Fast & the Furious’ Justin Lin will direct CBS’ Magnum P.I. pilot from Peter Lenkov (Hawaii Five-O), Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist), CBS TV Studios and Universal TV Studios. Lin and Danielle Woodrow also will executive produce via Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment. Co-written by Lenkov and fellow Hawaii Five-O executive producer/co-showrunner Eric Guggenheim, the reboot of the classic 1980s Tom Selleck series will feature the same central quartet of characters as the…...
- 2/7/2018
- Deadline TV
Gary Sinise Helps Wounded Navy Seal Land Hawaii Five-0 Acting Gig: He's Someone 'I Admire Very Much'
Retired Navy Seal Jason Redman is getting ready for his close up.
Severely wounded in Iraq in 2007, the highly decorated special ops vet – and winner of the American History Channel’s 2017 Red Bandanna Hero Award — will be making his TV debut on Friday’s episode of the hit CBS series Hawaii Five-o – thanks to his longtime friend, actor Gary Sinise.
“Peter Lenkov, who runs Hawaii Five-0, used to be one of our top writers and producers over at CSI:ny,” Sinise tells People.
“He contacted me saying he was looking for a veteran for a part,” says Sinise, who has spent...
Severely wounded in Iraq in 2007, the highly decorated special ops vet – and winner of the American History Channel’s 2017 Red Bandanna Hero Award — will be making his TV debut on Friday’s episode of the hit CBS series Hawaii Five-o – thanks to his longtime friend, actor Gary Sinise.
“Peter Lenkov, who runs Hawaii Five-0, used to be one of our top writers and producers over at CSI:ny,” Sinise tells People.
“He contacted me saying he was looking for a veteran for a part,” says Sinise, who has spent...
- 12/15/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What is your favorite murder mystery show?
Erik Adams (@ErikMAdams), A.V. Club
It has to be “Twin Peaks,” right? I’m one of those annoying people who insists the show is so much more than “Who killed Laura Palmer?”, but that is our entry point to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s weird little world, and the question that briefly made “Twin Peaks” a pop-culture phenomenon. And the chapters of the series that deal with finding Laura’s murderer are some of the most compelling, from the dream-sequence enhanced “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer” or the eventual solution to the mystery, a...
This week’s question: What is your favorite murder mystery show?
Erik Adams (@ErikMAdams), A.V. Club
It has to be “Twin Peaks,” right? I’m one of those annoying people who insists the show is so much more than “Who killed Laura Palmer?”, but that is our entry point to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s weird little world, and the question that briefly made “Twin Peaks” a pop-culture phenomenon. And the chapters of the series that deal with finding Laura’s murderer are some of the most compelling, from the dream-sequence enhanced “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer” or the eventual solution to the mystery, a...
- 2/22/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
In a case that had as many ups and downs as the tide off the coast of the 50th state, CBS and the estate of Hawaii Five-0 creator Leonard Freeman were handed a victory today in the $100 million lawsuit by talent agent George Litto. “The Court grants judgment in favor of CBS and the Freeman Parties with respect to the Third Amended Complaint,” said La Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White today in a proposed statement of decision (read it here). The network’s official response today was a simple “Mahalo” to the end of the 2-year case. The La Superior Court judge’s decision comes after a very short trial earlier this month in the long-festering litigation. Litto was the agent of Freeman, who created the original Hawaii Five-0 that ran from 1968-80, passed away in 1974. His initial May 2012 lawsuit against the estate sought $10 million in punitive damages and...
