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Release Date:
26 September 1968 (USA)
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Plot:
The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett. full summary
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Hawaii
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Police
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Investigation
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Archenemy
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Book Em Danno
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Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys.
Another 2 wins
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12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
CBS orders pilot for a new Hawaii Five-o ... again
(From AOL - TVSquad. 9 October 2009, 7:03 AM, PDT)
Producer Finnegan Loses Parkinson's Battle
(From WENN. 2 December 2008, 6:05 AM, PST)
(From AOL - TVSquad. 9 October 2009, 7:03 AM, PDT)
Producer Finnegan Loses Parkinson's Battle
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WONDERFUL SHOW!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 553) | Jack Lord | ... | Det. Steve McGarrett (282 episodes, 1968-1980) |
 | James MacArthur | ... | Det. Danny Williams / ... (260 episodes, 1968-1979) |
 | Kam Fong | ... | Det. Chin Ho Kelly / ... (241 episodes, 1968-1978) |
| Herman Wedemeyer | ... | Edward D. 'Duke' Lukela / ... (153 episodes, 1968-1980) |
Series Directed by | |||
| Michael O'Herlihy | (32 episodes, 1969-1976) | ||
| Charles S. Dubin | (19 episodes, 1968-1977) | ||
| Paul Stanley | (17 episodes, 1969-1977) | ||
| Allen Reisner | (13 episodes, 1972-1978) | ||
| Richard Benedict | (10 episodes, 1968-1974) | ||
| Reza Badiyi | (7 episodes, 1969-1979) | ||
| Alf Kjellin | (7 episodes, 1972-1975) | ||
| Don Weis | (7 episodes, 1977-1979) | ||
| Jack Lord | (6 episodes, 1974-1979) | ||
| Dennis Donnelly | (6 episodes, 1977-1980) | ||
| Herschel Daugherty | (5 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Abner Biberman | (5 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Bob Sweeney | (5 episodes, 1970-1973) | ||
| Bruce Bilson | (5 episodes, 1974-1976) | ||
| Seymour Robbie | (4 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Nicholas Colasanto | (4 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Beau Vanden Ecker | (4 episodes, 1979-1980) | ||
| Paul Wendkos | (3 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Anton Leader | (3 episodes, 1970-1971) | ||
| John Peyser | (2 episodes, 1968-1974) | ||
| Alvin Ganzer | (2 episodes, 1968) | ||
| Michael Caffey | (2 episodes, 1969) | ||
| Murray Golden | (2 episodes, 1970-1971) | ||
| Marvin J. Chomsky | (2 episodes, 1970) | ||
| John Llewellyn Moxey | (2 episodes, 1970) | ||
| John Newland | (2 episodes, 1970) | ||
| Leo Penn | (2 episodes, 1971-1972) | ||
| Ron Winston | (2 episodes, 1971-1972) | ||
| Douglas Green | (2 episodes, 1974) | ||
| Marc Daniels | (2 episodes, 1977-1978) | ||
| Sutton Roley | (2 episodes, 1977) | ||
| Robert L. Morrison | (2 episodes, 1979-1980) | ||
| Noel Black | (unknown episodes) | ||
| David Friedkin | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Harry Harris | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Gordon Hessler | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Herbert Hirschman | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Jerry Jameson | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Harvey S. Laidman | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Philip Leacock | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Bradford May | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Bernard McEveety | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Dick Moder | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Robert Scheerer | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Jack Whitman | (unknown episodes) | ||
Series Writing credits | ||
| Leonard Freeman | (150 episodes, 1968-1980) | |
| Jerome Coopersmith | (21 episodes, 1968-1976) | |
| Jerrold L. Ludwig | (12 episodes, 1969-1971) | |
| Eric Bercovici | (12 episodes, 1970-1971) | |
| Alvin Sapinsley | (12 episodes, 1971-1977) | |
