Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Acting • Born 1915-02-12 – Died 1987-09-11

Acting2Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Lyon Himan Green, OC (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), known by his stage name Lorne Greene, was 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.

Filmography

148 credits
A Way Out of the Wilderness

A Way Out of the Wilderness

Movie • 1968

Narrator

Death Follows a Psycho

Death Follows a Psycho

Movie • 1972

Earthquake

Earthquake

Movie • 1974

Sam Royce

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

Movie • 1958

Mercier

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

Movie • 1979

Cmdr. Adama

A Place in History

A Place in History

Movie • 1970

Narrator

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

Movie • 1956

Mr. Hanson

Peyton Place

Peyton Place

Movie • 1957

District Attorney

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

Movie • 1968

Self (uncredited)

The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice

Movie • 1954

Peter

Conquest of the Earth

Conquest of the Earth

Movie • 1980

Cmdr. Adama

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

Movie • 1977

Self

The Trap

The Trap

Movie • 1959

Davis

Heidi's Song

Heidi's Song

Movie • 1982

Grandfather (voice)

Tight Spot

Tight Spot

Movie • 1955

Benjamin Costain

Eye Witness No. 33

Eye Witness No. 33

Movie • 1951

Self - Narrator (voice)

Global Air Routes

Global Air Routes

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

Look to the North

Look to the North

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

Our Northern Neighbour

Our Northern Neighbour

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence

Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence

Movie • 1953

narrator

White Fortress

White Fortress

Movie • 1949

Self - Narrator

The Last of the Fast Guns

The Last of the Fast Guns

Movie • 1958

Michael O'Reilly

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

Movie • 1978

Cmdr. Adama

The Gift of Love

The Gift of Love

Movie • 1958

Grant Allan

The Hard Man

The Hard Man

Movie • 1957

Rice Martin

The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice

The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice

Movie • 1984

Self - Narrator

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

Movie • 1978

Wade Griffin

Warclouds in the Pacific

Warclouds in the Pacific

Movie • 1941

Narrator (voice)

The Gifts

The Gifts

Movie • 1970

Narrator

Klondike Fever

Klondike Fever

Movie • 1980

Inspector Sam Steele

SST: Death Flight

SST: Death Flight

Movie • 1978

Marshall Cole

Destiny of a Spy

Destiny of a Spy

Movie • 1969

Peter Vanin

The Harness

The Harness

Movie • 1971

Peter Randall

The Cliff Hangers

The Cliff Hangers

Movie • 1950

Self - Narration (voice)

Man on the Outside

Man on the Outside

Movie • 1975

Wade Griffin

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Movie • 1962

Self

Wings in the Wilderness

Wings in the Wilderness

Movie • 1975

Self

The Special London Bridge Special

The Special London Bridge Special

Movie • 1972

Fiddler on the Roof

Christmas with Lorne Greene

Christmas with Lorne Greene

Movie • 1966

Johnny at the Fair

Johnny at the Fair

Movie • 1947

Wings of Youth

Wings of Youth

Movie • 1940

Narrator (voice)

The Hangman

The Hangman

Movie • 1959

Clem J. Cummings

A Man for Loving

A Man for Loving

Movie • 1970

James Beal

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter

Movie • 1986

Theo

Farewell Oak Street

Farewell Oak Street

Movie • 1953

Narrator

Fighting Norway

Fighting Norway

Movie • 1943

Narrator (voice)

A Time for Miracles

A Time for Miracles

Movie • 1980

Bishop John Carroll

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Movie • 1968

Self

Date of Birth

Date of Birth

Movie • 1950

Narration (voice)

Front of Steel

Front of Steel

Movie • 1940

Narrator

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark

Movie • 1986

Noah (voice)

Home Front

Home Front

Movie • 1940

Narrator

Battle of Brains

Battle of Brains

Movie • 1941

Narrator (voice)

Churchill's Island

Churchill's Island

Movie • 1941

Narrator (voice)

Atlantic Patrol

Atlantic Patrol

Movie • 1940

Narrator

Children from Overseas

Children from Overseas

Movie • 1940

Narrator

Age of Turmoil

Age of Turmoil

Movie • 1953

Narrator

Heroes of the Atlantic

Heroes of the Atlantic

Movie • 1941

Narrator (voice)

The Canadian Conspiracy

The Canadian Conspiracy

Movie • 1986

Self

The Little Brown Burro

The Little Brown Burro

Movie • 1978

Storyteller (voice)

Ordeal by Ice

Ordeal by Ice

Movie • 1945

Narrator (voice)

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

Movie • 1966

Ben Cartwright

The Mask of Nippon

The Mask of Nippon

Movie • 1942

Narrator (voice)

