James macarthur biography american actor who died

James MacArthur, the boyish actor who became a household name in the 1970s as Danny “Danno” Williams on TV’s Hawaii Five-0, died Thursday, PEOPLE has confirmed.

He was 72 and his family was at his side at the time of his death, according to his agent, Richard Lewis. The actor died in Florida, from natural causes.

James macarthur biography american actor who died

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Born in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 1937, MacArthur was adopted shortly after his birth by two living legends: actress Helen Hayes, considered the First Lady of the American stage, and her husband, Charles MacArthur, who, with collaborator Ben Hecht, wrote what some consider the greatest American stage comedies of all time, The Front Page and Twentieth Century.

The young MacArthur grew up with his parents’ biological daughter, Mary, on the family estate in Nyack, New York, which was called “Pretty Penny” – so named because that’s what it had cost.

Growing up in such an atmosphere was not always easy.

As MacArthur told McCall’s magazine