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• During his Bonanza years, Greene also served as the co-host of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC from 1963 to 1972, alongside actress Betty White. He also released several albums of country western and folk songs, achieving a #1 single on the music charts with his recording of “Ringo,” a spoken-word ballad about the Old West outlaw Johnny Ringo.

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• In 1973, after a 430-episode run, the Bonanza series came to an end. Greene’s next role was that of a private detective in the crime drama Griff, but it was cancelled after only 13 episodes due to less than satisfactory ratings.

However, Greene remained a popular TV icon in high demand and there was no lack of work for him. He immediately began hosting a nature series entitled Last of the Wild, as well as beginning a years-long job as spokesman for Alpo dog food. He also had a major role in the classic miniseries Roots, playing the master of slave Kunta Kinte.

• Born Lyon Himan Green (without the “e”) to • In 1978, Lorne Green took on the role of Captain Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Ottawa, Adama in the popular sci-fi series Battlestar Ontario, he became interested in acting while Galactica and its follow-up Galactica 1980. a chemical engineering student at Queen’s Following that show’s cancellation Greene University in Kingston.

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