Lorne Greene

Personal Info

Birthday

February 12, 1915

Day of Death

1987-09-11

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Lyon Himan 'Chaim' Greene

Lorne Green

Lorne Greene

Biography

Lorne Greene 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Greene, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Bonanza

The Love Boat

Climax!

Battlestar Galactica

Cheyenne

Studio One

Highway to Heaven

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Filmography

1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as Gen. Sam Houston
1986
Noah's Ark
as Noah (voice)
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
as Theo
1984
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
as Self - Narrator
1982
Heidi's Song
as Grandfather (voice)
1980
Conquest of the Earth
as Cmdr. Adama
A Time for Miracles
as Bishop John Carroll
Klondike Fever
as Inspector Sam Steele
1979
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
as Cmdr. Adama
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
The Little Brown Burro
as Storyteller (voice)
The Bastard
as Bishop Francis
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Wade Griffin
1977
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Matthew Arnold Watson
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (Parts 1 & 2)
as Inspector Hans Stavlin
SST: Death Flight
as Marshall Cole
1975
Man on the Outside
as Wade Griffin
Tidal Wave
as Ambassador Warren Richards
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord
Wings in the Wilderness
as Self
1974
Earthquake
as Sam Royce
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Hercule
Sandy in Disneyland
as Self
1973
Grierson
as Self
1972
The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey
as Narrator
The Special London Bridge Special
as Fiddler on the Roof
1971
The Harness
as Peter Randall
1970
A Place in History
as Narrator
A Man for Loving
as James Beal
The Gifts
as Narrator
1969
Destiny of a Spy
as Peter Vanin
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
A Way Out of the Wilderness
as Narrator
1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Ben Cartwright
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1959
The Hangman
as Clem J. Cummings
The Trap
as Davis
1958
The Buccaneer
as Mercier
The Last of the Fast Guns
as Michael O'Reilly
The Gift of Love
as Grant Allan
1957
Peyton Place
as District Attorney
The Hard Man
as Rice Martin
The Edge of Innocence
as Lowell Williams
Mayerling
as Emperor's Aide
1956
Autumn Leaves
as Mr. Hanson
1955
Tight Spot
as Benjamin Costain
1954
The Silver Chalice
as Peter
1953
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
as narrator
1984
as O'Brien
Farewell Oak Street
as Narrator
Age of Turmoil
as Narrator
Meaning of Adolescence
as Narrator
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
What's on Your Mind
as Narrator
1947
Tomorrow's Citizens
as Narrator
1945
Headline Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
Gateway to Asia
as Narrator (voice)
Suffer Little Children
as Himself - Narrator
The War Is Over
as Narrator
Now—The Peace
as Narrator (uncredited)
Ordeal by Ice
as Narrator (voice)
1944
Wounded in Action
as Narrator (voice)
Global Air Routes
as Narrator (voice)
Look to the North
as Narrator (voice)
Our Northern Neighbour
as Narrator (voice)
Pincers on Japan
as Narrator
Train Busters
as Narrator (voice)
Trans-Canada Express
as Narrator (voice)
Fighting Sea-Fleas
as Narrator (voice)
Break-through
as Himself - Narrator
1943
Fighting Norway
as Narrator (voice)
1942
The Mask of Nippon
as Narrator (voice)
The Battle for Oil
as Narrator
Inside Fighting China
as Narrator
1941
Warclouds in the Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
Heroes of the Atlantic
as Narrator (voice)
Battle of Brains
as Narrator (voice)
Churchill's Island
as Narrator (voice)
1940
Wings of Youth
as Narrator (voice)
Children from Overseas
as Narrator
Atlantic Patrol
as Narrator
Home Front
as Narrator
Front of Steel
as Narrator