Lorne Greene
Born: 1915-02-12 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1987-09-11
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Greene, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1987
- The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Gen. Sam Houston
1986
- Noah's Ark as Noah (voice)
- The Canadian Conspiracy as Self
- Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter as Theo
1984
- Highway to Heaven as Fred Fusco
- The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice as Self - Narrator
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
- Police Squad! as Stabbed Man
- Lorne Greene's New Wilderness as Narrator
- Heidi's Song as Grandfather (voice)
1981
- Code Red as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
- Aloha Paradise
1980
- Galactica 1980 as Commander Adama
- The Alan Thicke Show
- Conquest of the Earth as Cmdr. Adama
- Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
- A Time for Miracles as Bishop John Carroll
- Klondike Fever as Inspector Sam Steele
1979
- Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack as Cmdr. Adama
- A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
- Vega$
- Battlestar Galactica as Commander Adama
- The Bastard as Bishop Francis
- Battlestar Galactica as Cmdr. Adama
- SST: Death Flight as Marshall Cole
- The Case of the Baltimore Girls as Wade Griffin
- The Little Brown Burro as Storyteller (voice)
1977
- The Love Boat as Buck Hamilton
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Roots
- The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Matthew Arnold Watson
- Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera as Self
1976
- Donny & Marie as Self
- Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers as George Quartermain
1975
- Man on the Outside as Wade Griffin
- Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord
- Tidal Wave as Ambassador Warren Richards
- Wings in the Wilderness as Self
- High Country Calling
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Earthquake as Sam Royce
- Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love as Hercule
- Sandy in Disneyland as Self
1973
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- Grierson as Self
- Griff
1972
- The Special London Bridge Special as Fiddler on the Roof
- Death Follows a Psycho
- The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey as Narrator
- To the Wild Country as Host
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- The Pet Set as Self
- Appointment With Destiny as Narrator
- The Harness as Peter Randall
1970
- Swing Out, Sweet Land as George Washington
- A Man for Loving as James Beal
- A Place in History as Narrator
- The Gifts as Narrator
1969
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- Destiny of a Spy as Peter Vanin
1968
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
- Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
- A Way Out of the Wilderness as Narrator
1967
- ITV Playhouse as James Beal
1966
- Bonanza: Ride the Wind as Ben Cartwright
- Christmas with Lorne Greene
1965
1964
- Die Drehscheibe as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Host
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self
1959
- Bonanza as Ben Cartwright
- The Third Man
- The Trap as Davis
- The Hangman as Clem J. Cummings
1958
- Kraft Music Hall as Self - Host
- Bronco
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as King Bertrand
- The Buccaneer as Mercier
- The Last of the Fast Guns as Michael O'Reilly
- The Gift of Love as Grant Allan
1957
- Suspicion as Monty
- Sailor of Fortune as Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell
- Peyton Place as District Attorney
- The Hard Man as Rice Martin
- The Edge of Innocence as Lowell Williams
- Mayerling as Emperor's Aide
1956
- Autumn Leaves as Mr. Hanson
1955
- Cheyenne
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. X
- Folio as Beethoven
- Tight Spot as Benjamin Costain
1954
- Climax! as Dr. Charles Saunders
- The Silver Chalice as Peter
1953
- Farewell Oak Street as Narrator
- 1984 as O'Brien
- Age of Turmoil as Narrator
- Meaning of Adolescence as Narrator
- Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence as narrator
1952
1951
- Eye Witness No. 33 as Self - Narrator (voice)
1950
- The Cliff Hangers as Self - Narration (voice)
- Date of Birth as Narration (voice)
1949
- A Capital Plan as Narrator
- White Fortress as Self - Narrator
1948
- Studio One as Minister of Truth O'Brien
- Bambi as Self
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- What's on Your Mind as Narrator
1947
- Johnny at the Fair
- Tomorrow's Citizens as Narrator
1945
- Suffer Little Children as Himself - Narrator
- Headline Hunters as Narrator (voice)
- Now—The Peace as Narrator (uncredited)
- Ordeal by Ice as Narrator (voice)
- The War Is Over as Narrator
- Gateway to Asia as Narrator (voice)
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Our Northern Neighbour as Narrator (voice)
- Train Busters as Narrator (voice)
- Break-through as Himself - Narrator
- Fighting Sea-Fleas as Narrator (voice)
- Trans-Canada Express as Narrator (voice)
- Global Air Routes as Narrator (voice)
- Look to the North as Narrator (voice)
- Pincers on Japan as Narrator
- Wounded in Action as Narrator (voice)
1943
- Fighting Norway as Narrator (voice)
- Wings on Her Shoulder as Narrator (voice)
1942
- The Mask of Nippon as Narrator (voice)
- Inside Fighting China as Narrator
- The Battle for Oil as Narrator
1941
- Warclouds in the Pacific as Narrator (voice)
- Battle of Brains as Narrator (voice)
- Heroes of the Atlantic as Narrator (voice)
- Churchill's Island as Narrator (voice)
1940
- Atlantic Patrol as Narrator
- Home Front as Narrator
- Children from Overseas as Narrator
- Wings of Youth as Narrator (voice)
- Front of Steel as Narrator