Hawaii 5-O, and Jack Lord (née Ryan), the Man, the Myth, the Legend
https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Hawaii-5-0-and-Jack-Lord-the-Man-the-Myth-the-Legend The Remarkable actor Jack Lord was born December 30, 1920 The remarkable actor Jack Lord was born December 30, 1920 and he was given the most unusual name of John Joseph Patrick Ryan, in today's society they all could be used as a first name; "Ryan" became a popular first name in the 1960's. Jack Lord was the son of a hard working Irish-American steam freighter executive named William Lawrence Ryan, and an Irish-American mother, Josephine O'Brien, who was the Irish matriarch of the family, she had five children with William, four boys and one girl. Jacks mother owned a farm north of New York City; it was here on this fruit farm that Jack developed a great equestrian skill with horses, his first horse was a beautiful chestnut mare which he loved dearly. He would ride that horse up and down the Hudson River Valley where his mother’s fruit farm was located. Jack had an