John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 â€" January 21, 1998),
best known by his stage name, Jack Lord, was an American television,
film and Broadway actor, director and producer. He starred as Steve
McGarrett in the CBS television program Hawaii Five-O, which ran from
1968 to 1980.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lord was the son of
Irish-American parents. His father, William Lawrence Ryan, was a
steamship company executive. He grew up in Morris Park (now known as
Richmond Hill), Queens, New York.As a child, Lord developed his
equestrian skills on his mother's fruit farm in the Hudson River
Valley. He started spending summers at sea, and from the decks of
cargo ships painted and sketched the landscapes he
encounteredâ€"Africa, the Mediterranean and China. He was educated at
St. Benedict Joseph Labre School, John Adams High School, in Ozone
Park, Queens, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, then
located at Fort Trumbull in New London, Connecticut, graduating as an
Ensign with a Third Mates License. He attended New York University
(NYU) on a football scholarship, and earned a degree in Fine Arts.Lord
spent the first year of the United States' involvement in World War II
with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, building bridges in
Persia. He returned to the Merchant Marine as an Able Seaman before
enrolling in the deck officer course at Fort Trumbull. While making
maritime training films, Lord took to the idea of acting.
best known by his stage name, Jack Lord, was an American television,
film and Broadway actor, director and producer. He starred as Steve
McGarrett in the CBS television program Hawaii Five-O, which ran from
1968 to 1980.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lord was the son of
Irish-American parents. His father, William Lawrence Ryan, was a
steamship company executive. He grew up in Morris Park (now known as
Richmond Hill), Queens, New York.As a child, Lord developed his
equestrian skills on his mother's fruit farm in the Hudson River
Valley. He started spending summers at sea, and from the decks of
cargo ships painted and sketched the landscapes he
encounteredâ€"Africa, the Mediterranean and China. He was educated at
St. Benedict Joseph Labre School, John Adams High School, in Ozone
Park, Queens, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, then
located at Fort Trumbull in New London, Connecticut, graduating as an
Ensign with a Third Mates License. He attended New York University
(NYU) on a football scholarship, and earned a degree in Fine Arts.Lord
spent the first year of the United States' involvement in World War II
with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, building bridges in
Persia. He returned to the Merchant Marine as an Able Seaman before
enrolling in the deck officer course at Fort Trumbull. While making
maritime training films, Lord took to the idea of acting.
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