- 5/23/2014
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
George Litto's $100 million lawsuit over CBS' reboot of Hawaii Five-o is being settled. The parties were before a Los Angeles Superior Court judge this week during the first phase of a trial when CBS attorney James Curry informed the court that the matter had been resolved. The parties are said to be finalizing a deal. Attorneys in the matter declined comment. Litto was the agent of Hawaii Five-0 creator Leonard Freeman, who passed away in 1974. At that time, Freeman's widow represented by Litto renegotiated a deal with CBS to allow the network the right to produce
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- 3/12/2014
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Next month, ex-agent George Litto will go to trial in a $100 million lawsuit that alleges he has been cut out from financially participating in CBS' current hit reboot of Hawaii Five-o. Litto claims that CBS dealt with the wrong party in entering into a deal for the crime drama. He's suing the trustees managing the estate of the widow of Hawaii Five-o creator Leonard Freeman as well as CBS for allegedly ignoring Litto's rights. In advance of the trial, the trustees have moved forward in their own counterclaims thanks to an L.A. Superior Court judge's
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- 1/28/2014
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
George Litto, the talent agent who represented Leonard Freeman, the writer-producer of the original Hawaii Five-o series, will have to go to trial in February to determine whether he has been unfairly cut out of financial participation from the remade CBS series. The attorney for Litto had hoped to score an early knockout punch at a summary judgment hearing on Wednesday, but a Los Angeles Superior Court has decided that an issue of contractual interpretation is best left for the jury. The plaintiff brought the $100 million lawsuit in May, 2012, and detailed the long, complicated backstory of
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- 12/18/2013
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
They would be on more stable legal footing if they just jumped in the surf off the coasts of America’s 50th state. After being in, then out, and then in again, CBS today is really back in the multimillion-dollar lawsuit over the Hawaii Five-o reboot. In a downtown hearing today, La Superior Court Judge Gregory Alarcon denied the network’s latest bid to be let out of the case brought by talent agent George Litto. In his ruling on the summary judgment motion, Alarcon made no finding on the merits of the actual case, which is now set for a January 21, 2014 trial date. However, the judge did agree with Litto’s contention that CBS had clear knowledge of the partials rights that the talent agent held to the series in conjunction with creator Leonard Freeman’s estate. The agent to Freeman, Litto is seeking $10 million in punitive damages and...
- 11/20/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
The network isn’t out of the legal surf after all. Today, CBS’ motion to be dismissed as a defendant in the multimillion-dollar lawsuit over the Hawaii Five-o reboot has been denied. Judge Elizabeth Allen White turned down the network’s effort to again be let out of talent agent George Litto’s suit in a hearing Thursday in La Superior Court. CBS was hoping to see a repeat of its temporary exit from the suit earlier this year. Not that CBS seemed to be sweating today’s decision. “Today was a procedural ruling only, not about the evidence of the case. We’re confident going forward that the facts presented will support a dismissal. Mahalo,” a CBS spokesperson told me today after the hearing. In January, Judge Gregory Alarcon agreed with the network’s then demurrer and removed it from the suit that Five-o creator Leonard Freeman’s talent...
- 9/26/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Update, 1:02 Pm: CBS isn’t inclined to make too big a deal about being renamed as a defendant in the multi-million dollar lawsuit over the Hawaii Five-o reboot but the network isn’t taking it lying down either. “This is not a ruling on the merits of the case. It is simply a procedural decision that allows Mr. Litto to allege financial claims against CBS, which we will vigorously contest. It is important to remember that Mr. Litto’s own filing with the court confirms CBS’s rights to produce and broadcast the new Hawaii Five-0,” said the network today. The statement comes in response to La Superior Court judge Gregory Alarcon putting CBS back in the $10 million suit filed by talent agent George Litto after letting them out of it earlier this year. Previously, 9:14 Am: They thought they were out, but the judge has made CBS a...
- 7/16/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Celebrity chef Curtis Stone and "Hawaii Five-o's" Lindsay Price tied the knot Saturday (June 8) on the Spanish island of Mallorca, according to multiple reports.
"White Collar" star Tiffani Thiessen, who co-starred with Price on "Beverly Hills, 90210," was among the guests who helped the happy couple celebrate their nuptials. Thiessen tweeted a photo of herself with husband Brady Smith and captioned the pic: "Toast to our dear friends for an amazing wedding weekend in Mallorca, Spain."
Stone and Price dated for three years before becoming engaged in July 2012. The pair welcomed their first child together, a boy named Hudson, in Nov. 2012. Price is 36-years-old, and Stone is 37.
Stone, who is known to be a prolific tweeter, has yet to make any social media comment about the big day, but on Friday he posted a photo of a dessert plate with the caption,"Sinful Fridays= chocolate chunk cookies with pecans." He...
