Editing Lorne Greene

{{About|the Canadian actor and singer|the Canadian-born English politician and former diplomat|Lorne Green}}
{{Short description|Canadian actor (1915–1987)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Lorne Greene
| image              = Lorne Greene - 1969.jpg
| caption            = Greene in 1969
| birth_name         = Lyon Himan Green
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1915|2|12}}
| birth_place        = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1987|9|11|1915|2|12}}
| death_place        = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| other_names        = Chaim Green<br />Lorne Hyman Greene
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|singer|radio personality}}
| years_active       = 1939{{ndash}}1987
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Rita Hands |1938|1960|reason=divorce}}|{{marriage|Nancy Deale|1961}} }}
| children           = 3
| relatives          = [[Sam Raimi]] (son-in-law)
}}

'''Lorne Hyman Greene'''<ref>[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940&h=2844603&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=wWD1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=60901 Lorne Hyman Greene per Social Security records], ancestry.com; accessed 6 October 2016.</ref> {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (born '''Lyon Himan Green''';<ref name="biobooklinda">{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=Linda Greene|title=My Father's Voice: The Biography of Lorne Greene|publisher=iUniverse, Inc.|date=1 November 2004|edition=Paperback|page=254|isbn=978-0-595-33283-0}}</ref> February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor, singer, and radio personality. His notable television roles include [[Bonanza#Lorne Greene – Ben Cartwright|Ben Cartwright]] on the [[western (genre)|Western]] ''[[Bonanza]]'' and [[Commander Adama (original Battlestar Galactica)|Commander Adama]] in the original [[science-fiction]] [[television series]] ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.  He also worked on the Canadian television [[nature]] [[documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[Lorne Greene's New Wilderness]]'' and in television commercials.

==Early life and career in Canada==
Greene was born Lyon Himan Green on February 12, 1915, in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]],<ref name="biobooklinda"/> to [[Jews|Jewish]] immigrants from the [[Russian Empire]], Dora ([[Birth name#Maiden and married names|née]] Grinovsky) and Daniel Green, a shoemaker.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEduwCqa290C&q=shoemaker|title=Newsmakers 1988|isbn=9780810322073|access-date=27 August 2015|last1=Gareffa|first1=Peter M.|date=June 1988|publisher=Gale Research }}</ref> He was called "Chaim" by his mother, and his name is shown as "Hyman" on his school report cards. In a biography of him, written by his daughter, she wrote that it was unknown when he began using the name Lorne, nor when he added an "e" to Green.<ref name="biobooklinda"/> 

Greene was the drama instructor at Camp Arowhon, a summer camp in [[Algonquin Provincial Park]], Ontario, Canada, where he developed his talents.

Greene began acting while attending [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], where he acquired a knack for broadcasting with the Radio Workshop of the university's Drama Guild on the campus radio station [[CFRC-FM|CFRC]]. 

He gave up on a career in [[chemical engineering]], and upon graduation, found a job as a [[radio]] [[broadcasting|broadcaster]] for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC).  

During [[World War II]], Greene served as a [[Flying officer]] in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]. 

Afterward, he was assigned as the principal [[news presenter|newsreader]] on the CBC National News, with CBC gave him the [[nickname]] "The Voice of Canada". However, following Canada's entry into World War II in 1939, his role in delivering distressing war news in sonorous tones with his deep, resonant voice caused many listeners to call him "The Voice of Doom", especially as he was delegated  the dreaded list of soldiers killed in the war. 

During his radio days, Greene invented a stopwatch that ran backwards, ''i.e.'', it would start from a given number and count down to zero.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/12/arts/lorne-greene-tv-patriarch-is-dead.html "Lorne Greene, TV Patriarch, Is Dead"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 12 September 1987.</ref> This helped radio announcers gauge how much time was left while speaking.

During his CBC radio career, Greene also narrated documentary films, such as the [[National Film Board of Canada]]'s ''[[Fighting Norway]]'' (1943).

