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James Gordon MacArthur was an American actor, who, for Disney, played Johnny Butler/True Son in The Light in the Forest, Rudi Matt in Third Man on the Mountain, David Balfour in Kidnapped, Fritz Robinson in Swiss Family Robinson, Cpl. Henry Jenkins in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episodes Willie and the Yank: The Deserter and Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders, himself in The Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic and The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics, and the narrator of Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making.

MacArthur was best known for his role as Danny "Danno" Williams in the CBS police procedural drama series Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. His other television credits included Branded, Combat!, Gunsmoke, Hondo, Bonanza, The Virginian, Twelve O'Clock High, Wagon Train, Time Express, Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Littlest Hobo, Vega$, and Superboy.

His other films included Take the High Ground!, Night of the Auk, Cry of Battle, The Truth About Spring, The Bedford Incident, Battle of the Bulge, Hang Em' High, The Night the Bridge Fell Down, and the TV miniseries Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story.

He was the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes.

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