Douglas Mossman obit

Local actor, entertainer Doug Mossman dies at age 88

 

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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Local actor and entertainer Doug Mossman has died.

The Kamehameha Schools graduate played security guard Moke in the television series Hawaiian Eye from 1959 to 1963.

He portrayed Lt. Frank Kamana in the original Hawaii Five-O from 1974 to 1976.

He also appeared in guest roles in Magnum P.I., Jake and the Fatman, and One West Waikiki.

Mossman was also the long-time emcee of the Chuck Machado Luau at the Outrigger Waikiki from 1970 to 1990.

Mossman’s son said his father died May 18 on Oahu.

Doug Mossman was 88 years old.

Mossman was of Hawaiian ancestry and was a 1950 graduate of Kamehameha Schools. He served in the Hawaii Army National Guard for six years where he saw action in the Korean War and graduated from Officer's Candidate School as an infantry officer.

The G.I. Bill paid for his training at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts where he graduated in 1958. Hawaiian Eye gave him his first TV role as Moke, a security guard. He also acted as a Hawaiian technical adviser with the show.

In addition to Frank Kamana, Mossman had numerous other roles during the run of Hawaii Five-O, though according to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, he left the show to create the TV series West Wind, which ran for one season.[3] He has also appeared in other Hawaii-based series: Magnum, P.I., Jake and the Fatman, One West Waikiki, and Hawaii in addition to The Jeffersons.

In addition to acting, Mossman was an entertainer and emcee for Chuck Machado's Luau at the Outrigger Waikiki from 1970 to 1990 and general manager of IMAX Theaters in Waikiki from 1991 to 1999. As of 2003, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin also reported that Mossman was looking for a sculptor and space to create a statue of Hawaii Five-O’s leading man Jack Lord in addition to developing a performing arts center in Mililani Mauka.

He also appeared in the rebooted Hawaii Five-0 in 2011, playing the role of Kimo Halama in the season two episode "Ki’ilua".

 

Actor

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

Hawaii Five-0

Kimo Halama

TV Series

2011

1 episode

 

Michael Biehn, Ivan Sergei, Sharif Atkins, Eric Balfour, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Aya Sumika in Hawaii (2004)

Hawaii

Makaha Halli (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

2004

1 episode

 

Bo Derek in Wind on Water (1998)

Wind on Water

Walter Adler (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1998

1 episode

 

One West Waikiki (1994)

One West Waikiki

Judge #1 (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1994

1 episode

 

William Conrad and Joe Penny in Jake and the Fatman (1987)

Jake and the Fatman

Judge William Akana (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1989

1 episode

 

Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Magnum, P.I.

David KaimiPolice Officer RileyKaapa (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1982–1987

3 episodes

 

Hart to Hart (1979)

Hart to Hart

Chief Navarro (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1982

1 episode

 

Marla Gibbs, Paul Benedict, Franklin Cover, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Isabel Sanford, and Berlinda Tolbert in The Jeffersons (1975)

The Jeffersons

Andrew (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1980

1 episode

 

Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)

Hawaii Five-O

Chief KaanaJimmy AkanaJimmy Keno ...

TV Series

1968–1979

27 episodes

 

The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (1979)

The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove

Auctioneer (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1979

1 episode

 

Inferno in Paradise (1974)

Inferno in Paradise

Lt. Hayden

1974

 

The Little People (1972)

The Little People

Tour GuideTom KanaTV Newsman

TV Series

1972–1974

4 episodes

 

Lost Flight (1970)

Lost Flight

Weather Man (as Doug Mossman)

TV Movie

1970

 

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969)

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew

Island Chief (as Doug Mossman)

1969

 

Tim Considine, William Frawley, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)

My Three Sons

RiRi (as Doug Mossman)

TV Series

1965

1 episode

 

Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)

Hawaiian Eye

MokeMartySecurity Officer

TV Series

1959–1963

119 episodes