James Gordon MacArthur

 James Gordon MacArthur (December 8, 1937 – October 28, 2010)

He was 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. MacArthur was the adopted son of playwright Charles MacArthur and his wife, actress Helen Hayes. He made his Broadway debut in 1960, playing opposite Jane Fonda in Invitation to a March, for which he received a Theater World Award. Although he never returned to Broadway, he remained active in theater, appearing in such productions as Under the Yum Yum Tree, The Moon Is Blue, John Loves Mary, Barefoot in the Park and Murder at the Howard Johnson's. He also released several records in the early 1960s, scoring two minor hits with "(The Story Of) The In-Between Years" and "The Ten Commandments Of Love", both of which peaked at number 94 in the Billboard Hot 100. He then went on to parts in movies including The Interns, Spencer's Mountain, The Truth About Spring and Cry of Battle, as well as The Love-Ins and The Angry Breed. On the set of The Angry Breed, in 1968, MacArthur met Melody Patterson, who was to become his second wife. They were married on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai in July 1970 and divorced five years later.

In 1963, he was nominated for the "Top New Male Personality" category of the Golden Laurel Awards. Between movie and theater roles, MacArthur was also in demand for television guest appearances, which included parts in Studio One, GE Theater, Bus Stop the play, Bus Stop the television series, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, The Eleventh Hour, The Great Adventure, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Combat!, The Virginian. His brief but memorable appearance in the Clint Eastwood movie, Hang 'Em High eventually led to his role as Dan Williams in Hawaii Five-O, popularizing the catchphrase "Book 'em, Danno." MacArthur has said that one of his favorite episodes was “Retire in Sunny Hawaii Forever” (1975), which starred his mother, Helen Hayes. She played Danno’s Aunt Clara, who visits Hawaii and helps the detectives solve a murder. After leaving Hawaii Five-O, McArthur guest-starred on such television shows as Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island and Vega$, as well as in the mini series Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story and The Night the Bridge Fell Down, and in the 1998 television movie Stormchasers: Revenge of the Twister, with Kelly McGillis. MacArthur died from cancer on October 28, 2010, at the age of 72, at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. He is buried at Nyack, New York's Oak Hill Cemetery.