John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name , Jack Lord , was an American television, film and Broadway actor, director and producer. He starred as Steve McGarrett in the CBS television program Hawaii Five-O , which ran from 1968 to 1980.
87-600: Born in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York, Lord was the son of Irish-American parents. His father, William Lawrence Ryan, was a steamship company executive. He grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens , New York. As a child, Lord developed his equestrian skills on his mother's fruit farm in the Hudson River Valley. He started spending summers at sea, and from the decks of cargo ships painted and sketched
174-409: A 1967 Mercury Park Lane in the pilot, a 1968 Park Lane from 1968 to 1974, and a 1974 Mercury Marquis for the remainder of the series (this very car was shown in the 2010 remake ). When series creator Leonard Freeman died in 1974, the show's ownership was shared among Lord, CBS , and Freeman's estate, with a contract that made Lord executive producer and gave him complete control over content. He
261-497: A bigger role and more money to reprise the role in Goldfinger , which resulted in director Guy Hamilton casting Cec Linder in the role; thereafter, until David Hedison played the role for a second time in 1989's Licence to Kill , the character would be played by a different actor for each appearance. In 1962, Lord starred as series namesake Stoney Burke , a rodeo cowboy from Mission Ridge, South Dakota . The basis for
348-502: A brief battle with hepatitis (he was buried in Fairfield County, Connecticut [state file number 14006]). Lord only learned of his son's death after receiving a copy of his death certificate from his son's mother. Ann Willard Ryan remarried in the 1950s and died on December 30, 2004. Lord met his second wife while house hunting in upstate New York . On January 17, 1949, Lord married fashion designer Marie de Narde (1905-2005),
435-426: A car accident one night when he was driving drunk. Although there were no victims in the accident, Ness, fearful that he might lose his job, tried to get the accident covered up. Later, his involvement in the accident was revealed by a local newspaper and calls for his resignation increased; however, Burton's successor as mayor, Frank Lausche, kept Ness on. In 1939, Ness married illustrator Evaline Michelow . In 1942,
522-538: A cleanup of the graft-ridden police force; the second, Butcher's Dozen (1988), his pursuit of the serial killer known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run . Bullet Proof (1989) pitted Ness against labor racketeers intent on taking over Cleveland's food service industry. Ness is mentioned in many hip hop and rap tracks (" California Love ", for example). Murder by the Numbers (1993) depicted Ness's investigation of
609-805: A degree in Fine Arts. Lord spent the first year of the United States' involvement in World War II with the United States Army Corps of Engineers , building bridges in Persia . He returned to the Merchant Marine as an able seaman before enrolling in the deck officer course at Fort Trumbull. While making maritime training films, Lord took to the idea of acting. Lord received theatrical training from Sanford Meisner at
696-551: A higher than average population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens is 0.0073 milligrams per cubic metre (7.3 × 10 oz/cu ft), less than the city average. Eleven percent of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens residents are smokers , which
783-594: A job she gave up to devote her time to him and his career. Until 1957, the couple lived near the Lescaze House on East 48th Street in New York before moving to California . After Hawaii Five-O ended its run in 1980, Lord kept a low profile and was rarely seen in public. His final TV appearance was that same year in a failed pilot for a new CBS series called M Station: Hawaii which he also directed (it had been filmed in early 1979, immediately before shooting
870-532: A lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . While 34% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 22% have less than a high school education and 43% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens students excelling in math rose from 34% in 2000 to 61% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 39% to 48% during
957-503: A new method of watermarking legal and official documents to prevent counterfeiting. Ness was offered the job because of his expertise in law enforcement and moved from Cleveland to Coudersport, Pennsylvania , where much of the investment capital for the company was located. Now drinking more heavily, Ness spent his free time in a local bar, telling stories of his law enforcement career. Guaranty Paper began to fall apart when it became clear that one of Ness's business partners had misrepresented