| Robert Janes | (12 episodes, 1977-1979) | |
| Mel Goldberg | (11 episodes, 1968-1974) | |
| John D.F. Black | (10 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Anthony Lawrence | (9 episodes, 1969-1974) | |
| Tim Maschler | (9 episodes, 1973-1977) | |
| Ken Pettus | (8 episodes, 1970-1978) | |
| Meyer Dolinsky | (6 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| Robert C. Dennis | (6 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| E. Arthur Kean | (6 episodes, 1970-1974) | |
| Bill Stratton | (6 episodes, 1971-1978) | |
| Seeleg Lester | (5 episodes, 1978-1980) | |
| Herman Groves | (4 episodes, 1968-1977) | |
| Frank Telford | (4 episodes, 1972-1980) | |
| Norman Lessing | (4 episodes, 1973-1975) | |
| Samuel Roeca | (4 episodes, 1974-1980) | |
| Sam Neuman | (4 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Mark Rodgers | (3 episodes, 1968-1970) | |
| Jack Turley | (3 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Palmer Thompson | (3 episodes, 1969) | |
| Paul Playdon | (3 episodes, 1970-1979) | |
| Walter Black | (3 episodes, 1973-1974) | |
| David P. Harmon | (2 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Robert Hamner | (2 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Jay Roberts | (2 episodes, 1969) | |
| William Robert Yates | (2 episodes, 1969) | |
| Adrian Spies | (2 episodes, 1971) | |
| Larry Forrester | (2 episodes, 1972-1974) | |
| Abram S. Ginnes | (2 episodes, 1972) | |
| Will Lorin | (2 episodes, 1972) | |
| Larry Brody | (2 episodes, 1973-1975) | |
| William Bast | (2 episodes, 1973-1974) | |
| Rod Baker | (2 episodes, 1973) | |
| Glen Olson | (2 episodes, 1973) | |
| Bud Freeman | (2 episodes, 1974) | |
| Anne Collins | (2 episodes, 1975-1977) | |
| Charles Larson | (2 episodes, 1976-1977) | |
| Paul Williams | (1 episode, 1979) | |
| Albert Aley | (unknown episodes) | |
| Edwin Blum | (unknown episodes) | |
| David Deutsch | (unknown episodes) | |
| Jack Epps Jr. | (unknown episodes) | |
| James L. Henderson | (unknown episodes) | |
| Robert I. Holt | (unknown episodes) | |
| Michael Janover | (unknown episodes) | |
| Leonard B. Kaufman | (unknown episodes) | |
| Curtis Kenyon | (unknown episodes) | |
| Diana Kopald Marcus | (unknown episodes) | |
| Arthur Bernard Lewis | (unknown episodes) | |
| Jimmy Lydon | (unknown episodes) | |
| John Melson | (unknown episodes) | |
| Bob Mitchell | (unknown episodes) | |
| Esther Mitchell | (unknown episodes) | |
| Robert Pirosh | (unknown episodes) | |
| Martin Roth | (unknown episodes) | |
| James Schmerer | (unknown episodes) | |
| Arlene Stadd | (unknown episodes) | |
| Leonard Stadd | (unknown episodes) | |
| Dean Tait | (unknown episodes) | |
Series Produced by | |||
| Leonard Freeman | .... | executive producer / producer (132 episodes, 1968-1974) | |
| James Heinz | .... | associate producer / producer: Hollywood / ... (117 episodes, 1969-1977) | |
| Bob Sweeney | .... | supervising producer (65 episodes, 1971-1974) | |
| Bill Finnegan | .... | producer (64 episodes, 1971-1974) | |
| Robert Stambler | .... | producer (34 episodes, 1968-1971) | |
| Franklin Barton | .... | supervising producer (25 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Leonard Katzman | .... | producer (25 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Stanley Kallis | .... | supervising producer (23 episodes, 1970-1971) | |
| Andrew Gottlieb | .... | associate producer / producer: Hollywood / ... (18 episodes, 1977-1980) | |
| Fred Baum | .... | supervising producer / producer: Hawaii (14 episodes, 1977-1979) | |
| Beau Vanden Ecker | .... | associate producer (10 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
| Philip Leacock | .... | supervising producer / executive producer (9 episodes, 1975-1977) | |
| Leonard B. Kaufman | .... | producer: Hawaii / producer: Singapore (9 episodes, 1978-1979) | |
| Douglas Green | .... | producer: Hawaii / executive producer (7 episodes, 1976-1977) | |
| Gene Levitt | .... | supervising producer / producer: Hawaii (7 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
| Joseph Gantman | .... | producer (5 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Sidney Marshall | .... | producer (5 episodes, 1969) | |