"White Collar" star Tiffani Thiessen, who co-starred with Price on "Beverly Hills, 90210," was among the guests who helped the happy couple celebrate their nuptials. Thiessen tweeted a photo of herself with husband Brady Smith and captioned the pic: "Toast to our dear friends for an amazing wedding weekend in Mallorca, Spain."
Stone and Price dated for three years before becoming engaged in July 2012. The pair welcomed their first child together, a boy named Hudson, in Nov. 2012. Price is 36-years-old, and Stone is 37.
Stone, who is known to be a prolific tweeter, has yet to make any social media comment about the big day, but on Friday he posted a photo of a dessert plate with the caption,"Sinful Fridays= chocolate chunk cookies with pecans." He...
- 6/9/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Here’s some brand new photo featuring Megan Fox and some foot soldiers on the set of the upcoming remake “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” by director Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans, Battle Los Angeles, The Killing Room) and starring Megan Fox (This is 40, Passion Play, Jonah Hex), Alan Ritchson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Super Fun Night, Hawaii Five-o), Will Arnett (Arrested Development, 30 Rock), Noel Fisher (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Hatfields & McCoys) and Danny Woodburn (The Identical, All American Christmas Carol, Bad Ass). Synopsis: Aliens invade Earth and inadvertently spawn a quartet of mutated reptile warriors, the Ninja Turtles, who rise up against [ Read More ]
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- 6/2/2013
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Whoopie Goldberg was spotted on the set of the upcoming remake “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” by director Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans, Battle Los Angeles, The Killing Room) and starring Megan Fox (This is 40, Passion Play, Jonah Hex), Alan Ritchson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Super Fun Night, Hawaii Five-o), Will Arnett (Arrested Development, 30 Rock), Noel Fisher (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Hatfields & McCoys) and Danny Woodburn (The Identical, All American Christmas Carol, Bad Ass). Synopsis: Aliens invade Earth and inadvertently spawn a quartet of mutated reptile warriors, the Ninja Turtles, who rise up against them to defend the world. Follow @Shockya on [ Read More ]
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- 5/31/2013
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
The familiar Lost alumnus, Terry O’Quinn is headed back to Hawaii. Isn’t he the lucky one? Yes, he’ll have to do some work while he’s there. It isn’t a vacation. He is all set to reprise his Hawaii Five-o role.
Fans of the tropical cop series reboot know O’Quinn as retired Navy Seal Joe White. He last appeared in the Season 2 finale, when he introduced McGarrett to the mysterious “Shelburne,” who turns out to be McGarrett’s one and only mother, acted by Christine Lahti. White is also McGarrett’s mentor and former Navy Seal instructor.
He will return to the set sometime this season, as was evident on Twitter. The CBS Tweet read: #H50 fans! Just confirmed, #TerryOQuinn will return as the mysterious Joe White later this season and McG has a Lot of questions 4 him!
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Fans of the tropical cop series reboot know O’Quinn as retired Navy Seal Joe White. He last appeared in the Season 2 finale, when he introduced McGarrett to the mysterious “Shelburne,” who turns out to be McGarrett’s one and only mother, acted by Christine Lahti. White is also McGarrett’s mentor and former Navy Seal instructor.
He will return to the set sometime this season, as was evident on Twitter. The CBS Tweet read: #H50 fans! Just confirmed, #TerryOQuinn will return as the mysterious Joe White later this season and McG has a Lot of questions 4 him!
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- 1/10/2013
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
CBS won’t be getting caught up in the rough currents of a Hawaii Five-o lawsuit after all. Monday the network was released from a lawsuit filed in May by the agent of Hawaii Five-o creator Leonard Freeman. “Defendant CBS Studios Inc.’s, erroneously sued as CBS Television Network, (“CBS”) Demurrer is sustained without leave to amend,” wrote La Superior Court Judge Gregory Alarcon in his tentative ruling (read it here) made final Monday. While the network could be pulled back into the case on appeal, they are out of the case for now. “We appreciate the court’s ruling and are pleased that it brings an appropriate conclusion to our involvement in this lawsuit,” said a CBS spokesman today. Though many of his claims were substantiated, it was time that worked against Freeman’s former agent George Litto. Specifically how long it took Litto to file his $10 million suit...