SECTION 10
#17327971822781044-648: A nonfiction dual biography of Ness and Capone entitled Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago. Collins and Schwartz are currently writing a second volume about Ness's years in Cleveland, entitled The Untouchable and the Butcher. In The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , Frederick Weller portrayed a young Elliot Ness in the eleventh episode The Mystery of
1131-455: A plot near the pond and erected a cenotaph in his honor there. Ness was survived by his widow, Elisabeth Andersen Seaver, and adopted son, Robert. The Western Reserve Historical Society houses additional Ness papers, including a scrapbook (1928–1936), copies of newspaper clippings (1935–1950), a typewritten manuscript detailing Ness's career in Chicago, and miscellaneous papers, including
1218-571: A report on the Fidelity Check Corporation and Guaranty Paper, of which Ness was president. Numerous media works have been developed based on Eliot Ness's life and the legend surrounding his work in Chicago. The first of these resulted in Ness's last years in collaboration with Oscar Fraley in writing the book The Untouchables (1957), which was published after Ness's death and went on to sell 1.5 million copies. Although
1305-470: A script review. With the estate's approval, the technical challenge began. Counter Punch Studios created a CG version of Jack Lord's face, working with Picture Shop visual effects to add realistic skin textures based on images from Lord's final season in the original series. Cinematographers sometimes refer to a 50mm lens ("5-0") as a "Jack Lord" in reference to the name of the show that made him famous. During his years at NYU, Lord and his brother Bill opened
1392-500: A security company based in Ohio. After his second divorce and third marriage, he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Cleveland in 1947 , after which he left Diebold in 1951. In the aftermath, Ness was forced into taking odd jobs to earn a living, including bookstore clerk and wholesaler of electronics parts and frozen hamburger patties. By 1956, he came to work for a startup company called Guaranty Paper Corporation, which claimed to have
1479-604: A special United States attorney , to target the illegal breweries and supply routes of Capone while gathering evidence of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (informally known as the Volstead Act ). U.S. attorney George E.Q. Johnson , the Chicago prosecutor directly in charge of both the Prohibition and income tax investigations of Capone, chose the 27-year-old Ness (now assigned to
1566-614: Is about the same as the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 78% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", equal to the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, there are 11 bodegas . The nearest major hospitals are Long Island Jewish Forest Hills and Jamaica Hospital . Richmond Hill is covered by the ZIP Code 11418 as well as parts of 11416, 11419, and 11421. The United States Post Office operates two post offices nearby: Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens generally have
1653-531: Is formed by the LIRR's abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch ; south of Atlantic, the western border lies between 104th and 107th Streets. The southern border extends to around 103rd Avenue or Liberty Avenue . The Van Wyck Expressway abuts the eastern end of the community. The portion of the neighborhood south of Atlantic Avenue is also known as South Richmond Hill . The area is well known for its large-frame single-family houses, many of which have been preserved since
1740-670: Is home to a density of Hindu , Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , Protestant , Sikh , Jewish , and Muslim places of worship. Richmond Hill is located in Queens Community District 9 and its ZIP Codes are 11418 and 11419. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 102nd Precinct. Politically, Richmond Hill is represented by the New York City Council 's 28th, 30th, and 32nd Districts. Richmond Hill
1827-938: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 345 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 102nd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 90.2% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 24 rapes, 101 robberies, 184 felony assaults, 104 burglaries, 285 grand larcenies, and 99 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Richmond Hill contains three New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations: As of 2018 , preterm births are more common in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens than in other places citywide, though births to teenage mothers are less common. In Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, there were 92 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 15.7 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens have
