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Greene was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and began acting while attending Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He gave up on a career in chemical engineering and upon graduation found a job as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He was assigned as the principal newscaster on the CBC's flagship news program, "The National." The CBC gave him the nickname "The Voice of Canada." However, constantly distressing war news following Canada's entry into World War II in 1939 caused many listeners to call him "The Voice of Doom" instead. Many Canadians who remember the World War II years can recall listening to Lorne Greene read the latest war news on the radio.
The first of his American television roles was as family patriarch on the long-running series Bonanza ( 1959). His portrayal of Ben Cartwright made Greene a household name. He received the role after having turned in a highly-regarded performance as Big BrotherBig Brother is the nominal leader of Oceania in Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell's chilling dystopic novel. The name is now used to mean government surveillance in general. Big Brother" is a dictator in a totalitarian state, taken to its utmost logical in a production of Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes 1984 BooksEnthsiast.com) is a darkly satirical political novel by George Orwell. The story takes place in a nightmarish dystopia, in which an ever-surveillant State enforces perfect conformity among citizens through indoctrina for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
In 1964, he had a No. 1 single on the music charts with his hit ballad, "Ringo."
His next best-known role was as that of Commander Adama in the science-fiction movie and series Battlestar GalacticaThis article is about the original movie and television series; for other versions, see Battlestar Galactica (disambiguation). Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction movie and television series, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lo ( 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet.), another patriarchal figure. The part of leader of the surviving remnant of humanity seemed particularly well suited to Greene. He carried the role with a gravity that is not often found in television actingFor legal meaning of acting see Acting (law). Acting is the work of an actor/actress a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play..
He is also known as the host/narrator of a nature series, Lorne Greene's New Wilderness.
Lorne Greene also appeared in an HBO spoof documentary titled The Canadian Conspiracy about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian born media personalities.
Lorne Greene died in 1987 in Santa Monica, California of pneumonia and was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California.
He was married twice, to Rita Hands (1938-1960, divorced) and to Nancy Deale (1961-1987, Greene's death). He has two children by Rita Hands, Belinda Susan Bennet (née Greene) and Charles Greene; and one by Nancy Deale, Gillian Greene .
Lorne Greene has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1559 N. Vine Street.
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