Greene left the CBC and became a freelancer after the war when the network ordered staff announcers to turn over a large percentage of any income they earned from film narration. Greene continued to appear on CBC on a freelance basis while becoming the newsreader for private radio station [[CHKT|CKEY]] in Toronto, while also returning to acting work both on stage and in radio plays.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Macdonald |first1=Wallace |title=The Voice of Doom |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1952/09/15/the-voice-of-doom |access-date=February 14, 2022 |work=Maclean's Magazine |date=September 15, 1952 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214135938/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1952/09/15/the-voice-of-doom |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After closing his Academy of Radio Arts in 1952, Greene relocated to the United States. [[Katharine Cornell]] cast him twice in her Broadway productions. In 1953, he was cast in ''The Prescott Proposals.'' In that same year, she cast him in a verse drama by [[Christopher Fry]], ''[[The Dark Is Light Enough]].'' Greene likewise began appearing in isolated episodes on live television in the 1950s. In 1953, he was seen in the title role of a one-hour adaptation of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] ''[[Othello]].'' In 1954, he made his Hollywood debut as [[Saint Peter]] in ''[[The Silver Chalice (film)|The Silver Chalice]]'' and made several more films and appearances on American television.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} In 1955, he starred in the British Canadian television series ''Sailor of Fortune''. In 1955, he was [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] in an episode of the TV version of ''[[You Are There (series)|You Are There]]'', and also appeared as [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Marcus Brutus]] in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' at the [[Stratford Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/6923 |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 April 2019 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406003118/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/6923 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1957, Greene played the prosecutor in ''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]''.

==American television==
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[[File:Lorne Greene Ben Cartwright Bonanza.JPG|thumb|right|Greene as Ben Cartwright (1959)]]
[[File:Mesa-Ponderosa House II-1963-1.JPG|thumb|right|Greene's Ponderosa II House in Mesa, Arizona]]
The first of his continuing TV roles was as the [[patriarch]] [[Ben Cartwright (character)|Ben "Pa" Cartwright]] in ''[[Bonanza]]'', the first one-hour [[TV Western|Western]] [[Television program|series]] filmed in colour (1959–1973), making Greene a household name. He garnered the role after his performance as [[O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|O'Brien]] in the [[CBS]] production of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1953 TV program)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.

In the 1960s, Greene capitalized on his image as Ben Cartwright by recording several albums of country-western/folk songs, which Greene performed in a mixture of spoken word and singing. In 1964, Greene had a [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1964 (United States)|number-one]] [[single (music)|single]] on the music charts with his spoken-word [[ballad]], "[[Ringo (song)|Ringo]]" (which referred to the real-life Old West outlaw [[Johnny Ringo]]), and got  play time from "Saga of the Ponderosa", which detailed the Cartwright founding of the famous ranch.

In 1973, after the cancellation of ''Bonanza'' following a 14-year run, Greene joined [[Ben Murphy]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[crime drama]], ''[[Griff (TV series)|Griff]]'', about a [[Los Angeles, California]], police officer, Wade "Griff" Griffin, who retires to become a [[private detective]]. When it failed to gain sufficient ratings and was cancelled after 13 episodes, Greene thereafter hosted the [[Television syndication|syndicated]] nature documentary series ''Last of the Wild'' from 1974 to 1975.<ref>[http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/lastOfTheWild.html Last of the Wild (documentary, hosted by Lorne Greene)] At Classic Themes.com</ref>

In the 1977 [[miniseries]] ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'', he played the first master of [[Kunta Kinte]], John Reynolds. Through the 1970s, Greene was the spokesman for [[Alpo (pet food)|Alpo]] Beef Chunks dog food commercials, one of the possible origins of the phrase "[[Eating your own dog food#Origin of the term|Eating your own dog food]]". 

