Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Known for
Acting
Born
February 12, 1915
Died
September 11, 1987 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Lorne Hyman Greene (born Lyon Himan Green; February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor, singer, and radio personality. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western Bonanza and Commander Adama in the original science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness and in television commercials. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Greene, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory poster

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

Movie · as Gen. Sam Houston

1986
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter poster

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter

Movie · as Theo

1986
Noah's Ark poster

Noah's Ark

Movie · as Noah (voice)

1986
The Canadian Conspiracy poster

The Canadian Conspiracy

Movie · as Self

1984
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice

The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · as Fred Fusco · 1 ep

1983
Reading Rainbow poster

Reading Rainbow

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1982
Heidi's Song poster

Heidi's Song

Movie · as Grandfather (voice)

1982
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness poster

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness

TV · as Narrator · 104 eps

1982
Police Squad! poster

Police Squad!

TV · as Stabbed Man · 1 ep

1981
Aloha Paradise poster

Aloha Paradise

TV · 1 ep

1981
Code Red poster

Code Red

TV · as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek · 21 eps

1980
Conquest of the Earth poster

Conquest of the Earth

Movie · as Cmdr. Adama

1980
Klondike Fever poster

Klondike Fever

Movie · as Inspector Sam Steele

1980
A Time for Miracles poster

A Time for Miracles

Movie · as Bishop John Carroll

1980
Galactica 1980 poster

Galactica 1980

TV · as Commander Adama · 10 eps

1980
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic poster

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

TV · 1 ep

1980
The Alan Thicke Show poster

The Alan Thicke Show

TV · 1 ep

1979
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack poster

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

Movie · as Cmdr. Adama

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street poster

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Movie · as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)

1978
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

Movie · as Cmdr. Adama

1978
The Case of the Baltimore Girls poster

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

Movie · as Wade Griffin

1978
SST: Death Flight poster

SST: Death Flight

Movie · as Marshall Cole

1978
The Little Brown Burro poster

The Little Brown Burro

Movie · as Storyteller (voice)

1978
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

TV · as Commander Adama · 21 eps

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 2 eps

1978
The Bastard poster

The Bastard

TV · as Bishop Francis · 1 ep

1977
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

Movie · as Self

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Buck Hamilton · 3 eps

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · 2 eps

1977
Roots poster

Roots

TV · as John Reynolds

1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald poster

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

TV · as Matthew Arnold Watson · 2 eps

1976
Donny & Marie poster

Donny & Marie

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers poster

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

TV · as George Quartermain · 4 eps

1975
Man on the Outside poster

Man on the Outside

Movie · as Wade Griffin

1975
Wings in the Wilderness

Wings in the Wilderness

Movie · as Self

1975
High Country Calling poster

High Country Calling

Movie

1975
Nevada Smith poster

Nevada Smith

Movie · as Jonas Cord

1975
Tidal Wave poster

Tidal Wave

Movie · as Ambassador Warren Richards

1974
Earthquake poster

Earthquake

Movie · as Sam Royce

1974
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love poster

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

Movie · as Hercule

1974
Sandy in Disneyland poster

Sandy in Disneyland

Movie · as Self

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Grierson poster

Grierson

Movie · as Self

1973
Griff

Griff

TV · 13 eps

1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Death Follows a Psycho poster

Death Follows a Psycho

Movie

1972
The Special London Bridge Special poster

The Special London Bridge Special

Movie · as Fiddler on the Roof

1972
The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey poster

The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey

Movie · as Narrator

1972
To the Wild Country poster

To the Wild Country

TV · as Host · 1 ep

1971
The Harness poster

The Harness

Movie · as Peter Randall

1971
Appointment With Destiny

Appointment With Destiny

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

1971
V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
The Pet Set poster

The Pet Set

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
A Place in History

A Place in History

Movie · as Narrator

1970
The Gifts poster

The Gifts

Movie · as Narrator

1970
A Man for Loving

A Man for Loving

Movie · as James Beal

1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land poster

Swing Out, Sweet Land

Movie · as George Washington

1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1970 poster

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1970

Movie · as Self

1969
Destiny of a Spy poster

Destiny of a Spy

Movie · as Peter Vanin

1969
The Johnny Cash Show poster

The Johnny Cash Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour poster

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
A Way Out of the Wilderness poster

