Louis PI Luther Gillis (probably my least favorite character because he is so damned annoying, but Eugene Roche is fantastic in the role he can’t help it that my personality clashes with his character) Clyde Kusatsu as the John Wayne-obsessed HPD Detective Lt. Other recurring characters include: Gwen Verdon as Magnum’s mom Katherine Peterson Eugene Roche as St. Buck Greene (Lance LeGault), who he holds responsible for keeping him apart from the love of his life, Michelle Hue (Marta DuBois). Yoshi Tanaka (Kwan Hi Lim) and he has a major hate hardon for Col. Magnum is frequently bedeviled/assisted by HPD Lt. Maggie Poole (Jean Bruce Scott), Mac’s replacement Francis “Ice Pick” Hofstetler (Elisha Cook Jr.), though those favors were usually asked for by Rick Doc Ibold (Glenn Cannon) and on rare occasion, Higgins’s fellow Brit Agatha Chumley (Gillian Dobb). “Mac” MacReynolds (Jeff MacKay, who later returns as Mac’s doppleganger Jim Bonnick in later seasons) assistant district attorney Carol Baldwin (Kathleen Lloyd), though she cons him just as often Lt. Magnum also cons favors from NIA computer expert Lt. Mosley) and gunner-turned-club-manager Orville “Rick” Wright (Larry Manetti).
Magnum is aided in his cases (and in his life) by his besties and fellow Vietnam vets, chopper pilot Theodore “TC” Calvin (Roger E. Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck) is a former Navy special ops and NIA intelligence officer making his living as a private investigator and living at the estate of Robin Masters, much to the annoyance of major domo Jonathan Higgins (John Hillerman) and his lads, dobermans Zeus and Apollo. From a slick, be-suited state police task force to an aloha shirt wearing private dick. It was hinted that the shows shared a universe, as there were a few McGarrett references in the early seasons, though Jack Lord declined to cameo as he’d retired.
And capitalize they did with a successful eight year run of Magnum PI (as another story goes, Jake and the Fatman was saved from cancellation by relocating the show to Hawaii in order to save CBS from leasing an empty studio when the lease was up, the show moved back to LA).
#Tom selleck on marta dubois death series#
One day I’ll revisit latter, but for now, let’s talk about the former.Īs the story goes, the 1980 series partially got the green light because they wanted to capitalize on the Hawaii production that Hawaii Five-O was leaving behind after ending a successful twelve year run in April of that year. During one magical, syndicated summer I was fortunate to have one channel spending a couple of hours every afternoon playing Magnum PI and Simon & Simon back-to-back.
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