SECTION 20
#17327971822781914-533: Is located between Kew Gardens and Forest Park to the north, Jamaica and South Jamaica to the east, South Ozone Park to the south, and Woodhaven and Ozone Park to the west. Hillside Avenue forms its northern boundary with Kew Gardens east of Lefferts Boulevard, while Forest Park and the right-of-way of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)'s Montauk Branch form its northern edge west of Lefferts. Its western boundary north of Atlantic Avenue
2001-568: Is located in the neighborhood. Until June 2012, the city had planned to close the high school. The city had slated the school to close; however, a court ruling prevented the school's closure. Richmond Hill High School is the zoned school for Richmond Hill Residents, while some living towards the east of Richmond Hill has Hillcrest High School as their zoned school. Private schools include: The Queens Public Library operates two branches in Richmond Hill: Richmond Hill
2088-421: Is lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, 23% of residents are obese , 14% are diabetic , and 22% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively. In addition, 22% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Eighty-six percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which
2175-513: Is now the golf course clubhouse . Protected by its thickly-wooded area, American riflemen used guerrilla warfare tactics to attack and defeat the advancing Hessians . One of the sites that would make up modern Richmond Hill, Lefferts Farm, was said to be the site of a Revolutionary War battle. Clarenceville, a farming community, was established in January 1853 on the south side of Jamaica Avenue between 110th and 112th Streets on land purchased from
2262-403: Is served by several New York City Subway stations. The J and Z trains stops at 121st Street and Jamaica Avenue, and the J train stops at 111th Street and Jamaica Avenue. The Jamaica–Van Wyck station on the E train, and the 111th Street and Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard stations on the A train, are also located in Richmond Hill. There
2349-523: The Bureau of Internal Revenue , working under Elmer Irey and Special Agent Frank J. Wilson of the Intelligence Unit , were already investigating Capone and his associates for income tax evasion . In late 1930, Attorney General William D. Mitchell , seeking a faster end to the case, implemented a plan devised by President Hoover for sending a small team of Prohibition agents, working under
2436-542: The Bureau of Investigation (which became the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935), influenced Ness to enter law enforcement. Ness joined the U.S. Treasury Department in 1926, working with the 1,000-strong Bureau of Prohibition in Chicago. In March 1930, attorney Frank J. Loesch of the Chicago Crime Commission asked President Herbert Hoover to take down Al Capone . Agents of
2523-836: The Justice Department ) to lead this small squad. With corruption of Chicago's law enforcement agents endemic, Ness went through the records of all Prohibition agents to create a reliable team (initially of six, eventually growing to about ten) later known as " The Untouchables ." Raids against illegal stills and breweries began in March 1931. Within six months, Ness's agents had destroyed bootlegging operations worth an estimated $ 500,000 (almost $ 9.9 million in 2022) and representing an additional $ 2 million ($ 39.5 million in 2022) in lost income for Capone; their raids would ultimately cost Capone in excess of $ 9 million ($ 178 million in 2022) in lost revenue. The main source of information for
2610-526: The Montauk Branch , which runs diagonally through the neighborhood from northwest to southeast. Many residents own homes, though some also rent within small apartment buildings. South Richmond Hill is known as Little Guyana for its large Indo-Caribbean American (mostly Indo-Guyanese and some Indo-Trinidadians ) population. It is also called Little Punjab due to its large Punjabi American (especially Sikh American ) population. Richmond Hill
2697-587: The Montauk railroad line between Long Island City and eastern Long Island. By 1872, a post office was established in the neighborhood, while the Clarenceville neighborhood was merged into Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill was incorporated as an independent village in 1894, by which time it had also absorbed the Morris Park neighborhood, which had been established in 1885. In 1898, Richmond Hill and
Jack Lord - Misplaced Pages Continue
2784-699: The Neighborhood Playhouse . He worked first as a car salesman for Horgan Ford, then later as a Cadillac salesman in New York to fund his studies. Later he studied at the Actors Studio . His Broadway debut was as Slim Murphy in Horton Foote 's The Traveling Lady with Kim Stanley . The show ran for 30 performances, October 27, 1954, through November 20, 1954. Lord won the Theatre World Award for his performance. Lord
