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Janos Prohaska (1919–1974)

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Best known as the talking, cookie-mad bear during the last years of The Andy Williams Show. This character was always trying to wheedle a cookie out of Williams and was constantly, but never violently, rebuffed. Because of Prohaska's Hungarian accent, his voice was dubbed by one of the show's writers, Ray Reese. See more trivia »

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1967-1986 Star Trek (TV series)
Anthropoid Ape / Horta / Humanoid Bird / …
The Cage (1986) … Anthropoid Ape (uncredited) / Humanoid Bird (uncredited)
The Savage Curtain (1969) … Yarnek (uncredited)
A Private Little War (1968) … The Mugato
The Devil in the Dark (1967) … Horta (uncredited)
 
1973 Dusty's Trail (TV series)
The Bear / Bear / The Gorilla
Androcles and the Bear (1973) … The Bear
Half Moon (1973) … Bear
Tomahawk Territory (1973) … The Bear
Love Means Not Having to Say You're Bananas (1973) … The Gorilla
The Treasure of C. Harry Motley (1973) … The Bear
 
1971-1973 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Black Bear
Harry Catches Gold Fever (1973) … Black Bear
Lucy and the Mountain Climber (1971) … Black Bear
 
1973 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV series)
Gorilla
Gorilla of My Dreams (1973) … Gorilla
 
1970-1972 Love, American Style (TV series)
Millard the Bear (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance") / Tiny the Gorilla (segment "Love and the Visitor")
Love and the Amateur Night/Love and the Cheaters/Love and the Love Nest/Love and the Unbearable Fiance (1972) … Millard the Bear (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance")
Love and the Elopement/Love and the Visitor (1970) … Tiny the Gorilla (segment "Love and the Visitor")
 
1967-1972 Bewitched (TV series)
Do-Do Bird / Dodo Bird
Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse (1972) … Do-Do Bird
 
1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Heloise (uncredited)
 
1961-1971 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Silent Spot / Buster the Boxing Bear / Giant Teddy Bear / …
Appleby's Garage Sale (1971) … Giant Teddy Bear/Silent Spot
Hiring the Secretary (1970) … Halloween Ghoulie/Silent Spot
The Seven Year Wretch (1965) … Buster the Boxing Bear (uncredited)
Clem the Genius (1961) … Tab the Gorilla
 
1970 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Bear
All for Charity (1970) … Bear
 
1970 Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Gorilla (as Janos Prohanska)
 
1969-1970 Land of the Giants (TV series)
Bobo - Gorilla / Gorilla
The Marionettes (1970) … Bobo - Gorilla
Comeback (1969) … Gorilla
 
1969-1971 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Cookie Bear
 
1969 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Cookie Bear
Episode dated 20 December 1969 (1969) … Cookie Bear
Episode dated 13 December 1969 (1969) … Cookie Bear
Episode dated 29 November 1969 (1969) … Cookie Bear
Episode dated 22 November 1969 (1969) … Cookie Bear
Episode dated 15 November 1969 (1969) … Cookie Bear
 
1967 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Gorilla
Fatal Cargo (1967) … Gorilla (as Janos Prohaszka)
 
1965-1967 Gilligan's Island (TV series)
Ape
Our Vines Have Tender Apes (1967) … Ape
Forward March (1966) … Ape
 
1966 It's About Time (TV series)
The Mother-in-Law (1966)
 
1966 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Monkey
Lucy and the Monkey (1966) … Monkey
 
1965-1966 Lost in Space (TV series)
Giant Bird Monster / Giant Debbie the Bloop
The Forbidden World (1966) … Giant Bird Monster (uncredited)
The Oasis (1965) … Giant Debbie the Bloop (uncredited)
 
1966 Honey West (TV series)
Bear / Gorilla
Just the Bear Facts, Ma'am (1966) … Bear (unconfirmed)
Slay, Gypsy, Slay (1966) … Gorilla (uncredited)
 
1965 The Munsters (TV series)
Olga the Dancing Bear
Herman's Child Psychology (1965) … Olga the Dancing Bear (uncredited)
 
1965 Perry Mason (TV series)
Gorilla
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1965) … Gorilla
 
1963-1965 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Darwin the Monkey / The Mikie (Alien Microbe)
The Probe (1965) … The Mikie (Alien Microbe)
The Sixth Finger (1963) … Darwin the Monkey (uncredited)
 
1965 Man of Steel
 
1964 Mickey (TV series)
 
1964 Bikini Beach
Clyde
 
1964 Advance to the Rear
Flagpole Sitter (uncredited)
 
1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo
Circus Performer
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Darwin
Wagon Show (1960) … Darwin (as Janos Prohaszka)
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Koko the Ape
Witness No Evil (1959) … Koko the Ape
 
Show ShowStunts (2 titles)
1964 Advance to the Rear (stunts - uncredited)
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (stunt double: Peter Falk - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Bear / Himself - Host
Episode #7.9 (1969) … Himself - Host/Bear
 
1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #2.17 (1969) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1999 Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt for Bigfoot (TV documentary)
Orangutan Costumer
 
1966 Star Trek (TV series)
 

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In 1972, he starred in an unsold sitcom pilot called "The Bear and I" as the titular ursine character whom almost everyone thinks is a guy in a fur suit. Only the a kiddie show host, played by Soupy Sales, knows that the creature really is a talking bear.

Alternate Names:

Janos Prohanska | Janos Prohaszka
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Trivia:

Best known as the talking, cookie-mad bear during the last years of The Andy Williams Show. This character was always trying to wheedle a cookie out of Williams and was constantly, but never violently, rebuffed. Because of Prohaska's Hungarian accent, his voice was dubbed by one of the show's writers, Ray Reese. See more »

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