I was typecast in 'Bonanza.' NBC officials - didn't realize this for about a year - had seen me in a 'Wagon Train' as a patriarch with a son. So when we started 'Bonanza,' they had me playing the father… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
The Cartwrights happen to be a family that other families want to be like. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I think the hearing loss started with 'Bonanza.' Sometimes the director would put us in a box canyon and have us fire our guns.… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
Ben Cartwright was patterned after my father, who never saw 'Bonanza.' In that sense, my father will live for a long time. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I left Canada in 1953 because I could find nothing very satisfying about delivering commercial pitches on camera. I felt the whole atmosphere of… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
That's the joy of acting, to bring something to it. That's what makes acting exciting. Just saying lines is not terribly exciting. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I lived with my 'Bonanza' family for 14 years. On 'Battlestar,' we jumped right in and got to know each other later. That's just… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
Getting old doesn't frighten me. But I've got to take care of myself. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