2871-655: The Rockaways were named. In 1660, the Welling family purchased land in what was then the western portion of the colonial town of Rustdorp. The land would become the Welling Farm, while Rustdorp would be renamed Jamaica under British rule in 1664. The Battle of Long Island , one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War , was fought in 1776 along the ridge in present-day Forest Park , near what
2958-423: The police and fire departments. Ness soon began a reform program inspired by the ideas of August Vollmer, which focused on professionalizing and modernizing the police, stopping juvenile delinquency , and improving traffic safety . He declared war on the mob, and his primary targets included "Big" Angelo Lonardo , "Little" Angelo Scirrca, Moe Dalitz , John Angerola, George Angersola, and Charles Pollizi. Ness
3045-473: The 1970s, the neighborhood was predominantly Hispanic . Today, the south side of Richmond Hill consists mostly of South Asian Americans ( Indians , Pakistanis , and Bangladeshis ) and Indo-Caribbean Americans ( Indo-Guyanese , Indo-Trinidadians , Indo-Surinamese , and Indo-Jamaicans ), who have steadily emigrated to the United States since the 1960s. A portion of Liberty Avenue has also been officially been renamed Little Guyana. Richmond Hill also has
3132-635: The Blues . In the episode, he is portrayed as the roommate of Indiana Jones at the University of Chicago. The video game called The Untouchables was released in 1989 by Ocean Software on ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, NES, and SNES. Cleveland-based Great Lakes Brewing Company , which claims several connections to Ness (including the brewery owners' mother having worked as his stenographer), named an amber lager "Eliot Ness" and included several subtle nods to his career in
3219-580: The National Register of Historic Places are Public School 66 and Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish . Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, and Woodhaven are patrolled by the 102nd Precinct of the NYPD , located at 87–34 118th Street. The 102nd Precinct ranked 22nd safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 43 per 100,000 people, Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens's rate of violent crimes per capita
3306-532: The Nesses moved to Washington, D.C. , where he worked for the federal government. He directed the battle against prostitution in communities surrounding military bases, where venereal disease was a serious medical issue. Later he made a number of forays into the corporate world, all of which failed owing to his lack of business acumen. In 1944, he left to become chairman of the Diebold Corporation ,
3393-489: The New York City Subway's J and Z trains, was extended east into the neighborhood at Greenwood Avenue (now 111th Street ) on May 28, 1917. As the neighborhood's population continued to grow into the 1920s, smaller closely spaced houses and apartment buildings began to replace large private houses. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Richmond Hill
3480-737: The Shadow of the Terminal Tower ; and comic books such as Torso . Ness was portrayed by actor Jim True-Frost in the fifth-season episode "The Good Listener" of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire . Max Allan Collins used Ness as the "police contact/best friend" character in his series of historical private eye novels featuring Chicago detective Nate Heller. Later he spun Ness off into his own series, set during his tenure as Cleveland's Public Safety Director. The first book, The Dark City (1987), depicted Ness's getting hired and undertaking
3567-592: The Story of a Patriot , which has run daily at Colonial Williamsburg since then. In 1958, Lord co-starred as Buck Walden in God's Little Acre , the film adaptation of Erskine Caldwell 's 1933 novel. Lord was the first actor to play the character Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in 1962 in the first Bond film, Dr. No . According to screenwriter Richard Maibaum , Lord then demanded co-star billing,
Jack Lord - Misplaced Pages Continue
3654-586: The Village Academy of Arts. Jack's childhood dream was to become an artist. His first professional sale was in 1941 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for his two linoleum cuts, entitled Vermont and Fishing Shacks, Block Island . In 1942, Lord married his first wife, Ann Willard. They divorced in 1947. Their union produced a son, but Lord only saw him once when the boy was an infant. On August 24, 1955, his son died, aged 12 years, following