A Way Out of the Wilderness

Movie · as Narrator

1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show poster

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Movie · as Self

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 3 eps

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as James Beal · 1 ep

1966
Christmas with Lorne Greene poster

Christmas with Lorne Greene

Movie

1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind poster

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

Movie · as Ben Cartwright

1965
The Dean Martin Show poster

The Dean Martin Show

TV · 1 ep

1964
Die Drehscheibe

Die Drehscheibe

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers poster

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Movie · as Self

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

1959
The Trap poster

The Trap

Movie · as Davis

1959
The Hangman poster

The Hangman

Movie · as Clem J. Cummings

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Ben Cartwright · 431 eps

1959
The Third Man poster

The Third Man

TV · 1 ep

1958
The Buccaneer poster

The Buccaneer

Movie · as Mercier

1958
The Last of the Fast Guns poster

The Last of the Fast Guns

Movie · as Michael O'Reilly

1958
The Gift of Love poster

The Gift of Love

Movie · as Grant Allan

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · 1 ep

1958
Kraft Music Hall poster

Kraft Music Hall

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook

TV · as King Bertrand · 1 ep

1957
Peyton Place poster

Peyton Place

Movie · as District Attorney

1957
The Hard Man poster

The Hard Man

Movie · as Rice Martin

1957
The Edge of Innocence poster

The Edge of Innocence

Movie · as Lowell Williams

1957
Mayerling poster

Mayerling

Movie · as Emperor's Aide

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Monty · 1 ep

1957
Sailor of Fortune poster

Sailor of Fortune

TV · as Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell · 26 eps

1956
Autumn Leaves poster

Autumn Leaves

Movie · as Mr. Hanson

1955
Tight Spot poster

Tight Spot

Movie · as Benjamin Costain

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · as Colonel Bell · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Mr. X · 1 ep

1955
Folio poster

Folio

TV · as Beethoven, Patiomkin · 1 ep

1954
The Silver Chalice poster

The Silver Chalice

Movie · as Peter

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Dr. Charles Saunders · 1 ep

1953
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence poster

Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence

Movie · as narrator

1953
Farewell Oak Street poster

Farewell Oak Street

Movie · as Narrator

1953
Age of Turmoil poster

Age of Turmoil

Movie · as Narrator

1953
Meaning of Adolescence poster

Meaning of Adolescence

Movie · as Narrator

1953
1984 poster

1984

Movie · as O'Brien

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1951
Eye Witness No. 33

Eye Witness No. 33

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1950
The Cliff Hangers poster

The Cliff Hangers

Movie · as Self - Narration (voice)

1950
Date of Birth

Date of Birth

Movie · as Narration (voice)

1949
White Fortress

White Fortress

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1949
A Capital Plan

A Capital Plan

Movie · as Narrator

1948
What's on Your Mind

What's on Your Mind

Movie · as Narrator

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Minister of Truth O'Brien, Minister of the Interior, Alexander Ferrando, Frank Leslie, Dr. Madison West · 1 ep

1948
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade poster

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

TV

1948
Bambi poster

Bambi

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
Johnny at the Fair poster

Johnny at the Fair

Movie

1947
Tomorrow's Citizens

Tomorrow's Citizens

Movie · as Narrator

1945
Ordeal by Ice

Ordeal by Ice

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1945
Now—The Peace

Now—The Peace

Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)

1945
Gateway to Asia poster

Gateway to Asia

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1945
Suffer Little Children

Suffer Little Children

Movie · as Himself - Narrator

1945
Headline Hunters

Headline Hunters

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1945
The War Is Over

The War Is Over

Movie · as Narrator

1944
Global Air Routes poster

Global Air Routes

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Look to the North

Look to the North

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Our Northern Neighbour

Our Northern Neighbour

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Break-through

Break-through

Movie · as Himself - Narrator

1944
Fighting Sea-Fleas

Fighting Sea-Fleas

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Train Busters

Train Busters

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Trans-Canada Express

Trans-Canada Express

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Pincers on Japan

Pincers on Japan

Movie · as Narrator

1944
Wounded in Action

Wounded in Action

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

1943
Fighting Norway poster

Fighting Norway

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1943
Wings on Her Shoulder poster

Wings on Her Shoulder

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1942
The Mask of Nippon

The Mask of Nippon

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1942
The Battle for Oil

The Battle for Oil

Movie · as Narrator

1942
Inside Fighting China poster

Inside Fighting China

Movie · as Narrator

1941
Warclouds in the Pacific

Warclouds in the Pacific

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1941
Churchill's Island poster

Churchill's Island

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1941
Battle of Brains

Battle of Brains

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1941
Heroes of the Atlantic

Heroes of the Atlantic

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1940
Wings of Youth

Wings of Youth

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1940
Front of Steel

Front of Steel

Movie · as Narrator

1940
Home Front poster

Home Front

Movie · as Narrator

1940
Children from Overseas poster

Children from Overseas

Movie · as Narrator

1940
Atlantic Patrol poster

Atlantic Patrol

Movie · as Narrator