Nickname:	The Voice of Doom
Known for:	Earthquake, Battlestar Galactica, Roots
Birth name:	Lorne Hyman Greene
Birthday:	12 February 1915, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height:	6' 1" (1.85 m)

Attended Lisgar Collegiate, Ottawa, Ontario Had a #1 hit in the U.S. with his 1960's recording "Ringo", a spoken word song. When he was an announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the early years of World War II, he was nicknamed "The Voice of Doom" for the combination of his deep voice and the usually gloomy news reports about the war he had to read. Interred at Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, California, USA. Just before his death, Greene had signed on to reprise the role of Ben Cartwright in a TV-movie revival of "Bonanza." He was the Monday night host for CBS Radio's "Sears Mystery Theater" (1979). He was still Monday's host when it became "The Mutual Radio Theater" on Mutual Radio (1980). Founded Toronto's Academy of Radio Arts. Invited to play Ben Cartwright after a well-received performance as Big Brother in a CBS production of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Served, along with Betty White, as co-host of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC-TV for almost a decade, 1963-72. Ben Cartwright, Greene's character on Bonanza, was ranked #2 by TV Guide in its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue]. His daughter Gillian Greene, is married to director Sam Raimi. One of the Raimis' sons is named Lorne, after him. Died the same day as Peter Tosh. Has two children, Belinda and Charles, from his first marriage. Pictured (as Ben Cartwright, his character on Bonanza) on one of four 51¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring "Canadians in Hollywood", issued 22 May 2006. Others honored in this set are John Candy, Fay Wray, and Mary Pickford.

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