greene was born on february 12, 1915 in ottawa, ontario, canada. his first movie was "churchill's island" (1941), as narrator. he was in films such as "the silver chalice" (1954), "autumn leaves" (1956), with joan crawford, "peyton place" (1957), with lana turner, "the buccaneer" (1958), with yul brynner, and "earthquake" (1974), with charlton heston.