Green was born in Columbus, Indiana and grew up in Cleveland, Tennessee, where he began singing in church.
After starring in a local production of Pippin, he began working as an actor, guest starring on television shows including Highway to Heaven, Hotel, Matlock, and Murder, She Wrote; and apppearing as a regular on the soap operas Days of Our Lives, Another World, and All My Children.
Green collaborated with Billy Stritch and Johnny Rodgers to write, I Would Never Leave You for Liza Minne.
The song appeared in Liza's at The Palace.... on Broadway and is on the album of the recording of the show which was produced by Phil Ramone.
[2] He serves on the Artistic Advisory Board of Gulfshore Playhouse, Southwest Florida's premier professional theater.