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For 10 seasons, the rebooted "Hawaii Five-0" was a rock-solid Nielsen ratings performer for CBS. A combo nostalgia play for Baby Boomers who grew up watching Jack Lord and James MacArthur bust perps in and around Honolulu, and a stylish procedural targeted at fans of the network's popular "CSI" and "NCIS" franchises, "Hawaii Five-0" delivered consistently with its wildly appealing cast and storylines that explored its characters' pasts without ever getting bogged down in drawn-out story arcs. "Hawaii Five-0" knew what its fans wanted, and never deviated from its tried-and-true formula.

When a series hits the Nielsen sweet spot week in and week out, you figure the network would bend over backwards to keep it running until people stop watching. This is what Fox continues to do with "The Simpsons," now in its 36th season, and how NBC has rolled with its "Law & Order" franchise.

Disneyland has released a first look of its new reimagined Adventure Treehouse, inspired by Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson.

The new attraction opens Nov. 10 in Disneyland Park and pays tribute to the original treehouse Walt Disney and his team built in 1962. Previously, the treehouse was themed after the 1999 animated film Tarzan.

In the new iteration, there’s a water wheel “powered by the magical waters,” a homey dining area for the Robinson family of 5, a wood-carving station, an astronomy loft, a nature room and the father’s art studio.

“The video explores the mother’s music den, sons’ nature room and daughter’s astronomer’s loft among the tree’s massive boughs,” said Disney officials in a statement. “It also offers a glimpse at the ground-level kitchen and dining room, plus the father’s art studio.”

There are no height requirements for the attraction.

Disney’s original Swiss Family Robinson...

Jerome Coopersmith, who wrote more than 30 installments of the classic 1960s-70s police drama Hawaii Five-o and received a Tony Award nomination for his book for the 1965 Harold Prince-directed Sherlock Holmes musical Baker Street, died Friday in Rochester, NY. He was 97.

His family announced his death.

After earning a Purple Heart at the Battle of the Bulge in 1945, Coopersmith also wrote, among other stage works, the first act of the 1966 three-part Mike Nichols-directed musical The Apple Tree, starring Barbara Harris and Alan Alda. The musical was revived for Broadway in 2006 by the Roundabout Theatre Company in a production that starred Kristin Chenoweth, Brian D’Arcy James and Marc Kudisch.

But Coopersmith was most prolific as a television writer. From his early days in the late 1940s and early 1950s contributing to such series as The Gabby Hayes Show, Johnny Jupitor and the religion-themed Lamp Unto My Feet, Coopersmith wrote...

Jerome Coopersmith, who received a Tony nomination for writing a 1965 Sherlock Holmes musical and penned more than two dozen episodes of the original Hawaii Five-o during the series’ first nine seasons, has died. He was 97.

Coopersmith died peacefully Friday in Rochester, New York, his family announced.

After earning a Purple Heart for his service during World War II, Coopersmith broke into television writing for quiz shows and historical programs. In the early 1950s, he and Horton Foote worked on the kids-focused Gabby Hayes Show and Johnny Jupiter, and the future Pulitzer Prize and Oscar winner behind To Kill a Mockingbird would become his mentor.

Coopersmith wrote 30 regular installments and two feature-length episodes of CBS’ Hawaii Five-o from 1968-76. Among those was the notable 1975 eighth-season installment Retire in Sunny Hawaii … Forever, which featured Helen Hayes in an Emmy-nominated guest-starring stint as the aunt of her real-life son, James MacArthur.

He then...

Third Man on the Mountain

1959 / 105 Mins. / 1.66: 1

Starring Michael Rennie, James MacArthur

Written by Eleanore Griffin

Directed by Ken Annakin

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From Newbery Medal to amusement park thrill ride, James Ramsey Ullman’s Banner in the Sky climbed the ladder as deftly as the men who scaled the mountains in his 1955 best seller, a fictionalized account of the first explorer to make it to the top of the Matterhorn.

It was rarefied air even for Ullman who, when he wasn’t writing, could be found shinnying up the nearest cliff side—though not recognized as a “high end” climber, the writer’s attraction to life or death experiences made him an honorary member of a lofty clique. In 1957, Walt Disney purchased the rights to Ullman’s novel and set the Mouse Machine in motion, first the tie-in paperback, then the Sunday comic strip, and after much fanfare,...