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

Movie • 1974

Hercule

The Edge of Innocence

The Edge of Innocence

Movie • 1957

Lowell Williams

Break-through

Break-through

Movie • 1944

Himself - Narrator

Fighting Sea-Fleas

Fighting Sea-Fleas

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

Train Busters

Train Busters

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

Trans-Canada Express

Trans-Canada Express

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

Now—The Peace

Now—The Peace

Movie • 1945

Narrator (uncredited)

High Country Calling

High Country Calling

Movie • 1975

The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey

The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey

Movie • 1972

Narrator

Gateway to Asia

Gateway to Asia

Movie • 1945

Narrator (voice)

Suffer Little Children

Suffer Little Children

Movie • 1945

Himself - Narrator

Headline Hunters

Headline Hunters

Movie • 1945

Narrator (voice)

Mayerling

Mayerling

Movie • 1957

Emperor's Aide

The War Is Over

The War Is Over

Movie • 1945

Narrator

Meaning of Adolescence

Meaning of Adolescence

Movie • 1953

Narrator

What's on Your Mind

What's on Your Mind

Movie • 1948

Narrator

1984

1984

Movie • 1953

O'Brien

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

Movie • 1987

Gen. Sam Houston

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

Movie • 1975

Jonas Cord

A Capital Plan

A Capital Plan

Movie • 1949

Narrator

Tomorrow's Citizens

Tomorrow's Citizens

Movie • 1947

Narrator

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Movie • 1979

Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Battle for Oil

The Battle for Oil

Movie • 1942

Narrator

Pincers on Japan

Pincers on Japan

Movie • 1944

Narrator

Wounded in Action

Wounded in Action

Movie • 1944

Narrator (voice)

Sandy in Disneyland

Sandy in Disneyland

Movie • 1974

Self

Tidal Wave

Tidal Wave

Movie • 1975

Ambassador Warren Richards

Inside Fighting China

Inside Fighting China

Movie • 1942

Narrator

Grierson

Grierson

Movie • 1973

Self

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

TV • 1978

Commander Adama

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

TV • 1955

Bonanza

Bonanza

TV • 1959

Ben Cartwright

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Buck Hamilton

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

TV • 1984

Fred Fusco

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness

TV • 1982

Narrator

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

TV • 1962

Self

Omnibus

Omnibus

TV • 1952

Donny & Marie

Donny & Marie

TV • 1976

Self

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV • 1977

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Minister of Truth O'Brien

Galactica 1980

Galactica 1980

TV • 1980

Commander Adama

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

TV • 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Mr. X

Vega$

Vega$

TV • 1978

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV • 1968

Self (uncredited)

The Johnny Cash Show

The Johnny Cash Show

TV • 1969

Self

Climax!

Climax!

TV • 1954

Dr. Charles Saunders

Bronco

Bronco

TV • 1958

The Dean Martin Show

The Dean Martin Show

TV • 1965

Roots

Roots

TV • 1977

Aloha Paradise

Aloha Paradise

TV • 1981

Code Red

Code Red

TV • 1981

Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek

Griff

Griff

TV • 1973

The Third Man

The Third Man

TV • 1959

To the Wild Country

To the Wild Country

TV • 1972

Host

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV • 1973

Self

Appointment With Destiny

Appointment With Destiny

TV • 1971

Narrator

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

TV • 1980

Police Squad!

Police Squad!

TV • 1982

Stabbed Man

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

TV • 1983

Self - Narrator (voice)

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

TV • 1976

George Quartermain

Folio

Folio

TV • 1955

Beethoven

Folio

Folio

TV • 1955

Patiomkin

The Alan Thicke Show

The Alan Thicke Show

TV • 1980

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

TV • 1971

Self

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Minister of the Interior

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Alexander Ferrando

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Frank Leslie

Studio One

Studio One

TV • 1948

Dr. Madison West

Bambi

Bambi

TV • 1948

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV • 1962

Self - Guest Host

Roots

Roots

TV • 1977

John Reynolds

The Pet Set

The Pet Set

TV • 1971

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV • 1962

Self

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

TV • 1955

Colonel Bell

Die Drehscheibe

Die Drehscheibe

TV • 1964

Self

Suspicion

Suspicion

TV • 1957

Monty

Kraft Music Hall

Kraft Music Hall

TV • 1958

Self - Host

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Presenter

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

TV • 1969

Self

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shirley Temple's Storybook

TV • 1958

King Bertrand

Sailor of Fortune

Sailor of Fortune

TV • 1957

Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell

Dinah!

Dinah!

TV • 1974

Self

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

TV • 1977

Matthew Arnold Watson

The Bastard

The Bastard

TV • 1978

Bishop Francis