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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-02-12 (110 years old)

Place of Birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lorne Greene

Biography:

Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green, OC, a Canadian actor.

His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the science fiction movie and subsequent TV Series Battlestar Galactica. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness, and in television commercials as a dog food spokesman.

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Known For

Acting

1987

1986

Noah's Ark as Noah (voice)

1984

Highway to Heaven as Fred Fusco

1983

Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982

Heidi's Song as Grandfather (voice)
Police Squad! as Stabbed Man

1981

Code Red as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek

1980

Conquest of the Earth as Cmdr. Adama
Klondike Fever as Inspector Sam Steele
A Time for Miracles as Bishop John Carroll
Galactica 1980 as Commander Adama

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)

1978

Battlestar Galactica as Cmdr. Adama
The Bastard as Bishop Francis
The Little Brown Burro as Storyteller (voice)
Battlestar Galactica as Commander Adama

1977

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Matthew Arnold Watson
SST: Death Flight as Marshall Cole
The Love Boat as Buck Hamilton
Roots as John Reynolds

1976

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers as George Quartermain

1975

Man on the Outside as Wade Griffin
Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord
Tidal Wave as Ambassador Warren Richards

1974

Earthquake as Sam Royce

1973

1972

The Special London Bridge Special as Fiddler on the Roof

1971

The Harness as Peter Randall
The Pet Set as Self

1970

A Place in History as Narrator
The Gifts as Narrator
A Man for Loving as James Beal

1969

Destiny of a Spy as Peter Vanin

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)

1966

Bonanza: Ride the Wind as Ben Cartwright

1965

1964

1962

1959

The Trap as Davis
The Hangman as Clem J. Cummings
Bonanza as Ben Cartwright

1958

The Buccaneer as Mercier
The Last of the Fast Guns as Michael O'Reilly
The Gift of Love as Grant Allan
Kraft Music Hall as Self - Host

1957

Peyton Place as District Attorney
The Hard Man as Rice Martin
The Edge of Innocence as Lowell Williams
Mayerling as Emperor's Aide
Suspicion as Monty
Sailor of Fortune as Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell

1956

Autumn Leaves as Mr. Hanson

1955

Tight Spot as Benjamin Costain
Folio as Beethoven
Folio as Patiomkin
Cheyenne as Colonel Bell

1954

Climax! as Dr. Charles Saunders

1953

Age of Turmoil as Narrator
1984 as O'Brien

1952

1951

Eye Witness No. 33 as Self - Narrator (voice)

1950

The Cliff Hangers as Self - Narration (voice)
Date of Birth as Narration (voice)

1949

White Fortress as Self - Narrator
A Capital Plan as Narrator

1948

Studio One as Minister of Truth O'Brien
Studio One as Minister of the Interior
Studio One as Alexander Ferrando
Studio One as Frank Leslie
Studio One as Dr. Madison West
BAMBI Awards as Self

1947

1945

Ordeal by Ice as Narrator (voice)
Now—The Peace as Narrator (uncredited)
Gateway to Asia as Narrator (voice)
Suffer Little Children as Himself - Narrator
Headline Hunters as Narrator (voice)
The War Is Over as Narrator

1944

Global Air Routes as Narrator (voice)
Look to the North as Narrator (voice)
Our Northern Neighbour as Narrator (voice)
Break-through as Himself - Narrator
Fighting Sea-Fleas as Narrator (voice)
Train Busters as Narrator (voice)
Trans-Canada Express as Narrator (voice)
Pincers on Japan as Narrator
Wounded in Action as Narrator (voice)
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

1943

Fighting Norway as Narrator (voice)

1942

The Mask of Nippon as Narrator (voice)
The Battle for Oil as Narrator

1941

Warclouds in the Pacific as Narrator (voice)
Churchill's Island as Narrator (voice)
Battle of Brains as Narrator (voice)
Heroes of the Atlantic as Narrator (voice)

1940

Wings of Youth as Narrator (voice)
Front of Steel as Narrator
Home Front as Narrator
Atlantic Patrol as Narrator

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