Lorne Greene
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
A Way Out of the Wilderness
as Narrator
1968
Death Follows a Psycho
1972
Earthquake
as Sam Royce
1974
The Buccaneer
as Mercier
1958
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
as Cmdr. Adama
1979
A Place in History
as Narrator
1970
Autumn Leaves
as Mr. Hanson
1956
Peyton Place
as District Attorney
1957
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
The Silver Chalice
as Peter
1954
Conquest of the Earth
as Cmdr. Adama
1980
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self
1977
The Trap
as Davis
1959
Heidi's Song
as Grandfather (voice)
1982
Tight Spot
as Benjamin Costain
1955
Eye Witness No. 33
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1951
Global Air Routes
as Narrator (voice)
1944
Look to the North
as Narrator (voice)
1944
Our Northern Neighbour
as Narrator (voice)
1944
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
as narrator
1953
TV Appearances
Battlestar Galactica
as Commander Adama
1978
Cheyenne
1955
Bonanza
as Ben Cartwright
1959
The Love Boat
as Buck Hamilton
1977
Highway to Heaven
as Fred Fusco
1984
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
as Narrator
1982
Omnibus
1952
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Studio One
as Minister of Truth O'Brien
1948
Galactica 1980
as Commander Adama
1980