Gentile Ben (in the Everglades) TV Show...a new way to say adventure (CBS commerical, 1967) - YouTube
Gentile Ben (in the Everglades) TV Show...a new way to say adventure (CBS commerical, 1967)
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Published on Aug 21, 2012
The CBS television series Gentle Ben ran from September 10, 1967 until August 31, 1969, airing a total of 56 episodes in two seasons. The show stars a young Clint Howard as Mark Wedloe, and chronicles his adventures with a lovable 650-pound American black bear named Ben.
Cast:
Bruno the Bear .................. Gentle Ben
Clint Howard .................... Mark Wedloe
Candy Candido ................... Gentle Ben's Voice
Patrick Newell .................. Gentle Ben (In a bear suit)
Rance Howard, who is Clint's real life father and the writer of several episodes for the show, Dennis Weaver's character often traveled the Everglades via airboat, while Rance Howard senior's Boomhauer drove a swamp buggy. The series was produced by Ivan Tors, also the creator of Lloyd Bridges's Sea Hunt. The series also changed the locale from the book's Alaska to Florida. (A children's novel by author Walt Morey, first published in 1965.)
Although the bear character in a subsequent television series, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, is also named Ben, there is no connection between the bears.
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