Bart the Bear (January 19, 1977 – May 10, 2000), was a male Alaskan Kodiak Bear who appeared in several Hollywood films throughout his career. Bart's mother was also an actor. She starred in the films Grizzly and Day of the Animals. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Trinomial name Ursus arctos middendorffi Kodiak Bear range The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) is an unique subspecies of the brown bear. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bart the Bear is perhaps one of Hollywood's most remarkable animal stars. The Alaskan brown bear was raised and trained by animal trainers Doug and Lynne Seus of Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, Inc., Park City, Utah. Bart started to train in acting in 1980 and grew to 9 feet tall, weighing 1480 pounds as an adult. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass in a number of different systems, including various systems of units of mass that formed part of English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... A young woman who is 18 years old. ...

Bart has starred in the following movies: Meet the Deedles (1998), The Edge (1997), Walking Thunder (1997), Legends of the Fall (1994), On Deadly Ground (1994), The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991), White Fang (1991), The Young Riders - Decoy (1990) TV Episode, Lost in the Barrens (1990) TV Episode, The Bear (1988), The Great Outdoors (1988), Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986) TV, The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) with Kenny Rogers, and Windwalker (1980). In 1998, Bart made an appearance at the 70th Annual Academy Awards as part of a salute to animal actors. Meet the Deedles was a 1998 Disney production. ... The Edge is a 1997 survival and relationship drama film directed by Lee Tamahori starring Anthony Hopkins as billionaire magazine publicist Charles Morse and Alec Baldwin as Robert Green, one of his ambitious employees. ... Legends of the Fall is a 1994 film--based on the 1979 novella of the same title, by Jim Harrison--directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas, and Bart the Bear. ... On Deadly Ground is a 1994 environmental action-adventure film directed by and starring Steven Seagal, and co-starring, Bart the Bear, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, and John C. McGinley. ... The Giant of Thunder Mountain is a 1991 film starring Richard Kiel. ... White Fang (1910) is the title of a novel by American author Jack London. ... The Young Riders is a dramatic western that aired from 1989-1992 and featured a fictionalized accounting of a group of young Pony Express riders. ... Lost in the Barrens is the third of Farley Mowat novels, published in 1956. ... The Bear, known as LOurs in its original French release, is a film directed by acclaimed French director Jean-Jacques Annaud released theatrically in 1988. ... The Great Outdoors is an Australian travel magazine television series that currently airs on the Seven Network. ... Cover Louis LAmour book, Showdown at Yellow Butte. ... The Clan of the Cave Bear is a historical fiction novel by Jean M. Auel. ... Kenneth Donald Kenny Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman. ... Windwalker was a four-piece rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia who were active from 1990 to 1993. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

Bart's co-stars also included John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Steven Seagal, Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, all of whom were very impressed with how well a bear could be trained to act, and enjoyed the experience with working with animals. Bart died in 2000 of natural causes (cancer) at the age of 23, around the age when bears usually die. John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Steven Seagal (born April 10, 1952), is an American action movie actor, producer, writer, director, singer-songwriter, band leader, bodyguard, activist, and an active duty police officer in Louisiana. ... Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (IPA: ) (born 31 December 1937) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning Welsh film, stage and television actor. ... Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning, and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...

Bart died during the filming of the documentary Growing Up Grizzly (2001) (TV) which was presented by Brad Pitt—who plays Tristan Ludlow in Legends of the Fall (1994). William Bradley Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... The central character in the novel and movie Legends of the Fall. ... Legends of the Fall is a 1994 film--based on the 1979 novella of the same title, by Jim Harrison--directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas, and Bart the Bear. ...

Little Bart the Bear, who had a cameo at the end of Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), was named after Bart. Dr. Dolittle 2 is an American comedy film, the theatrical sequel to Dr. Dolittle. ...

Legacy

Bart was the "spokes-bear" for the Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University but his greatest role was as ambassador for the Vital Ground Foundation. Vital Ground has procured threatened wildlife habitat along the Rocky Mountain front and on Kodiak Island.

External links

• Bart the Bear at the Internet Movie Database
• Bart the Bear at Vital Ground
• Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, Inc.
• Fan site