- 1/8/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
CBS has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by George Litto, the talent agent who represented the original Hawaii Five-o creator Leonard Freeman. Litto claimed that he was cut out from participating in the successful new version of the show, and in October, he amended his allegations in an effort to have the 2010 agreement that paved the way for the new Five-o be ruled invalid. If successful, Litto might have been able to extract tens of millions of dollars in damages from CBS and also make it more difficult for the network to reap profits on the hit
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- 1/8/2013
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
George Litto, the talent agent who represented the original Hawaii Five-o creator Leonard Freeman, is still pursuing money from CBS' hit reboot. In May, Litto sued Freeman's heirs for making a 2010 deal with CBS that cut the ex-showbiz agent out of the success of the franchise. Now, the 81-year-old Litto has a new plan for how he's going to collect what he believes is owed. In an amended complaint, he's added CBS as a defendant and wants the court to declare the 2010 agreement to be invalid. According to Litto's new attorney, Henry Gradstein, the
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- 10/31/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
George Litto, whose agency represented the original writer and creator of the 1960s and ’70s CBS TV series Hawaii Five-o, has filed suit against the trusts for heirs of writer-producer Leonard Freeman and their representatives alleging that he was shut out of negotiations over the new version of the series and deprived of the relevant income and rights. Litto points out that CBS at one point filed a federal claim trying to wrest control from Litto and the Freeman trusts but ultimately lost. Litto’s suit contends that CBS and the trusts then shut him out of negotiations for the new series by attempting to renegotiate a 1974 agreement between Litto and the trusts that gave him substantial rights in connection with future versions of the series. Litto further contends that all rights to negotiate terms for and to share in revenues from future iterations of Hawaii Five-o reverted to him...
- 5/4/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Actress Joan Taylor, best remembered for two sci-fi / horror B movies of the late 1950s, died March 4 in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles County. Taylor was 82. According to various sources, Taylor was born Rose Marie Emma in Geneva, Illinois, on August 18, 1929. She was the daughter of Austrian vaudeville player Amelia Berky and an Italian-born immigrant who later became a Hollywood prop man. Curiously, last Friday night I watched for the first time the 1957 Columbia release 20 Million Miles to Earth. Though wasted in a non-role in this King Kong rip-off with stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen, Taylor looked quite pretty (as an Italian) whether angry at leading man William Hopper (son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper) or screaming at the ballooning Martian creature. I guess it says something about her screen presence that I was rooting for the Martian Monster to gobble up the film's director (Nathan Juran), writers (Robert Creighton Williams...
- 3/7/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Release Date: Sept. 20, 2011
Price: DVD $49.99
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS Home Entertainment
Jack Lord keeps his island clean in Hawaii Five-o.
The 11th season of the original tropical island crime-fighting cop drama Hawaii Five-o, on disc the same day as the new version of this classic TV series, originally aired on CBS-tv in 1978/1979.
The show stars Jack Lord (Dr. No) and James MacArthur (Hang’Em High) as Hawaii-based cops Steve McGarrett and Danny “Danno” Williams.
The landmark series ran for 13 seasons (ending in 1980), so that means that there are only two more seasons to release on disc individually before the studio can go to town and issue a complete-series set, which translates into a lot of discs (we’re thinking 80 or so…).
Guest stars in some of the 1th season’s 21 episodes include George Lazenby (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), Victoria Principal (TV’s Dallas), Cameron Mitchell (Carousel...
Price: DVD $49.99
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS Home Entertainment
Jack Lord keeps his island clean in Hawaii Five-o.
The 11th season of the original tropical island crime-fighting cop drama Hawaii Five-o, on disc the same day as the new version of this classic TV series, originally aired on CBS-tv in 1978/1979.
The show stars Jack Lord (Dr. No) and James MacArthur (Hang’Em High) as Hawaii-based cops Steve McGarrett and Danny “Danno” Williams.
The landmark series ran for 13 seasons (ending in 1980), so that means that there are only two more seasons to release on disc individually before the studio can go to town and issue a complete-series set, which translates into a lot of discs (we’re thinking 80 or so…).
