Photo: Ronny Jaques / National Film Board of Canada / Library and Archives Canada / PA-116178 / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me about Lorne Greene is how thoroughly he reinvented the idea of a TV patriarch. As Ben Cartwright on Bonanza, he was the steady moral center of one of the longest-running Westerns ever, then decades later he commanded the original Battlestar Galactica as Adama. That span tells me he had a voice and presence audiences simply trusted across genres. I also find it telling that this Ottawa-born actor started in journalism and radio before acting, and was honored as an Officer of the Order of Canada. He felt like a bridge between old-school broadcasting authority and modern genre television, and I respect that range.
Overview
Lorne Hyman Greene (born Lyon Himan Green; February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor, singer, and radio personality. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western Bonanza and Commander Adama in the original science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lorne Greene
- Name (Japanese)
- ローン・グリーン
- Reading
- ろーん・ぐりーん
- Born
- February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / singer / journalist / actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Queen's University
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- 1970 Golden Plate Award
- 1987 Earle Grey Award
- 2015 Canada's Walk of Fame
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.