In 2007, ''TV Guide'' listed Ben Cartwright as the nation's second-most popular TV father (behind [[List of The Cosby Show characters#Cliff Huxtable|Cliff Huxtable]]). Greene was also known for his role as [[Commander Adama (original Battlestar Galactica)|Commander Adama]], another patriarchal figure, in the science-fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' (1978–1979) and ''Galactica 1980'' (1980).  Greene's [[typecasting (acting)|typecasting]] as a wise father character continued with the 1981 series ''[[Code Red (U.S. TV series)|Code Red]]'' as a fire-department chief, whose command includes his children as subordinates. Greene appeared with his former ''Bonanza'' co-star [[Michael Landon]] on an episode of ''[[Highway to Heaven]]''. Greene also appeared with his former ''Bonanza'' co-star [[Pernell Roberts]] on a two-part episode of ''[[Vega$]]''.

He appeared in the 1986 [[HBO]] [[mockumentary]] ''[[The Canadian Conspiracy]]'', about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian-born media personalities. For nearly a decade, Greene co-hosted the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] on [[NBC]] with [[Betty White]].

==Back on Canadian television==

In the 1980s, Greene devoted his energies to wildlife and environmental issues, including hosting and [[Narrator|narrating]] the [[CTV Television Network|CTV's]] nature series ''Lorne Greene's New Wilderness'', a show which promoted environmental awareness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tkmorin.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/bonanzas-canadian-lorne-greene |title=Bonanza's Canadian Lorne Greene &#124; Bite Size Canada |date=16 January 2013 |publisher=Tkmorin.wordpress.com |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Greene was married twice, first to Rita Hands of Toronto (1938{{ndash}}1960, divorced). They had two children, twins born in 1944. His second wife was Nancy Deale (1961{{ndash}}1987, Greene's death), with whom he had one child.

The Ponderosa II House was built by Greene in 1960 in Mesa, Arizona. It is located at 602 S. Edgewater Drive. It is a replica of the Bonanza set house from the former Ponderosa Ranch in Incline Village, Nevada. It is listed in the Mesa Historic Property Register.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.secondshelters.com/2018/09/23/lorne-greenes-ponderosa-replica-up-for-sale-in-mesa-arizona/ |title=Lorne Greene's Ponderosa Replica Up for Sale in Mesa, Arizona |date=23 September 2018 |publisher=SecondShelters |access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref>

==Death==
Greene died on September 11, 1987, aged 72, from complications from [[pneumonia]], following [[ulcer]] surgery, at Saint Johns' Hospital in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name=tvpcd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VOZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1540%2C2458406|work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Los Angeles Times |title=TV's Pa Cartwright, 72, dies |date=September 12, 1987 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=ergapobt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VOZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6758%2C2466551 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Actor Lorne Greene dies at 72 |date=September 12, 1987 |page=3A}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Martin |last=Weil |title=Former 'Bonanza' Star Lorne Greene Dies at 72 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/09/12/former-bonanza-star-lorne-greene-dies-at-72/f3b8ac3e-c538-4829-8262-79a61ff9654a/?noredirect=on |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=12 September 1987 |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> He was interred at [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Residents of Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary |url=https://www.hillsidememorial.org/pdfs/DistResBook_webversion3.pdf |website=hillsidememorial.org |publisher=[[Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary]] |pages=42 |date=2011 |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
Greene was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] on October 28, 1969, "for services to the Performing Arts and to the community."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2011|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090126065812/http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2011|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2009|title=Order of Canada|publisher=Gg.ca|date=30 April 2009|access-date=9 August 2009}}</ref>

Greene was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by his alma mater, Queen's University, in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qnc.queensu.ca/Encyclopedia/g.html#GreeneLorne|title=Queen's Encyclopedia|publisher=Qnc.queensu.ca|date=7 November 1995|access-date=9 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424022313/http://qnc.queensu.ca/Encyclopedia/g.html#GreeneLorne|archive-date=24 April 2009}}</ref> He was the 1987 recipient of the [[Earle Grey Award]] for Lifetime Achievement at the Canadian [[Gemini Awards]]. He has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1559 N. Vine Street.