3741-458: The Welling estate. Richmond Hill's name was inspired either by a suburban town near London or by Edward Richmond, a landscape architect in the mid-19th century who designed much of the neighborhood. In 1868, Albon Platt Man, a successful Manhattan lawyer, purchased the Lefferts, Welling, and Bergen farms along with other plots amounting to 400 acres of land, and hired Richmond to lay out
3828-681: The ages of between 0–17, 30% between 25–44, and 27% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 17% and 7% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 9 was $ 69,916. In 2018, an estimated 22% of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or
3915-583: The area one of the earliest residential communities on Long Island. The streets were laid down to match the geography of the area. The development of area was facilitated by the opening of two railroad stations. These were the Clarenceville station on the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad , at Atlantic Avenue and Greenwood Avenue (now 111th Street); and the Richmond Hill station at Park Street (now Hillside Avenue ) near Jamaica and Lefferts Avenues on
4002-555: The area. The area is also served by MTA Regional Bus Operations routes. These include the Q8 , Q9 , Q10 , Q24 , Q37 , Q41 , Q55 , Q56 and Q112 local buses, as well as the QM18 express bus to Manhattan . Official government websites: Historical societies: 40°41′42″N 73°49′48″W / 40.695°N 73.83°W / 40.695; -73.83 Eliot Ness Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957)
4089-543: The beer description and label art. On January 10, 2014, Illinois U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown proposed naming the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, D.C., after Ness. If approved, it would have been called the Eliot Ness ATF Building. Brown said in a statement: "Eliot Ness is perhaps best known as
4176-591: The citywide average of 75%. Public schools in Richmond Hill are operated by the New York City Department of Education . All of the following public elementary schools serve grades PK-5 unless otherwise noted. Residents are zoned to MS 72 and MS 217 in Briarwood, and MS 137 in Ozone Park. Students also attend other middle schools and high schools in the city. Richmond Hill High School
4263-464: The community. The tract extended as far north as White Pot Road (now Kew Gardens Road) near modern Queens Boulevard . The area reminded Man of the London suburb, where his family resided. Man's sons would later found the nearby Kew Gardens neighborhood from the northern portion of the land. Streets, schools, a church, and a railroad were built in Richmond Hill over the next decade, thus making
4350-425: The east, South Ozone Park to the south, and Woodhaven and Ozone Park to the west. The neighborhood is split between Queens Community Board 9 and 10 . Main commercial streets in the neighborhood include Jamaica Avenue , Atlantic Avenue and Liberty Avenue . The portion of the neighborhood south of Atlantic Avenue is also known as South Richmond Hill . The Long Island Rail Road provides freight access via
4437-522: The final galleys for The Untouchables , on whose writing he and Oscar Fraley had been collaborating as a means, on Ness' part, of earning money in his later years, Ness collapsed and died of a heart attack at his home in Coudersport, Pennsylvania , on May 16, 1957. He was 54 years of age. His body was cremated , and his ashes were scattered in one of the small ponds on the grounds of Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. An admirer later donated
SECTION 50
#17327971822784524-600: The final season of Hawaii Five-O ). Lord suffered from Alzheimer's disease for at least seven years before his death, although some accounts have suggested that he may have had the illness as early as the final season of Hawaii Five-O , in 1979. He died of congestive heart failure at his home in Honolulu , on January 21, 1998, at the age of 77, leaving an estate of $ 40 million. He predeceased his Five-O co-star Richard Denning , who died nine months later in October 1998. He
4611-519: The first episode of Have Gun, Will Travel . In 1968, he appeared with Susan Strasberg in the film The Name of the Game Is Kill! . According to William Shatner , in 1966, Gene Roddenberry offered Lord the role of Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek to replace Jeffrey Hunter , whose wife was making too many demands. Lord asked for 50 percent ownership of the show, so Roddenberry offered
4698-595: The historical veracity of this book has been questioned, later research suggests that it is broadly accurate. A 21-page manuscript that Ness wrote for the book is housed in the archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio . The book was adapted in multiple media and inspired many additional works. The best-known adaptations include the 1959 TV series The Untouchables , which starred Robert Stack as Ness and