William Smith, the action star who tussled with Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way You Can, made a lasting impression as the evil Falconetti on TV miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man and was a regular on the final season of Hawaii Five-o, died July 5 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 88.

His wife Joanne Cervelli Smith confirmed the death. A cause of death was not disclosed.

Smith was born in Columbia, Mo, in 1933 on his family’s cattle ranch where he grew up surrounded by many beloved horses. Although the Smith family moved to Southern California before he was 10, it was his time spent on the ranch that influenced the roles he’d take during his more than seven decades-long career in TV and film.

He began his career in entertainment as an extra in 1942’s The Ghost of Frankenstein when he was eight years old.

Jon M. Chu is overseeing a television remake of Swiss Family Robinson for Disney+. Outlander’s Ron Moore is writing and exec producing.

The series, which is based on the 1960 film of the same name, follows a shipwrecked family who build a home on a deserted island.

The film, which came out in 1960, starred John Mills, James MacArthur and Dorothy McGuire and was directed by Ken Annakin.

It followed a family from Switzerland who escape the Napoleonic Wars to relocate to a colony in New Guinea and their ship is attacked by pirates and they end up on an uninhabited island.

It was announced by Disney’s Dana Walden as part of the company’s four-hour investor presentation alongside other development titles including a TV adaptation of Beauty and The Beast and Percy Jackson & The Olympians.

It is the latest Disney project for the Crazy Rich Asians director, who is...

In the fall of 2010, Peter M. Lenkov took a big gamble, re-envisioning a well-remembered police procedural from the past for new generations. 

It was a bet that paid off big time as Hawaii Five-0 said "Aloha" after 10 seasons on Hawaii Five-0 Season 10 Episode 22.

Reboots are a tricky business as creators are messing with viewers' sense of nostalgia.

Five-0 is undoubtedly the most successful reboot. Other top-notch efforts include One Day at a Time, Battlestar Galactica, Charmed, Roswell, Dynasty, and Lost in Space.

Consigned to the scraphead of history are such messes as Charlie's Angels and Bionic Woman. 

Lenkov, previously known as executive producer of CSI: New York and 24, made all the right moves with this reboot.

He kept the gorgeous scenery of Hawaii as the backdrop for exciting action sequences.

He kept the iconic theme song, one of the two best themes in TV history.

That's what they call...

Exclusive: A major new character is coming to CBS’ long-running series Hawaii Five-o. Star alum Lance Gross is joining the rebooted crime drama as a guest star in the final two episodes of Season 10, with a series regular option pending renewal. The back-to-back episodes will air April 3.

Gross will play Lincoln Cole, a decorated war hero and ex-Marine Gunnery Sergeant with the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team. Lincoln’s actions as an anonymous good Samaritan now have him in the cross-hairs of some very dangerous people, and McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Five-0 are determined to protect him at all costs.

A contemporary take on the classic 1968-80 series, Hawaii Five-o stars O’Loughlin as Lt. Cmdr. Steve McGarrett, the character originated by Jack Lord, with Scott Caan at Det. Sgt. Danny Williams, the “Danno” played by James MacArthur in the original. Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath, Beulah Koale, Katrina Law,...

Katrina Law (The Oath) has joined the upcoming 10th season of CBS’ hit drama Hawaii Five-o as a new series regular.

Law plays Quinn Liu, a former staff sergeant with Army Cid recently demoted for insubordination. After an explosive collision with Five-o on a case involving veterans, she soon becomes a loyal ally to the team that always has valued integrity over playing by the rules. Sharp-tongued in several languages, Quinn has a deep understanding of military culture, a mysterious past, and a deft ability to match wits with McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin).

“We are thrilled to have Katrina join the 10th season Hawaii-Five-o as a series regular,” executive producer Peter Lenkov said. “She dazzles as Quinn, the team’s newest recruit, and viewers are going to love seeing how she first encounters McGarrett and Danny. If you know the show well, you’ll be feeling some déjà vu.”

