Autobiographies
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:12 pm
Hi everyone.
I'm trying to compile a list of cast and crew members from Magnum PI who have ever written an autobiography, or had one written about them. This is the list I have compiled so far. Does anyone know of others? With the series having a mammoth 162 episodes, there must be more books I've missed?
Main cast:
Tom Selleck - You Never Know, 2024. Also Tom Selleck: An Unauthorised Biography, 1983.
Larry Manetti - Aloha Magnum, 1991.
Guest cast:
Season 1
Jesse Wayne - Confessions of a Hollywood Stunt Man (or It seemed like a good idea at the time!), 2019. (1.1 Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii)
Ron Masak - I've Met All My Heroes from A to Z, 2009. (1.6 Skin Deep)
Terrence McDonnell - Unpublished. 2022? (co-writer 1.7 Never Again...Never Again)
Lew Ayres - Hollywood's Conscientious Objector, 2012. Biography only. (1.11 The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club)
Allan Caillou - The World is Six Feet Square, 1954; Sheba Slept Here, 1973. (1.12 Thicker Than Blood)
Red West - One Hell Of A Ride. Unpublished. (1.13 All Roads Lead to Floyd; and 5.18 Let Me Hear The Music)
Mercedes McCambridge - The Quality Of Mercy, 1981. (1.15 Don't Say Goodbye)
Kathryn Leigh Scott - 1) Last Dance at the Savoy, 2016; 2) Now With You, Now Without, 2017; 3) The Happy Hours, 2017; 4) A Welcome Respite, 2017. (1.16 The Black Orchid)
John Ireland - unpublished. Excerpt here. (1.16 The Black Orchid)
Orson Welles - for a list of the many books about the man, go to Post 60. (1.17 J. "Digger" Doyle, 2.19 Double Jeopardy, 3.16 Birdman of Budapest, 3.22 The Big Blow, 4.7 Squeeze Play, 5.10 Luther Gillis: File #001)
Stewart Moss - My Trek, 2014. (1.17 J. "Digger" Doyle).
Marcia Wallace - Don't Look Back, We're Not Going That Way, 2004. (1.18 Beauty Knows No Pain).
Darby Hinton - Growing Up Israel, 2018. (1.18 Beauty Knows No Pain)
Season 2
Jimmy Borges - Confessions Of A Saloon Singer. Unpublished. (2.1 Billy Joe Bob, 3.1 Did You see the Sunrise? Part 1, 5.12 Little Games, 6.16 "This Island Isn't Big Enough....")
Allan Rich - A Leap From The Method: An Organic Approach To Acting, 2007 (2.4 From Moscow to Maui)
Soo Yong - Chinese Women Pioneers in Hawaii, 2002. Biography only. (2.5 and 2.6 Memories Are Forever)
Nancy Lee Grahn - Unpublished. 2022? (2.15 Try To Remember)
Dick Butkus - Stop-Action, 1972 and Flesh And Blood, 1997. (2.17 One More Summer)
Dana Wynter - Other People Other Places: Memories of Four Continents (2005). (2.19 Double Jeopardy and 3.8 Foiled Again)
Beverly Garland - Beverly Garland: Her Life and Career, 2012. Biography only. (2.22 Three Minus Two)
Denny Miller - Didn't You Used to Be What's His Name?, 2004. (2.22 Three Minus Two)
Season 3
Joel Rogosin - Writing A Life, 2004. (supervising producer 12 episodes 3.1-3.12)
Jameson Parker - An Accidental Cowboy, 2003. (3.3 Ki'i's Don't Lie)
Ernest Borgnine - My Autobiography, 2009. (3.9 Mr. White Death)
Burt Kennedy - Hollywood Trail Boss, 1997. Director. (3.10, Mixed Doubles)
Kim Richards - The Whole Truth: The Reality of It All, 2021? (3.10 Mixed Doubles)
Henry Gibson - Unfinished, unpublished. (3.10 Mixed Doubles)
Marcia Strassman - Life with a Side Order of Cancer, 2008. (3.12 Heal Thyself)
Peter Brown - The Fastest Gun in Hollywood: The Life Story of Peter Brown, 2013. (3.12 Heal Thyself)
Sylvia Sidney - Sylvia: A Memoir Of Hollywood Star Sylvia Sidney, 1999. (3.16 Birdman of Budapest)
Fritz Feld - On The Fritz, unpublished. (3.16 Birdman of Budapest)
Nicholas Coster - Another Whole Afternoon, 2021. (3.17 I Do?)
