Jack Lord

John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920–January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name Jack Lord, made his career as a screen and Broadway theatre actor who is mostly known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord also appeared in several classic films, among them Man of the West (1958) starring Gary Cooper.

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Stage name - Broadway theatre - American - Television program - Hawaii Five-O - Gary Cooper

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Jack Lord was the first actor to play the character of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in the first Bond film, Dr. No. However, the film producers disallowed Lord from reprising the role in later films, since they felt that having the same actor playing Leiter would upstage the dominance of Sean Connery as the leading man.

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Character - Felix Leiter - James Bond - Dr. No - Film producer - Sean Connery

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Lord's several Broadway credits include a performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lord gained additional publicity for his paintings, one of which was formerly housed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Painting - Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Jack Lord died of congestive heart failure at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii in January of 1998, at the age of seventy-seven.

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Congestive heart failure - Honolulu, Hawaii

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