What years did Herman Wedemeyer appear on Hawaii Five-O?
Wedey played Duke Lukela from Hawaii Five-O s fifth season (1972-73) to its final twelfth season (1979-1980). In his first three years on the show Duke was a uniformed sergeant from the Honolulu Police Department assigned to help Five-O. After the departure of Al Harrington (Ben) in the seventh season, Duke was promoted to plainclothes and became a full-fledged member of the Five-O team. Before landing the role of Duke Lukela, Wedey appeared on the show in bit parts a number of times, including in the show s first episode, “Full Fathom Five,” usually as a detective named Lt. Balta or as a uniformed officer named Ishi or Duke.
