Lorne Greene

actor • soundtrack • producer

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 ...

Born: February 12, 1915 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Died: September 11, 1987 (age 72)

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Known For

5.7

The Love Boat

Movies & TV Credits

151 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Die Goldene Kamera TV Special	—	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	2013
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade TV Special	—	Actor	—	2012
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory Movie	5.9	Actor	Gen. Sam Houston	1987
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter Movie	3.6	Actor	Theo	1986
Noah's Ark Movie	6.8	Actor	Noah (voice)	1986
The Canadian Conspiracy Movie	6.6	Actor	—	1986
Highway to Heaven TV Show	7.0	Actor	Fred Fusco(1 Episode)	1984
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice Movie	8.2	Actor	Self - Narrator	1984
Reading Rainbow TV Show	8.2	Actor	Himself - Narrator (voice)(1 Episode)	1983
Heidi's Song Movie	6.0	Actor	Grandfather (voice)	1982
New Wilderness TV Show	8.5	Actor	Narrator(104 Episodes)	1982
Police Squad! TV Show	8.2	Actor	Stabbed Man(1 Episode)	1982
Code Red TV Show	6.8	Actor	Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek(21 Episodes)	1981
Aloha Paradise TV Show	7.7	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1981
Klondike Fever Movie	5.3	Actor	Inspector Sam Steele	1980
Galactica 1980 TV Show	5.7	Actor	Commander Adama(10 Episodes)	1980
The Alan Thicke Show TV Show	4.0	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1980
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1980
Conquest of the Earth Movie	4.8	Actor	Cmdr. Adama	1980
A Time for Miracles Movie	7.0	Actor	Bishop John Carroll	1980
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack Movie	7.0	Actor	Cmdr. Adama	1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street Movie	6.3	Actor	Ben Cartwright (archive footage) (uncredited)	1979
Battlestar Galactica Movie	6.7	Actor	Cmdr. Adama	1978
Battlestar Galactica TV Show	7.4	Actor	Commander Adama(21 Episodes)	1978
Vega$ TV Show	6.7	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1978
The Little Brown Burro Movie	6.9	Actor	Storyteller (voice)	1978
The Bastard TV Show	6.6	Actor	Bishop Francis	1978
The Case of the Baltimore Girls Movie	6.1	Actor	Wade Griffin	1978
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries TV Show	7.1	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1977
The Love Boat TV Show	6.4	Actor	Buck Hamilton(3 Episodes)	1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald Movie	6.4	Actor	Matthew Arnold Watson	1977
SST: Death Flight Movie	4.0	Actor	Marshall Cole	1977
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera Movie	7.1	Actor	Self	1977
Roots Limited Series	8.2	Actor	John Reynolds(2 Episodes)	1977
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers Limited Series	6.8	Actor	George Quartermain(4 Episodes)	1976
Wings in the Wilderness Movie	—	Actor	Self	1975
High Country Calling Movie	—	Actor	—	1975
Tidal Wave Movie	—	Actor	Ambassador Warren Richards	1975
Donny and Marie TV Show	6.0	Actor	Self(2 Episodes)	1975
Nevada Smith Movie	6.0	Actor	Jonas Cord	1975
Earthquake Movie	5.7	Actor	Sam Royce	1974
Dinah! TV Show	6.8	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1974
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love Movie	7.5	Actor	Hercule	1974
Man on the Outside Movie	6.8	Actor	Wade Griffin	1974
Sandy in Disneyland TV Special	7.3	Actor	Self	1974
Griff TV Show	6.2	Actor	—(13 Episodes)	1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts TV Show	—	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1973
Death Follows a Psycho Movie	—	Actor	—	1972
The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Journey Movie	—	Actor	Narrator	1972
To the Wild Country TV Show	—	Actor	Host(1 Episode)	1972
The Special London Bridge Special Movie	6.3	Actor	Fiddler on the Roof	1972
Appointment with Destiny TV Show	7.8	Actor	Narrator(3 Episodes)	1971
V.I.P.-Schaukel TV Show	7.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1971
The Pet Set TV Show	8.6	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1971
The Harness Movie	8.1	Actor	Peter Randall	1971
A Man for Loving Movie	—	Actor	James Beal	1970
The Gifts Short Film	6.5	Actor	Narrator	1970
A Place in History Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1970
The Johnny Cash Show TV Show	8.4	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour TV Show	6.6	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1969
Destiny of a Spy Movie	7.5	Actor	Peter Vanin	1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show Movie	8.0	Actor	Self (uncredited)	1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies Short Film	5.2	Actor	Self	1968
A Way Out of the Wilderness Short Film	5.8	Actor	Narrator	1968
The Kraft Music Hall TV Show	6.2	Actor	Self - Host(1 Episode)	1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV Show	7.8	Actor	Self(3 Episodes)	1967
Bonanza: Ride the Wind Movie	6.3	Actor	Ben Cartwright	1966
Christmas with Lorne Greene Movie	—	Actor	—	1966
The Dean Martin Show TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1965
Die Drehscheibe TV Show	8.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1964
The Merv Griffin Show TV Show	6.4	Actor	Self(2 Episodes)	1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show	8.3	Actor	Self(3 Episodes)	1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show	8.3	Actor	Self - Guest Host(1 Episode)	1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers TV Special	7.4	Actor	Self	1962
