"Hawaii Five-O" (1968) TV series 1968-1980

Creator:

Leonard Freeman
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Release Date:

26 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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.

Plot Keywords:

Hawaii | Police | Investigation | Archenemy | Book Em Danno

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

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		(128 episodes, 1968-1980)

Series Costume Design by
Richard Egan		(54 episodes, 1968-1972)

Series Makeup Department
Jan Van Uchelen	....	hair stylist (88 episodes, 1976-1980)
Keester Sweeney	....	makeup artist (79 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 (61 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 (91 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 (13 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 (60 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 (43 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 / assistant: production manager (14 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 Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Leonard Freeman Production

Distributors

• 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

Other Companies

• Ford Motor Company  consideration furnisher
• Polifroni/Sabba  casting

Also Known As:

McGarrett (USA) (rerun title)

Runtime:

60 min (284 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hawaii Film Studio - 18th Avenue & Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Opening montage consists of: Breaking wave, which first appeared in the film Surfari (1967); a hula dancer, played by now-college professor Helen Kuoha-Torco; the "Lady Columbia" statue at the National Cemetary of the Pacific. Model Elizabeth Logue running down the beach; close-up of Ms. Logue from a side view; then 13-year-old local resident Mel Kinney; Elizabeth Logue turning toward camera; red neon sign, formerly the Tops restaurant in Waikiki Diamond Head; flashing blue light; Aloha Tower, Honolulu; Ilikai Hotel.

Goofs:

Continuity: In some earlier episodes, McGarrett can be seen leaving his headquarters in a 1967 Mercury 2 door sedan, when he reaches his destination, he's driving a 1968 Mercury 4 door sedan.

Quotes:

Det. Steve McGarrett: [after each episode preview] Be there. Aloha!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dead Heist (2007)

the grandaddy of them all!!!!!

Th e1970's was often called the age of tv cop shows. You had shows like, Police Story, Cannon, Columbo, Toma, Baretta, The Streets Of San Francisco and Joe Forrester. However, Hawaii Five O was the grandaddy of them all. This show ran longer then any other police show in tv history, from 1968 to 1980, we all watched Steve McGarret unmask the villian and solve the mystery (oh and also to bark "Book 'em Danno" at the end of every episode. I am going to tell you something about Jack Lord that is not generally well known, I learned this from one of Paul Harvey's "The Rest Of The Stories". Although his role as the hard hitting cop would suggest he was anything but sensitive, Jack Lord was really a very different man in real life. He was an artist and a very sucessful one as well and it wasn't because he was a tv star. Five of his paintings are in the famous Metropolitan Musuem of Art in New York City. People have paid fortunes for them! As a student Lord won numerous awards for his art and people have paid fortunes for even his simplist watercolors. Lord often quoted Sean O'Casey and said "Let us find a way to spin joy into every moment of tomorrow's day". As Steve McGarret Lord was almost like a modern day knight. All the tv cop shows since in a way owe their sucess to him. He set a standard that will never be equalled.