4785-691: The landscapes he encountered—Africa, the Mediterranean and China. He was educated at St. Benedict Joseph Labre School , John Adams High School , in Ozone Park, Queens , and the United States Merchant Marine Academy , then located at Fort Trumbull in New London, Connecticut , graduating as an Ensign with a Third Mate ’s License. He attended New York University (NYU) on a football scholarship and earned
4872-503: The largest Sikh population in the city, and 101st Avenue has evolved into "Little Punjab", or Punjab Avenue , has emerged in Richmond Hill, Queens. The Triangle Hofbrau , opened as a hotel in 1893 and as a restaurant in 1893, was a restaurant which was frequented by such stars as Mae West in the 1920s and 1930s. It sat on the triangular piece of land bordered by Hillside Avenue , Jamaica Avenue , and Myrtle Avenue . The building has since been converted to medical offices. Near
4959-560: The man who helped to bring Al Capone to justice. But Eliot Ness was more than just a Chicago U.S. prohibition agent. He fought for law and justice in Ohio, and fought for peace and freedom in World War II. He was a public servant and an American hero who deserves to be remembered." Chicago Aldermen Edward M. Burke (14th Ward) and James Balcer (11th Ward) introduced a resolution in the Chicago City Council to oppose
5046-622: The mid-20th Century." Although the Senate resolution was never adopted, the main atrium in the ATF headquarters building was later renamed for Eliot Ness and features a historical exhibit about the Untouchables. Coudersport, Pennsylvania , the town where Ness spent his final months and died, has held an annual "Eliot Ness Festival" every third weekend in July since 2018. Past events have included
5133-462: The money for the memorial, was co-chaired by British Hawaii Five-O fan Esperanza Isaac and Lord's co-star Doug Mossman . Richmond Hill, Queens Richmond Hill is a commercial and residential neighborhood located in the southeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens . The area borders Kew Gardens and Forest Park to the north, Jamaica and South Jamaica to
5220-572: The nature of their supposedly proprietary watermarking process, leaving Ness in serious financial jeopardy. In later years, Ness struggled financially; he was nearly penniless at the time of his death, with his role in bringing down Al Capone having been largely forgotten. Ness was married to Edna Stahle (1900–1988) from 1929 to 1938, illustrator Evaline Michelow (1911–1986) from 1939 to 1945, and artist Elisabeth Andersen Seaver (1906–1977) from 1946 until his death in 1957. He also had an adopted son, Robert (1946–1976). Shortly after his approval of
5307-459: The nickname and promoted it to the press, establishing it as the squad's unofficial title. The efforts of Ness and his team inflicted major financial damage on Capone's operations and led to his indictment on 5,000 violations of the Volstead Act in June 1931. Federal judge James H. Wilkerson prevented that indictment from coming to trial, instead pursuing the tax evasion case built by George Johnson and Frank Wilson. On October 17, 1931, Capone
SECTION 60
#17327971822785394-463: The northwest corner of Hillside Avenue and Myrtle Avenue sat an old time ice cream parlor, Jahn's . It closed in late 2007. Between Myrtle Avenue and the Montauk Line railroad is a former movie theatre, RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theater, opened in 1929, functioning since 1968 as a bingo hall. These and several other landmarks are located in the vicinity of the "Richmond Hill Triangle", bracketed by Jamaica Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, and 117th Street. This
5481-410: The numbers racket in Cleveland. All of these novels, while fictionalized, were closely based on actual cases investigated by Ness and the Cleveland Police. Collins also wrote a one-man stage play, Eliot Ness – An Untouchable Life , which was nominated for an Edgar Award . Collins wrote Ness into his graphic novel Road to Perdition . In 2018, Collins collaborated with historian A. Brad Schwartz on
5568-481: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 55% in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Originally, many European (Italian, Dutch, English, Irish, Scots, Danish, and German) and Jewish families lived in Richmond Hill. In
5655-400: The population. The entirety of Community Board 9, which comprises Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, and Woodhaven, had 148,465 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.3 years. This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 22% are between
5742-448: The raids was an extensive wiretapping operation. In 1931, a member of Al Capone 's gang promised Ness that he would receive $ 2,000 every week ($ 36,684.27 in 2022) if he ignored their bootlegging activities. Ness refused the bribe. Failed attempts by members of the Chicago Outfit to bribe or intimidate Ness and his agents inspired Charles Schwarz of the Chicago Daily News to begin calling them "untouchables". George Johnson adopted