James Doohan - Beam Me Up Scotty, 1996. (3.22 The Big Blow)
Season 4
Eugene Roche - unpublished. (4.2 Luther Gillis: File #521, 4.16 The Return of Luther Gillis, 5.10 Luther Gillis: File #001, 7.5 A.A.P.I., 8.11 Transitions).
Blackie Dammett - Lords of the Sunset Strip, 2013. (4.3 Smaller Than Life)
Carol Channing - Just Lucky I Guess, 2002. (4.4 Distant Relative)
Jane Merrow - Being An Actor, 2019. (4.6 Letter To A Duchess)
Terrence Knapp - Hawaii's Adopted World Class Actor, 2000.(4.6 Letter To A Duchess)
Shannen Doherty - Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life With Style and (The Right) Attitude, 2010. (4.8 A Sense Of Debt)
Carol Burnett - four books! 1) One More Time, 1986; 2) This Time Together, 2011; 3) Carrie & Me, 2014; 4) In Such Good Company, 2016. (4.14 Rembrandt's Girl and 8.7 A Girl Named Sue)
Gene LeBell - The Godfather of Grappling, 2003. (4.16 The Return of Luther Gillis)
Hermione Baddeley - The Unsinkable Hermione Baddeley, 1984. (4.17 Let the Punishment Fit the Crime)
Patrick Macnee - 1) Blind In One Ear, 1989. 2) The Avengers & Me, 1997. (4.18 Holmes Is Where The Heart Is)
Season 5
Sharon Stone - The Beauty Of Living Twice, 2021. (5.1 and 5.2 Echoes Of The Mind Parts 1 and 2)
Al Leong - The Eight Lives of Al "Ka-Bong" Leong, 2011. (5.3 Mac's Back)
Phil Hartman - You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman, 2014. Biography only. (5.4 The Legacy of Garwood Huddle)
David Hemmings - Blow Up... and Other Exaggerations – The Autobiography of David Hemmings. (5.6 Fragments, 5.14 Compulsion, 5.18 Let Me Hear the Music, 7.19 Out of Sync).
Rick Lenz - North Of Hollywood, 2012. (5.9 Tran Quoc Jones)
Jenny Agutter - Jenny Agutter: A Working Biography, 2009. Biography only. (5.12 Little Games).
Susan Oliver - Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey, 1983. (5.18 Let Me Hear the Music)
Dennis Weaver - All the World's a Stage, 2001. (5.18 Let Me Hear The Music)
Nehemiah Persoff - The Many Faces of Nehemiah, 2021. (5.21 Torah, Torah, Torah)
Season 6
Peter Davison - Is There Life Outside The Box? 2016. (6.1 and 6.2 - Deja Vu)
Geoffrey Beevers - One Man In His Time (6.1 Deja Vu)
Arthur English - Through the Mill and Beyond, 1986. (6.2 Deja Vu Part 2)
Harry Fielder - Extra! Extra Read All About It! My Life As A Film and TV Extra (6.1/6.2 Deja Vu). States in his memoir that he worked on this for a couple of days but he's not credited on IMDB.
Gwen Verdon - Gwen Verdon: A Life on Stage and Screen, 2015. (6.7 Going Home, 7.17 Forty, 8.1 Infinity & Jelly Doughnuts, 8.12 Resolutions Part I, 8.13 Resolutions Part II).
