James MacArthur
James MacArthur
James Gordon MacArthurwas an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 December 1937
CountryUnited States of America
danny finally shoot
I am happy to have now as Danny finally a more difficult role, in which I can shoot and fight.
gave school stage summer year
I had opportunities to be in stage productions during the school year that she wouldn't let me do, but during the summer she gave her approval.
acting young
I got into the acting business very young.
winning guy world
It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up.
night years location
The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.
black-and-white guy world
We were living in a tumultuous time, when the world was upside down. Freeman produced a show that was black and white, the good guys versus the bad guys.
parent might kind
Who knows what kind of life I might have had had I not been fortunate enough to have the parents I've had.
years twenties twenty-somethings
For years I have played the twenty-something lover.
successful careers acting
But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.
years crafts care
When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors.
ideas good-things old-fashioned
And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.
hawaii grows hard
Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.
years hawaii six
Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!