Lorne Greene Add to My Celebs Age 72 (passed away Sep. 11th, 1987) Birthday Feb. 12th, 1915 Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Height 6' 0 1/2"

Lorne Greene's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Battlestar Galactica (1978) Commander A… Bonanza Ben Cartwri… Galactica 1980 Commander A… The Andy Williams Show Lorne Greene Appointment with Destiny Narrator (4) Code Red Battalion C… Sailor of Fortune (UK) Grant "Mitc…

Main Movie Roles 1974 - Earthquake 1961 - The Errand Boy 1958 - The Buccaneer 1957 - Peyton Place 1956 - Autumn Leaves

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Canadian-born Lorne Greene began acting while attending Canada's Queen's University, and after graduation got a job in radio broadcasting. His rich, deep, authoritarian voice quickly propelled him to prominence as Canada's top newscaster. He left Canada in the early 1950s for a film career in Hollywood, and soon began appearing regularly in television, films and on radio. His greatest successes came in two television series, the long-running Western "Bonanza" (1959), in which he played the patriarch of a wealthy frontier family, and the sci-fi series "Battlestar Galactica" (1978).


TRIVIA:

• Once played George Wahington in a short film produced for the National Park Service.
• Invited to play Ben Cartwright after a well-received performance as Big Brother in a CBS production of 1984 on _"Studio One" (1948)_ (qv).
• Founded Toronto's Academy of Radio Arts.
• He was the Monday night host for CBS Radio's "Sears Mystery Theater" (1979). He was still Monday's host when it became "The Mutual Radio Theater" on Mutual Radio (1980).
• Died the same day as 'Peter Tosh' (qv).
• His daughter 'Gillian Greene' (qv), is married to director 'Sam Raimi' (qv). One of the Raimis' sons is named Lorne, after him.
• Pictured (as Ben Cartwright, his character on _"Bonanza" (1959)_ (qv)) on one of four 51¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring "Canadians in Hollywood", issued 22 May 2006. Others honored in this set are 'John Candy' (qv), 'Fay Wray' (qv), and 'Mary Pickford' (qv).
• Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 355-356. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

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