A...

CBS will continue riding its Hawaii Five-0 wave. The network today ordered a 10th season of its rebooted crime drama set in America’s 50th state. It has been a solid tentpole of CBS’ Friday lineup, which is staying intact, with the network also picking up new seasons of 8 Pm anchor MacGyver and 10 Pm stalwart Blue Bloods.

A contemporary take on the classic 1968-80 series, Hawaii Five-o stars Alex O’Laughlin as Lt. Cmdr. Steve McGarrett, the character originated by Jack Lord, and Scott Caan at Det. Sgt. Danny Williams, the “Danno” played by James MacArthur in the original. Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath, Beulah Koale, Jorge Garcia, Chi McBride, Taylor Wily, Dennis Chun and Kimee Balmilero co-star in the series from CBS Television Studios.

Peter Lenkov, David Wolkove, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are the executive producers.

Hawaii Five-o is averaging a 1.3 demo rating and 10.1 million total viewers this season.

With fans clamoring for a crossover episode between CBS procedurals Hawaii Five-0, Magnum, P.I., and MacGyver, the co-creator of the three series says it may just happen.

Peter M. Lenkov, the creative mind behind the reboots, sat down with the casts of the shows Saturday afternoon at PaleyFest in Los Angeles.

After the actors dished on their characters, moderator Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight asked the day’s burning question — when will there be a crossover?

“This is a question I’ve never heard before,” Lenkov joked. “We talk about it a lot in the room, how to do it. I think there’s a way to do it, it’s just logistics.”

While Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum, P.I. are shot in Hawaii, MacGyver is filmed in Atlanta, making a crossover a bit of a challenge.

Still, Lenkov told Saturday’s audience of loyal fans, “We’d love to make that work out.

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...

That scarlet woman Ingrid is back from exile, and hypocritical Hollywood is not complaining -- Anatole Litvak and Arthur Laurents make an intriguing romantic-psychological mystery of a bogus Romanoff Duchess who surfaces in 1928 Paris to claim the crown fortune. Good roles for Yul Brynner and Helen Hayes as well. It's a strange intersection of scandal, history and swindlers that may have found the real item... and maybe not. Anastasia Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1956 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 105 min. / Ship Date March 15, 2016 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer, Sacha Pitoeff, Ivan Desny, Natalie Schafer, Karel Stepanek Cinematography Jack Hildyard Art Direction Andrej Andrejew, Bill Andrews Film Editor Bert Bates Original Music Alfred Newman Written by Arthur Laurents from a play by Marcelle Maurette Produced by Buddy Adler Directed by Anatole Litvak

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

The cleverly written and...

Director John Frankenheimer.

I'm often asked which, out of the over 600 interviews I've logged with Hollywood's finest, is my favorite. It's not a tough answer: John Frankenheimer.

We instantly clicked the day we met at his home in Benedict Canyon, and spent most of the afternoon talking in his den. A friendship of sorts developed over the years, with visits to his office for screenings of the old Kinescopes he directed for shows like "Playhouse 90" during his salad days in live television during the 1950s.

We hadn't spoken for nearly a year in mid-2002 when the phone rang. It was John, who spoke in what can only be described as a "stentorian bark," like a general. "Alex!" he exclaimed. "John Frankenheimer." He could sense something was amiss with me. It was. My screenwriting career had stalled. My marriage was progressing to divorce. I had hit bottom. John knew that...

This Sunday, I’m pleased to be part of a new series of Walt Disney presentations on Turner Classic Movies. I’ll be joining Ben Mankiewicz to introduce a full evening of Disney treats, including the classic Silly Symphonies short Santa’s Workshop (1932) and two other wintry cartoons, the wonderful behind-the-scenes feature The Reluctant Dragon (1941) featuring Robert Benchley, my boyhood favorite Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955), the Oscar-winning True Life Adventure The Vanishing Prairie (1954), and another film I’ve always liked, Third Man on the Mountain (1959) starring James MacArthur, Michael Rennie, Janet Munro, and Herbert Lom, followed by Perilous Assignment, an...

