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Lorne Greene

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Biography

Recent Role:
Cameo Appearance(on tape) on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Gender:
Male
Born:
2-12-1915
Died:
9-11-1987 (Santa Monica, California, USA (pneumonia))
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

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Lorne Green died on September 11, 1987 from pneumonia he contracted after heart surgery.

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