Guest stars in some of the 1th season’s 21 episodes include George Lazenby (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), Victoria Principal (TV’s Dallas), Cameron Mitchell (Carousel...
- 8/22/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Scott Caan awoke Wednesday (June 29) with this reaction: "Tom Sizemore is coming on?"
Zap2it informed the "Hawaii Five-o" co-star that "Saving Private Ryan" and "Heat" movie veteran Sizemore will recur on CBS' Monday crime-drama reboot in its forthcoming second season as an Internal Affairs investigator ... one likely involved in a probe of Five-0 chief Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), framed for murdering Hawaii's governor (Jean Smart) by arch villain Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos), who secretly had the politician in his pocket.
"Lost" Emmy winner Terry O'Quinn also is being added to the "Five-0" cast for year two, and Caan tells Zap2it he thinks the moves are typically "really smart" of executive producer Peter M. Lenkov. "I know he has his ideas about the show, and CBS has its ideas about the show, and neither of them is wrong. Over the years, he's going to figure out a way to...
Zap2it informed the "Hawaii Five-o" co-star that "Saving Private Ryan" and "Heat" movie veteran Sizemore will recur on CBS' Monday crime-drama reboot in its forthcoming second season as an Internal Affairs investigator ... one likely involved in a probe of Five-0 chief Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), framed for murdering Hawaii's governor (Jean Smart) by arch villain Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos), who secretly had the politician in his pocket.
"Lost" Emmy winner Terry O'Quinn also is being added to the "Five-0" cast for year two, and Caan tells Zap2it he thinks the moves are typically "really smart" of executive producer Peter M. Lenkov. "I know he has his ideas about the show, and CBS has its ideas about the show, and neither of them is wrong. Over the years, he's going to figure out a way to...
- 6/29/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Pasadena - Forget the AFI Top 10 list of Best TV shows. Why should care about TV since they are the American Film Institute? This is kind like the American Diabetic Prevention Society’s Top 10 Favorite Sugary Candy Bars list. Or Bravo’s Top 10 Hunting Shows. Or Madd’s Best 10 Drinks to Mess You Up. Or Charlie Sheen’s Top 10 Things You Can Do Without Involving Hookers and Blow. If they care about TV that much, shouldn’t they be the Aftvi? But they are a pack of List Whores over at AFI with their 100 Years a 100 Stupid Lists press releases.
Why does critic or critic group have to tell you the Best or Worst of the Year? Party Favors is proud to announce the Meh Awards for the 10 TV shows that didn’t work for me in 2010. They weren’t the most pathetic things on TV, but made me lose interest in watching them.
Why does critic or critic group have to tell you the Best or Worst of the Year? Party Favors is proud to announce the Meh Awards for the 10 TV shows that didn’t work for me in 2010. They weren’t the most pathetic things on TV, but made me lose interest in watching them.
- 12/24/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
When James MacArthur passed away last week at the age of 72, the obituaries I read emphasized his role as “Danno” on the long-running TV hit Hawaii Five-o, and understandably so…but at the same time they glossed over his career-building years at the Walt Disney studio. I was too young to see teenaged MacArthur in the live TV drama The Young Stranger and the feature film it spawned was over my head as a young moviegoer, but I vividly remember being introduced to the actor when Disney released The Light in the Forest, Third Man on the Mountain, Kidnaped, and…...
- 11/2/2010
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
American actor known for his role as Danno in the television series Hawaii Five-o
One actor in his time plays many parts, so it is a mixed blessing for a performer to be forever associated with one role and one catchphrase. James MacArthur, who has died aged 72, was instantly identified with Detective Danny "Danno" Williams in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-o (1968-79), in which he was habitually told "Book 'em, Danno" by his superior officer, Detective Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), after villains had been captured.
From the outset, MacArthur could not escape being reminded that he was the son of celebrated parents. His mother, Helen Hayes, always flagged as "the first lady of the theatre", had a long career on stage, in television and films, winning two Oscars 40 years apart, and his father, Charles MacArthur, co-wrote and co-directed several films with Ben Hecht, one of which, The Scoundrel (1935), won a screenplay Oscar,...