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Ed Asner is returning to Hawaii Five-0 after 36 years. The Emmy-winning actor, best known for his portrayal of Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, appeared on the original series in a 1975 episode called "Wooden Model of a Rat." Opposite Jack Lord and James MacArthur, Asner guest-starred as a world-class smuggler named August March.

Now, Asner is getting ready to play the same character on the rebooted version of Hawaii Five-0. Footage from his appearance on the original series will be incorporated. His character will have served 30 years in prison for committing murder, has reformed and now lives on the island of O'ahu.

McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and the rest of the team will approach him, asking for his help on a smuggling case. Since this is a reboot, it'll be interesting to see if the writers make any kind of...

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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...

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...

Lost actor Terry O'Quinn has just joined the cast of CBS's Hawaii Five-0 for its upcoming season, bringing the total number of Lost alums on the show up to two (the other is former co-star Daniel Dae Kim). I wonder if this man is Irish.

Watch Diddy guest-star on Hawaii Five-0

And: Original Hawaii Five-0 star James MacArthur dies at 72

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'The King's Speech,' "Modern Family," "Boardwalk Empire," Colin Firth and Natalie Portman were among the big winners at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, and we have the show highlights! Get the complete list of winners Here! The Movie Accolades 'The King's Speech' players were named Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture over such competition as the thespians of 'Black Swan,' 'The Fighter,' 'The Kids Are All Right' and 'The Social Network.' Taking the stage alongside stars Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter, a jubilant Geoffrey Rush told the audience, "It shouldn't be called the SAG award, it should be called the uplifting award." Moments earlier, the king's wealth was shared with Firth, who was named Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of King George VI, besting Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall,...

Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan Claire Danes' won the SAG Award for playing an autistic woman in the television movie Temple Grandin. Danes remarked that she was competing with fellow Little Women players Winona Ryder (When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story) and Susan Sarandon (You Don't Know Jack). Absentee Al Pacino was the Best Actor winner for You Don't Know Jack. [List of SAG Award television winners and nominees.] "So grateful to have this union protecting me every day," said Best Actress winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan). She then proceeded to thank fellow player Mila Kunis and director Darren Aronofsky. The In Memoriam tribute included Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Dennis Hopper, Lena Horne, Lynn Redgrave, June Havoc, Kathryn Grayson, James MacArthur, Patricia Neal, Peter Graves, David Nelson, and many others. Hilary Swank presented it. Modern Family won the Best Cast in a Comedy Series SAG Award. Photo: [...]...

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.

Tough-talking Iron Chef boss Mark Dacascos is set to join the cast of TV remake Hawaii Five-0.

The Chairman of the hit reality TV cooking show, which pits top chefs against each other, will play supervillain Wo Fat on the hit cop series.

Khigh Dhiegh played the reoccurring role of the Chinese bad guy in the original TV series, starring Jack Lord and the recently deceased James MacArthur.

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…...

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,...

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…...

Mission: Impossible 4’s new name is Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol and people are already calling it Punctuation: Impossible. I admit, I’m having trouble typing it out in a way that makes sense. Maybe it’s easier in the Thetan language.

Scarlett Johansson will host Saturday Night Live November 13th with Arcade Fire, while Anne Hathaway picks up November 20th with Florence and the Machine. I’d say I hope that Scarlett brings her sexy husband, but they’re almost never seen together.

The Hells Angels are suing Alexander McQueen for using their trademark winged death head symbol on his bags without permission. I didn’t realize the notorious biker gang had copyright attorneys.

In the 50 Most Terrifying Sesame Street Costumes, Bert and Ernie figure prominently. Just sayin’.

Have the incredibly unattainable jack-o-lanterns that we see online caused you to throw in your carving knife?

A man charged with indecent...

Chicago – James MacArthur, a stage and screen actor best known for playing the booking agent Danno in the 1960s version of the TV show “Hawaii Five-0,” died on October 28th, 2010, of natural causes. He was 72. HollywoodChicago.com interviewed MacArthur last March at the Hollywood Celebrities and Memorabilia Show.