In 1974, Greene received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>

In February 1985, Greene was the [[Krewe of Bacchus]] King of Mardi Gras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mardigrasparadeschedule.com/krewes/bacchus|title=2010 Krewe of Bacchus New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Schedule 2010|work=Mardi Gras Parade Schedule|access-date=17 September 2009}}</ref>

In May 2006, Greene became one of the first of four entertainers to ever be honoured by [[Canada Post]] by being featured on a 51-cent [[postage stamp]].<ref name="Postage Stamp">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lorne+greene+-+postage+stamp&client=aff-maxthon-newtab&hs=SrH&affdom=maxthon.com&channel=t5&tbm=isch&imgil=VjD2SbHb167HDM%253A%253Bt90UnoPC5RvEmM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fcanadianstampnews.com%25252Fbonanza-launches-lorne-greenes-acting-career%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=VjD2SbHb167HDM%253A%252Ct90UnoPC5RvEmM%252C_&usg=__caBWAtQZnnQiLzYc6fivkxX3N9k%3D&biw=1290&bih=540&ved=0CEIQyjc&ei=xwW8VPLmKMarUayJgJgO#imgdii=_&imgrc=hAV3mInPDWB2MM%253A%3B0DHGWRgr7hHhUM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi1229.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fee470%252FDulci-Gal%252FBoomers-General%252Fphoto_zps5fcc0bd2.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbonanzaboomers.com%252Fforums%252Fviewtopic.php%253Ff%253D68%2526t%253D21837%3B597%3B800|title=Lorne Greene – Postage Stamp|work=Google Search|access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref>

Greene was inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]], found on King Street and Simcoe Street in Toronto, in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2015 |title=Canada's Walk of Fame 2015 Inductees |publisher=Canadaswalkoffame.com |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref>

==Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts==
Greene founded the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto in 1945 and was its dean. The school trained a number of future broadcasters and actors including [[Leslie Nielsen]], [[James Doohan]], [[Les Rubie]], [[Gordie Tapp]], [[Fred Davis (broadcaster)|Fred Davis]], [[Billie Mae Richards]], [[William Davidson (filmmaker)|William Davidson]], [[Alfie Scopp]], [[Murray Chercover]], [[Jonathan Frid]], [[Cec Linder]], [[Les Lye]], [[Bill Luxton (actor)|Bill Luxton]], and Roy Currie. The school was located on Jarvis Street across from what was then the CBC Radio building. Its faculty included many CBC staff such as [[Mavor Moore]], [[Fletcher Markle]], [[Lister Sinclair]], [[Andrew Allan (radio executive)|Andrew Allan]], and [[Esse Ljungh]], and graduated a total of 381 students in seven years, 90% of whom found work in the industry. Though successful academically, the school continually lost money, resulting in Greene closing the school in 1952, allowing him to sell the building to recoup his losses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/?p=44821|title = Sign Offs|date = 29 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="GTapp">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nxtidl5kRJsC&q=%22alfie+scopp%22+%22television%22&pg=PA47|title='Greatest experience' entering radio academy|publisher=What's on Tapp?: The Gordie Tapp Story|date=21 March 2007|isbn=9781426980664|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref>Lorne Greene academy reunion at Royal York: [FIN Edition]
Toronto Star; Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 02 Oct 1986: F6.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nxtidl5kRJsC&q=%22lorne+greene+academy+of+radio+arts%22+jarvis|title = What's on Tapp?: The Gordie Tapp Story|isbn = 9781426980664|last1 = Clem|first1 = Alias Cousin|date = 21 March 2007| publisher=Trafford }}</ref><ref name="macleans">{{cite news |last1=Macdonald |first1=Wallace |title=The Voice of Doom |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1952/09/15/the-voice-of-doom |access-date=February 14, 2022 |work=Maclean's Magazine |date=September 15, 1952 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214135938/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1952/09/15/the-voice-of-doom |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Filmography==
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*''[[Churchill's Island]]'' (1941) as narrator
*''[[Warclouds in the Pacific]]'' (1941) as narrator
*''[[Inside Fighting China]]'' (1941) as narrator
*''[[Flight 6 (film)|Flight 6]]'' (1944) as narrator
*''[[Othello]]'' (1953) (television) as Othello
*''[[1984 (Westinghouse Studio One)|1984]]'' (short film, 1953) as O'Brien
*''[[Philip Morris Playhouse|The Philip Morris Playhouse]]'' (one episode, 1953) as Joe
*''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]'' (one episode, 1953) as Ed Bailey
*''[[Danger (TV series)|Danger]]'' (one episode, 1954) as Stranger
*''[[The Silver Chalice (film)|The Silver Chalice]]'' (1954) as Saint Peter
*''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]'' (one episode, 1954, "The Desperate One")
*''[[You Are There (series)|You Are There]]'' (three episodes, 1954–1955) as Ludwig van Beethoven / Charles Stewart Parnell
*''[[Tight Spot]]'' (1955) as Benjamin Costain
*''[[Climax!]]'' (one episode, 1955) as Dr. Charles Saunders
*''[[The Elgin Hour]]'' (one episode, 1955) as Vernon Dyall
*''[[Studio 57]]'' (one episode, 1955) as Gentry Morton
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (Season 1 Episode 27 "Help Wanted", 1956) as Mr. X
*''[[Autumn Leaves (film)|Autumn Leaves]]'' (1956) as Mr. Hanson
*''[[The Alcoa Hour]]'' (one episode, 1956) as Sheriff Gash
*''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]'' (one episode, 1956) as Angelina
*''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'' (one episode, 1956) as Dallas
*''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'' (one episode, 1957) as Colonel Matthews
*''[[Playhouse 90]]'' (one episode, 1957) as Lowell Williams
*''[[Mayerling (Producers' Showcase)|Producers' Showcase]]'' (one episode, "Mayerling," 1957)
*''[[Studio One (anthology series)|Studio One]]'' (five episodes, 1953–1957)
*''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]'' (1957) as Prosecutor
*''[[The Hard Man]]'' (1957) as Rice Martin
*''[[The Gift of Love]]'' (1958) as Grant Allan
*''[[Suspicion (American TV series)|Suspicion]]'' (one episode, 1958) as Monty
*''[[The Last of the Fast Guns]]'' (1958) as Michael O'Reilly
*''[[Shirley Temple's Storybook]]'' (one episode, 1958) as King Bertrand
*''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1958) as Mercier
*''[[The Trap (1959 film)|The Trap]]'' (1959) as Davis
*''[[Bonanza]]'' (417 episodes, 1959–1973) as Ben Cartwright
*''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'' (one episode, 1959)
*''[[The Gale Storm Show]]'' (one episode, 1959) as Constable Barnaby
*''[[The Hangman (1959 film)|The Hangman]]'' (1959) as Marshal Clum Cummings
*''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958 TV series)|Mike Hammer]]'' (two episodes, 1959) as Carl Kunard, Emmett Gates
*''[[Bronco (TV series)|Bronco]]'' (one episode, 1959) as Capt. Amos Carr
*''[[Wagon Train]]'' (one episode, 1959) as Christopher Webb
*''[[Cheyenne (TV series)|Cheyenne]]'' (two episodes, 1960) as Colonel Bell
*''[[The Errand Boy]]'' (1961) as Ben Cartwright – Cameo (uncredited)
*''The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Odyssey'' (1972) as narrator
*''[[Griff (TV series)|Griff]]'' (12 episodes, 1973–1974) as Wade Griffin
*''[[Earthquake (1974 film)|''Earthquake'']]'' (1974) as Sam Royce
*''[[Nihon Chinbotsu (1973 film)|Tidal Wave]]'' (1973) as Ambassador Warren Richards (1975 US Version only)
*''[[Nevada Smith (1975 film)|Nevada Smith]]'' (1975) as Jonas Cord
*''[[The Moneychangers]]'' (1976) as George Quartermain
*''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'' (two episodes, 1977) as John Reynolds
*''[[SST: Death Flight]]'' (1977) as Marshall Cole