One actor in his time plays many parts, so it is a mixed blessing for a performer to be forever associated with one role and one catchphrase. James MacArthur, who has died aged 72, was instantly identified with Detective Danny "Danno" Williams in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-o (1968-79), in which he was habitually told "Book 'em, Danno" by his superior officer, Detective Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), after villains had been captured.
From the outset, MacArthur could not escape being reminded that he was the son of celebrated parents. His mother, Helen Hayes, always flagged as "the first lady of the theatre", had a long career on stage, in television and films, winning two Oscars 40 years apart, and his father, Charles MacArthur, co-wrote and co-directed several films with Ben Hecht, one of which, The Scoundrel (1935), won a screenplay Oscar,...
- 10/31/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
I've never seen "Hawaii Five-o," never saw Disney's "Kidnapped," and though I grew up loving "Swiss Family Robinson," my least favorite character in the film was James MacArthur's Fritz. Enough that I kinda forgot about the elder brother of the shipwrecked clan until hearing about the actor's death yesterday. Here is something else I recalled with the news: MacArthur co-starred in the 1963 WWII film "Cry of Battle," which is best known for being half of the double-feature (along with the Korean War film "War is Hell") playing at the Texas Theatre when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested there following…...
- 10/29/2010
- Spout
Beloved "Hawaii Five-o" actor James MacArthur, has died at the age of 72. MacArthur passed away on Thursday, October 28, a family representative tells People.com. Details surrounding the cause of death were not made available as WENN went to press.
The actor seemed destined for a career on the stage and screen, as the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes and her husband, American playwright Charles MacArthur, and he made his big screen debut in 1957 drama "The Young Stranger". MacArthur went on to appear in Walt Disney films "Third Man on the Mountain", "Kidnapped" and "Swiss Family Robinson", and in 1961 he made his Broadway debuted opposite a little-known Jane Fonda in "Invitation to a March".
The stage performance won him the Theatre World Award for Best New Actor. He won further acclaim for his roles in 1965 World War II drama, "The Battle of the Bulge" and Clint Eastwood's 1968 spaghetti Western,...
The actor seemed destined for a career on the stage and screen, as the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes and her husband, American playwright Charles MacArthur, and he made his big screen debut in 1957 drama "The Young Stranger". MacArthur went on to appear in Walt Disney films "Third Man on the Mountain", "Kidnapped" and "Swiss Family Robinson", and in 1961 he made his Broadway debuted opposite a little-known Jane Fonda in "Invitation to a March".
The stage performance won him the Theatre World Award for Best New Actor. He won further acclaim for his roles in 1965 World War II drama, "The Battle of the Bulge" and Clint Eastwood's 1968 spaghetti Western,...
- 10/29/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
James MacArthur, best known through the catchphrase "Book 'em, Danno" from the original "Hawaii Five-o," died Thursday. He was 72.
His family was at his side at the time of his death, according to a statement. No further details, including a cause, were given.
The actor son of famed screenwriter Charles MacArthur and theater legend Helen Hayes played Detective Dan Williams on the original 1970s TV series for 11 seasons. He also made several films, including Disney's...
His family was at his side at the time of his death, according to a statement. No further details, including a cause, were given.
The actor son of famed screenwriter Charles MacArthur and theater legend Helen Hayes played Detective Dan Williams on the original 1970s TV series for 11 seasons. He also made several films, including Disney's...
- 10/28/2010
- Extra
Los Angeles (d-a) - James MacArthur, who played Detective Danno Williams on the original TV hit Hawaii 5-0, has died aged 72, according to the Hollywood Reporter Thursday. MacArthur's catchphrase 'Book-em Danno' is considered one of the most popular lines in Us television history. According to his agent, Richard Lewis, he died of 'natural causes' in Florida. Apart from his landmark role in Hawaii Five-o, MacArthur starred in films such as Battle of the Bulge and Swiss Family Robinson.
- 10/28/2010
- Monsters and Critics
James MacArthur, best known to American television audiences as "Danno" in the classic TV series "Hawaii Five-O," died of natural causes today in Florida. He was 72 years old.
