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Prior to the Hawaii Five-O series, Jack Lord and Leonard Freeman had worked together on an unsold pilot called Grand Hotel.
Jack Lord's first Broadway appearances included versions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Traveling Lady.
Elvis Presley formed a strong friendship with Jack Lord in 1973, inviting him to a show he was giving in Hawaii, visiting his home on more than one occasion, and personally asking him to be an honored guest at an opening performance in Las Vegas. Presley continued to keep in touch with Lord and his wife until his death in 1977.
Jack Lord was twice-married. His first marriage to Ann Willard spanned five years and resulted in a child - a son named after him and that he saw only once (as an infant). His son died in a drowning accident at age 13. His second marriage, to Marie DeNarde, lasted from 1954 until his death in 1998. A former fashion designer, Marie DeNarde decorated both their 4,500 square foot condominium and Lord's mobile dressing room.
Jack once possessed a seaplane pilot's license and had worked in jobs as varied as steel construction in Persia (Iran today) and automobile sales.
Jack Lord was once in danger of being replaced by Lloyd Bridges on Hawaii Five-O when he became involved in a bitter dispute with series producer Leonard Freeman.
Lord's artwork is fairly renowned. He has works in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and has had paintings shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and at exhibitions of the American Watercolor Society.
Some of Jack Lord's early notable performances include playing CIA agent Felix Leiter in Dr. No and a starring role on the short-lived TV western Stoney Burke. Lord had been offered the Leiter role in Goldfinger, but had to turn it down because he had just signed with Daystar for the role of Stoney Burke.
Though never officially acknowledged, Jack Lord suffered from some type of progressive disease later in life. According to Hawaii Five-O co-star Kam Fong, “we knew he was sick, he was suffering from Alzheimer’s... Marie (Lord’s wife) would allow no one to visit, not even MacArthur (James, who played detective Danny Williams).”
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