Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben

Gentle Ben

1967 2 Seasons 56 Episodes ⭐ 6.6 Family Drama

Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the Florida Everglades, of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, his son Mark and Ben the grizzly bear.

Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the Florida Everglades, of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, his son Mark and Ben the grizzly bear.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Hurricane Coming

Mark befriends a boy whose family is vacationing on a houseboat in the river. While out on an adventure together a hurri

EP 2

Green Eyed Bear

As Tom and Mark are watching a mother bear play with its cub the mother gets shot by a swamp hunter. Tom issues as citat

EP 3

Fish and Chips

Ben and Mark stumble upon fish poachers and their illegal smokehouse. The men threaten to kill Ben if Mark tells his fa

EP 4

Gator Man

Mark befriends shoeless Jenny Maddox at school. However, when Tom drops her off at her father's dock in the airboat, he

EP 5

Voice From the Wilderness

Mark gets Tom to put a radio transmitter on Ben so he can hear what he's doing when he's away. After Ben wanders off a p

EP 6

Invasion of Willie Sam Gopher

Mark is mocked at school and on the school boat when he is the only child in his class that didn't bring in an Indian ar

EP 7

Restless Bear

Ben gets restless when wild bears come near the Wedloe home during mating season. Tom explains to Mark Ben's natural ins

EP 8

Battle of Wedloe Woods

Developer Philip Garrett wants to clear cut and burn the brush to build a housing development on 60 acres of land adjace

EP 9

Warden For Man and Beast

Professor Hugo brings his performing bear Victor to the Wedloe home. He has bought a bungalow in a retirement community

EP 10

A Waste of Honey

Mark leads some thieves to Boomhauer's honey farm and overhears them saying they will kill the game warden if he catches

EP 11

Jennifer

A little girl gets lost in the Everglades. There is also an injured wildcat roaming the same area. Against his father's

EP 12

Warden in the Bear Pit

A couple of con artists try to steal Ben to gamble on him in fights against dogs. Unable to get Ben, they find another b

EP 13

A Medal For Ben

A group of Seminole children approach Mark for help in attending his school, having been impressed by him getting Jimmie

EP 14

The Ransom

Tom offers Packy Benner some work, but he decides he can make more money more easily by stealing Ben and waiting for a r

EP 15

The Wayward Bear Part 1

While on a shopping trip, Ben climbs into a delivery truck and gets separated from the Mark and Ellen. Subsequently Ben

EP 16

The Wayward Bear Part 2

An injured Ben wanders into the camp of a couple of old carneys whose own bear is too old to perform anymore. They are g

EP 17

The Opportunist

Poachers are stealing the animals from a newly repopulated island. As they try to get away with their live cargo they al

EP 18

The Battle of Birthday Bay

Mark and Tom have a surprise for Ellen's birthday. They are going to a cabin deep in the woods to spend a few days. When

EP 19

Trophy Bear

Hunting guide Joe Cardigan takes rich Miami big game hunter John Coberly into the swamp looking for a bear. Messing up o

EP 20

Mama Jolie

Mark takes Ben to Mama Jolie, a woman with alleged magical powers, to seek a remedy for Ben's lack of appetite. Ultimate

EP 21

Batter Up

St. Louis Carndinals star pitcher Bob Gibson is vacationing in the Everglades. When his small boat capsizes, Tom comes a

EP 22

Growing Pains

Mark befriends an older boy with a minibike, Steve, and ignores Ben, who stops eating. Mark punishes Ben for being a nui

EP 23

Fire in the Glades

Looking for an injured deer they saw the day before, Mark and Ben hitch a ride directly into the area which becomes engu

EP 24

Take a Giant Step

Feeling neglected by his hard-working father, Mark's friend Jamie runs away from home. He hides in a shipwreck but it is

EP 25

Survival in the Swamp

Two armed criminals run into the swamp to elude the police after robbing a jewellery store. Tom, Mark and Ben are campin

EP 26

Who's Afraid?

Right after Mark has been teased by girls on the school boat, his cousin Virginia comes to stay with the Wedloes for the

EP 27

Greener Pastures

Tom's boss visits and offers him the job of District Manager, which means more money, no danger, and a move to the big c

EP 28

Ol' Joe's Gotta Go

Farmer Lloyd Larkin thinks local alligator Ol' Joe has turned rogue and is eating his pigs and chickens. Tom offers to c

EP 1

Two For The Sea Pt. 1

A dolphin comes up the channel and hangs around the Wedloe's dock. He and Ben become friends and Mark considers him his

EP 2

Two For The Sea Pt. 2

Mark is despondent as he has not just lost his new pet, Marco Polo, but his old pet Ben. Frank from Seaquarium takes Mar

EP 3

The Wall That Mark and Tom Built

After Mark has a series of mishaps that soil three pairs of Tom's pants, Tom is angry at him. Feeling unwanted, Mark mov

EP 4

Ben The Champ

EP 5

Flapjacks for Breakfast

EP 6

A Gift of Love

EP 7

Code Name: Disaster

EP 8

The Intruders

EP 9

Starr of Green Bay

EP 10

Warden's Pond

EP 11

Knights of the Road

EP 12

The Haunted Castle

EP 13

The Warden's Apprentice

EP 14

Keeper of the Glades Pt. 1

EP 15

Keeper of the Glades Pt. 2

EP 16

The Great Mail Boat Robbery

EP 17

Show Biz

EP 18

Flaming Flats

EP 19

Lifeline

EP 20

My Son the Banker

EP 21

The Last Red Wolf

EP 22

The Competitor

EP 23

Mark of the Arrow

EP 24

Boom's Land Boomerang

EP 25

Elephant on the Lam

EP 26

The Prey

EP 27

The Bully

EP 28

Busman's Holiday

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