James Gordon MacArthur (December 8, 1937 â€" October 28, 2010) was an
American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the
reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police
squad in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O, and for
playing the juvenile lead in a series of Disney movies.Born in Los
Angeles, MacArthur was the adopted son of playwright Charles
MacArthur, and his wife, actress Helen Hayes. He grew up in Nyack, New
York, along with the MacArthurs' biological daughter, Mary; she died
of polio in 1949. He was educated at Allen-Stevenson School in New
York, and later at the Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania,
where he starred in basketball, football and baseball.In his final
year at Solebury, MacArthur played guard on the football team;
captained the basketball team; was president of his class, the student
government, and the Drama Club; rewrote the school's constitution;
edited the school paper, The Scribe; and played Scrooge in a local
presentation of A Christmas Carol. He also started dating a fellow
student, future actress Joyce Bulifant; they were married in November
1958 and divorced nine years later.
American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the
reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police
squad in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O, and for
playing the juvenile lead in a series of Disney movies.Born in Los
Angeles, MacArthur was the adopted son of playwright Charles
MacArthur, and his wife, actress Helen Hayes. He grew up in Nyack, New
York, along with the MacArthurs' biological daughter, Mary; she died
of polio in 1949. He was educated at Allen-Stevenson School in New
York, and later at the Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania,
where he starred in basketball, football and baseball.In his final
year at Solebury, MacArthur played guard on the football team;
captained the basketball team; was president of his class, the student
government, and the Drama Club; rewrote the school's constitution;
edited the school paper, The Scribe; and played Scrooge in a local
presentation of A Christmas Carol. He also started dating a fellow
student, future actress Joyce Bulifant; they were married in November
1958 and divorced nine years later.
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