Lorne Greene
Birthday: February 12, 1915
Birth Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Lorne Greene. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory	(1987)
[ Alec Baldwin ][ Raul Julia ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ James Arness ][ Brian Keith ]
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter	(1986)
[ Paul Sorvino ][ Abe Vigoda ]
Noah's Ark	(1986)
[ Rob Paulsen ][ Peter Cullen ]
The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice	(1983)
Heidi's Song	(1982)
[ Frank Welker ][ Sammy Davis Jr. ][ Michael Winslow ][ Peter Cullen ]
Ozu no mahôtsukai	(1982)
Code Red	(1981)
[ Dennis Haysbert ]
Spaceball	(1980)
[ Barry Van Dyke ]
Klondike Fever	(1980)
[ Rod Steiger ][ Jeff East ]
Conquest of the Earth	(1980)
[ William Daniels ][ Robert Reed ][ Brion James ][ Barry Van Dyke ]
A Time for Miracles	(1980)
[ Dominic Chianese ][ Everett McGill ]
Aloha, You're Dead: Part 2	(1980)
[ John Saxon ][ Pernell Roberts ]
Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll	(1980)
[ Richard Hatch ]
Space Croppers	(1980)
[ Barry Van Dyke ]
The Night the Cylons Landed: Part 2	(1980)
[ Barry Van Dyke ]
The Night the Cylons Landed: Part 1	(1980)
[ Barry Van Dyke ]
Take the Celestra	(1979)
[ Dirk Benedict ][ Richard Hatch ]
Experiment in Terra	(1979)
[ Dirk Benedict ][ Richard Hatch ]
The Wedding: Carol and Doug's Story/Peter and Alicia's Story/Julie's Story/Buddy and Portia's Story: Part 1	(1979)
[ Mark Harmon ]
Baltar's Escape	(1979)
[ Dirk Benedict ][ Richard Hatch ]
The Wedding: Carol and Doug's Story/Peter and Alicia's Story/Julie's Story/Buddy and Portia's Story: Part 2	(1979)
[ Mark Harmon ][ Ray Milland ]
Greetings from Earth	(1979)
[ Dirk Benedict ][ Richard Hatch ]
The Little Brown Burro	(1978)
Battlestar Galactica	(1978)
[ Dirk Benedict ][ Noah Hathaway ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Ray Milland ][ Richard Hatch ]
The Bastard	(1978)
[ William Shatner ][ William Daniels ][ Philip Baker Hall ][ Donald Pleasence ][ Harry Morgan ]
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack	(1978)
[ Dirk Benedict ][ Richard Hatch ]
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald	(1977)
[ Ben Gazzara ]
Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula	(1977)
That's Country	(1977)
SST: Death Flight	(1977)
[ Billy Crystal ][ Burgess Meredith ][ Regis Philbin ][ Peter Graves ][ Robert Reed ]
Nevada Smith	(1975)
[ Adam West ]
Man on the Outside	(1975)
[ Scatman Crothers ][ Bruce Kirby ]
Earthquake	(1974)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Walter Matthau ][ John Williams ][ George Kennedy ][ Richard Roundtree ]
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love	(1974)
[ Leonard Nimoy ][ Bill Bixby ][ Rex Harrison ]
The Marriage of Theodora Duffy	(1973)
[ Michael Landon ]
The Witness: Part 2	(1973)
[ Tim Matheson ][ Michael Landon ]
Nippon chinbotsu	(1973)
First Love	(1972)
[ Tim Matheson ]
The Bucket Dog	(1972)
[ Tim Matheson ][ Michael Landon ]
Episode #2.5	(1972)
The Special London Bridge Special	(1972)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Kirk Douglas ][ Elliott Gould ][ Michael Landon ][ John Lennon ]
The Harness	(1971)
Destiny of a Spy	(1969)
People Who Care	(1969)
Gold, Glory and Custer - Prelude	(1960)
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet	(1959)
The Trap	(1959)
[ Richard Widmark ][ Lee J. Cobb ]
The Buccaneer	(1958)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Yul Brynner ]
The Last of the Fast Guns	(1958)
The Gift of Love	(1958)
[ Robert Stack ][ Scatman Crothers ]
The Hard Man	(1957)
[ Guy Madison ]
Peyton Place	(1957)
[ Russ Tamblyn ]
The Desert Hostages	(1956)
[ Christopher Lee ]
Aircraft in the Desert	(1956)
It Started in Paris	(1956)
The Lost Portrait	(1956)
Autumn Leaves	(1956)
[ Cliff Robertson ]
Tight Spot	(1955)
[ Brian Keith ]
Day of Judgment	(1955)
Yellow Jack	(1955)
The Fall of Parnell (December 6, 1890)	(1954)
The Silver Chalice	(1954)
[ Paul Newman ][ Jack Palance ][ Strother Martin ]
The Cliff	(1954)
A Handful of Diamonds	(1954)
Age of Turmoil	(1953)
Othello	(1953)
[ Walter Matthau ]
Farewell Oak Street	(1953)
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence	(1953)
1984	(1953)
Rendezvous	(1953)
Eye Witness No. 32	(1951)
Johnny at the Fair	(1947)
Keep Your Mouth Shut	(1944)

Trivia

• Attended Lisgar Collegiate, Ottawa, Ontario
• Had a #1 hit in the U.S. with his 1960's recording "Ringo", a spoken word song.
• When he was an announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the early years of World War II, he was nicknamed "The Voice of Doom" for the combination of his deep voice and the usually gloomy news reports about the war he had to read.
• Interred at Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, California, USA.
• Just before his death, Greene had signed on to reprise the role of Ben Cartwright in a TV-movie revival of "Bonanza."
• 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).
• Founded Toronto's Academy of Radio Arts.
• Invited to play Ben Cartwright after a well-received performance as Big Brother in a CBS production of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
• Served, along with Betty White, as co-host of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC-TV for almost a decade, 1963-72.
• Ben Cartwright, Greene's character on "Bonanza" (1959), was ranked #2 by TV Guide in its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
• His daughter Gillian Greene, is married to director Sam Raimi. One of the Raimis' sons is named Lorne, after him.
• Died the same day as Peter Tosh.
• Has two children, Belinda and Charles, from his first marriage.
• Pictured (as Ben Cartwright, his character on "Bonanza" (1959)) 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, Fay Wray, and Mary Pickford.

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