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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

150

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-02-12

Deathday

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 (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.

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Acting

—		Aldo Leopold 1: His Life and Thought
—		Aldo Leopold 2: A Sand County Almanac
—		The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour: Christmas Special (December 20, 1970) as self

1987

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Gen. Sam Houston

1986		The Canadian Conspiracy
1986		Noah's Ark as Noah (voice)
1986		Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter as Theo

1984		The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice as Self - Narrator
1984		Highway to Heaven as Fred Fusco

1983

Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982		Heidi's Song as Grandfather (voice)
1982		Lorne Greene's New Wilderness as Narrator
1982		Police Squad! as Stabbed Man

1981		Code Red as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
1981		Aloha Paradise

1980		Conquest of the Earth as Cmdr. Adama
1980		A Time for Miracles as Bishop John Carroll
1980		The Alan Thicke Show
1980		Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
1980		Galactica 1980 as Commander Adama
1980		Klondike Fever as Inspector Sam Steele

1979		Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack as Cmdr. Adama
1979		A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)

1978		The Little Brown Burro as Storyteller (voice)
1978		Vega$
1978		Battlestar Galactica as Commander Adama
1978		Battlestar Galactica as Cmdr. Adama
1978		The Bastard as Bishop Francis
1978		The Case of the Baltimore Girls as Wade Griffin

1977		Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera as Self
1977		The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Matthew Arnold Watson
1977		The Love Boat as Buck Hamilton
1977		SST: Death Flight as Marshall Cole
1977		The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977		Roots
1977		Roots as John Reynolds

1976		Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers as George Quartermain
1976		Donny & Marie as Self

1975		Man on the Outside as Wade Griffin
1975		Tidal Wave as Ambassador Warren Richards
1975		Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord
1975		Wings in the Wilderness as Self
1975		High Country Calling

1974		Earthquake as Sam Royce
1974		Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love as Hercule
1974		Sandy in Disneyland as Self

1973		Griff
1973		The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self

1972		To the Wild Country as Host
1972		The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey as Narrator
1972		Death Follows a Psycho
1972		The Special London Bridge Special as Fiddler on the Roof

1971		Appointment With Destiny as Narrator
1971		The Harness as Peter Randall
1971		V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1971		The Pet Set as Self

1970		A Place in History as Narrator
1970		A Man for Loving as James Beal
1970		The Gifts as Narrator

1969		Destiny of a Spy as Peter Vanin
1969		The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1969		The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self

1968		The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1968		A Way Out of the Wilderness as Narrator
1968		Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self

1966		Christmas with Lorne Greene
1966		Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
1966		Bonanza: Ride the Wind as Ben Cartwright

1965

The Dean Martin Show

1964

Die Drehscheibe as Self

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Host
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self

1959		The Third Man
1959		Bonanza as Ben Cartwright
1959		The Hangman as Clem J. Cummings
1959		The Trap as Davis

1958		The Buccaneer as Mercier
1958		Kraft Music Hall as Self - Host
1958		Bronco
1958		The Last of the Fast Guns as Michael O'Reilly
1958		The Gift of Love as Grant Allan
1958		Shirley Temple's Storybook as King Bertrand

1957		Peyton Place as District Attorney
1957		The Hard Man as Rice Martin
1957		The Edge of Innocence as Lowell Williams
1957		Suspicion as Monty
1957		Sailor of Fortune as Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell
1957		Mayerling as Emperor's Aide

1956

Autumn Leaves as Mr. Hanson

1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. X
1955		Folio as Beethoven
1955		Folio as Patiomkin
1955		Cheyenne
1955		Cheyenne as Colonel Bell
1955		Tight Spot as Benjamin Costain

1954		The Silver Chalice as Peter
1954		Climax! as Dr. Charles Saunders

1953		Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence as narrator
1953		1984 as O'Brien
1953		Farewell Oak Street as Narrator
1953		Age of Turmoil as Narrator
1953		Meaning of Adolescence as Narrator

1952

Omnibus

1951

Eye Witness No. 33 as Self - Narrator (voice)

1950		The Cliff Hangers as Self - Narration (voice)
1950		Date of Birth as Narration (voice)

1949		White Fortress as Self - Narrator
1949		A Capital Plan as Narrator

1948		What's on Your Mind as Narrator
1948		Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948		Studio One as Minister of Truth O'Brien
1948		Studio One as Minister of the Interior
1948		Studio One as Alexander Ferrando
1948		Studio One as Frank Leslie
1948		Studio One as Dr. Madison West
1948		BAMBI Awards as Self

1947		Johnny at the Fair
1947		Tomorrow's Citizens as Narrator

1945		Headline Hunters as Narrator (voice)
1945		Gateway to Asia as Narrator (voice)
1945		Suffer Little Children as Himself - Narrator
1945		The War Is Over as Narrator
1945		Now—The Peace as Narrator (uncredited)
1945		Ordeal by Ice as Narrator (voice)

1944		Wounded in Action as Narrator (voice)
1944		Global Air Routes as Narrator (voice)
1944		Look to the North as Narrator (voice)
1944		Our Northern Neighbour as Narrator (voice)
1944		Pincers on Japan as Narrator
1944		Train Busters as Narrator (voice)
1944		Trans-Canada Express as Narrator (voice)
1944		Break-through as Himself - Narrator
1944		Fighting Sea-Fleas as Narrator (voice)
1944		Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

1943

Fighting Norway as Narrator (voice)

1942		The Mask of Nippon as Narrator (voice)
1942		The Battle for Oil as Narrator
1942		Inside Fighting China as Narrator

1941		Warclouds in the Pacific as Narrator (voice)
1941		Heroes of the Atlantic as Narrator (voice)
1941		Battle of Brains as Narrator (voice)
1941		Churchill's Island as Narrator (voice)

1940		Wings of Youth as Narrator (voice)
1940		Children from Overseas as Narrator
1940		Front of Steel as Narrator
1940		Home Front as Narrator
1940		Atlantic Patrol as Narrator