Lorne Greene: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Cameo Appearance(on tape) on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- 2-12-1915
- Death:
- 9-11-1987
- Birthplace:
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birth Name:
- Lyon Himan Green
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, in which he played the patriarch of a wealthy frontier family, and the sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica.
Lorne Green died on September 11, 1987 from pneumonia he contracted after heart surgery. 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....
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, in which he played the patriarch of a wealthy frontier family, and the sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica.
Lorne Green died on September 11, 1987 from pneumonia he contracted after heart surgery. 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....
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