Jack Lord Height - how tall

Tommy says on 6/Feb/12
Been watching the last season of Hawaii Five-O recently. William Smith was a regular on the last season, and he is somewhere between 6'1" to 6'2". Jack Lord appears about an inch taller than Smith in most of the episodes, so if the rumors were true that Lord wore 2" lifts, that would put his real height at between 6' to 6'1".

Shadow2 says on 13/Nov/11
Lord was wearing his 6'2" lifts in the picture with Elvis, the same boots he wore working with 6' Richard Denning and any other tall actor in the later years of "Hawaii Five 0".

drolj says on 13/Jun/11
1945 ship registar gives ht. of John Ryan aka Jack Lord, as 6 feet 1 inch and weight at 200 lbs. This was long before he took up acting so no reason to "fudge". Also keep in mine that as we age we shrink. He was almost 50 yr. at start of 50 .

claralucy says on 8/Jun/11
I just watched a very old Bonanza with Jack Lord as a guest star. I was amazed in numerous scenes he was substantially shorter (like 5 to 6 inches) than 6 to 7 supporting cast members - never saw him next to one of the stars, only supporting cast. Just can't believe he was 6' even. Hmmmm

thebad7 says on 31/May/11
Saw him recently in 1958's MAN OF THE WEST. He was a great villain taking on Gary Cooper Next to 6'3" Coop, Lord looks shorter by about 2". 6'1" I can buy, but no higher than that.

tb7

gregory lehmann says on 16/May/11
Caught a "Stoney Burke" episode just before Joan took me to a play. I liked the episode,but it was laced with cough syrup commercials with women coughing.(One commercial,the winter 1967-68 Vicks Formula 44 "cough reflex" commercial,the coughing woman had bronchitis,just like Joanie suffered last winter.Another commercial,for Dristan cough syrup,the coughing woman had the flu,just like Annette caught two years ago just before I got an award,but she saw me get the award,anyway,flu and all. And in the third one,for Vicks cough syrup (this what calmed Joanie's cough from her bronchitis best and what Annette took to calm her flu cough before I got my award),the coughing woman had a nasty chest/head cold. Then,in the last cough syrup commercial,for Robittussin (Joanie had a bad case of hiccups when she took it for her bronchitis),the coughing woman had the flu and bronchitis and coughed up a storm! (All the women coughed down to their chests.)

spearmintrhino says on 27/Mar/11
I left a comment here some time back but it looks like they don't keep all the comments. I purchased 2 show worn suits from JL's estate on ebay, (one suit was the one worn in the final episode where he finally puts wo fat behind bars) and both came with boots. Very high heels and one pair came with lifts inside. One and a half inches thick. The boots are my size (11) and trying to wear them they increased my height to 6'3", my normal height is just under 6'. Now the suits were show worn but I don't know if the boots were worn on camera. When the final season comes out on dvd I will closely scrutinize that final episode to see if they are in fact the same boots.

Shadow2 says on 9/Feb/11
A TV mystery. In a first season episode (1968) of "Hawaii Five 0", Richard Denning (the Governor) appears in another role as a Federal Government agent, and is the same height as Jack Lord. In a final season episode (1979), as the Governor, Denning is on an airport tarmac welcoming a visiting official, and is noticeably three inches shorter than Lord, who is standing alongside him. Denning was only six years older than Lord. Did Denning lose a lot of height over the years, or did Lord's lift's just grow and grow??

Danno says on 7/Feb/11
When Jack Lord stood next to Danno Williams, he seemed to tower over him, because James McArther was a shorter guy. When Jack Lord stood next to Al Harrington-who I think is 6'1"-he seems to match up to him, pretty well.
Taller than Wo Fat-that's for sure! :)

anonymous says on 27/Jan/11
If you watch Dr. No, the James Bond movie of 1962, he had big hair back then. He was a guy that just had good hair. I'm 58 and have a thick full head of hair; some people think I wear a toupee. LOL

Mr Thomas says on 4/Jan/11
My aunty was a young hairdresser in the Late 1960s in hawaii Jack Lord would come to the salon once every 2 weeks to have his hair cut,so this talk of a wig does not really make sence ? Did Ronald reagan the actor wear one ??

Shadow2 says on 18/Nov/10
I saw a 1969 episode of Hawaii Five O last night, and in a scene in McGarrett's office with Lord wearing tennis shoes, he is exactly the same height as guest star, character actor John Randolph, who was 6' even. (Randolph was later in "Wonder Woman" with Lynda Carter and 6'4" Lyle Waggoner.) I think everyone agrees Lord wore lifts to be 6'1" or 6'2" depending on the height of taller guest actors. You can also see variations throughout the 12 year series between Lord's height and that of 6' Richard Denning (the "Governor" of Hawaii in the show).