Henry Darrow - Henry Darrow: Lightning in the Bottle, 2015. (6.8 Paniolo)
Carl Ciarfalio - Stars, Stunts and Stories: A Hollywood Stuntman's Fall to Fame, 2015. (6.13 Summer School)
William Windom - Journeyman Actor: A Memoir, 2009. (6.15 All Thieves On Deck)
Thaao Penghlis - 1) Places: The Journey of My Days, My Lives, 2014. 2) Seducing Celebrities One Meal at a Time, 2015. (6.15 All Thieves on Deck).
Bruce Forsyth - 1) The Autobiography, 2001. 2) Strictly Bruce: Stories Of My Life, 2015. (6.20 A Little Bit of Luck... A Little Bit of Grief)
Season 7
Jonathan Goldsmith - Stay Interesting, 2017. (7.4 Straight and Narrow)
Angela Lansbury - Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury, 1999. Also Angela Lansbury: A Life on Stage and Screen, 1996.(7.9 Novel Connection)
Bernie Pock - A Celebration of Life – Memories of My Son, 1997. Written by his mother Nancy Kwan. Biography. (7.13 Autumn Warrior)
Frank Sinatra - for a list of the many books about the man, go to Post 83. (7.18 Laura)
Jackie Cooper - Please Don't Shoot My Dog, 1981. (Director - 7.22 Limbo and 8.5 Forever In Time)
Season 8
Julia Migenes - Mémoires d'un oiseau rebelle, 2006. In French only. (8.2 Pleasure Principle)
Amy Yasbeck - With Love and Laughter, John Ritter, 2010. (8.2 Pleasure Principle, 8.4 Tigers Fan, 8.12 Resolutions: Part I, 8.13 Resolutions: Part II)
Ray Danton - Ray Danton: The Epitome of Cool, by Joseph Fusco, 2009 and updated in 2019. Biography only. (8.6 The Love That Lies, and 8.9 The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company)
Anthony Newley - Stop the World: The Biography of Anthony Newley, by Garth Bardsley, 2003, Biography only. (8.10 Legend of the Lost Art).
Kabir Bedi - Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life of an Actor, 2021. (8.10 Legend Of The Lost Art)
I'm trying to compile a list of cast and crew members from Magnum PI who have ever written an autobiography, or had one written about them. This is the list I have compiled so far. Does anyone know of others? With the series having a mammoth 162 episodes, there must be more books I've missed?
Main cast:
Tom Selleck - You Never Know, 2024. Also Tom Selleck: An Unauthorised Biography, 1983.
Larry Manetti - Aloha Magnum, 1991.
Guest cast:
Season 1
Jesse Wayne - Confessions of a Hollywood Stunt Man (or It seemed like a good idea at the time!), 2019. (1.1 Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii)
Ron Masak - I've Met All My Heroes from A to Z, 2009. (1.6 Skin Deep)
Terrence McDonnell - Unpublished. 2022? (co-writer 1.7 Never Again...Never Again)
Lew Ayres - Hollywood's Conscientious Objector, 2012. Biography only. (1.11 The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club)
Allan Caillou - The World is Six Feet Square, 1954; Sheba Slept Here, 1973. (1.12 Thicker Than Blood)
Red West - One Hell Of A Ride. Unpublished. (1.13 All Roads Lead to Floyd; and 5.18 Let Me Hear The Music)
Mercedes McCambridge - The Quality Of Mercy, 1981. (1.15 Don't Say Goodbye)
Kathryn Leigh Scott - 1) Last Dance at the Savoy, 2016; 2) Now With You, Now Without, 2017; 3) The Happy Hours, 2017; 4) A Welcome Respite, 2017. (1.16 The Black Orchid)
John Ireland - unpublished. Excerpt here. (1.16 The Black Orchid)
Orson Welles - for a list of the many books about the man, go to Post 60. (1.17 J. "Digger" Doyle, 2.19 Double Jeopardy, 3.16 Birdman of Budapest, 3.22 The Big Blow, 4.7 Squeeze Play, 5.10 Luther Gillis: File #001)
Stewart Moss - My Trek, 2014. (1.17 J. "Digger" Doyle).
