Lorne Greene

Birthday: 2/12/1915
Deathday: 9/11/1987
Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Lyon Himan 'Chaim' Greene, Lorne Green

Biography

Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green, OC, 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.