5829-560: The renaming. In a news release, Burke said: "Eliot Ness had a checkered career after leaving the federal government. I simply do not think his image matches the actual reality of his legacy." The authors of two separate Ness biographies later disputed the accuracy of Burke's claims, suggesting he mischaracterized Ness's career. "If Hollywood has given Eliot Ness too much credit for getting Capone," Max Allan Collins wrote in an article for HuffPost , "he has received too little credit anywhere else for helping professionalize law enforcement in
5916-422: The rest of Queens county were consolidated into the City of Greater New York . The New York City Subway 's BMT Fulton Street Line was extended east along Liberty Avenue into the area on September 25, 1915, terminating at Lefferts Avenue (now Lefferts Boulevard ). It is now the southern terminal of the A train. The area received further development when the BMT Jamaica Line elevated, now served by
6003-406: The role to Shatner. Lord starred in Hawaii Five-O for its 12 seasons (1968 to 1980) as Detective Steve McGarrett, appointed by the governor to head the (fictional) State Police criminal investigation department in Honolulu, Hawaii. The opening sequence includes a shot of Lord standing on a penthouse balcony of the Ilikai hotel. Chin Ho Kelly, the name of the police detective played by Kam Fong ,
6090-403: The same time period. Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, 17% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , lower than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 79% of high school students in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens graduate on time, more than
6177-400: The serial killer were placed within view of his office window. In 1938, Ness and his wife Edna divorced. His otherwise successful career in Cleveland withered gradually. He especially fell out of favor after he had the city's large shantytowns evacuated and burned during the Cleveland Torso Murders. Cleveland critics targeted his divorce, his high-profile social drinking, and his conduct in
6264-1001: The series was real-life champion rodeo rider Casey Tibbs . The series featured Warren Oates and Bruce Dern in recurring supporting roles. Lord credited Gary Cooper as his on-screen role model and the inspiration for his characterization of Stoney Burke. Lord was considered for Eliot Ness in The Untouchables before Robert Stack won the role. He did appear in the Season One episode "The Jake Lingle Killing." In 1965, he guest-starred as Colonel 'Pres' Gallagher in second-season episode 5, "Big Brother" of 12 O'Clock High . Other television guest appearances include Appointment with Adventure , The Americans , Bonanza , Gunsmoke , The High Chaparral , Combat! , The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , The Reporter starring Harry Guardino , The Fugitive , The Invaders , Rawhide , Ironside , and The F.B.I. Lord appeared on
6351-604: The turn of the 20th century. Many of the Queen Anne Victorian homes of old Richmond Hill still stand in the area today. The hill referred to as Richmond Hill is a moraine created by debris and rocks collected while glaciers advanced down North America during the Wisconsin glaciation . Before European colonization the land was occupied by the Rockaway Native American group, for which
6438-545: Was 62,982, a decrease of 3 (0.0%) from the 62,985 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 1,171.55 acres (474.11 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 53.8 inhabitants per acre (34,400/sq mi; 13,300/km ). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 11.2% (7,078) White , 11.1% (6,960) African American , 1.0% (657) Native American , 27.4% (17,252) Asian , 0.2% (116) Pacific Islander , 6.6% (4,139) from other races , and 6.6% (4,136) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 36.0% (22,644) of
6525-467: Was a Long Island Rail Road station named Richmond Hill on Hillside Avenue and Babbage Street along the Montauk Branch . However, this station was closed in 1998 due to low ridership (this station had just one daily rider at the time of its closure). The station and platform remain, though access via the staircase at Jamaica Avenue is gated off. Today the Kew Gardens and Jamaica stations serve
6612-410: Was a hands-on partner who paid attention to minute details and was known for battles with network executives. The seventh season premiere of the rebooted "Hawaii Five-0" featured a remarkable cameo that united the old and new versions of Steve McGarrett, made possible through the magic of CGI. To execute this ambitious idea, permission was first secured from Lord's estate, managed by a bank that required
