R.I.P., Charles E. Sellier Jr. (1943-2011) (Grizzly Adams Productions)

[The Straight Story]

R.I.P., Charles E. Sellier Jr. (1943-2011)

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Charles E. Sellier Jr., the TV producer who made Grizzly Adams a household name and turned the Great Salt Lake into a bible setting, has died at the age of 67.

His company, Grizzly Adams Productions, announced Sellier's death in a statement. He died Monday at his home in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Sellier filmed frequently in Utah, making TV productions such as "Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark" and movies like the UFO docudrama "Hangar 18." He received an Emmy nomination for producing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a 1080 made-in-Utah TV movie starring Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane.

But his biggest claim to fame was producing "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams," the 1977-78 NBC series starring Dan Haggerty as a mountain man. Parts of the series were filmed around Park City.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsvulture/51190770-56/sellier-adams-grizzly-charles.html.csp

[KT2000]

1. The facility that

provided the bears for Grizzly Adams (and other tv and movies) is up the hill from me. The owner was one of the first to use "kind" training of animals instead of punishment. They also take in exotic animals that idiots have adopted but cannot handle when they grow up, such as lions and tigers. He died a few weeks ago at age 94 and his wife died two days later.