Bonanza and its cast members quickly became a fan favorites when the show aired on September 12, 1959. One of NBC‘s longest-running western TV series went on for 14 seasons and over 430 episodes.

Long before contemporary television audiences were roped into the drama of such modern-day Westerns as Longmire and Yellowstone, Ben Cartwright and his sons were riding into homes every week via the ...

Bonanza followed the Cartwright family of ranchers who lived near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in the mid-1800s. Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) was the patriarch, a three-time widower with a son from each ...

Lorne Green was a famous actorHe passed away in 1987Learn more about his tragic death From 1959 to 1973, Lorne Greene cemented his status as a TV legend on Bonanza. He played "Ben," the patriarch of ...

There aren't many shows that can get away successfully with a name change during its initial airing, but the classic Western series Bonanza was certainly one of them. Following the adventures of Ben ...

Lorne Greene was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green, OC, a Canadian actor. His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the science fiction movie and ...

Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, and Michael Landon as Little Joe Cartwright on 'Bonanza' Image via NBC At the peak of its popularity, Bonanza was the number one show in ...

During the 1960s and 1970s, it’s hard to think of a pair of actors more prolific than Michael Landon and Lorne Greene. These two — who many people, myself included, first came to know these fellers ...