Bart the Bear is perhaps one of Hollywood's most remarkable animal stars. The Alaskan brown bear was born in 1977 and was brought in by Hollywood animal trainer Monty Cox. Bart's mother was a bear who was also in films like "Grizzly" and "Day of the Animals". Bart started to train in acting in 1980 and grew to 9 feet tall, the average for brown bears.
Bart has starred in "The Great Outdoors", " ...
show all Bart the Bear is perhaps one of Hollywood's most remarkable animal stars. The Alaskan brown bear was born in 1977 and was brought in by Hollywood animal trainer Monty Cox. Bart's mother was a bear who was also in films like "Grizzly" and "Day of the Animals". Bart started to train in acting in 1980 and grew to 9 feet tall, the average for brown bears.
Bart has starred in "The Great Outdoors", "On Deadly Ground" and "The Edge". Bart's co-stars included John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Steven Seagal, Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, all of whom were very impressed with how good a bear could be trained to act, and enjoyed the experience with working with animals. Sadly, Bart died in 2000 of natural causes at the age of 20, around the age when bears usually die, but Bart does have cubs who just may be introduced to the screen in the future.
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