Marcia Wallace - Don't Look Back, We're Not Going That Way, 2004. (1.18 Beauty Knows No Pain).
Darby Hinton - Growing Up Israel, 2018. (1.18 Beauty Knows No Pain)
Season 2
Jimmy Borges - Confessions Of A Saloon Singer. Unpublished. (2.1 Billy Joe Bob, 3.1 Did You see the Sunrise? Part 1, 5.12 Little Games, 6.16 "This Island Isn't Big Enough....")
Allan Rich - A Leap From The Method: An Organic Approach To Acting, 2007 (2.4 From Moscow to Maui)
Soo Yong - Chinese Women Pioneers in Hawaii, 2002. Biography only. (2.5 and 2.6 Memories Are Forever)
Nancy Lee Grahn - Unpublished. 2022? (2.15 Try To Remember)
Dick Butkus - Stop-Action, 1972 and Flesh And Blood, 1997. (2.17 One More Summer)
Dana Wynter - Other People Other Places: Memories of Four Continents (2005). (2.19 Double Jeopardy and 3.8 Foiled Again)
Beverly Garland - Beverly Garland: Her Life and Career, 2012. Biography only. (2.22 Three Minus Two)
Denny Miller - Didn't You Used to Be What's His Name?, 2004. (2.22 Three Minus Two)
Season 3
Joel Rogosin - Writing A Life, 2004. (supervising producer 12 episodes 3.1-3.12)
Jameson Parker - An Accidental Cowboy, 2003. (3.3 Ki'i's Don't Lie)
Ernest Borgnine - My Autobiography, 2009. (3.9 Mr. White Death)
Burt Kennedy - Hollywood Trail Boss, 1997. Director. (3.10, Mixed Doubles)
Kim Richards - The Whole Truth: The Reality of It All, 2021? (3.10 Mixed Doubles)
Henry Gibson - Unfinished, unpublished. (3.10 Mixed Doubles)
Marcia Strassman - Life with a Side Order of Cancer, 2008. (3.12 Heal Thyself)
Peter Brown - The Fastest Gun in Hollywood: The Life Story of Peter Brown, 2013. (3.12 Heal Thyself)
Sylvia Sidney - Sylvia: A Memoir Of Hollywood Star Sylvia Sidney, 1999. (3.16 Birdman of Budapest)
Fritz Feld - On The Fritz, unpublished. (3.16 Birdman of Budapest)
Nicholas Coster - Another Whole Afternoon, 2021. (3.17 I Do?)
James Doohan - Beam Me Up Scotty, 1996. (3.22 The Big Blow)
Season 4
Eugene Roche - unpublished. (4.2 Luther Gillis: File #521, 4.16 The Return of Luther Gillis, 5.10 Luther Gillis: File #001, 7.5 A.A.P.I., 8.11 Transitions).
Blackie Dammett - Lords of the Sunset Strip, 2013. (4.3 Smaller Than Life)
Carol Channing - Just Lucky I Guess, 2002. (4.4 Distant Relative)
Jane Merrow - Being An Actor, 2019. (4.6 Letter To A Duchess)
Terrence Knapp - Hawaii's Adopted World Class Actor, 2000.(4.6 Letter To A Duchess)
Shannen Doherty - Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life With Style and (The Right) Attitude, 2010. (4.8 A Sense Of Debt)
Carol Burnett - four books! 1) One More Time, 1986; 2) This Time Together, 2011; 3) Carrie & Me, 2014; 4) In Such Good Company, 2016. (4.14 Rembrandt's Girl and 8.7 A Girl Named Sue)
Gene LeBell - The Godfather of Grappling, 2003. (4.16 The Return of Luther Gillis)
Hermione Baddeley - The Unsinkable Hermione Baddeley, 1984. (4.17 Let the Punishment Fit the Crime)
Patrick Macnee - 1) Blind In One Ear, 1989. 2) The Avengers & Me, 1997. (4.18 Holmes Is Where The Heart Is)
Season 5
Sharon Stone - The Beauty Of Living Twice, 2021. (5.1 and 5.2 Echoes Of The Mind Parts 1 and 2)
Al Leong - The Eight Lives of Al "Ka-Bong" Leong, 2011. (5.3 Mac's Back)
Phil Hartman - You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman, 2014. Biography only. (5.4 The Legacy of Garwood Huddle)
David Hemmings - Blow Up... and Other Exaggerations – The Autobiography of David Hemmings. (5.6 Fragments, 5.14 Compulsion, 5.18 Let Me Hear the Music, 7.19 Out of Sync).
