Bart the Bear enjoyed a 23-year acting career, with credits including “Legends of the Fall” and “White Fang” (among 30 other titles) before passing away in 2000. Little Bart soon outgrew the nickname and became Bart the Bear II, named after Bart the Bear, the first grizzly the Seus family had taken in, back in 1977. Doug Seus poses alongside the 8-foot-6-inch Bart the Bear II on his ranch in Utah in 2009. The hunter had killed the pair’s mother, but the cubs managed to get another lease on life after the Seus family took them in. The pair were found starving and isolated after a “dedicated bear biologist” followed the trail of a hunter’s boot tracks to their den.
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“Whether his mighty presence captured you through film or in person, we are grateful for your connection to grizzlies and for Bart’s life and legacy as a conservation ambassador for his wild cousins.” Bart the Bear II in a bear pit alongside Brienne of Tarth, played by actress Gwendoline Christie, in the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones.” Barcroft Media via Getty Imagesīart the Bear II grew up in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska with his sister, Honey Bump. “Bart lived a supremely outsized life filled with the love and care of his trainers and lifelong companions, Vital Ground co-founders Doug and Lynne Seus,” reads an Instagram post commemorating the beloved grizzly’s life. More important than his prolific Hollywood career, though, was his ambassador role for the grizzly bear habitat conservation-focused group Vital Ground Foundation, the group’s co-founders wrote in their obituary of Bart.
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Dolittle 2,” “Evan Almighty” and “Into the Wild” among others, not to mention numerous roles in TV shows - including “Game of Thrones” - and commercials. The 1,400-pound thespian’s health had been in decline for a year, The Wrap reported.ĭuring his life, Bart was featured in the films “Dr. He was 21.īart died peacefully at his home in Heber City, Utah, this month. The animal actor Bart the Bear II, who boasted more credits than plenty of human actors, has passed away.
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