Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".


Hawaii Five-O (1968)
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Jack Lord
Det. Steve McGarrett (284 episodes)

James MacArthur
Danny Williams (264 episodes)

Kam Fong
Chin Ho (242 episodes)

Al Harrington
Ben (194 episodes)

Harry Endo
Che Fong (171 episodes)

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Kono (122 episodes)

Herman Wedemeyer
Duke (59 episodes)

Richard Denning
Governor (53 episodes)The Governor (5 episodes)

Sharon Farrell
Lori Wilson (20 episodes)Diana / Linda Forbes (1 episode)Mary Beth Rogers (1 episode)Frankie Demara (1 episode)