Lorne Greene Biography

Fast Facts

• Awarded the distinction of Officer of the Order of Canada in 1969 for his contributions to the arts
• Recipient of the Earle Grey Award in 1987 for Lifetime Achievement at the Canadian Gemini Awards
• Honored with a Canadian postage stamp in 2006 as one of many actors under the country's Canadians in Hollywood collection
• Co-founder of Toronto's Academy of Radio Arts
• Earned a radio and broadcasting degree from Canada's Queen's University in Kingston
• His son-in-law Sam Raimi named one of his sons Lorne after him
• Passed away at 72-years-old after a bout with pneumonia following heart surgery in 1987
• Worked as a radio announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during WWII where he earned the nickname 'The Voice of Doom', as his telecasts were generally gloomy
• He invented and patented the countdown clock that is used by broadcast programs that lets them know how much time is left during a segment