Born 1915 (age 72) · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Appears in 142 titles

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.

Filmography

Earthquake
6.1
Earthquake
1974
as Sam Royce
Battlestar Galactica
6.9
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Cmdr. Adama
Peyton Place
6.8
Peyton Place
1957
as District Attorney
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
7.0
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
1979
as Cmdr. Adama
Autumn Leaves
7.0
Autumn Leaves
1956
as Mr. Hanson
The Buccaneer
6.5
The Buccaneer
1958
as Mercier
The Silver Chalice
4.5
The Silver Chalice
1954
as Peter
The Hangman
6.5
The Hangman
1959
as Clem J. Cummings
Tight Spot
6.5
Tight Spot
1955
as Benjamin Costain
Conquest of the Earth
6.6
Conquest of the Earth
1980
as Cmdr. Adama
The Last of the Fast Guns
5.5
The Last of the Fast Guns
1958
as Michael O'Reilly
The Trap
6.9
The Trap
1959
as Davis
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
6.5
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as Gen. Sam Houston
Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
Klondike Fever
5.8
Klondike Fever
1980
as Inspector Sam Steele
Churchill's Island
6.6
Churchill's Island
1941
as Narrator (voice)
The Hard Man
5.2
The Hard Man
1957
as Rice Martin
Inside Fighting China
5.6
Inside Fighting China
1942
as Narrator
SST: Death Flight
5.4
SST: Death Flight
1978
as Marshall Cole
Heidi's Song
6.3
Heidi's Song
1982
as Grandfather (voice)