Five-O Location Photos – November 2014
Five-O fan Fred Helfing visited Hawaii in November 2014 and took the
following photos of locations used in the original show. These photos are used
with permission. Fred has supplied the descriptions.
This is the Ala Moana Bridge
over the Ala Wai Canal. I believe we see this bridge in 8.3, Termination
with Extreme Prejudice.
Parking lot at the Ala Moana
Mall where a foot chase ensues in The Diamond That Nobody Stole.
This is the Ala Wai Canal seen
from the Diamond Head end. This walkway, further down, is where Stringer (Paul
Williams) drove his pedicab into the canal in
11.17, Stringer.
This is Maunakea
Street, above Hotel Street. This location was probably used a few times, but
was definitely seen in 6.14, The
$100,000 Nickel when Arnie and Millie Price are chasing down the purse
snatcher. In the background with the blue trim is Hookman's
perch building.
Bank of Hawaii building on the
corner of King and Maunakea Streets in Chinatown. This
bank was used a couple of times including episode 2.14, Which Way Did
They Go? This is the bank that Ossie Connors (William Windom) tricks
Five-O to stake out while he hits another location. Harry Endo plays a bank
manager here in the episode before he takes over as Che
Fong.
Diamond Head bunker, used in 4.6, ...And I Want Some Candy and a Gun That
Shoots and 5.20, Little Girl Blue.
Diamond Head Tunnel entrance
in episode 5.15, Thanks for the Honeymoon where Patty Duke is
hiding, observing Manola knock off Delgado. The
previous picture of the DIamond Head tunnel is the
area she's observing, off to the right of that picture.
Diamond Head tunnel used
numerous episodes including 6.1, Hookman and
4.8, For a Million... Why Not? Also,
the area to the right is used is a handful of episodes including 5.15, Thanks
for the Honeymoon, 2.1, A Thousand Pardons -- You're Dead! and 8.17, Loose Ends Get Hit (where Sandy
gets Vanden Ecker to flip the car).
Dillingham Fountain or that's
at least what the tour guide calls it in episode 3.23, The Grandstand
Play: Part I. Its location is at the Diamond Head end of Kapiolani Park. It’s also seen in a stock shot when
McGarrett is driving in several episodes.
The Waikiki Beach Marriott,
formerly known in Five-O as the Hawaiian Regent. This hotel was in a few
episodes including 6.24, 30,000 Rooms and I Have the Key and I
think it was also a hotel jacked by Chris Vashon (The Son) in 5.9, 'V'
for Vashon: The Son.
The Ilikai
and the Rainbow Tower at Hawaiian Hilton Village.
Location of Honolulu Stadium where
Pernell Roberts, awkwardly in my opinion, plays baseball in episodes 3.23 and
3.24, The Grandstand Play. The stadium is long gone (1976) and this
marker remains to mark its former location. Located in Honolulu on the corner
of King and Isenberg Streets.
Hookman Building from Maunakea
On the corner of Maunakea and Pauahi Streets in
Chinatown, this is the building in 6.1, Hookman.
Hookman is on the rooftop and the end trying to pick
off McGarrett.
Also the 6.1, Hookman Building looking towards Maunakea
from Pauahi Street in Chinatown.
The IBM building seen in
numerous episodes in the background including Hookman.
Also, it's the building's parking lot where Chin's family member is run down in
5.5, The Jinn Who Clears the Way. Located near the Ala Moana Mall
on Ala Moana Boulevard and Queen Street.
The Ilikai
Hotel as seen from the Ala Wai Boat Harbor. Many episodes were filmed in the
pool area including 3.8, The Reunion and 9.5, Tour De
Force, Killer Aboard.
Not in any episode, but the
Jack Lord memorial bust just outside the Kahala Mall.
Bank Building seen in a number
of episodes including 2.20, Cry, Lie and 4.8, For a Million... Why Not? Located on
Kilauea next to the Kahala Mall.
A view of Mahina
Ave in Kaimuki where Ted Reynolds in 6.18, Secret
Witness is walking along after work. He witnesses the hit man shoot
the bag man across the street in the parking lot. Just to the left of the green
bin is where Jo Louise pulls her car over and is talking to a policeman in
2.13, The Joker's Wild, Man, Wild!
Also from 5.13, I'm a
Family Crook, Don't Shoot! as the daughter
continues her run around the same building. This is the rear of that building.
Another shot of the bank
building where the two street hoodlums commit their purse snatch in 3.5, The
Guarnerius Caper.
Kaimuki First Hawaiian Bank #2
Bank building seen in
6.18, Secret Witness and 3.5, The Guarnerius
Caper, the latter when the two street hoodlums commit their purse snatch.
This is also in the Kaimuki district on 12th Ave
between Waialae and Mahina
Ave.
Kaimuki Parking Area for Jo Louise
The van marks where Jo Lousie pulls her car over for the HPD in 2.13, The
Joker's Wild, Man, Wild! How nice that a HPD unit drove by at that
time for me. And the same bank building on 12th is seen above that.
Window seen in 6.18, Secret
Witness and 3.5, The Guarnerius
Caper. In both episodes, you can clearly see the snake on the windows. It's
amazing to me that over 40 years later that the snake is still there. Kaimuki district on 12th Ave below Mahina
Ave.
