Filmography
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Known For
Bonanza Ben Cartwright / Bradley Meredith (1959-1973) -
Earthquake Royce (1974) -
The Silver Chalice Peter (1954) -
Known For
Battlestar Galactica Commander Adama (1978-1979) -
Actor
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory Gen. Sam Houston (1987) -
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter Theo Marshall (1986) -
Noah's Ark Noah (1986) -
Highway to Heaven Fred Fusco (1985) -
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible Noah (1985) -
Code Red Battalion Chief Joe Rorchek (1981-1982) -
The Love Boat Buddy Bowers (1979-1982) -
Heidi's Song Grandfather (1982) -
The Wizard of Oz The Wizard (1982) -
Police Squad! Stabbed Man (1982) -
![Aloha Paradise]( "Aloha Paradise")
Aloha Paradise Businessman (1981) -
![A Time for Miracles]( "A Time for Miracles")
A Time for Miracles Bishop John Carroll (1980) -
![Vega$]( "Vega$")
Vega$ Emil Remick (1980) -
![Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll]( "Living Legend: The King of Rock and Roll")
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![Galactica 1980]( "Galactica 1980")
Galactica 1980 Commander Adama (1980) -
![Klondike Fever]( "Klondike Fever")
Klondike Fever Sam Steele (1980) -
![Battlestar Galactica]( "Battlestar Galactica")
Battlestar Galactica Commander Adama (1978-1979) -
![The Little Brown Burro]( "The Little Brown Burro")
The Little Brown Burro Storyteller (1978) -
![Battlestar Galactica]( "Battlestar Galactica")
Battlestar Galactica Commander Adama (1978) -
![The Bastard]( "The Bastard")
The Bastard Bishop Francis (1978) -
![The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald]( "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald")
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald Matthew Arnold Watson (1977) -
![The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]( "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries")
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Inspector Hans Stavlin (1977) -
![SST: Death Flight]( "SST: Death Flight")
SST: Death Flight Marshall Cole (1977) -
![Roots]( "Roots")
Roots John Reynolds (1977) -
![Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers]( "Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers")
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers George Quartermain (1976) -
Man on the Outside Wade Griffin (1975)
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![Nevada Smith]( "Nevada Smith")
Nevada Smith Jonas Cord (1975) -
![Earthquake]( "Earthquake")
Earthquake Royce (1974) -
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love Hercule (1974)
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![Griff]( "Griff")
Griff Wade Griffin (1973-1974) -
![Tidal Wave]( "Tidal Wave")
Tidal Wave Ambassador Warren Richards (1973) -
![Appointment with Destiny]( "Appointment with Destiny")
Appointment with Destiny Narrator (1972-1973) -
![Bonanza]( "Bonanza")
Bonanza Ben Cartwright (1959-1973) -
![Norman Corwin Presents]( "Norman Corwin Presents")
Norman Corwin Presents (1972) -
![The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Odyssey]( "The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Odyssey")
The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Odyssey Narrator (1972) -
![The Special London Bridge Special]( "The Special London Bridge Special")
The Special London Bridge Special Fiddler on the Roof (1972) -
The Harness Peter Randall (1971)
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![Swing Out, Sweet Land]( "Swing Out, Sweet Land")
Swing Out, Sweet Land George Washington (1970) -
![ITV Playhouse]( "ITV Playhouse")
ITV Playhouse James Beal (1970) -
![Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]( "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In")
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1969) -
![Destiny of a Spy]( "Destiny of a Spy")
Destiny of a Spy Peter Vanin (1969) -
![Play It Cool]( "Play It Cool")
Play It Cool Guitarist in backing band Aged 14 (1962) -
![The Errand Boy]( "The Errand Boy")
The Errand Boy Ben Cartwright - Cameo (1961) -
![Cheyenne]( "Cheyenne")
Cheyenne Colonel Bell (1960) -
![Mike Hammer]( "Mike Hammer")
Mike Hammer Carl Kunard (1959) -
![Bronco]( "Bronco")
Bronco Capt. Amos Carr (1959) -
![Wagon Train]( "Wagon Train")
Wagon Train Christopher Webb (1959) -
![The Hangman]( "The Hangman")
The Hangman Marshal Clum Cummings (1959) -
![The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna]( "The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna")
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna Constable Barnaby (1959) -
![The Third Man]( "The Third Man")
The Third Man Marcel Genet (1959) -
![The Trap]( "The Trap")
The Trap Davis (1959) -
![The Buccaneer]( "The Buccaneer")
The Buccaneer Mercier (1958) -
![The Last of the Fast Guns]( "The Last of the Fast Guns")
The Last of the Fast Guns Michael O'Reilly (1958) -
![Shirley Temple's Storybook]( "Shirley Temple's Storybook")
