who was the actor who played grizzly adams
"Dan" Haggerty
title: Dan Haggerty text: Dan Haggerty Daniel Francis Haggerty (November 19, 1941 – January 15, 2016) was an American actor who playing the title role in the film and television series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams". Haggerty's birthplace is given by some sources as Pound, Wisconsin, or as Los Angeles, California, by others, and his birth year is alternately reported as 1941 His parents separated when he was 3. Haggerty grew up in a family that owned and operated a small wild animal attraction where he helped raise wild animals, including a black bear that performed tricks. After high school, he pursued title: John "Grizzly" Adams text: John "Grizzly" Adams John "Grizzly" Adams (also known as James Capen Adams and Grizzly Adams) (1812–1860) was a famous California mountain man and trainer of grizzly bears and other wild animals he captured for menageries, zoological gardens and circuses. In the 1970s the motion picture "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" starring Dan Haggerty was released. An NBC TV series of the same name starring Haggerty followed. Grizzly Adams was of English ancestry. Born and raised in Medway, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, he received little to no education. Adams began as an apprentice in the footwear manufacturing industry title: John "Grizzly" Adams text: Adams the year he died. He was the central character in Charles E. Sellier's 1972 novel "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams." As a character in film and television, Adams has been played by: Children's Book: John "Grizzly" Adams John "Grizzly" Adams (also known as James Capen Adams and Grizzly Adams) (1812–1860) was a famous California mountain man and trainer of grizzly bears and other wild animals he captured for menageries, zoological gardens and circuses. In the 1970s the motion picture "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" starring Dan Haggerty was released. An NBC TV series of the title: Don Shanks (stuntman) text: Don Shanks (stuntman) Donald L. "Don" Shanks (born February 26, 1950) is an American actor and stuntman, known for his role as Michael Myers in "", and Nakoma, the Native American friend of the title character in the 1977 television series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams". Shanks was born in Piasa, Illinois. In 1950, Shanks portrayed Michael Myers in "". In 2006, he appeared as Ben Willis, the infamous serial killer in the film "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer". Shanks, who is of Cherokee and Illini descent, appeared in the film "The Last Sin Eater" title: Dan Haggerty text: directed white tigers, wolverines, eagles and wild boar in "When the North Wind Blows" and worked with bears, foxes and hawks in the 1997 film "Grizzly Mountain". Haggerty portrayed the character Grizzly Adams in the title role of the 1974 Sunn Classic Pictures feature, "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams". From this feature film evolved the NBC television series of the same name which ran from 1977 to 1978, and Haggerty became known to movie-goers for his portrayal of nature-loving James Capen "Grizzly" Adams. Haggerty appeared briefly in David Carradine's film "Americana" and provided a fighting dog for the