| Richard Newton | .... | producer (5 episodes, 1975) | |
| William F. Phillips | .... | producer: Hawaii / producer (5 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
| Larry Stewart | .... | associate producer (4 episodes, 1969) | |
| Robert L. Rosen | .... | associate producer (3 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| B.W. Sandefur | .... | supervising producer (3 episodes, 1977) | |
| Buck Houghton | .... | producer / producer: Hollywood (3 episodes, 1978-1980) | |
| Sam Manners | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 1969) | |
| Douglas Denoff | .... | associate producer (unknown episodes, 1977-1979) | |
| Herman Groves | .... | producer: Hollywood (unknown episodes) | |
Series Original Music by | |||
| Morton Stevens | (45 episodes, 1968-1980) | ||
| Don B. Ray | (34 episodes, 1969-1975) | ||
| Richard Shores | (21 episodes, 1969-1974) | ||
| Bruce Broughton | (17 episodes, 1973-1979) | ||
| John Cacavas | (10 episodes, 1977-1980) | ||
| Harry Geller | (8 episodes, 1969-1974) | ||
Series Cinematography by | |||
| Robert L. Morrison | (99 episodes, 1969-1975) | ||
| Frank V. Phillips | (21 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Jack A. Marta | (13 episodes, 1979-1980) | ||
| Jacques R. Marquette | (6 episodes, 1978-1979) | ||
| Jack Whitman | (5 episodes, 1977-1978) | ||
| Sherman Kunkel | (5 episodes, 1978-1979) | ||
| Richard L. Rawlings | (3 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| John C. Flinn III | (3 episodes, 1979) | ||
| Bradford May | (unknown episodes) | ||
Series Film Editing by | |||
| Jack Gleason | (69 episodes, 1968-1980) | ||
| Ira Heymann | (54 episodes, 1968-1978) | ||
| Arthur Hilton | (16 episodes, 1970-1972) | ||
| Fred A. Chulack | (10 episodes, 1972-1975) | ||
| Robert L. Wolfe | (8 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Richard G. Haines | (5 episodes, 1979-1980) | ||
| Howard A. Smith | (4 episodes, 1968-1977) | ||
| Charles L. Freeman | (4 episodes, 1972) | ||
| Bruce Schoengarth | (2 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Walter Hannemann | (2 episodes, 1970-1971) | ||
Series Casting by | |||
| Pam Polifroni | (21 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Al Onorato | (10 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| William J. Kenney | (8 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Cathy Henderson | (2 episodes, 1975-1979) | ||
| Jim Merrick | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Joe Scully | (unknown episodes) | ||
| Ted Thorpe | (unknown episodes) | ||
Series Art Direction by | |||
| Jack T. Collis | (49 episodes, 1971-1974) | ||
| Robert Kinoshita | (24 episodes, 1970-1971) | ||
| William Craig Smith | (14 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Gibson Holley | (14 episodes, 1974-1979) | ||
| Carl Macauley | (13 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Albert Heschong | (12 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Steven Myles Berger | (5 episodes, 1979) | ||
Series Set Decoration by | |||
| Buck Henshaw | (127 episodes, 1968-1980) | ||
Series Costume Design by | |||
| Richard Egan | (49 episodes, 1968-1972) | ||
Series Makeup Department | |||
| Jan Van Uchelen | .... | hair stylist (88 episodes, 1976-1980) | |
| Keester Sweeney | .... | makeup artist (78 episodes, 1969-1978) | |
| Don Schoenfeld | .... | makeup artist (22 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Fred Williams | .... | makeup artist (7 episodes, 1977-1980) | |
| Bob Mills | .... | makeup artist (3 episodes, 1974-1975) | |
| Alan Fama | .... | makeup artist (3 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
Series Production Management | |||
| Bernard Oseransky | .... | unit production manager / assistant production manager (60 episodes, 1968-1977) | |
| Robert Huddleston | .... | unit production manager (31 episodes, 1968-1970) | |
| Max Stein | .... | unit production manager (12 episodes, 1970-1971) | |
| Richard Dixon | .... | assistant production manager (10 episodes, 1970-1974) | |
| Michael S. Glick | .... | unit production manager (7 episodes, 1969) | |
| Wesley J. McAfee | .... | unit production manager (3 episodes, 1979) | |
