Lorne Greene

Lyon Himan Green
1915 - 1987
Canadian born Ottowa

Nickname The Voice of Doom . Height 6' 1" (1.85 m) . Canadian-born Lorne Greene began acting while attending Canada's Queen's University, and after graduation got a job in radio broadcasting. His rich, deep, authoritarian voice quickly propelled him to prominence as Canada's top newscaster. He left Canada in the early '50s for a film career in Hollywood, and soon began appearing regularly in television, films and on radio. His greatest successes came in two television series, the long-running Western "Bonanza" (1959), in which he played the patriarch of a wealthy frontier family, and the sci-fi series "Battlestar Galactica" (1978). Spouse Nancy Deale (17 December 1961 - 11 September 1987) (his death) 1 child, Rita Hands (1938 - 1960) (divorced) 2 children.

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987), Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986) , Noah's Ark (1986) , "Highway to Heaven" (1985), The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice (1983) , "The Love Boat"(1982) , Heidi's Song (1982) , Ozu no mahôtsukai (1982) , "Code Red" (1981) , Code Red (1981) , "Aloha Paradise" (1981) , A Time for Miracles (1980) , "Vega$" (1980) , Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll (1980) , "Galactica 1980"(1980) , Klondike Fever (1980) , Conquest of the Earth (1980) , "Battlestar Galactica" (1979) , The Little Brown Burro (1978) , Battlestar Galactica (1978) , The Bastard (1978) , Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1978) , The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977) , "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1977) , That's Country (1977) , SST: Death Flight (1977) , "Roots" (1977) , "Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers" (1976) , Man on the Outside (1975) , Nevada Smith (1975) , Earthquake (1974) , Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974) , "Last of the Wild" (1974) , "Griff" (1973) , "Bonanza" (1973) , Nippon chinbotsu (1973) , "The Electric Company"(1973) ,"To the Wild Country" (1972) , "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" (1972) , The Special London Bridge Special (1972) , The Harness (1971) , Destiny of a Spy (1969) , People Who Care (1969) , "The London Palladium Show" (1966) , "Cheyenne" (1960) , "Mike Hammer" (1959) , "Bronco" (1959) , "Wagon Train" (1959) , "The Gale Storm Show" (1959) , "The Third Man" (1959) , The Trap (1959) , The Buccaneer (1958) , The Last of the Fast Guns (1958) , "Shirley Temple's Storybook"(1958) , "Suspicion" (1958) , The Gift of Love (1958) , The Hard Man (1957) , Peyton Place (1957) , "Studio One" (1957) , "Playhouse 90" (1957) , "Kraft Television Theatre"(1957) , "Producers' Showcase" (1957) , "Sailor of Fortune" (1956) , "The United States Steel Hour" (1956) , "Armstrong Circle Theatre"(1956) , "The Alcoa Hour" (1956) , Autumn Leaves (1956) , "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1956) , "Studio 57" (1955) , "The Elgin Hour"(1955) , "Climax!" (1955) , Tight Spot (1955) , "You Are There" (1955) , The Silver Chalice (1954) , "Danger" (1954) , "The Philip Morris Playhouse" (1953) , Age of Turmoil (1953) , Othello (1953) , Farewell Oak Street (1953) , Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence (1953) , Eye Witness No. 32 (1951) , Johnny at the Fair (1947) , Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944)