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Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Birthday: 1915-02-12 | Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1981
Code Red

as    Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek

1979
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

as    Cmdr. Adama

1979
Battlestar Galactica

as    Commander Adama

1978
The Bastard

as    Bishop Francis

1978
Battlestar Galactica

as    Commander Adama

1977
SST: Death Flight

as    Marshall Cole

1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as    Matthew Arnold Watson

1976
The Moneychangers

as    George Quartermain

1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

as    George Quartermain

1974
Earthquake

as    Sam Royce

1972
The Special London Bridge Special

as    Fiddler on the Roof

1959
Bonanza

as    Ben Cartwright

1959
The Trap

as    Davis

1958
The Gift of Love

as    Grant Allan

1958
The Buccaneer

as    Mercier

1958
The Last of the Fast Guns

as    Michael O'Reilly

1957
The Hard Man

as    Rice Martin

1956
Autumn Leaves

as    Mr. Hanson

1955
Tight Spot

as    Benjamin Costain

1954
The Silver Chalice

as    Peter

1944
Break-through

as    Himself - Narrator