Dan Haggerty Biography

Dan Haggerty was an American actor, best remembered for playing the title character in the television series as well as the movie ‘The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams’. His parents divorced when he was three and he was raised in a family that operated a small wild animal attraction center, eventually instilling in him the ability to train animals. His unique physique and strong built helped him fetch the roles of bodybuilders in numerous films. The talented actor contributed greatly to several small and big screen projects for which he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. On a personal note, he married twice in his lifetime. He had two daughters with his first wife and two sons and a daughter with the second. Haggerty remained with his second wife until her death in 2008. After being diagnosed with spinal cancer, he died in January 2016, at the age of 74.