*''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'' (two episodes, 1977) as Inspector Hans Stavlin
*''[[The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977 film)|The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald]]'' (1977) as Matthew Arnold Watson
*''[[Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera]]'' (1977) as Special Guest
*''[[Happy Days]]'' (1977) as Special Guest Cameo
*''[[The Bastard (miniseries)|The Bastard]]'' (1978) as Bishop Francis
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (21 episodes, 1978–1979) as Commander Adama
*''[[The Love Boat]]'' (three episodes, 1979–1982) as Buck Hamilton S6 E7 (1982)/ Buddy Bowers
*''[[Klondike Fever]]'' (1980) as Sam Steele
*''[[Galactica 1980]]'' (10 episodes, 1980) as Commander Adama
*''Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll'' (1980)
*''[[Pink Lady (TV series)|Pink Lady]]'' (one episode, 1980) as himself
*''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vega$]]'' (two episodes, 1980) as Emil Remick
*''[[A Time for Miracles]]'' (1980) as Bishop John Carroll
*''[[Aloha Paradise]]'' (one episode, 1981) as Businessman
*''[[The Wizard of Oz (1982 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1982) as The Wizard (voice)
*''[[Code Red (U.S. TV series)|Code Red]]'' (12 episodes, 1981–1982) as Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek
*''[[Police Squad!]]'' (one episode, 1982) as Stabbed Man
*''[[Heidi's Song]]'' (1982) as Grandfather (voice)
*''[[Lorne Greene's New Wilderness]]'' (104 episodes, 1982–1987) as Host / Narrator
*''The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice'' (1983) as himself / narrator<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300277/|title=The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>
*''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' (one episode, 1985) as Fred Fusco
*''[[The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible]]'' (1986) as Noah (voice)
*''[[Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter]]'' (1986) as Theo Marshall
*''[[The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory]]'' (1987) as General [[Sam Houston]] (final film role)
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==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! style="width:45px;"| <small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small>
! Label
|-
| 1961
| ''Robin Hood of El Dorado''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| MGM
|-
| 1962
| ''Bonanza Ponderosa Party Time''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| rowspan="9"| RCA
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1963
| ''Young at Heart''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| ''Christmas on the Ponderosa''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1964
| ''Peter and the Wolf''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| ''Welcome to the Ponderosa''
| style="text-align:center;"| 35
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1965
| ''[[The Man (Lorne Greene album)|The Man]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| ''American West''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| ''Have a Happy Holiday''
| style="text-align:center;"| 54
|-
| 1966
| ''Portrait of the West''
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="5"| Chart Positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="width:45px;"| <small>CAN Country</small>
! style="width:45px;"| <small>CAN Pop</small>
! style="width:45px;"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br/><ref name="whitburn2010">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2010|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|page=376|year=2011|isbn=978-0-89820-188-8}}</ref>
! style="width:45px;"| <small>[[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]</small>
! style="width:45px;"| <small>[[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|US AC]]</small>
|-
| 1962
| "My Sons My Sons"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| ''Bonanza Ponderosa Party Time''
|-
| 1963
| "I'm the Same Ole Me"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| single only
|-
| 1964
| "[[Ringo (song)|Ringo]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''Welcome to the Ponderosa''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1965
| "The Man"
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 72
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| ''The Man''
|-
| "Ol' Tin Cup"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| ''Welcome to the Ponderosa''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1966
| "Five Card Stud"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 112
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| ''American West''
|-
| "Daddy's Little Girl"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| rowspan="6"| singles only
|-
| "Waco"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 50
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1969
| "It's All in the Game"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1970
| "Daddy (I'm Proud to Be Your Son)"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| "First Word"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1976
| "Spirit of America"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|}

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==See also==
* [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]]
* [[Western (genre)]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/greene-lorne Canadian Communications Foundation: ''Lorne Greene (1915–1987)''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103093318/https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/greene-lorne |date=3 November 2021 }}
* {{IMDb name|0001296}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* {{Discogs artist|Lorne Greene}}
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lorne-greene Entry at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca]
* {{Find a Grave|417|name=Lorne Greene|access-date=13 September 2016}}

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