<P> The film and TV series portrayed the fictional Grizzly Adams as a frontier woodsman who fled into the mountains after he was wrongly accused of murder . While struggling to survive, Adams saves an orphaned grizzly bear cub he adopts and names Ben . The bear, while growing to its huge adult size, becomes Adams' closest companion . Consistently kind and gentle, Adams discovers and demonstrates an uncanny ability to gain the trust of most of the indigenous wildlife of the region, and he helps, sometimes rescues, takes in and tames many species . Originally a hunter, with his learned affection for wildlife Adams resolves never to harm another animal whenever possible . In the television series, Adams had two human friends, an old mountain man trader named "Mad Jack" played by Denver Pyle who was often featured with his mule ("Number Seven"), and a Native American by the name of "Nakoma" played by Don Shanks . Adams, Mad Jack, and Nakoma helped myriad mountain visitors while protecting wildlife at the same time . </P> <P> NBC aired the series finale on February 21, 1982 by way of a two - hour TV movie called The Capture of Grizzly Adams where a bounty hunter used Adams' daughter, who was not seen or mentioned since the 1974 film, in a kidnap - extortion ploy to lure the fugitive mountain man back to civilization . In the end Adams proves his innocence . </P> <Ul> <Li> Dan Haggerty as James Capen' Grizzly' Adams </Li> <Li> Denver Pyle as Mad Jack </Li> <Li> Don Shanks as Nakoma </Li> <Li> John Bishop as Robbie Cartman </Li> <Li> Bozo (a grizzly bear) as Ben (named after Benjamin Franklin) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Dan Haggerty as James Capen' Grizzly' Adams </Li>

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