Jack Lord in "", which has run daily at Colonial Williamsburg since then. In 1958, Lord co-starred as Buck Walden in "God's Little Acre", the film adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel. Lord was the first actor to play the character Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in the first Bond film, "Dr. No". According to screenwriter Richard Maibaum, Lord demanded co-star billing, a bigger role and more money to reprise the role in "Goldfinger", which resulted in director Guy Hamilton casting Cec Linder in the role. In 1962, Lord starred as series namesake "Stoney Burke", a rodeo cowboy
Jack Lord The nonprofit Jack Lord Memorial Fund, which raised the money for the memorial, was co-chaired by British "Hawaii Five-O" fan Esperanza Isaac and Lord's co-star Doug Mossman. Jack Lord John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name, Jack Lord, was an American television, film and Broadway actor, director and producer. He was known for his starring role 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