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Danny "Danno" Williams is a fictional character from CBS' Hawaii Five-O, and is the partner of Five-0 leader, Steve McGarrett. Williams was portrayed by James MacArthur in the original show from 1968 to 1979, and later by Scott Caan in the series' remake from 2010 to 2020
He received his breakthrough role in Ocean's Eleven as Turk Malloy, whom he played in the Ocean's trilogy, and starred as Detective Danny "Danno" Williams in the CBS television series Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
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Pre-series
The son of Clara Williams and Eddie Williams, Danny grew up in New Jersey with his family consisting of his parents, his older sister Stella, his younger brother Matt and his younger sister Bridget. After highschool Danny went to college and minored in business. Danny later presumably joined the Newark Police Department and as a beat cop, met his future wife, Rachel Edwardswho rear-ended his car to get his attention. The two got married and had a daughter, Grace Williams. Unfortunately, for u...
Season 1
In the Pilot (episode), Danny had been living in Hawaii as a cop for six months when he was assigned the murder investigation of John McGarrett. This brought him into contact and conflict with John's son, Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrettwho sought to personally investigate the crime himself and as such, this led to bad blood between the two and Steve used his influence to become the leader of the unnamed Task Force. Despite Danny's misgivings, Steve appointed Danny as the second-in-comman...
Season 2
When Steve headed to Japan to find Joe White and seek answers in regards to "Shelburne", Danny took temporary control of the team as they investigated a serial killing case and later a possible smallpox outbreak which despite the two team's best efforts ended with the group realizing that a suspecthas fled to the mainland. This had Danny and Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly traveling to Los Angeles, California along with Special Agent G. Callen and Special Agent Sam Hanna to help stop the spread of s...
Unlike Steve, who is typically calm and in control, Danny is nearly always displaying one emotion or another. The most obvious is anger, as he possesses a very hot-headed nature with a vicious temper to match. He's also the most outspoken of the team and quite possibly the whole H50 Force and HPD, regardless of where he is and who's around to hear ...
Danny is a man in his early or mid-thirties with short blonde hair with brown highlights and blue eyes.
As the second-in-command of the Hawaii Five-0 Police Force and also the longest-serving Detective, Danny is exceptionally skilled. 1. Firearms Despite not harboring the same training or ability for sharpshooting that Steve and Kono possess, Danny is well-trained in firearms and capable of either shooting to kill or shooting to incapacitate. 1. Hand...
Steve McGarrett Steve is Danny's partner in the field and also the one who is more than likely to give a headache given Steve's preferred method of doing things by himself. Their partnership began on rough grounds as Danny was the Detective assigned to investigate the death of Steve's father, John. After some rough beginnings which ended with Danny...
Kono Kalakaua is the only original cast member not to spend time in jail. Steve McGarrett spent just over a week in Halawa Correctional Facility. Chin Ho Kelly spent 8 hours in Halawa Correctional...Danny originally drove a 2010 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 before switching to a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro RS; since then, the latter model has become his signature vehicle.Danny is shorter than his brother Matt Williams and sister Bridget Williams.Danny is the only member of the Hawaii Five-0 Task Force's original lineup who remained on the team at the end of the series (as Kono Kalakaua moved to Carson City, Nevada to join the multi-agency...Main article: Danny Williams/AppearanceNCIS: Los Angeles- Season 3 episode, "Touch of Death"Later, he had a starring role as Danny "Danno" Williams in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O. [ 1 ] In 1963, his spoken-word recording "The Ten Commandments of Love" charted on the Billboard Hot 100 , peaking at number 94.
Oct 28, 2010 · 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.
Dan Williams (also known as Danny or Danno) was a member of the Hawaii Five-0, the (fictional) elite state police unit of Hawaii, from 1968 to 1979. If we assume that he shares the same birth date as his actor (1937) then Danno was 30 when we first met him, in 1968.
Oct 28, 2010 · James MacArthur, who played Det. Danny “Danno” Williams over 11 seasons of the original Hawaii Five-0, has died. He was 72. MacArthur passed away early this morning in Florida, according to a statement from his family, shared with People Magazine. The cause of MacArthur’s death was not given.
