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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 12, 1915
Died
September 11, 1987
Place of Birth
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Lyon Himan 'Chaim' Greene
- Lorne Green
Lorne Greene
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.2
Gen. Sam Houston
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
6.0
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
7.2
Noah (voice)
Noah's Ark
1986
1.0
Theo
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
1986
🎬
6.8
Self - Narrator
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
1984
7.4
Fred Fusco
Highway to Heaven
1984
8.4
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow
1983
6.0
Grandfather (voice)
Heidi's Song
1982
0.0
Narrator
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
1982
7.9
Stabbed Man
Police Squad!
1982
Credits
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as Gen. Sam Houston
1987
6.2
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
6.0
Noah's Ark
as Noah (voice)
1986
7.2
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
as Theo
1986
1.0
🎬
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice
as Self - Narrator
1984
6.8
Highway to Heaven
as Fred Fusco
1984
7.4
Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.4
Heidi's Song
as Grandfather (voice)
1982
6.0
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
as Narrator
1982
0.0
Police Squad!
as Stabbed Man
1982
7.9
Code Red
as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
1981
5.5
Aloha Paradise
1981
5.0
Conquest of the Earth
as Cmdr. Adama
1980
6.5
A Time for Miracles
as Bishop John Carroll
1980
6.0
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
0.0
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
1980
7.0
Galactica 1980
as Commander Adama
1980
6.1
Klondike Fever
as Inspector Sam Steele
1980
6.3
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
as Cmdr. Adama
1979
7.0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
0.0
The Little Brown Burro
as Storyteller (voice)
1978
6.0
Vega$
1978
7.0
Battlestar Galactica
as Commander Adama
1978
7.1
Battlestar Galactica
as Cmdr. Adama
1978
6.9
The Bastard
as Bishop Francis
1978
5.0
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Wade Griffin
1978
0.0
🎬
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self
1977
0.0
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Matthew Arnold Watson
1977
6.8
The Love Boat
as Buck Hamilton
1977
6.3
SST: Death Flight
as Marshall Cole
1977
5.3
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1
Roots
1977
7.4
Roots
as John Reynolds
1977
7.4
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as George Quartermain
1976
3.0
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.5
Man on the Outside
as Wade Griffin
1975
0.0
Tidal Wave
as Ambassador Warren Richards
1975
0.0
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord
1975
5.0
🎬
Wings in the Wilderness
as Self
1975
0.0
High Country Calling
1975
0.0
Earthquake
as Sam Royce
1974
6.1
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Hercule
1974
0.0
Sandy in Disneyland
as Self
1974
6.0
🎬
Griff
1973
5.0
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
To the Wild Country
as Host
1972
0.0
The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey
as Narrator
1972
0.0
🎬
The Special London Bridge Special
as Fiddler on the Roof
1972
0.0
Death Follows a Psycho
1972
0.0
🎬
Appointment With Destiny
as Narrator
1971
0.0
The Harness
as Peter Randall
1971
0.0
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
6.0
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
🎬
A Place in History
as Narrator
1970
0.0
🎬
A Man for Loving
as James Beal
1970
0.0
The Gifts
as Narrator
1970
0.0
Destiny of a Spy
as Peter Vanin
1969
0.0
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
7.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.5
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1968
0.0
A Way Out of the Wilderness
as Narrator
1968
5.7
Christmas with Lorne Greene
1966
0.0
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Ben Cartwright
1966
6.7
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.3
🎬
Die Drehscheibe
as Self
1964
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1962
7.0
The Third Man
1959
6.7
Bonanza
as Ben Cartwright
1959
7.5
The Hangman
as Clem J. Cummings
1959
6.3
The Trap
as Davis
1959
6.8
The Buccaneer
as Mercier
1958
6.4
Kraft Music Hall
as Self - Host
1958
4.7
Bronco
1958
5.2
The Last of the Fast Guns
as Michael O'Reilly
1958
5.2
The Gift of Love
as Grant Allan
1958
7.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as King Bertrand
1958
6.2
Peyton Place
as District Attorney
1957
6.7
The Hard Man
as Rice Martin
1957
4.8
The Edge of Innocence
as Lowell Williams
1957
0.0
Suspicion
as Monty
1957
5.9
Sailor of Fortune
as Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell
1957
0.0
Mayerling
as Emperor's Aide
1957
5.5
Autumn Leaves
as Mr. Hanson
1956
7.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. X
1955
7.7
Folio
as Beethoven
1955
0.0
Folio
as Patiomkin
1955
0.0
Cheyenne
1955
5.8
Cheyenne
as Colonel Bell
1955
5.8
Tight Spot
as Benjamin Costain
1955
6.3
The Silver Chalice
as Peter
1954
4.4
Climax!
as Dr. Charles Saunders
1954
3.3
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
as narrator
1953
3.9
1984
as O'Brien
1953
7.0
Farewell Oak Street
as Narrator
1953
0.0
Age of Turmoil
as Narrator
1953
0.0
Meaning of Adolescence
as Narrator
1953
0.0
Omnibus
1952
6.0
🎬
Eye Witness No. 33
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1951
0.0
The Cliff Hangers
as Self - Narration (voice)
1950
0.0
🎬
Date of Birth
as Narration (voice)
1950
0.0
🎬
White Fortress
as Self - Narrator
1949
0.0
🎬
A Capital Plan
as Narrator
1949
0.0
🎬
What's on Your Mind
as Narrator
1948
0.0
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
7.0
Studio One
as Minister of Truth O'Brien
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Minister of the Interior
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Alexander Ferrando
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Frank Leslie
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Dr. Madison West
1948
5.0
Bambi-Verleihung
as Self
1948
9.0
Johnny at the Fair
1947
2.2
🎬
Tomorrow's Citizens
as Narrator
1947
0.0
🎬
Headline Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
1945
0.0
🎬
Suffer Little Children
as Himself - Narrator
1945
0.0
Gateway to Asia
as Narrator (voice)
1945
0.0
🎬
The War Is Over
as Narrator
1945
0.0
🎬
Now—The Peace
as Narrator (uncredited)
1945
0.0
🎬
Ordeal by Ice
as Narrator (voice)
1945
0.0
🎬
Wounded in Action
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
🎬
Global Air Routes
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
🎬
Our Northern Neighbour
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
🎬
Look to the North
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
🎬
Pincers on Japan
as Narrator
1944
0.0
🎬
Train Busters
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
🎬
Trans-Canada Express
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
🎬
Fighting Sea-Fleas
as Narrator (voice)
1944
0.0
🎬
Break-through
as Himself - Narrator
1944
0.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.0
Fighting Norway
as Narrator (voice)
1943
0.0
🎬
The Mask of Nippon
as Narrator (voice)
1942
0.0
🎬
The Battle for Oil
as Narrator
1942
0.0
Inside Fighting China
as Narrator
1942
5.0
🎬
Warclouds in the Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
1941
5.4
🎬
Heroes of the Atlantic
as Narrator (voice)
1941
0.0
🎬
Battle of Brains
as Narrator (voice)
1941
0.0
Churchill's Island
as Narrator (voice)
1941
6.4
🎬
Wings of Youth
as Narrator (voice)
1940
0.0
Children from Overseas
as Narrator
1940
0.0
Atlantic Patrol
as Narrator
1940
0.0
Home Front
as Narrator
1940
0.0
🎬
Front of Steel
as Narrator
1940
0.0
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour: Christmas Special (December 20, 1970)
as self
N/A
0.0
Aldo Leopold 2: A Sand County Almanac
N/A
0.0
Aldo Leopold 1: His Life and Thought
N/A
0.0