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Lorne Greene
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| 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) |
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Attended Lisgar Collegiate, Ottawa, Ontario.
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.
Just before his death, Greene had signed on to reprise the role of Ben Cartwright in a TV-movie revival of "Bonanza."
Founded Toronto's Academy of Radio Arts.
Served, along with Betty White, as co-host of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC-TV for almost a decade, 1963-72.
His daughter Gillian Greene, is married to director Sam Raimi. One of the Raimis' sons is named Lorne, after him.
Has two children, Belinda and Charles, from his first marriage.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 355-356. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
Best remembered by the public for his starring role as father Ben Cartwright on "Bonanza" (1959).
Once played George Wahington in a short film produced for the National Park Service.
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