Jack Lord as Felix Leiter in ‘Dr No’.

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. He was best known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television programme Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord also appeared in several classic feature films, among them Man of the West (1958).

Lord was the first actor to play the character of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in the first Bond film, Dr No. However, the film producers did not ask Lord to reprise the role in later films, since they felt that having the same actor playing Leiter would upstage the dominance of Sean Connery as the leading man.

Lord’s several Broadway credits include a performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lord gained additional publicity for his paintings, one of which was formerly housed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.