6699-732: Was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon . He began his career as an investigator for the Retail Credit Company of Atlanta assigned to the Chicago territory, where he conducted background investigations for the purpose of credit information. In 1929, he returned to the university to take a graduate course in criminology taught by August Vollmer , a noted police reformer and chief of the Berkeley Police Department . Vollmer's ideas about professionalizing law enforcement would influence Ness throughout his career. Ness's brother-in-law, Alexander Jamie , an agent of
6786-524: Was a philanthropist and the entire estate went to Hawaiian charities upon his wife Marie's death in 2005. A bronze bust of Lord by Hawaii sculptor Lynn Weiler Liverton was unveiled in a ceremony at the Kahala Mall outside Macy's on June 19, 2004. The Lords lived in a condominium in the Kahala area, and they were known to frequent the neighborhood mall. The nonprofit Jack Lord Memorial Fund, which raised
6873-471: Was a tip-of-the-hat to Ilikai developer Chinn Ho. Lord's catchphrase “Book 'em, Danno!" became a part of pop culture. In the original run of the series (but not in syndication), at the end of each episode would be a promo: "This is Jack Lord inviting you to be with us next week for (name of episode). Be here. Aloha!" He was instrumental in the casting of native Hawaiians, instead of mainland actors. Lord insisted his character drive Ford vehicles; McGarrett drove
6960-477: Was also Safety Director at the time of the murders known as the Cleveland Torso Murders , occurring in the Cleveland area from 1935 to 1938; though he had oversight of the police department, he was only peripherally involved in the investigation. Ness interrogated one of the prime suspects of the murders, Dr. Francis E. Sweeney, using a polygraph test . At one point, two bodies of the victims of
7047-495: Was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago . He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables , handpicked for their incorruptibility. The release of his memoir The Untouchables , months after his death, launched several screen portrayals establishing a posthumous fame for Ness as an incorruptible crime fighter. Eliot Ness
7134-545: Was born on April 19, 1903, in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He was the youngest of five children born to Peter Ness (1850–1931) and Emma King (1863–1937). His parents, both Norwegian immigrants, operated a bakery. Ness attended Christian Fenger High School in Chicago. He was educated at the University of Chicago , graduating in 1925 with a degree in political science and business administration , and
7221-631: Was convicted on three of 22 counts of tax evasion. He was sentenced to eleven years in prison and, following a failed appeal, began his sentence in 1932. On May 3, 1932, Ness was among the federal agents who took Capone from the Cook County Jail to Dearborn Station , where he boarded the Dixie Flyer to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary —the only time the two men are known to have met in person. In 1932, Ness
7308-599: Was historically the commercial center of Richmond Hill. The intersection of Jamaica and Myrtle Avenues is also known as James J. Creegan Square. The northern edge of Richmond Hill contains the Church of the Resurrection . This Episcopalian church is an 1874 structure and is the oldest house of worship in Richmond Hill. It was placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Also listed on
7395-595: Was narrated by Walter Winchell , and the 1987 film The Untouchables , directed by Brian De Palma , which starred Kevin Costner as Ness, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro as Al Capone. These two fictionalized portrayals, more than actual history, have inspired numerous novels; a TV-movie , The Return of Eliot Ness , in which Stack returned to the role; a second, short-lived 1993 TV series titled The Untouchables , which starred Tom Amandes as Ness and William Forsythe as Capone; stage plays such as Peter Ullian's In
7482-478: Was promoted to Chief Investigator of the Prohibition Bureau for Chicago. Following the end of Prohibition in 1933, he was assigned as an alcohol tax agent in the "Moonshine Mountains" of southern Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and in 1934 he was transferred to Cleveland, Ohio . In December 1935, Cleveland mayor Harold H. Burton hired Ness as the city's Safety Director, which put him in charge of both
7569-578: Was then cast as Brick as a replacement for Ben Gazzara in the 1955–1956 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof . He had been in The Little Hut (his first play), The Illegitimist , and The Savage . Lord's first commercial film role was in the 1949 film Project X , an anti-Communist production. He was associate producer in his 1950 film Cry Murder . In 1957, Lord starred in Williamsburg:
#277722