MacArthur, the adopted son of theater icon Helen Hayes and playwright Charles MacArthur, made his stage debut at age eight in a summer stock production of “The Corn is Green.” He went on to television and the movies in the early 1960s, getting character parts in “Gunsmoke,” “Spencer’s Mountain,” “Swiss Family Robinson” and the Clint Eastwood western “Hang ‘Em High.” It was his role in that film that brought him to the attention of the producers of Hawaii Five-0.

From 1968 to 1979 MacArthur played cop sidekick Danno to Jack Lord’s Steve McGarrett on the Five-0 squad. MacArthur was not very complimentary...

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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,...

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...

 

MacArthur starred opposite Jack Lord in Hawaii 5-0 between 1968-1980.

Actor James MacArthur, who played Det. Danny "Danno" Williams on the smash hit CBS series Hawaii 5-0, has died at age 72 of natural causes. MacArthur, the son of legendary actress Helen Hayes and playwright Charles MacArthur, was already a seasoned acting veteran when he starred in the series in 1968. He left in 1980 before the show's final season, saying the scripts and characters had become tired and bland. MacArthur also had prominent roles on the big screen in films such as Swiss Family Robinson, The Light in the Forest, The Truth About Spring, Battle of the Bulge, Spencer's Mountain and The Bedford Incident. In recent years, he enjoyed renewed popularity through his periodic appearances at autograph fairs. For more click here...

The co-star on the original Hawaii Five-0 series, James MacArthur, has died at the age of 72. He passed away early this morning, reportedly from natural causes.

MacArthur was born in 1937 and was adopted by renowned actress Helen Hayes and scribe Charles MacArthur, best known for writing plays like The Front Page and Twentieth Century. James was raised alongside their biological daughter, Mary, until her premature death from polio in 1949 at the age of 19. Some who knew Charles MacArthur believed that event helped bring on his own death in 1956, at the age of 60.

James MacArthur got his start in the theatre with his sister in a Maryland production of The Corn Is Green. He trained in summer stock and also worked backstage, sometimes connected with productions starring his mother. At the age of 18, while still in high school,...

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.

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.

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...

  James MacArthur, best known for playing blue-eyed Detective Danno Williams in the original version of Hawaii Five-0 and for being the adopted son of Broadway and Hollywood star Helen Hayes and playwright/screenwriter Charles MacArthur, died today in Florida of unspecified "natural causes." He was 72. Jack Lord, who starred as McGarret in the television show that ran 1968-1980, died in 1998. MacArthur (born Dec. 8, 1937, in Los Angeles) left the show a year before it folded. On his website, he explained: "Quite frankly, I grew bored. The stories became more bland and predictable and presented less and less challenge to me as an actor." MacArthur's film career was both brief (1957-1968) and minor. His most important movie role is probably his very first: the troubled teenage son of a movie producer in John Frankenheimer's feature-film debut The Young Stranger (1957), in which MacArthur played opposite Oscar winner Kim Hunter. Both [...]...

James MacArthur, best known for his role as Danno on the original Hawaii Five-0 (TV), died of natural causes in Florida on Thursday, according to The Associated Press. He was 72. MacArthur was most recognized for his role as Detective Danny "Danno" Williams on Hawaii Five-0, which aired from 1968 to 1980 — one of the longest-running crime shows in television history. "Book em, Danno," the catchphrase said by Danno's partner Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) in many episodes, became a pop culture staple. A remake of Hawaii Five-0 (TV) debuted in the fall on CBS with Scott Cann taking over the role made famous by MacArthur.

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 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,...

Hawaii Five-0 actor James MacArthur has passed away at the age of 72. MacArthur played Detective Dan 'Danno' Williams for 11 seasons on the original CBS series, which aired from 1968 to 1980. A cause of death has not yet been reported, according to Gossip Cop. The TV actor also appeared in the films Swiss Family Robinson and Spencer’s Mountain. He was the (more)...

James MacArthur, the boyish actor who became a household name in the 1970s as Danny "Danno" Williams on TV's Hawaii Five-O, died Thursday, a family representative told People. He was 72 and his family was at his side at the time of his death, according to a family statement. No further details, including a cause, were given. Born in Los Angeles on December 8, 1937, MacArthur was adopted shortly after his birth by two living legends: actress Helen Hayes, considered the First Lady of the American stage, and her husband, Charles MacArthur, who, with collaborator Ben Hecht, wrote what some consider the greatest...

