- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Joseph Patrick Ryan
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Jack Lord will probably be best remembered as Steve McGarrett in the long running television series Hawaii Five-O (1968), but he was much more than that however. He starred in several movies, directed several episodes of his show, was in several Broadway productions, and was an accomplished artist. Two of his paintings were acquired by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum of Modern Art by the time he was twenty. Lord was also known for being a very cultured man who loved reading poetry out loud on the set of his TV show and as being somewhat reclusive at his Honolulu home. He met his son from his first marriage, who was killed in an accident when he was thirteen, only once as a baby.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jarod Hitchings <Mycal4@hotmail.com>
- Jack Lord was the son of William Lawrence Ryan, steamship company executive. He learned his equestrian skills at his mother's fruit farm in the Hudson River Valley. At age 15 he started spending summers at sea in the Merchant Marine, and from the deck of ships, painted and sketched the landscapes he encountered; Africa, Mediterranean, China. Education: New York school system, Trumbull Naval Academy, in New London, CT., graduating an Ensign with a Third Mates License. On a football scholarship, New York University securing a degree in Fine Arts. Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, and the Actor's Studio. During World War II he served in the Merchant Navy. While making maritime training films during the Korean War he took to the idea of acting. This is when he decided to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse, working as a Cadillac salesman in New York to fund his studies. Later, at the Actor's Studio, he studied with Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, and Marilyn Monroe. His first work on Broadway was in, "Traveling Lady", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; followed by his first in Hollywood, "Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" with Gary Cooper.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpousesMarie De Narde(January 13, 1948 - January 21, 1998) (his death)Ann Cecily Willard(1944 - 1947) (divorced, 1 child)
- ParentsWilliam Lawrence RyanEllen Josephine O'Brien Ryan
- RelativesWilliam(Sibling)Robert(Sibling)Thomas(Sibling)Josephine(Sibling)
- Large panama hats
- Detective Steve McGarrett on the original Hawaii Five-O TV series
- Expressive blue eyes
- His cemented in place hair, including cowlicks front and back
- Was the first actor to play CIA Agent Felix Leiter in the "official" James Bond films, beginning with Dr. No (1962). His real name, John Patrick Ryan, is also the name of the CIA Agent hero of Tom Clancy's novels. Both characters first appeared on film opposite Sean Connery.
- His estate donated $40 million to the Hawaii Community Foundation.
- Was considered for the part of Captain Kirk in Star Trek (1966), but was rejected by Gene Roddenberry and Desilu Studios but turned it down because he didn't like the role. According to William Shatner, Jack tried on the Captain Kirk uniform, looked at himself in a three-way mirror, and said, "There is no way I'm playing this (expletive) role," and walked out.
- Would get up every morning at three a.m. when he was working on Hawaii Five-O.
- Second wife and widow, Marie De Narde Lord was fifteen years his senior. She lived eight more years after his death living to be 100.
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) - $30,000 per episode
- The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968) - 20,000
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