Lorne Greene

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Lorne Hyman Greene was a Canadian actor, radio personality and singer. His 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.

Birth Name

Lyon Chaim Green

Born

Friday, 12 February 1915

Died

Friday, 11 September 1987

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Citizen Gangster	Himself: CBC Reporter (1952) (archive footage)	2011
Pioneers of Television	Ben Cartwright from Bonanza (archive footage) / Ben Cartwright from Bonanza	2008
Life and Times	Himself	1996
Quantum Leap	Himself	1989
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory	Gen. Sam Houston	1987
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter	Theo Marshall	1986
Star's Table	Himself	1986
Noah's Ark	Noah	1986
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible	Noah	1985
Highway to Heaven	Fred Fusco	1984

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Citizen Gangster	Himself: CBC Reporter (1952) (archive footage)	2011
Pioneers of Television	Ben Cartwright from Bonanza (archive footage) / Ben Cartwright from Bonanza	2008
Life and Times	Himself	1996
Quantum Leap	Himself	1989
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory	Gen. Sam Houston	1987
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter	Theo Marshall	1986
Star's Table	Himself	1986
Noah's Ark	Noah	1986
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible	Noah	1985
Highway to Heaven	Fred Fusco	1984
Reading Rainbow	Himself	1983
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice	Himself - Narrator	1983
Heidi's Song	Grandfather	1982
The Wizard of Oz	The Wizard	1982
Police Squad!	Stabbed Man	1982
Code Red	Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek	1981
Aloha Paradise	Businessman	1981
A Time for Miracles	Bishop John Carroll	1980
Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll		1980
Pink Lady	Himself	1980
Galactica 1980	Commander Adama	1980
Klondike Fever	Inspector Sam Steele	1980
The Toni Tennille Show	Himself	1979
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack	Commander Adama (archive footage)	1979
The Little Brown Burro	Storyteller (voice)	1978
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers	Himself	1978
Battlestar Galactica	Commander Adama	1978
Battlestar Galactica	Commander Adama	1978
The Bastard	Bishop Francis	1978
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns	Himself	1978
Vega$	Emil Remick	1978
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald	Matthew Arnold Watson	1977
The Love Boat	Buddy Bowers, Buck Hamilton	1977
SST: Death Flight	Marshall Cole	1977
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Inspector Hans Stavlin	1977
Roots	John Reynolds	1977
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers	George Quartermain	1976
Donny and Marie	Himself	1975
Earthquake	Royce	1974
Dinah!	Himself	1974
Tidal Wave	Ambassador Warren Richards	1973
Griff	Wade Griffin	1973
The Special London Bridge Special	Fiddler on the Roof	1972
Appointment with Destiny	Narrator	1971
The Electric Company	Himself	1971
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour	Himself	1971
Swing Out, Sweet Land	George Washington	1970
The Gifts	Narrator	1970
The Andy Williams Show	Himself	1969
Sesame Street	Self	1969
The David Frost Show	Himself	1969
The Johnny Cash Show	Himself - Singer	1969
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters	Himself	1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Himself	1969
The Don Rickles Show	Himself	1968
Rowan & Martin At the Movies	Himself	1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Himself	1967
The Joey Bishop Show	Himself	1967
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show	Himself	1966
The Dean Martin Show	Himself	1965
What's This Song?	Himself - Guest	1964
The Lloyd Thaxton Show	Himself	1964
You Don't Say	Himself	1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest, Himself, Himself - Guest Host	1962
The Jack Paar Program	Himself	1962
The Andy Williams Show	Himself	1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers	Himself	1962
The Mike Douglas Show	Himself - Actor, Himself	1961
The Errand Boy	Ben Cartwright - Cameo	1961
Here's Hollywood	Himself	1960
Bonanza	Ben Cartwright	1959
The Hangman	Marshal Clum Cummings	1959
The Trap	Davis	1959
The Buccaneer	Mercier	1958
The Kraft Music Hall	Himself - Host	1958
Bronco	Capt. Amos Carr	1958
The Last of the Fast Guns	Michael O'Reilly	1958
The Gift of Love	Grant Allan	1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook	King Bertrand	1958
Mike Hammer	Carl Kunard, Emmett Gates	1958
Peyton Place	Prosecutor	1957
The Hard Man	Rice Martin	1957
Suspicion	Monty	1957
Wagon Train	Christopher Webb	1957
Playhouse 90	Lowell Williams	1956
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna	Constable Barnaby	1956
Autumn Leaves	Mr. Hanson	1956
The Alcoa Hour	Sheriff Gash	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mr. X	1955
Cheyenne	Col. Jonathan Bell, Colonel Bell	1955
Star Stage		1955
This Is Your Life	Himself	1955
Tight Spot	Benjamin Costain	1955
The Silver Chalice	Peter	1954
Producers' Showcase	Gorgas, Himself - Julius Caesar, Himself, Julius Caesar	1954
Climax!	Dr. Charles Saunders	1954
The Elgin Hour	Vernon Dyall	1954
Studio 57	Gentry Morton	1954
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence	narrator	1953
The United States Steel Hour	Dallas	1953
The Philip Morris Playhouse	Joe	1953
You Are There	Charles Stewart Parnell, Ludwig van Beethoven, William Pitt	1953
Omnibus	(segment "A Marriage Has Been Arranged"), Ed Bailey	1952
Danger	Stranger	1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre	Angelo	1950
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	Himself	1948
Studio One in Hollywood	Alexander Ferrando, Dr. Madison West, Frank Leslie, Minister of the Interior, O'Brien	1948
Kraft Theatre	Col. Matthews, Himself	1947
Johnny at the Fair	Narrator (voice)	1947
Inside Fighting China	Narrator (voice)	1942
Warclouds in the Pacific	Narrator (voice)	1941
Churchill's Island	Narrator (voice)	1941