The Kalakaua
Bridge over the Ala Wai Canal. This bridge was seen in 8.3, Termination
with Extreme Prejudice where Five-O does some magical pistol shooting
at a speeding boat trying to escape to the ocean.
Kings Village in Waikiki. I
believe it was episode where Angela (Diana Muldaur)
meets the blackmailer in 5.2, Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain. What
a prolific character actress she was.
The Ilikai
as seen from the Hawaiian Hilton Village Lagoon, showing the penthouse balcony
where the camera zooms in on McGarrett in the opening credits.
House used in 6.21, Nightmare
in Blue. It's the house that the washout cop, Stark, tricks his way into to
assault the surviving victim. Behind the basketball hoop is where Stark is at
one point seen driving slowly around when the husband takes off for work. The
house is located on the eastern foothill of Diamond Head.
Oahu Market on the corner of
King and Kekaulike Streets. I believe this the
location of where a young mother buys a fish that contains a gold bar in
1.6, Twenty-Four Karat Kill.
One Big Happy Family Beauty
Salon
As Mr. Mike as noted in his
review, this is the beauty salon in episode 6.4, One Big Happy Family that's
supposed to be in Maui, but is actually on East Manoa
Road in the Moana district.
One Big Happy Family Salon
Observation Area
Same beauty salon in One
Big Happy Family, but looking to the area where the youngest daughter,
Monica, is perched keeping track of customers. This is the view that gave away
the true location of the filming area.
Rainbow Tower at the Hilton
Hawaiian Village. Seen is a few episodes, most noticeably in 3.1, And a
Time to Die... where a sniper picks off the
protected witness.
Apartment building in episode
6.18, Secret Witness where Ted and Sue (Cindy Williams)
Reynolds live. The building is wedged between Sierra Dr. and Keanu St., just
north of Waialae in the Kaimuki
district of Honolulu.
Another view the apartment
building in 6.18, Secret Witness with the area where the hitman
spins out his car at the end off to the left.
Secret Witness Apartment
from Jump Lot
6.18, Secret Witness. Ted Reynolds'
apartment building as seen from the exit of his the lot where he landed.
Ted Reynolds worked at this
location on Mahina Ave. in Kaimuki
typing up menus in 6.18, Secret Witness.
6.18, Secret Witness,
Ted hops the rail and jumps below, to the left.
6.18, Secret Witness,
Ted Reynolds's landing zone, from the other side of the parking lot. The wood
pillars where Duke digs out a spent bullet are still there.
Secret Witness Kaimuki Parking Lot
Parking lot in 6.18, Secret
Witness where the hit man hits the bag man, witnessed by Ted Reynolds.
Kaimuki district, technically still called Mahina Ave, west of 12th.
Secret Witness Library
Book Drop Site
End of parking lot in
6.18, Secret Witness, Ted Reynolds loses his library book. He hops the railing and jumps below. A good 10-12 foot drop.
House across the street from
the Reynolds apartment in 6.18, Secret Witness. This is the house
Yankee Chang comes out of to tell 5-O that he's got a call from the hitman. The
R Tanaka on the mail box is also seen in the episode from way up high by the
hit man which upon he looks up the phone number in a telephone book.
Parking lot is 6.18,
Secret Witness where the hit man chases Ted Reynolds, the end
of which, Ted loses his library book. Location is Center St, just north of Waialae, Kaimuki.
Trouble in Mind Guardino Viewpoint
Guardino's
point of view, looking at the Five-O bust of Harry Partch
in 3.2, Trouble in Mind.
Trouble in Mind Walkway
Looking Down
The long stairway in
3.2, Trouble in Mind, looking down towards Green Street. Downtown
is in the background.
Trouble in Mind Walkway
Looking Up
The same long stair case
looking up from Green Street in 3.2, Trouble in Mind.
This is the top of the long
stair case Mike Martin (Harry Guardino) climbs in his
attempt to visit heroin dealer Harry Partch in
3.2, Trouble in Mind. If you have watched the episode, please compare
the stone pattern of the wall on the left to that in the episode as Guardino watches the Five-O bust in progress. The location
is on the lower foothill slopes of the Punchbowl Crater on Spencer at Alapai Streets.
This is the bank seen in
several episodes with the fountain that emits water like an erupting volcano. I
can't remember all the episodes but I believe it's the bank robbed in
9.6, The Last of the Great Paperhangers and also in
6.11, The Finishing Touch and 8.16, Legacy of Terror.
The bank is located on the corner of Merchant and Bishop Streets in downtown.
Close up of volcano-looking
fountain seen in many episodes
Corner of Waialae
and Kokohead in Kaimuki
where the bag man, Frank Butrell, is ripped off by
the Lovejoy family is 5.13, I'm a Family Crook, Don't Shoot!
The War Memorial or Natatorium.
This location, opposite Kapiolani Park, was used in
multiple episodes including 4.11, A Matter of Mutual Concern and
6.19, Death With Father. Unfortunately,
due to decay and disrepair, the ocean side of the memorial is closed to the
public.
Wo Fat Chop Sui, on the corner
of Maunakea and Hotel Streets in Chinatown (not
featured in any episode). While the restaurant no longer exists, the sign does
and it is the inspiration for the Wo Fat character in
Five-O.