Lord was not well-liked by his fellow cast members. He saw himself as an artist and liked to brag he had sold a piece of art to a major museum in New York City. Lord also interrupted production from time to time to regale the company with poetry he had written. Everyone just shrugged and went along, since Lord was the star was knew how to exercise his clout, with the producers and CBS.
On the positive side, Lord was a perfectionist who insisted on quality and demanded that everyone give their best performance. Other cast members admitted those traits made 5-0 a better show and probably extended its run by a few years.
Jack Lord only made one other TV appearance after the series ended, playing a Navy admiral in a pilot that was rejected by the network. He invested well and was worth more than $40 million when he died. His wife, Marie de Narde, was fifteen years older than Lord and lived to the age of 100. She died in 2005, seven years after he passed away from Alzheimer’s.
I do remember Jack Lord in DR.NO,a Bond film...