<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
in the tv show what kind of was gentle ben
in the tv show what kind of was gentle ben
a large male bear
a large male bear