As youthful Detective Danny "Danno" Williams, MacArthur became as recognizable as Jack Lord, who played the team's leader Steve McGarrett. However, it was Lord who uttered what would become the series' signature catchphrase: "Book 'em, Danno." The original "Hawaii Five-O" aired from 1968 until 1980; CBS recently premiered a modern reboot of the crime drama with Scott Caan playing Danny Williams. MacArthur, the last living member from the original series main cast, had agreed to appear in an upcoming episode, according to a statement on his personal website.
Born James Gordon MacArthur on December 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, MacArthur is the adopted son of playwright Charles MacArthur and his wife Helen Hayes, who was considered to be the First Lady of the American stage. He grew up in Nyack, New York, with his parents' biological daughter Mary, and was educated at Allen Stevenson School in New York, and later at Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania. MacArthur would later attend Harvard but, after working in several Walt Disney films over his summer breaks, left to pursue an acting career full-time.
MacArthur also won acclaim onstage, making his Broadway debut in 1960 playing opposite Jane Fonda in "Invitation to a March." But his clean-cut looks and athletic build won him roles in the late 1950s and 60s in several Disney films, including The Light in the Forest, Third Man on the Mountain, and the classics Kidnapped and Swiss Family Robinson. He also played a pivotal role in the 1965 film classic Battle of the Bulge. During that period MacArthur also guest starred on a number of television series including "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "Wagon Train," "The Untouchables" and "12 O'Clock High." He even co-starred with Hayes in a 1968 episode of "Tarzan."
Reportedly it was his appearance in the legendary Clint Eastwood Western Hang 'Em High that would eventually lead to MacArthur winning the role on "Hawaii Five-O."
After "Hawaii Five-O" came to an end, MacArthur returned to the stage, making guest appearances on series such as "Fantasy Island," "The Love Boat," "Vega$,"and "Murder, She Wrote." He also reprised the role of Dan Williams in a 1997 attempt to resurrect "Hawaii Five-O" but the pilot, in which Williams had been made Hawaii's Governor, was never picked up. His final small-screen appearance was in the 1998 TV movie "Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister."
According to a family statement reported by People.com, MacArthur spent his time off-camera enjoying sports and played flamenco guitar. He was formerly married to actress Joyce Bulifant from 1958 to 1967, and to actress Melody Patterson from 1970 to 1975. Both unions ended in divorce.
MacArthur is survived by his wife, Helen Beth Duntz, four children and seven grandchildren.
As youthful Detective Danny "Danno" Williams, MacArthur became as recognizable as Jack Lord, who played the team's leader Steve McGarrett. However, it was Lord who uttered what would become the series' signature catchphrase: "Book 'em, Danno." The original "Hawaii Five-O" aired from 1968 until 1980; CBS recently premiered a modern reboot of the crime drama with Scott Caan playing Danny Williams. MacArthur, the last living member from the original series main cast, had agreed to appear in an upcoming episode, according to a statement on his personal website.
Born James Gordon MacArthur on December 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, MacArthur is the adopted son of playwright Charles MacArthur and his wife Helen Hayes, who was considered to be the First Lady of the American stage. He grew up in Nyack, New York, with his parents' biological daughter Mary, and was educated at Allen Stevenson School in New York, and later at Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania. MacArthur would later attend Harvard but, after working in several Walt Disney films over his summer breaks, left to pursue an acting career full-time.
MacArthur also won acclaim onstage, making his Broadway debut in 1960 playing opposite Jane Fonda in "Invitation to a March." But his clean-cut looks and athletic build won him roles in the late 1950s and 60s in several Disney films, including The Light in the Forest, Third Man on the Mountain, and the classics Kidnapped and Swiss Family Robinson. He also played a pivotal role in the 1965 film classic Battle of the Bulge. During that period MacArthur also guest starred on a number of television series including "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "Wagon Train," "The Untouchables" and "12 O'Clock High." He even co-starred with Hayes in a 1968 episode of "Tarzan."
Reportedly it was his appearance in the legendary Clint Eastwood Western Hang 'Em High that would eventually lead to MacArthur winning the role on "Hawaii Five-O."
After "Hawaii Five-O" came to an end, MacArthur returned to the stage, making guest appearances on series such as "Fantasy Island," "The Love Boat," "Vega$,"and "Murder, She Wrote." He also reprised the role of Dan Williams in a 1997 attempt to resurrect "Hawaii Five-O" but the pilot, in which Williams had been made Hawaii's Governor, was never picked up. His final small-screen appearance was in the 1998 TV movie "Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister."
