Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Running on NBC from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza centered on the Cartwright family—patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three ...

Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Joe Cartwright, riding horses and looking at the sky in Bonanza. Image via NBC When it comes to classic television ...

Lorne Greene began in Ottawa in 1915, studying chemical engineering at Queen's University. He later moved into radio, joined ...