The Trap Movie	6.4	Actor	Davis	1959
The Hangman Movie	6.5	Actor	Clem J. Cummings	1959
Bonanza TV Show	7.4	Actor	Ben Cartwright(431 Episodes)	1959
The Third Man TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1959
The Last of the Fast Guns Movie	6.1	Actor	Michael O'Reilly	1958
The Gift of Love Movie	6.2	Actor	Grant Allan	1958
The Buccaneer Movie	6.6	Actor	Mercier	1958
Bronco TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook TV Show	7.1	Actor	King Bertrand(1 Episode)	1958
Peyton Place Movie	7.1	Actor	District Attorney	1957
The Hard Man Movie	5.9	Actor	Rice Martin	1957
Mayerling Movie	5.7	Actor	Emperor's Aide	1957
The Edge of Innocence Movie	7.5	Actor	Lowell Williams	1957
Suspicion TV Show	7.9	Actor	Monty(1 Episode)	1957
Sailor of Fortune TV Show	—	Actor	Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell(26 Episodes)	1957
Autumn Leaves Movie	6.9	Actor	Mr. Hanson	1956
Tight Spot Movie	6.5	Actor	Benjamin Costain	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Mr. X(1 Episode)	1955
Cheyenne TV Show	7.8	Actor	Colonel Bell(1 Episode)	1955
Folio TV Show	7.2	Actor	Patiomkin(2 Episodes)	1955
Folio TV Show	7.2	Actor	Beethoven(1 Episode)	1955
Cheyenne TV Show	7.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1955
The Silver Chalice Movie	4.5	Actor	Peter	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Dr. Charles Saunders(1 Episode)	1954
1984 Movie	6.7	Actor	O'Brien	1953
Farewell Oak Street Short Film	7.3	Actor	Narrator	1953
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence Short Film	4.2	Actor	narrator	1953
Age of Turmoil Short Film	6.5	Actor	Narrator	1953
Meaning of Adolescence Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1953
Omnibus TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1952
Eye Witness No. 33 Short Film	—	Actor	Self - Narrator (voice)	1951
The Cliff Hangers Short Film	—	Actor	Self - Narration (voice)	1950
Date of Birth Short Film	—	Actor	Narration (voice)	1950
A Capital Plan Short Film	4.9	Actor	Narrator	1949
White Fortress Short Film	—	Actor	Self - Narrator	1949
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Dr. Madison West(1 Episode)	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Frank Leslie(1 Episode)	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Alexander Ferrando(1 Episode)	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Minister of Truth O'Brien(1 Episode)	1948
Bambi-Verleihung TV Show	—	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Minister of the Interior(1 Episode)	1948
What's on Your Mind Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1948
Johnny at the Fair Short Film	2.4	Actor	—	1947
Tomorrow's Citizens Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1947
Now—The Peace Movie	—	Actor	Narrator (uncredited)	1945
Ordeal by Ice Short Film	5.9	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1945
Gateway to Asia Short Film	5.5	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1945
Suffer Little Children Short Film	—	Actor	Himself - Narrator	1945
Headline Hunters Short Film	7.3	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1945
The War Is Over Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1945
Train Busters Movie	5.9	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1944
Golden Globe Awards TV Show	—	Actor	Self - Presenter(2 Episodes)	1944
Break-through Short Film	4.3	Actor	Himself - Narrator	1944
Fighting Sea-Fleas Short Film	5.4	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1944
Trans-Canada Express Short Film	4.5	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1944
Global Air Routes Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1944
Look to the North Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1944
Our Northern Neighbour Short Film	6.4	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1944
Pincers on Japan Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1944
Wounded in Action Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1944
Fighting Norway Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1943
The Mask of Nippon Movie	4.7	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1942
The Battle for Oil Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1942
Inside Fighting China Short Film	5.8	Actor	Narrator	1942
Heroes of the Atlantic Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1941
Warclouds in the Pacific Short Film	5.6	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1941
Churchill's Island Short Film	6.0	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1941
Battle of Brains Short Film	4.0	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1941
Front of Steel Movie	5.2	Actor	Narrator	1940
Wings of Youth Short Film	6.4	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1940
The Home Front Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1940
The Children from Overseas Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1940
Atlantic Patrol Short Film	—	Actor	Narrator	1940
Aldo Leopold 1: His Life and Thought Movie	—	Actor	—	—
Aldo Leopold 2: A Sand County Almanac Movie	—	Actor	—	—
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour: Christmas Special (December 20, 1970) TV Show	—	Actor	self(1 Episode)	—
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula TV Show	7.0	Actor	Inspector Hans Stavlin(1 Episode)	—

Lorne Greene

Known For

Earthquake

Battlestar Galactica

Bonanza

The Love Boat

Movies & TV Credits