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| TITLE=Lorne Greene|
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| '''Lorne Greene''' ([[Wikipedia:February 12|February 12]], [[Wikipedia:1915|1915]]–[[Wikipedia:September 11|September 11]], [[Wikipedia:1987|1987]]) was a [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canadian]] [[Wikipedia:actor|actor]] best known for two iconic roles on [[Wikipedia:United States|American]] [[Wikipedia:television|television]].
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| Greene was born in [[Wikipedia:Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]], [[Wikipedia:Ontario|Ontario]] and began acting while attending [[Wikipedia:Queen's University, Kingston|Queen's University]] in [[Wikipedia:Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]. He gave up on a career in [[Wikipedia:chemical engineering|chemical engineering]] and, upon graduation, found a job as a [[Wikipedia:radio|radio]] [[Wikipedia:broadcaster|broadcaster]] for the [[Wikipedia:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC). He was assigned as the principal [[Wikipedia:newscaster|newsreader]] on the CBC National News. The CBC gave him the [[Wikipedia:nickname|nickname]] "The Voice of Canada"; however, his role in delivering distressing war news in sonorous tones following Canada's entry into [[Wikipedia:World War II|World War II]] in [[Wikipedia:1939|1939]] caused many listeners to call him "The Voice of Doom".
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| The first of his American television roles was as family [[Wikipedia:patriarch|patriarch]] [[Wikipedia:Ben Cartwright|Ben Cartwright]] on the long-running [[Wikipedia:TV Western|western]] [[Wikipedia:television series|series]] ''[[Wikipedia:Bonanza|Bonanza]]'' ([[Wikipedia:1959|1959]]–[[Wikipedia:1973|1973]]), making Greene a household name. He garnered the role after having turned in a highly-regarded performance as [[Wikipedia:Big Brother (1984)|Big Brother]] in a production of ''[[Wikipedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' for the [[Wikipedia:Columbia Broadcasting System|Columbia Broadcasting System]] (CBS).
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| Greene's next best-known role was [[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]] (another patriarchal figure) in the [[Wikipedia:science fiction|science fiction]] [[Wikipedia:film|film]] and series ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' ([[Wikipedia:1978|1978]]–[[Wikipedia:1979|1979]]). The part of leader of the surviving remnant of humanity seemed particularly well suited to Greene; he carried the role with a gravity not often found in television [[Wikipedia:acting|acting]].
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| He returned to the role of Commander Adama in the [[spin-off]], ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', which only lasted for seven episodes.
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| In [[Wikipedia:1964|1964]], Greene had a [[Wikipedia:Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1964 (USA)|No. 1]] [[Wikipedia:Single (music)|single]] on the music charts with his hit [[Wikipedia:ballad|ballad]], "Ringo." He was also known as the host and [[Wikipedia:narrator|narrator]] of the [[Wikipedia:Wildlife|nature]] series, ''[[Wikipedia:Lorne Greene's New Wilderness|Lorne Greene's New Wilderness]]''. He also appeared in the [[Wikipedia:HBO|HBO]] [[Wikipedia:spoof|spoof]] [[Wikipedia:Documentary film|documentary]] ''[[Wikipedia:The Canadian Conspiracy|The Canadian Conspiracy]]'', about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian-born media personalities. For nearly a decade, Greene co-hosted the [[Wikipedia:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] on [[Wikipedia:NBC|NBC]]. He is also fondly remembered as the founder of [[Wikipedia:Toronto|Toronto]]'s Academy of Radio Arts which had been founded as the Lorne Greene School of Broadcasting.
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| Greene died in [[Wikipedia:1987|1987]] in [[Wikipedia:Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[Wikipedia:California|California]] of [[Wikipedia:pneumonia|pneumonia]] and was interred at [[Wikipedia:Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery|Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]], [[Wikipedia:Culver City, California|Culver City]], [[Wikipedia:California|California]]. Only weeks before his death, he had been signed to appear in a revival of ''Bonanza''.
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| He was married twice, to Rita Hands ([[Wikipedia:1938|1938]]–[[Wikipedia:1960|1960]], divorced) and to Nancy Deale ([[Wikipedia:1961|1961]]–[[Wikipedia:1987|1987]], Greene's death). He has two children by Rita Hands, Belinda Susan Bennet (née Greene) and Charles Greene, and child by Nancy Deale, Gillian Greene.
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| Lorne Greene has a Star on the [[Wikipedia:Hollywood Walk of Fame|Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1559 N. Vine Street.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Wikipedia:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood|Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]]
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| * [[Dirk Benedict]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Michael Landon|Michael Landon]]
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| * [[Richard Hatch]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Western movie|Western movie]]
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| ==External links==
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| *{{imdb name|id=0001296|name=Lorne Greene}}
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| *[http://bonanza1.com/lorne.html Lorne Green bio at Bonanza1.com]
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| [[Category: A to Z|Greene, Lorne]] [[Category: Cast (TOS)|Greene, Lorne]] [[Category: Cast (1980)|Greene, Lorne]] | |
