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Name
Lorne Greene

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1915-02-12

Deathday
1987-09-11 (72 years old)

Place of Birth
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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1968 A Way Out of the Wilderness as Narrator
1972 Death Follows a Psycho
1974 Earthquake as Sam Royce
1958 The Buccaneer as Mercier
1979 Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack as Cmdr. Adama
1970 A Place in History as Narrator
1956 Autumn Leaves as Mr. Hanson
1957 Peyton Place as District Attorney
1968 The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
1954 The Silver Chalice as Peter
1980 Conquest of the Earth as Cmdr. Adama
1977 Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera as Self
1959 The Trap as Davis
1982 Heidi's Song as Grandfather (voice)
1955 Tight Spot as Benjamin Costain
1951 Eye Witness No. 33 as Self - Narrator (voice)
1944 Global Air Routes as Narrator (voice)
1944 Look to the North as Narrator (voice)
1944 Our Northern Neighbour as Narrator (voice)
1953 Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence as narrator
1949 White Fortress as Self - Narrator
1958 The Last of the Fast Guns as Michael O'Reilly
1978 Battlestar Galactica as Cmdr. Adama
1958 The Gift of Love as Grant Allan
1957 The Hard Man as Rice Martin
1984 The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice as Self - Narrator
1978 The Case of the Baltimore Girls as Wade Griffin
1941 Warclouds in the Pacific as Narrator (voice)
1970 The Gifts as Narrator
1980 Klondike Fever as Inspector Sam Steele
1978 SST: Death Flight as Marshall Cole
1969 Destiny of a Spy as Peter Vanin
1971 The Harness as Peter Randall
1950 The Cliff Hangers as Self - Narration (voice)
1975 Man on the Outside as Wade Griffin
1962 The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self
1975 Wings in the Wilderness as Self
1972 The Special London Bridge Special as Fiddler on the Roof
1966 Christmas with Lorne Greene
1947 Johnny at the Fair
1940 Wings of Youth as Narrator (voice)
1959 The Hangman as Clem J. Cummings
1970 A Man for Loving as James Beal
1986 Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter as Theo
1953 Farewell Oak Street as Narrator
1943 Fighting Norway as Narrator (voice)
1980 A Time for Miracles as Bishop John Carroll
1968 Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
1950 Date of Birth as Narration (voice)
1940 Front of Steel as Narrator
1986 Noah's Ark as Noah (voice)
1940 Home Front as Narrator
1941 Battle of Brains as Narrator (voice)
1941 Churchill's Island as Narrator (voice)
1940 Atlantic Patrol as Narrator
1940 Children from Overseas as Narrator
1953 Age of Turmoil as Narrator
1941 Heroes of the Atlantic as Narrator (voice)
1986 The Canadian Conspiracy as Self
1978 The Little Brown Burro as Storyteller (voice)
1945 Ordeal by Ice as Narrator (voice)
1966 Bonanza: Ride the Wind as Ben Cartwright
1942 The Mask of Nippon as Narrator (voice)
1974 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love as Hercule
1957 The Edge of Innocence as Lowell Williams
1944 Break-through as Himself - Narrator
1944 Fighting Sea-Fleas as Narrator (voice)
1944 Train Busters as Narrator (voice)
1944 Trans-Canada Express as Narrator (voice)
1945 Now—The Peace as Narrator (uncredited)
1975 High Country Calling
1972 The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey as Narrator
1945 Gateway to Asia as Narrator (voice)
1945 Suffer Little Children as Himself - Narrator
1945 Headline Hunters as Narrator (voice)
1957 Mayerling as Emperor's Aide
1945 The War Is Over as Narrator
1953 Meaning of Adolescence as Narrator
1948 What's on Your Mind as Narrator
1953 1984 as O'Brien
1987 The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Gen. Sam Houston
1975 Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord
1949 A Capital Plan as Narrator
1947 Tomorrow's Citizens as Narrator
1979 A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942 The Battle for Oil as Narrator
1944 Pincers on Japan as Narrator
1944 Wounded in Action as Narrator (voice)
1974 Sandy in Disneyland as Self
1975 Tidal Wave as Ambassador Warren Richards
1942 Inside Fighting China as Narrator
1973 Grierson as Self
1999 Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming as Commander Adama (archive footage)
1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land as George Washington

1978 Battlestar Galactica ( 21 episodes ) as Commander Adama
1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode )
1959 Bonanza ( 431 episodes ) as Ben Cartwright
1977 The Love Boat ( 3 episodes ) as Buck Hamilton
1984 Highway to Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Fred Fusco
1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1982 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness ( 104 episodes ) as Narrator
1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
1976 Donny & Marie ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ( 2 episodes )
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Minister of Truth O'Brien
1980 Galactica 1980 ( 10 episodes ) as Commander Adama
1948 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ( 0 episode )
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mr. X
1978 Vega$ ( 2 episodes )
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 3 episodes ) as Self (uncredited)
1969 The Johnny Cash Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Charles Saunders
1958 Bronco ( 1 episode )
1965 The Dean Martin Show ( 1 episode )
1977 Roots ( 0 episode )
1981 Aloha Paradise ( 1 episode )
1981 Code Red ( 21 episodes ) as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
1973 Griff ( 13 episodes )
1959 The Third Man ( 1 episode )
1972 To the Wild Country ( 1 episode ) as Host
1973 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts ( 1 episode ) as Self
1971 Appointment With Destiny ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
1980 Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic ( 1 episode )
1982 Police Squad! ( 1 episode ) as Stabbed Man
1983 Reading Rainbow ( 1 episode ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
1976 Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers ( 4 episodes ) as George Quartermain
1955 Folio ( 1 episode ) as Beethoven
1955 Folio ( 2 episodes ) as Patiomkin
1980 The Alan Thicke Show ( 1 episode )
1971 V.I.P. Schaukel ( 1 episode ) as Self
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Minister of the Interior
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Alexander Ferrando
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Frank Leslie
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Madison West
1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Host
1977 Roots ( 2 episodes ) as John Reynolds
1971 The Pet Set ( 1 episode ) as Self
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Bell
1964 Die Drehscheibe ( 1 episode ) as Self
1957 Suspicion ( 1 episode ) as Monty
1958 Kraft Music Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook ( 1 episode ) as King Bertrand
1957 Sailor of Fortune ( 26 episodes ) as Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell
1974 Dinah! ( 1 episode ) as Self
1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald ( 2 episodes ) as Matthew Arnold Watson
1978 The Bastard ( 2 episodes ) as Bishop Francis
1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as James Beal

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