Bart the Bear
Birthday
1977/01/19
Day of death
2000/05/10 (23 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Bart was an Alaskan Kodiak bear born on January 19, 1977 at the Baltimore Zoo. When Bart was five weeks old and weighed five pounds (2 kg), he was sold to Doug and Lynne Seus, who worked as animal trainers for films. The Seuses trained Bart using a reward and praise system. While still a cub, he appeared in the TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams playing Adams' companion bear, Ben, as a cub. After reaching adulthood, he made his film debut in the film Windwalker (released 1981). He grew to 9' 7.5" (2.90 m) tall and weighed 1,500 pounds (680 kg) throughout his life as an adult.
Acting
(1991) White Fang
as The Bear
(1986) The Clan of the Cave Bear
as The Cave Bear
(1988) The Great Outdoors
as The Bald-Headed Bear (Jody)
(1980) Windwalker
as Bear
(1994) Legends of the Fall
as Bear
(1995) Twelve Monkeys
as Bear
(1990) Lost in the Barrens
as Bear
(1990) The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as The Bear
(1993) Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Bear
(1987) Benji the Hunted
as Bear
(1997) The Edge
as Bear
(1998) Meet the Deedles
as Bear
(1994) On Deadly Ground
as The Bear (uncredited)
(1988) The Bear
as The Kodiak Bear
(1995) Walking Thunder
as Walking Thunder
(1987) Berserker
as Bear Garmin (uncredited)
(1983) The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
as The Bear
(1986) Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
as The Bear
(1996) Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Bear