Gentle Ben is a bear character created by author Walt Morey and first introduced in a 1965 children's novel, Gentle Ben.[1][2] 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, the popular late 1960s U.S. television series Gentle Ben, a 1980s animated cartoon and two early 2000s made-for-TV movies.
- ^ "Walt Morey, 84; Author of 'Gentle Ben'". Los Angeles Times. 1992-01-14. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
- ^ Morey, Walt (1992). Gentle Ben. New York: Puffin Books. ISBN 0140360352.