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 ...

Long before Yellowstone or the Dutton Ranch were concepts in Taylor Sheridan's mind—in fact, long before he was even born—there was the Cartwright family and the Ponderosa Ranch on Bonanza. And ...

For millions of fans, Lorne Greene will forever be remembered as Bonanza‘s wise and steady Ben Cartwright. As the patriarch of the Cartwright family for 14 seasons, he brought love and authority to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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This 1962 picture provided by NBC shows actors from the "Bonanza" television show from left, Pernell Roberts, Lorne Greene, Michael Landon and Dan Blocker. Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who ...