| Daniel McCauley | .... | unit production manager (2 episodes, 1971) | |
| Hal Schaffel | .... | production supervisor (unknown episodes) | |
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| William A. Morrison | .... | second assistant director (96 episodes, 1970-1974) | |
| Christopher N. Seiter | .... | assistant director (43 episodes, 1971-1975) | |
| Don-Martin Nielsen | .... | second assistant director / first assistant director (39 episodes, 1978-1980) | |
| Max Stein | .... | assistant director (24 episodes, 1968-1970) | |
| Daniel McCauley | .... | assistant director (22 episodes, 1970-1972) | |
| Douglas Green | .... | assistant director (22 episodes, 1972-1974) | |
| Dennis Donnelly | .... | assistant director (14 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Christopher Seitz | .... | assistant director (13 episodes, 1970-1971) | |
| Michael S. Glick | .... | assistant director (7 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Thomas Foulkes | .... | assistant director (7 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
| Robert Rubin | .... | assistant director (5 episodes, 1970) | |
| G. Warren Smith | .... | assistant director (4 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
| Robert Enrietto | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1974-1978) | |
| David Menteer | .... | first assistant director (3 episodes, 1980) | |
| Wesley J. McAfee | .... | assistant director (2 episodes, 1968-1977) | |
| Bill Carroll | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 1979) | |
| Robert Doudell | .... | assistant director (unknown episodes) | |
| Patrick A. Duffy | .... | assistant director (unknown episodes) | |
| James A. Westman | .... | first assistant director (unknown episodes) | |
Series Art Department | |||
| Darcy Adams | .... | property master (1 episode, 1980) | |
| Robert M. Anderson | .... | property master (unknown episodes) | |
Series Sound Department | |||
| Coye Vanover | .... | production sound mixer / production mixer / ... (26 episodes, 1971-1978) | |
| Philip Mitchell | .... | production sound mixer (25 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Bud Alper | .... | production sound mixer (16 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| Jerry Kosloff | .... | production mixer / production sound mixer (12 episodes, 1970-1971) | |
| Jim Bullock | .... | dialogue editor (unknown episodes) | |
Series Visual Effects by | |||
| Reza Badiyi | .... | title visualization (1 episode, 1968) | |
Series Stunts | |||
| Bobby Somers | .... | stunts (18 episodes, 1976-1979) | |
| Chuck Couch | .... | stunt coordinator / stunts (2 episodes, 1968-1979) | |
| Beau Vanden Ecker | .... | stunts (unknown episodes) | |
| Gary Epper | .... | stunt driver (unknown episodes) | |
| Bill M. Ryusaki | .... | stunts (unknown episodes) | |
Series Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Dan Reilly | .... | key grip (64 episodes, 1977-1980) | |
| Lowell Peterson | .... | first assistant camera (12 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
| Arnold L. Rich | .... | camera operator (12 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
Series Casting Department | |||
| Ted Thorpe | .... | location casting (59 episodes, 1968-1971) | |
| Robert Busch | .... | location casting (33 episodes, 1971-1975) | |
| Richard Kindelon | .... | location casting: Hawaii / casting: Hawaii / ... (8 episodes, 1975-1980) | |
| Cathy Henderson | .... | casting: Hollywood (3 episodes, 1979) | |
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Richard Egan | .... | costumes / wardrobe (46 episodes, 1970-1978) | |
| Frank Delmar | .... | wardrobe (unknown episodes) | |
Series Editorial Department | |||
| Ruth Blythe | .... | assistant film editor / assistant editor (3 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
Series Music Department | |||
| Don B. Ray | .... | music supervisor / conductor (120 episodes, 1968-1980) | |
| Morton Stevens | .... | composer: theme music / composer: stock music / ... (107 episodes, 1969-1980) | |
| Gene Feldman | .... | music editor / supervising music editor (16 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Harry Geller | .... | conductor (6 episodes, 1969-1971) | |
