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"The Outer Limits" (1963): Season 1: Episode 5 -- A Welsh miner volunteers to be the first subject for an experiment to speed human evolution.
"Lost in Space" (1965): Season 1: Episode 9 -- The Robinsons' water crisis deepens when Dr. Smith uses their only water supply for a shower. But a strange alien fruit may be the answer-until it causes Smith to grow to twice his normal size.

Overview

Date of Birth:
10 October 1919, Budapest, Hungary more
Date of Death:
13 March 1974, Bishop, California, USA more
Trivia:
Best known as the talking, cookie-mad bear during the last years of... more
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Alternate Names:
Janos Prohanska | Janos Prohaszka

Filmography

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Actor:
  1. "Dusty's Trail" .... The Bear / ... (5 episodes, 1973)
        - Androcles and the Bear (1973) TV episode .... The Bear
        - Half Moon (1973) TV episode .... Bear
        - Tomahawk Territory (1973) TV episode .... The Bear
        - Love Means Not Having to Say You're Bananas (1973) TV episode .... The Gorilla
        - The Treasure of C. Harry Motley (1973) TV episode .... The Bear
  2. "Here's Lucy" .... Black Bear (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
        - Harry Catches Gold Fever (1973) TV episode .... Black Bear
        - Lucy and the Mountain Climber (1971) TV episode .... Black Bear
  3. "Temperatures Rising" .... Gorilla (1 episode, 1973)
    ... aka The New Temperatures Rising Show (USA: new title)
        - Gorilla of My Dreams (1973) TV episode .... Gorilla
  4. "Love, American Style" .... Millard the Bear (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance") / ... (2 episodes, 1970-1972)
        - Love and the Amateur Night/Love and the Cheaters/Love and the Love Nest/Love and the Unbearable Fiance (1972) TV episode .... Millard the Bear (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance")
        - Love and the Elopement/Love and the Visitor (1970) TV episode .... Tiny the Gorilla (segment "Love and the Visitor")
  5. "Bewitched" .... Do-Do Bird / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1972)
        - Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse (1972) TV episode .... Do-Do Bird
        - Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds (1967) TV episode .... Dodo Bird
  6. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) (uncredited) .... Heloise
  7. "The Red Skelton Show" .... Silent Spot / ... (4 episodes, 1961-1971)
    ... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
        - Appleby's Garage Sale (1971) TV episode .... Giant Teddy Bear/Silent Spot
        - Hiring the Secretary (1970) TV episode .... Halloween Ghoulie/Silent Spot
        - The Seven Year Wretch (1965) TV episode (uncredited) .... Buster the Boxing Bear
        - Clem the Genius (1961) TV episode .... Tab the Gorilla
  8. "Mayberry R.F.D." .... Bear (1 episode, 1970)
        - All for Charity (1970) TV episode .... Bear
  9. Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) (as Janos Prohanska) .... Gorilla
  10. "Land of the Giants" .... Baby--Gorilla / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - The Marionettes (1970) TV episode .... Bobo - Gorilla
        - Comeback (1969) TV episode .... Baby--Gorilla

  11. "The Andy Williams Show" (1962) TV series .... Cookie Bear (unknown episodes, 1969-1971)
  12. "Star Trek" .... Anthropoid Ape / ... (4 episodes, 1966-1969)
    ... aka Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title)
        - The Savage Curtain (1969) TV episode (uncredited) .... Yarnek
        - A Private Little War (1968) TV episode .... The Gumato
        - The Devil in the Dark (1967) TV episode (uncredited) .... Horta
        - The Cage (1966) TV episode (uncredited) .... Anthropoid Ape / Humanoid Bird
  13. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" .... Gorilla (1 episode, 1967)
        - Fatal Cargo (1967) TV episode (as Janos Prohaszka) .... Gorilla
  14. "Gilligan's Island" .... Ape (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
        - Our Vines Have Tender Apes (1967) TV episode .... Ape
        - Forward March (1966) TV episode .... Ape
        - Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend (1965) TV episode .... Ape
  15. "It's About Time" (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Mother-in-Law (1966) TV episode
  16. "The Lucy Show" .... Monkey (1 episode, 1966)
    ... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
        - Lucy and the Monkey (1966) TV episode .... Monkey
  17. "Lost in Space" .... Giant Bird Monster / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
        - The Forbidden World (1966) TV episode (uncredited) .... Giant Bird Monster
        - The Oasis (1965) TV episode (uncredited) .... Giant Debbie the Bloop
  18. "Honey West" .... Bear / ... (2 episodes, 1966)
        - Just the Bear Facts, Ma'am (1966) TV episode (unconfirmed) .... Bear
        - Slay, Gypsy, Slay (1966) TV episode (unconfirmed) .... Gorilla
  19. "The Munsters" .... Olga the dancing bear (1 episode, 1965)
        - Herman's Child Psychology (1965) TV episode (uncredited) .... Olga the dancing bear
  20. "Perry Mason" .... Gorilla (1 episode, 1965)
        - The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1965) TV episode .... Gorilla
  21. "The Outer Limits" .... Darwin the Monkey / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
        - The Probe (1965) TV episode .... The Mikie (Alien Microbe)
        - The Sixth Finger (1963) TV episode (uncredited) .... Darwin the Monkey
  22. Man of Steel (1965)
  23. "Mickey" (1 episode, 1964)
        - Mickey Crashes the Movies (1964) TV episode
  24. Bikini Beach (1964) .... Clyde, the Ape
  25. Advance to the Rear (1964) (uncredited) .... Flag Pole Sitter
    ... aka Company of Cowards? (UK)
  26. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) .... Circus Performer
    ... aka Jumbo (International: English title: informal short title)
  27. "Bourbon Street Beat" .... Darwin (1 episode, 1960)
        - Wagon Show (1960) TV episode (as Janos Prohaszka) .... Darwin
Stunts:
  1. Advance to the Rear (1964) (stunts) (uncredited)
    ... aka Company of Cowards? (UK)
  2. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) (stunt double: Peter Falk) (uncredited)
    ... aka It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (USA: promotional title)
Self:
  1. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 13 October 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself

  2. "The Hollywood Palace" .... Bear / ... (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #7.9 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - Host/Bear
  3. "The Andy Williams Show" (1969) TV series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
  4. "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" .... Himself - Guest Performer (1 episode, 1969)
    ... aka Laugh-In
        - Episode #2.17 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Performer
Archive Footage:
  1. Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt for Bigfoot (1999) (TV) .... Orangutan Costumer
  2. "Star Trek"
        - The Menagerie: Part II (1966) TV episode (uncredited) .... Anthropoid Ape

Additional Details

Other Works:
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. more
Publicity Listings:
1 Pictorial more
Genres:
Comedy | Sci-Fi | Family | Adventure more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Beautiful Woman | Time Travel | Cult Favorite more

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