Lorne Greene

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-02-12 (72 years old)

Deathday

1987-09-11

Place of Birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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.

Acting

1974

Earthquake

as Sam Royce

1958

The Buccaneer

as Mercier

1970

1956

Autumn Leaves

as Mr. Hanson

1957

Peyton Place

as District Attorney

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1954

1980

Conquest of the Earth

as Cmdr. Adama

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)

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

1941

Warclouds in the Pacific

as Narrator (voice)

1970

The Gifts

as Narrator

1977

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as Matthew Arnold Watson

1980

Klondike Fever

as Inspector Sam Steele

1977

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

1978

The Bastard

as Bishop Francis

1972

The Special London Bridge Special

as Fiddler on the Roof

1940

Wings of Youth

as Narrator (voice)

1959

The Hangman

as Clem J. Cummings

1970

A Man for Loving

as James Beal

1953

1943

Fighting Norway

as Narrator (voice)

1980

A Time for Miracles

as Bishop John Carroll

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

Churchill's Island

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Battle of Brains

as Narrator (voice)

1940

1940

Atlantic Patrol

as Narrator

1953

Age of Turmoil

as Narrator

1941

Heroes of the Atlantic

as Narrator (voice)

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)

1957

The Edge of Innocence

as Lowell Williams

1944

Break-through

as Himself - Narrator

1944

Fighting Sea-Fleas

as Narrator (voice)

1944

Trans-Canada Express

as Narrator (voice)

1944

Train Busters

as Narrator (voice)

1945

Now—The Peace

as Narrator (uncredited)

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

1948

1953

1984

as O'Brien

1987

1975

Nevada Smith

as Jonas Cord

1949

A Capital Plan

as Narrator

1947

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942

1944

Pincers on Japan

as Narrator

1944

Wounded in Action

as Narrator (voice)

1975

Tidal Wave

as Ambassador Warren Richards

1942

1973

Grierson

as Self

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