According to a family statement reported by People.com, MacArthur spent his time off-camera enjoying sports and played flamenco guitar. He was formerly married to actress Joyce Bulifant from 1958 to 1967, and to actress Melody Patterson from 1970 to 1975. Both unions ended in divorce.
MacArthur is survived by his wife, Helen Beth Duntz, four children and seven grandchildren.
- 10/28/2010
- by Melanie McFarland
- IMDb News
Actor James MacArthur, who played "Danno" in the original version of television's "Hawaii Five-0," died Thursday at age 72. The Associated Press reports that MacArthur's agent, Richard Lewis, said the actor died in Florida of "natural causes." MacArthur was prolific in his many roles over 40 years, but it was his television character Detective Danny "Danno" Williams on "Hawaii Five-0," which aired from 1968 to 1980 that most people remember. "Hawaii Five-o," one of the longest running crime shows in TV history with 278 episodes, was shot on location in the Hawaiian islands, a place that MacArthur loved, accordign to a past interview. The series was reimagined by CBS this fall television season with Alex O'Loughlin as...
- 10/28/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Beloved Hawaii Five-O actor James MacArthur, has died at the age of 72. MacArthur passed away on Thursday, a family representative tells People.com. Details surrounding the cause of death were not made available as WENN went to press.
The actor seemed destined for a career on the stage and screen, as the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes and her husband, American playwright Charles MacArthur, and he made his big screen debut in 1957 drama The Young Stranger.
MacArthur went on to appear in Walt Disney films Third Man on the Mountain, Kidnapped and Swiss Family Robinson, and in 1961 he made his Broadway debuted opposite a little-known Jane Fonda in Invitation to a March.
The stage performance won him the Theatre World Award for Best New Actor.
He won further acclaim for his roles in 1965 World War II drama, The Battle of the Bulge and Clint Eastwood's 1968 spaghetti Western, Hang 'Em High.
But he is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Dan 'Danno' Williams on the original U.S. TV crime drama Hawaii Five-O, which ran from 1968 to 1980.
MacArthur is survived by his wife of more than 25 years, Helen Beth Duntz, four children and seven grandchildren.
His first two marriages, from 1958 to 1967 to actress Joyce Bulifant, and another, from 1970 to 1975 to actress Melody Patterson, ended in divorce.
The actor seemed destined for a career on the stage and screen, as the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes and her husband, American playwright Charles MacArthur, and he made his big screen debut in 1957 drama The Young Stranger.
MacArthur went on to appear in Walt Disney films Third Man on the Mountain, Kidnapped and Swiss Family Robinson, and in 1961 he made his Broadway debuted opposite a little-known Jane Fonda in Invitation to a March.
The stage performance won him the Theatre World Award for Best New Actor.
He won further acclaim for his roles in 1965 World War II drama, The Battle of the Bulge and Clint Eastwood's 1968 spaghetti Western, Hang 'Em High.
But he is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Dan 'Danno' Williams on the original U.S. TV crime drama Hawaii Five-O, which ran from 1968 to 1980.
MacArthur is survived by his wife of more than 25 years, Helen Beth Duntz, four children and seven grandchildren.
His first two marriages, from 1958 to 1967 to actress Joyce Bulifant, and another, from 1970 to 1975 to actress Melody Patterson, ended in divorce.
- 10/28/2010
- WENN
The actor responsibly for being on the receiving end of one of television's most enduring catchphrases has passed on. James MacArthur, who had the pleasure of being told to "book 'em," long before Scott Caan came along, passed away from natural causes today at his home in Florida. He was 72. While his acting career spanned more than four decades, and included roles on Gunsmoke and Swiss Family Robinson, MacArthur was far and away best known for playing Detective Danny "Danno" Williams, sidekick to Jack Lord's Steve McGarret, in the original Hawaii Five-o. The show ran from 1968 to 1980, and MacArthur appeared in every season save the last. "Sad," Peter Lenkov,...
- 10/28/2010
- E! Online
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