Rick Lenz - North Of Hollywood, 2012. (5.9 Tran Quoc Jones)
Jenny Agutter - Jenny Agutter: A Working Biography, 2009. Biography only. (5.12 Little Games).
Susan Oliver - Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey, 1983. (5.18 Let Me Hear the Music)
Dennis Weaver - All the World's a Stage, 2001. (5.18 Let Me Hear The Music)
Nehemiah Persoff - The Many Faces of Nehemiah, 2021. (5.21 Torah, Torah, Torah)
Season 6
Peter Davison - Is There Life Outside The Box? 2016. (6.1 and 6.2 - Deja Vu)
Geoffrey Beevers - One Man In His Time (6.1 Deja Vu)
Arthur English - Through the Mill and Beyond, 1986. (6.2 Deja Vu Part 2)
Harry Fielder - Extra! Extra Read All About It! My Life As A Film and TV Extra (6.1/6.2 Deja Vu). States in his memoir that he worked on this for a couple of days but he's not credited on IMDB.
Gwen Verdon - Gwen Verdon: A Life on Stage and Screen, 2015. (6.7 Going Home, 7.17 Forty, 8.1 Infinity & Jelly Doughnuts, 8.12 Resolutions Part I, 8.13 Resolutions Part II).
Henry Darrow - Henry Darrow: Lightning in the Bottle, 2015. (6.8 Paniolo)
Carl Ciarfalio - Stars, Stunts and Stories: A Hollywood Stuntman's Fall to Fame, 2015. (6.13 Summer School)
William Windom - Journeyman Actor: A Memoir, 2009. (6.15 All Thieves On Deck)
Thaao Penghlis - 1) Places: The Journey of My Days, My Lives, 2014. 2) Seducing Celebrities One Meal at a Time, 2015. (6.15 All Thieves on Deck).
Bruce Forsyth - 1) The Autobiography, 2001. 2) Strictly Bruce: Stories Of My Life, 2015. (6.20 A Little Bit of Luck... A Little Bit of Grief)
Season 7
Jonathan Goldsmith - Stay Interesting, 2017. (7.4 Straight and Narrow)
Angela Lansbury - Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury, 1999. Also Angela Lansbury: A Life on Stage and Screen, 1996.(7.9 Novel Connection)
Bernie Pock - A Celebration of Life – Memories of My Son, 1997. Written by his mother Nancy Kwan. Biography. (7.13 Autumn Warrior)
Frank Sinatra - for a list of the many books about the man, go to Post 83. (7.18 Laura)
Jackie Cooper - Please Don't Shoot My Dog, 1981. (Director - 7.22 Limbo and 8.5 Forever In Time)
Season 8
Julia Migenes - Mémoires d'un oiseau rebelle, 2006. In French only. (8.2 Pleasure Principle)
Amy Yasbeck - With Love and Laughter, John Ritter, 2010. (8.2 Pleasure Principle, 8.4 Tigers Fan, 8.12 Resolutions: Part I, 8.13 Resolutions: Part II)
Ray Danton - Ray Danton: The Epitome of Cool, by Joseph Fusco, 2009 and updated in 2019. Biography only. (8.6 The Love That Lies, and 8.9 The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company)
Anthony Newley - Stop the World: The Biography of Anthony Newley, by Garth Bardsley, 2003, Biography only. (8.10 Legend of the Lost Art).
Kabir Bedi - Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life of an Actor, 2021. (8.10 Legend Of The Lost Art)