance in "The Great Race", CBS cast him in what was to become his most famous part, Secret Service agent Artemus Gordon in "The Wild Wild West", opposite Robert Conrad. His character, a master gadgeteer and disguise artist, fit Martin perfectly. - Moe Keale
Wilfred Nalani "Moe" Keale (December 13, 1939 - April 15, 2002) was an American actor. A native of Hawaii, he primarily had roles in movies and TV series that took place on the Islands, including many appearances on Hawaii Five-O, where he had a recurring part as Truck Kealoha in the show's final season. - Barry Bostwick
Barry Knapp Bostwick (February 24, 1945) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and has also had considerable fame in musical theatre. - Lyle Bettger
Lyle S. Bettger was a character actor known most for his Hollywood roles from the 1950s, typically portraying villains. He is perhaps most recognisable as the wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from the Oscar winning film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952). Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lyle was the son of Frank Bettger, who was an infielder for the St Louis Cardinals. - Kwan Hi Lim
Kwan Hi Lim (born 1931, Maui, Hawaii) is an American actor. A native of Hawaii, he is one of the many locals who have been used in TV series and movies that took place on the islands. Lim appeared frequently on the TV series Hawaii Five-O, where he primarily portrayed bad guys. He is also known to many as the recurring character Lt. Yoshi Tanaka of the Honolulu Police Department on Magnum, P.I. Lim worked as an attorney since 1953 retiring in the 1990's. - Jack Soo
Jack Soo (born Goro Suzuki, October 28, 1917 - January 11, 1979) was a Japanese American actor. Born and raised in Oakland, California, Soo was caught in the Japanese American internment during World War II and sent to Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Fellow internees recalled him as a "camp favorite" entertainer, singing at dances and numerous events. - Marie Lord
Marie Ryan (August 16, 1905 - October 13, 2005), best known as Marie Lord, was born Marie L. de Narde in St. Louis, Missouri to French parents. She studied fashion and art in Paris and later moved to New York to pursue a career as a fashion designer. She met Jack Lord in New York, who was a fine arts major at NYU on a football scholarship. Marie soon left her career to support Jack in becoming an actor. - Jerry London
Jerry London has been a director and producer of a wide range of American TV shows and movies for almost forty years. He was born on January 21, 1947 in Los Angeles, California. Starting work in 1965, he directed a host of classic US sitcoms and dramas - such as "Hogan's Heroes", "Hawaii Five-O", "The Brady Bunch", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Rockford Files" and "Kojak". He has directed over 40 movies for television. - Maud Adams
Maud Adams (born February 12 1945) is a Swedish actress known for her roles as two different Bond girls in two James Bond films, "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974) and as the title character in "Octopussy" (1983). She was also an extra in "A View to a Kill" (1985). - Charles Larson
Charles Larson (ca. 1923 - 21 September 2006) was a writer and Emmy Award-nominated producer of television programs. Beginning his Hollywood career as a messenger for MGM, Larson ultimately became a screenwriter for short films and later for television. His TV writing credits during the 1950s include "Studio One", "The Lone Ranger", and "Climax!". During the 1960s, he wrote episodes for "The Virginian" and "Rawhide". - Fritz Weaver
Fritz Weaver (born January 19, 1926) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and voice actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Weaver attended Peabody High School. He served in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during World War II, breaking into acting in the early 1950s. His first television role came in 1956 on an episode of "The United States Steel Hour". He would continue to appear on television during the next four decades, … - Perry King
Perry Firestone King (born April 30, 1948) is an American television and film actor. King's best-known role may have been playing Cody Allen on the detective series "Riptide" from 1984 to 1986. He was also in "Melrose Place" as Hayley Armstrong in the 1995 season, and the TV movie I'll Take Manhattan in 1987. He also appeared as Richard Williams in the NBC TV series "Titans" with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000. - David Birney
David Birney is an American actor. He was born in Washington, D.C.. - Monte Markham
Monte Markham (born June 21, 1935) is an American actor. Born in Manatee County, Florida, Markham made his Broadway debut in 1973 in "Irene", for which he won the Theatre World Award. He also appeared on stage in "Same Time, Next Year". Markham's many television credits include "Mission: Impossible", "The Mod Squad", "The Virginian", "Hogan's Heroes", "The High Chaparral", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", … - Roger C. Carmel
Roger Charles Carmel (September 27, 1932-November 11, 1986) was an American character actor. Of his hundreds of roles, he is best remembered for playing the flamboyant and hapless criminal Harry Mudd on the original "Star Trek". Other memorable roles include the accountant Doug Wesley on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and Colonel Gumm on "Batman". He also appeared in roles on "I Spy, Hogan's Heroes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Munsters, … - Jack Cassidy
Jack Cassidy (March 5, 1927 - December 12, 1976) was an American actor, who achieved success in theater, cinema and television. His frequent professional persona was that of an urbane, super-confident egotist with a dramatic flair, much in the manner of Broadway actor Frank Fay. Cassidy perfected this character to such an extent that he was cast as the legendary John Barrymore in the feature film "W. C. Fields and Me". - Ernest Gold
