Person Details

Birthday: 1915-02-12 11:38:22

Death: 1987-09-11 11:38:22

Aliases: Lyon Himan 'Chaim' Greene , Lorne Green

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 72

TV Involvements: 23


Most Famous Work

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

Most Famous Work

Bambi Awards
Average
9

Bambi Awards

(1948) Self
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Dr. Charles Saunders
Bonanza
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8

Bonanza

(1959) Ben Cartwright
Studio One
Average
4

Studio One

(1948) Minister of the Interior
Kraft Music Hall
Average
4

Kraft Music Hall

(1958) Self - Host
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Average
8
Galactica 1980
Average
6

Galactica 1980

(1980) Commander Adama
Roots
Average
7

Roots

(1977) John Reynolds

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1987 Gen. Sam Houston
1986 Noah (voice)
Theo
1985 N/A
1984 N/A
1983 Himself - Narrator (voice)
N/A
1982 Grandfather
Narrator
Stabbed Man
1981 Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
Adama
N/A
1980 Bishop John Carroll
N/A
N/A
Commander Adama
Inspector Sam Steele
1979 Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cmdr. Adama
1978 Storyteller (voice)
N/A
Commander Adama
Commander Adama
Bishop Francis
Wade Griffin
1977 Self
Matthew Arnold Watson
Buck Hamilton
Marshall Cole
N/A
John Reynolds
N/A
1976 George Quartermain
Self
1975 Wade Griffin
Jonas Cord
Self
N/A
1974 Sam Royce
Hercule
1973 N/A
Self
1972 Host
Narrator
Fiddler on the Roof
N/A
1971 Narrator
Peter Randall
Self
Self
1970 Narrator
Ben Cartwright
Narrator
1969 Peter Vanin
Self
1968 Self (uncredited)
Self
Narrator
1967 Self
1966 N/A
Self
1965 N/A
1964 Self
1962 Self - Guest Host
Self
Self
1959 N/A
Ben Cartwright
Clem J. Cummings
Davis
1958 Mercier
Self - Host
N/A
Michael O'Reilly
Grant Allan
1957 District Attorney
Rice Martin
Lowell Williams
Monty
Emperor's Aide
1956 Mr. Hanson
1955 Mr. X
Patiomkin
Beethoven
N/A
Benjamin Costain
1954 Peter
Dr. Charles Saunders
1953 narrator
O'Brien
Narrator
Narrator
Narrator
1952 N/A
1951 Self - Narrator (voice)
1950 Self - Narration (voice)
1949 Self - Narrator
Narrator
1948 Narrator
N/A
Alexander Ferrando
Minister of the Interior
Dr. Madison West
Minister of Truth O'Brien
Frank Leslie
Self
1947 Narrator
N/A
1945 Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Himself - Narrator
Narrator
Narrator (uncredited)
Narrator (voice)
1944 Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Himself - Narrator
1942 Narrator (voice)
1941 Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
1940 Narrator (voice)
Narrator
Narrator
Narrator
Narrator
Year Character Movie/Tv

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