The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams is a 1974 independent feature film and subsequent television series inspired by a 1972 historical fiction novella written by Charles E. Sellier Jr.. The films popularity led to an NBC television series of the same name. The title character, played by Dan Haggerty, was loosely based on California mountain man James Grizzly Adams 18121860, whose real name was John Capen Adams, a onetime Boston shoe and boot maker.

In addition to Ben, there were many other named animals in the TV series, the most prominent being Number 7, Mad Jacks ornery mule. Bart the Bear, then a bear cub, made one of his first acting appearances in the series playing Ben as a cub.Gene Edwardsa stunt double for Dan Haggertylater played Grizzly Adams in the otherwise unrelated 1990 film The Legend of Grizzly Adams. ........

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