Ernest Gold (born Ernst Gold on July 13, 1921, Vienna, Austria; died March 17 Santa Monica, California, 1999) was an American composer. He received the Academy Award and the 1961 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his original score for the film "Exodus". Gold wrote nearly 100 film/television scores between 1945 and 1992, including music for the television series Hawaii Five-O. He also composed a 1968 Broadway musical "I'm Solomon". - David Huddleston
David William Huddleston (born September 17, 1930) is an American actor. - Kam Fong Chun
Kam Fong Chun (May 27, 1918-October 18, 2002) was born Kam Tong Chun in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. He was an American actor whose claim to fame was his 1968 to 1978 star performance as Chin Ho Kelly, a police detective on the CBS television network series "Hawaii Five-O". He was a 1938 graduate of President William McKinley High School. - Bill Edwards
Bill Edwards (September 14, 1918 - December 21, 1999) was an American actor. Born in New Jersey, Edwards started his acting career in the 1940's, playing in small parts in movies and later television. He is probably best known for his recurring role of Steve McGarrett's State Department contact Jonathan Kaye in the TV series Hawaii Five-O during the 1970's. - Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty (born October 27, 1910 in Indiana; died March 5, 1993 in Encinitas, California), was an American actor and director during the 1950s to mid 1970s. He has directed various episodes of popular television shows such as "Gunsmoke" (1955), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955), "Wagon Train" (1957), "Rawhide" (1959), "Bonanza" (1959), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964), "Star Trek" (1966), … - John D. F. Black
John D. F. Black is a writer, producer, and director of television and films from the 1950s to the 1980s, best known for his work on "Star Trek" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation". He wrote one of the iconic episodes of Star Trek, "The Naked Time", and was given a story credit for its sequel, TNG's "The Naked Now". He had story credit for the episode "Justice", under the pseudonym Ralph Wills. - James Olson
James Olson (born October 8, 1930) is an American actor from Evanston, Illinois and graduate of Northwestern University who did stage work in and around Chicago before his 1956 film debut in" The Sharkfighters. "From that point, he continued to appear in numerous film and television productions all the way through the early nineties. Olson's television appearances include guest roles on countless shows including episodes of "Kraft Television Theater, Murder, … - Johnny Mann
Johnny Mann (born September 11 1930 in Salinas, California, died April 26 2004) was an American entrepreneur and character actor on several television series, including Hawaii Five-O. The California native worked as an actor on Hawaii Five-0 and managed several restaurants in Hawaii after graduating college. He later moved to Marina del Rey, California, and eventually played roles in several popular TV series including, Remington Steele, Highway to Heaven and The A-Team. - Madlyn Rhue
Madlyn Rhue was an American character actress. Rhue was born in Washington, D.C. From the 1950s to the 1990s, Rhue (née Madeleine Roche) appeared in some twenty movies, including "Operation Petticoat" (1959) and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963). She also was a guest star in dozens of TV shows, including a 1967 appearance as Khan Noonien Singh's love interest in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed". - Amanda McBroom
Amanda McBroom (born August 9, 1946) is an American singer, song-writer and cabaret performer. One of the songs she has written is "The Rose," which Bette Midler sang in the movie of the same name. She is also known for writing some of the songs in "The Land Before Time" film series with Michelle Bourman. She has also starred in the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and European productions of JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS. - Carol Lawrence
Carol Lawrence was born Carol Marie Laraia on September 5, 1932 in Melrose Park, Illinois. She is a musical theater actress, who has also made numerous appearances in film and television. Lawrence made her Broadway debut in 1952, and achieved outstanding success when she created the role of Maria in the original Broadway production of "West Side Story" in 1957. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for this role. - Don Knight
Donald Knight (February 16, 1933 - August 18, 1997) was an English movie, television, and stage actor. Born in Manchester, United Kingdom, Knight moved to North America where he studied at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada, and later Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.. Knight was also an ordained minister, and during his acting career he also served as pastor at many churches. In 1965 he moved to California to pursue acting, … - Michael Strong
Michael Strong (August 17, 1924 - September 29, 1980) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Among his film credits are "Point Blank", "Patton", and "The Great Santini". Strong also made many television appearances during his career on shows such as "Naked City", "The Fugitive", "I Spy", "Mission: Impossible", "The Streets of San Francisco", and "Hawaii Five-O". - John Cacavas
Composer and conductor John Cacavas (born 13 August 1930 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is probably best known for his television scores, notably "Kojak", for which he was the chief composer. The well known Kojak theme however is not by Cacavas, rather the work of Billy Goldenberg, who scored the early episodes. His television credits also include "Hawaii Five-O", "The Bionic Woman", "Mrs. Columbo", and "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century".
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