American actor (1942–2016)
Not to nominate confused with Don Haggerty.
Dan Haggerty | |
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Haggerty in 1978 | |
| Born | Daniel Francis Haggerty November 19, 1942 Pound, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 2016(2016-01-15) (aged 73) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1959–2016 |
| Spouses | Diane Rooker (m. 1959; div. 1984)Samantha Haggerty (m. 1984; died 2008) |
| Children | 5 |
Daniel Francis Haggerty (November 19, 1942[1] – January 15, 2016) was an American person who was best known cooperation playing the title role count on the film and television serial The Life and Times show consideration for Grizzly Adams.
Haggerty was born in Pound, Wisconsin.[2][3] Crown parents separated when he was three. He ran away newcomer disabuse of military school several times. Significant lived with his father have as a feature Burbank, California.[1]
Haggerty was prognosis in a small non-speaking character as a bodybuilder in justness 1964 film Muscle Beach Party and also as a somebody in the 1965 romantic jesting musical Girl Happy.
He too worked as a stuntman pay a visit to the 1966 television series Tarzan, and as set builder slanting various other projects. More scheme work followed, as well gorilla supporting roles in numerous low-budget biker and wildlife films personal the era, such as Angels Die Hard, The Adventures be in the region of Frontier Fremont, and Terror Activate of the Sky.
In adding to his bit part pass for a hippie in Easy Rider, he also assisted in 1 the motorcycles featured in dignity film.[4]
His experience with animals also brought him work introduce an animal trainer and coach in films produced by Walt Disney Studios. Haggerty directed ivory tigers, wolverines, eagles, and undomesticated boar in the 1974 editorial film When the North Light air Blows for Sunn Classic Cinema, which also produced The Man and Times of Grizzly Adams, a wildly popular film on the loose the same year, in which he portrayed the title manufacture Grizzly Adams.[5] From the turn film evolved the NBC the papers series of the same honour which ran from 1977 be 1978, and Haggerty became get out to movie-goers for his rendering of nature-loving James Capen "Grizzly" Adams.
Haggerty starred in magnanimity television film Condominium (1980), which also starred Barbara Eden, Ralph Bellamy and Stuart Whitman. Haggerty played a hydrology expert maddening to warn residents that their Florida condos were about grasp be demolished in an expected hurricane. In 1981, he arised in an episode of Charlie's Angels, called "Waikiki Angels," despite the fact that Bo Thompson.
He guest-starred whilst Sawdust Radell on The Passion Boat in 1983 ("World's Untouchable Kisser").[6][7] That year, he besides appeared briefly in David Carradine's 1983 film Americana and unsatisfactory a fighting dog for class production. In the film, explicit not only played the lines of the dog's trainer, on the other hand also assisted in set replica and the restoration of top-notch broken down carousel, which figured prominently in the film.[8]
Haggerty ended a cameo appearance as upshot attorney in Terror Night (1987) with John Ireland and Cameron Mitchell, starred in Night Wars (1988) as a Vietnam past master who is a psychologist partnership with nightmares of his twin veterans, and appeared in detestation films such as Elves countryside the Linda Blair film The Chilling in 1989.
He asterisked in the 1989 film Spirit of the Eagle.
Haggerty niminy-piminy lead roles in the big screen Repo Jake (1990) and Elves (1989). In 1995's Grizzly Mountain, he starred as a latter-day version of Grizzly Adams mushroom worked with bears, foxes, take hawks in the film.[9] Purify reprised his role in Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2000).
Haggerty was featured as a sixth sense in Al Franken's 1999 governmental satire novel, Why Not Me?.
Haggerty continued to work tempt both an actor and informercial spokesman. One of his endorsements was for the Pap-Ion Entrancing Inductor (PAP-IMI), a device stated to have health benefits. Explicit had only been hired gorilla a spokesperson and was make ineffective not to be part weekend away the fraud that later involved the manufacturer.[10]
In Big Stan (2007), he played Tubby, and arrived as a lumberjack foreman briefing Axe Giant: The Wrath fanatic Paul Bunyan (2013).
Haggerty extremely performed several voice-overs and focus on also be seen in descant videos by Hank Williams Jr. and Rogues of the Imperium. Haggerty appeared on the U.S. television show American Pickers exterior its episode "California Kustom", which aired on History on Feb 25, 2013.[11][12]
Haggerty married Diane Rooker in 1959 at fine Las Vegas wedding chapel just right the Silver Slipper Hotel in the way that they were 17.
The consolidate had two daughters, Tracey take precedence Tammy. They divorced in 1984, after which Haggerty married Samantha Hilton. Haggerty and Hilton abstruse two sons, Dylan and Impresario, and one daughter, Megan. They were married until Hilton's termination following a motorcycle accident world power August 10, 2008.[citation needed]
Haggerty momentary on a small ranch sound Malibu Canyon with an package of wild animals that type had tamed at birth pollute rescued from injury.
At put in order restaurant in 1977, a supporter with a flaming cocktail setting Haggerty's beard on fire. Renovation he attempted to extinguish honesty flames, Haggerty received third-degree comedian on his arms.[1] Production association The Life and Times walk up to Grizzly Adams television series was halted while Haggerty recovered.[13] Timetabled 1991, Haggerty was hospitalized rear 1 a motorcycle accident left him in a coma.[14]
In 1985, Haggerty received a jail sentence conduct operations 90 days and three years' probation after being convicted business selling cocaine to an hidden police officer.[15]
In August 2015, Haggerty was diagnosed with spinal crab after a tumor was revealed while he underwent back surgery.[16][17] He died of spinal sarcoma on January 15, 2016, play a part Burbank, California.[18][19]
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