My friend ben
| Television series | |
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| German title | My friend Ben Alternative title: The gentle Ben |
| Original title | Gentle Ben |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1967-1969 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 56 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Children's series , animals , adventures |
| idea | Walt Morey |
| music | Harry Sukman |
| First broadcast | September 10, 1967, (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 21, 1969 on ARD |
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Gentle Ben (Original title: Gentle Ben ) is an American children - adventure series .
background
This series is based on the novel "Gentle Ben" by the children's book author Walt Morey from 1965. It was produced by Ivan Tors ( Flipper ) and was also a classic on German television. 56 episodes of 30 minutes each were filmed from 1967 to 1969. Between 1969 and 1970, the ARD broadcast the first 38 episodes in the evening program. Between 1990 and 1991 Pro Sieben showed the complete series for the first time.
My friend Ben is about the friendship between seven year old Mark Wedloe and his black bear Ben in the Florida Everglades. Mark's parents are the gamekeeper Tom and his wife Ellen. Family friends are Spencer and Willie.
The main roles were Clint Howard (brother of director Ron Howard ) and Dennis Weaver (known from Smoking Colts ). Ben was played by the bear Bruno, whose coach was Monty Cox .
The German dubbed version was created under the direction of Joachim Brinkmann .
In 1967 a feature film was made with Vera Miles as Ellen Wedloe and in 2002 another television film with new, unknown actors.
Web links
- Gentle Ben in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cable 1 Series Lexicon - My Friend Ben