<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <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> Walt Morey, a filbert farmer and former boxer, had previously written many pulp fiction stories for adults dealing with subjects such as boxing, the Old West, and outdoor adventures, published in magazines such as Argosy . However, due to the decline in demand for pulp fiction caused by the advent of broadcast television in the 1950s, Morey stopped writing for ten years . His wife, a schoolteacher, challenged him to write adventure stories that would interest young readers, similar to those of Jack London . After several years, Morey took up her challenge with the goal of producing an adventure story for young readers that adults could also enjoy . </P>

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