Shirley Temple's Storybook King Bertrand (1958) -
Sailor of Fortune Capt. Grant 'Mitch' Mitchell (1955-1958)
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![Suspicion]( "Suspicion")
Suspicion Monty (1958) -
![Encounter]( "Encounter")
Encounter Casey (1952-1958) -
![Folio]( "Folio")
Folio Patiomkin (1956-1958) -
![The Gift of Love]( "The Gift of Love")
The Gift of Love Grant Allan (1958) -
![The Hard Man]( "The Hard Man")
The Hard Man Rice Martin (1957) -
![Peyton Place]( "Peyton Place")
Peyton Place Prosecutor (1957) -
![Studio One in Hollywood]( "Studio One in Hollywood")
Studio One in Hollywood Minister of the Interior (1953-1957) -
![Playhouse 90]( "Playhouse 90")
Playhouse 90 Lowell Williams (1957) -
![Kraft Theatre]( "Kraft Theatre")
Kraft Theatre Col. Matthews (1957) -
![The United States Steel Hour]( "The United States Steel Hour")
The United States Steel Hour Dallas (1956) -
![Armstrong Circle Theatre]( "Armstrong Circle Theatre")
Armstrong Circle Theatre Angelo (1956) -
![The Alcoa Hour]( "The Alcoa Hour")
The Alcoa Hour Sheriff Gash (1956) -
![Autumn Leaves]( "Autumn Leaves")
Autumn Leaves Mr. Hanson (1956) -
![Alfred Hitchcock Presents]( "Alfred Hitchcock Presents")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mr. X (1956) -
![Studio 57]( "Studio 57")
Studio 57 Gentry Morton (1955) -
![Star Stage]( "Star Stage")
Star Stage (1955) -
![The Elgin Hour]( "The Elgin Hour")
The Elgin Hour Vernon Dyall (1955) -
![Climax!]( "Climax!")
Climax! Dr. Charles Saunders (1955) -
![Tight Spot]( "Tight Spot")
Tight Spot Benjamin Costain (1955) -
![Producers' Showcase]( "Producers' Showcase")
Producers' Showcase Gorgas (1955) -
![You Are There]( "You Are There")
You Are There Ludwig van Beethoven (1954-1955) -
![The Silver Chalice]( "The Silver Chalice")
The Silver Chalice Peter (1954) -
![Danger]( "Danger")
Danger Stranger (1954) -
![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus (segment "A Marriage Has Been Arranged") (1953-1954) -
The Philip Morris Playhouse Joe (1953)
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![Playbill]( "Playbill")
Playbill (1953) -
![Johnny at the Fair]( "Johnny at the Fair")
Johnny at the Fair Narrator (1947) -
Headline Hunters Narrator (1945)
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ActorChildren from Overseas Narrator (1940)
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Soundtrack
![The Little Brown Burro]( "The Little Brown Burro")
The Little Brown Burro (1978) -
![The Johnny Cash Show]( "The Johnny Cash Show")
The Johnny Cash Show (1970) -
Movin' (1970)
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![Bonanza]( "Bonanza")
Bonanza (1966) -
Soundtrack
![Waco]( "Waco")
Waco (1966) -
ProducerNew Wilderness (1982)
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Archive footage
![Citizen Gangster]( "Citizen Gangster")
Citizen Gangster (2011) -
![Pioneers of Television]( "Pioneers of Television")
Pioneers of Television (2011) -
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The Making of 'Midway' (2001)
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![Television: The First Fifty Years]( "Television: The First Fifty Years")
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![Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming]( "Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming")
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War at Sea: The Black Pit (1995)
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![Back to Bonanza]( "Back to Bonanza")
Back to Bonanza (1993) -
![The Wayne and Shuster Years]( "The Wayne and Shuster Years")
The Wayne and Shuster Years (1991) -
![Quantum Leap]( "Quantum Leap")
Quantum Leap (1989) -
![Conquest of the Earth]( "Conquest of the Earth")
Conquest of the Earth (1981) -
![Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack]( "Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack")
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TV: The Fabulous Fifties (1978)
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![Sesame Street]( "Sesame Street")
Sesame Street (1971-1975) -
Archive footageBarris & Company (1968)
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Turn of the Tide (1962)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
His daughter Gillian Greene (born 1968), is married to director Sam Raimi. One of the Raimis' sons is named Lorne, after him.
Quotes
[on playing the role of a father to his sons on Bonanza (1959)]: It takes discipline not to retreat to the same reactions every time. After all, how many ways can you give a boy advice?
Trademark
Deep smooth commanding voice
Nickname
The Voice of Doom
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Lyon Chaim Green
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died
(age 72)
Santa Monica, California, USA
Height:
6' (1.83 m)User Polls
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TV Sibling Duos
Best Spaceship Crew Team Chemistry
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