Gentle Ben (1967) - Video Detective

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Gentle Ben is a bear character created by author Walt Morey and first introduced in a 1965 children's novel, Gentle Ben. The original novel told the story of the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a boy named Mark. The story provided the basis for the 1967 film Gentle Giant (1967), the popular late 1960s U.S. television series Gentle Ben, a 1980s animated cartoon and two early 2000s made-for-TV movies.

Original Release

09/10/1967 on CBS

US Release

09/10/1967

Cast

Name	Character

Clint Howard	Mark Wedloe
Dennis Weaver	Tom Wedloe
Beth Brickell	Ellen Wedloe
Bruno The Bear	Gentle Ben
Rance Howard	Henry Boomhauer
Charlie	Raccoon
Angelo Rutherford	Willie
Tony Gulliver	Homer Waldsmith
Robertson White	Hank Minegar
George De Vries	Matt Duncan

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Two for the Sea: Part 1	Sunday, 29 September 1968
2	Two for the Sea: Part 2	Sunday, 06 October 1968
3	The Wall That Mark and Tom Built	Sunday, 13 October 1968
4	Ben the Champ	Sunday, 20 October 1968
5	Flapjacks for Breakfast	Sunday, 27 October 1968
6	A Gift of Love	Sunday, 10 November 1968
7	Code Name: Disaster	Sunday, 17 November 1968
8	The Intruders	Sunday, 24 November 1968
9	Starr of Green Bay	Sunday, 01 December 1968
10	Warden's Pond	Sunday, 15 December 1968
11	Knights of the Road	Sunday, 22 December 1968
12	The Haunted Castle	Sunday, 29 December 1968
13	The Warden's Apprentice	Sunday, 05 January 1969
14	Keeper of the Glades: Part 1	Sunday, 12 January 1969
15	Keeper of the Glades: Part 2	Sunday, 19 January 1969
16	The Great Mail Boat Robbery	Sunday, 26 January 1969
17	Show Biz	Sunday, 02 February 1969
18	Flamingo Flats	Sunday, 09 February 1969
19	Lifeline	Sunday, 16 February 1969
20	My Son the Banker	Sunday, 23 February 1969
21	The Last Red Wolf	Sunday, 02 March 1969
22	The Competitor	Sunday, 09 March 1969
23	Mark of the Arrow	Sunday, 16 March 1969
24	Boom's Land Boomerang	Sunday, 23 March 1969
25	Elephant on the Lam	Sunday, 30 March 1969
26	The Prey	Sunday, 06 April 1969
27	The Bully	Sunday, 20 April 1969
28	Busman's Holiday	Sunday, 27 April 1969

Directors

Gerd Oswald, Ricou Browning, R.G. Springsteen, Earl Bellamy, John Florea, Lou Antonio, George Cahan, Lawrence Dobkin, William D. Russell, George Sherman

Writers

Roswell Rogers, Earl Hamner Jr., Tam Spiva, Gilbert Ralston, Frank Telford, Rance Howard, Bill Rega, Andy White, Robert Walden, John Elliotte, Maurice Tombragel, Ann Marcus, Maria Little, Helen McAvity, Dennis Weaver, George Sherman, Walt Morey, Art Arthur, Herman Groves, D.D. Beauchamp, Phil Leslie

Cast

Name	Character

Clint Howard	Mark Wedloe
Dennis Weaver	Tom Wedloe
Beth Brickell	Ellen Wedloe
Bruno The Bear	Gentle Ben
Rance Howard	Henry Boomhauer
Charlie	Raccoon
Angelo Rutherford	Willie
Tony Gulliver	Homer Waldsmith
Robertson White	Hank Minegar
George De Vries	Matt Duncan
Charles G. Martin	Wes Harper
Eleanor La Forge	Miss Salisbury
Simon Oakland	Packy Benner
Richard O'Barry	Frank
Nanny	Goat
Flapjack	Dog
Marco Polo	Dolphin
Spunky	Dog
Dan Scott	Davis Bibb
Peter Hock	Les Harper