| Richard Shores | .... | composer: stock music / conductor (4 episodes, 1969-1972) | |
| Robert Drasnin | .... | music supervisor (2 episodes, 1977) | |
| John W. Morgan | .... | orchestrator (unknown episodes) | |
Series Other crew | |||
| Reza Badiyi | .... | title visualization / story consultant (151 episodes, 1968-1980) | |
| Will Lorin | .... | story consultant (36 episodes, 1971-1973) | |
| Bernard Oseransky | .... | assistant to production manager (30 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| James Heinz | .... | assistant to producers (27 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Curtis Kenyon | .... | story consultant / executive story consultant (25 episodes, 1973-1979) | |
| Liam O'Brien | .... | story consultant (23 episodes, 1970-1971) | |
| Richard Dixon | .... | assistant to production manager (22 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| Robert Foster | .... | story editor (18 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Cliff Fenneman | .... | assistant to producer / assistant to production manager (17 episodes, 1973-1975) | |
| Richard Dixon | .... | assistant to production manager (13 episodes, 1970-1978) | |
| Sidney Marshall | .... | story consultant (12 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Franklin Barton | .... | story consultant (11 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Arthur H. Singer | .... | executive story editor (11 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Ken Pettus | .... | story consultant (7 episodes, 1973-1974) | |
| Seeleg Lester | .... | story consultant (6 episodes, 1979-1980) | |
| Douglas Denoff | .... | assistant to producer (4 episodes, 1979) | |
| Maggie Lawrence | .... | script supervisor (3 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Richard Dixon | .... | assistant: production manager (2 episodes, 1972-1975) | |
| Michael Janover | .... | story consultant (unknown episodes) | |
| Matthew Knox | .... | assistant to producer (unknown episodes) | |
Series Thanks | |||
| Henry J. Kaiser | .... | portions filmed on the Kaiser estate courtesy of (1 episode, 1968) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1968-1980) (USA) (TV)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (1971-1973) (West Germany) (TV)
- Independent Television (ITV)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
- Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
- Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
- Paramount Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
- Paramount Television
- Pro 7 (1989-1990) (West Germany) (TV)
- Pro 7 (1990-1993) (Germany) (TV)
- Viacom
- Ford Motor Company consideration furnisher
- Polifroni/Sabba casting
Additional Details
Also Known As:
McGarrett (USA) (rerun title)
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60 min (284 episodes)
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Trivia:
Jack Lord was the only one of the cast to stay with the series during it's entire 12 year run. Kam Fong (Chin Ho Kelly) left after the 10th season. James MacArthur (Danny Williams) left after the 11th season.
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Goofs:
Continuity: After the original 1968 Mercury was retired, and replaced with a '74 Marquis Brougham 4-door hardtop, some stock footage was used of the '68 passing or in traffic.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Simpsons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star (#16.21)" (2005)
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This show lasted for many seasons because of the talents of Jack Lord and great writing, but I think it helped that it was on CBS as well. CBS always seemed to stand behind it's shows longer, even after ratings begin to drop. Perhaps my memory is wrong, but didn't the show end because Jack Lord wanted it to instead of it being cancelled? There are many memorable episodes of course, but the one that always stands out in my mind was the episode with singer Nancy Wilson as the heroin addicted performer. I thought she did a great job! Hopefully the show will come out in a DVD set. I hope the show will always be in reruns somewhere at least!