Talk:Lorne Greene

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[edit] Big Brother

Did he really give an "acclaimed performance as Big Brother" in Nineteen Eighty-Four for CBS? I only ask because in the novel and every other adaptation with which I am familiar, Big Brother is purely a face appearing on posters, with no acting or speech or performance of any kind involved. Did he, in fact, perhaps play O'Brien, and there has been some sort of mix-up? Angmering 10:51, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Greene performed in a telecast of 1984, which was an episode of Westinghouse's Studio One (a show somewhat like PBS's Masterpiece Theatre). The episode aired September 21, 1953. All sources I can find online state that Greene played Big Brother; but then, I don't necessarily trust the online sources I've found thusfar. The actual episode is archived at the Pop Culture Library at Bowling Green State University, and can be viewed by anyone willing to travel to Bowling Green, Ohio to do it. Any takers? -- SwissCelt 18:45, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Hmmmmmmmm, tricky to verify then. It still seems highly unlikely to me, unless they rather drastically changed the plot! Angmering 06:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)