Performers include: Dennis Weaver, Clint Howard, Beth Brickell
Description: Gentle Ben was produced by Ivan Tors, who also produced the Gentle Giant pilot film. Gentle Ben was set in Florida rather than Alaska, and Ben was a large black bear instead of the brown bear of the original novel. The TV series picked up the story where Gentle Giant left off, with Mark's father Tom Wedloe already a wildlife officer in the Everglades, and Ben an adult bear and established family pet living outside the Wedloes' house.