James MacArthur, who played Danno in the original 'Hawaii Five-0' -- the role now played by Scott Caan on the CBS remake -- died this morning. He was 72. The actor's agent, Richard Lewis, told the Associated Press that MacArthur died of "natural causes" in Florida, however, no other details have been given.

MacArthur was most famous for his role as Detective Danny "Danno" Williams on 'Hawaii Five-0,' which often ended episodes with the phrase "Book 'em, Danno." He was in all 11 seasons of the show, 1968 to 1980, as well as the 1997 pilot for a revamped 'Hawaii Five-0' starring Gary Busey (if you can imagine that), Russell Wong, and Steven Flynn. He played the same character, but Danno had become governor of Hawaii.

Over four decades, MacArthur racked up roles in movies and television. He starred in the 1960 version of 'Swiss Family Robinson,...

If Hawaii Five-0 has proven anything, it’s that reboots can work if they involve the right writers and stars (thank goodness for Scott Caan as Danno). Too bad NBC didn’t strike while the iron was hot: Though its reboots of The Rockford Files and Prime Suspect generated a lot of interest before the May upfronts, both projects remain in development hell and aren’t likely to resurface until next season (at least).

An NBC insider confirmed that both dramas are being re-developed but neither are up for mid-season consideration at this time (the network has yet to see new scripts,...

The executive producers of Hawaii Five-0 have revealed that they would like James MacArthur to guest star in the show. MacArthur appeared in the original series as Danno, who is played by Scott Caan in the remake. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, executive producer Peter Lenkov explained that he is trying to persuade MacArthur to make an appearance. "We've been talking to James about being on the show but he just doesn't (more)...

Scott Caan has become a breakout star by playing Detective Danny “Danno” Williams on Hawaii Five-0 — but the producers haven’t forgotten the memorable actor who first originated the role. Executive Producer Peter Lenkov told EW that it remains a goal to persuade James MacArthur (inset) — aka “Danno” on the series that first aired from 1968 to 1980 — to make a cameo on the CBS drama.

“We’ve been talking to James about being on the show but he just doesn’t know because he’s busy with a business he’s launching,” said Lenkov. “But we’d love to have him.

Chicago – The Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show is back in Chicago this weekend, September 25th and 26th, and the last time it came around some popular TV stars of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s participated. Dawn Wells, Willie Aames, James MacArthur and Ken Kercheval were there.

HollywoodChicago talked with them all, and Hc ace photographer Joe Arce put the finishing touch on the interviews with his vivid shots.

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The most famous castaways in television history were only on the air in their original run for three short seasons, 1964-1967, on CBS. But in an explosion of syndicated popularity “Gilligan’s Island” in essence has never left the airwaves.

CBS is excited about Hawaii Five-0. And why not? The original series ran for twelve seasons between 1968-80, making it one of the most enduring crime dramas in television history. Ask most people what the most recognized or famous television theme song of all time is, and they're likely going to say either Hawaii Five-0 or Mission Impossible. Even those who haven't seen Five-0 on television can probably hum the theme.

By that reckoning, it sort of makes sense to reboot the series for a contemporary audience. At least that's what CBS is gambling in its new version of Hawaii Five-0, which kicks off tonight. The network was kind enough to send us a screener a while back, and it's taken yours truly this long to crank out my two cents because we're tenaciously working behind-the-scenes on a complete redesign of CinemaSpy.

So what should you expect from Five-0 redux?...

In the original Hawaii Five-0, James MacArthur appeared in 11 of the hit show's 12 seasons as Danny "Danno" Williams, the second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad. He also had a significant role in the unsold pilot for a new series starring Gary Busey. And now, as the last surviving original castmember, MacArthur has agreed to appear in the newest version.

According to WENN, MacArthur's a big fan of the new version that stars Alex O'Loughlin, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, and Scott Caan. He's also been approached to make a guest appearance.

MacArthur recently said, "This one's going to be a hit. It's got a good cast and good plots. They've asked me to appear in the new show. I'll do it when the time is right."

What do you think? What role should MacArthur play? Perhaps playing...