The Forest Rangers

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Program promotional slide for the CBC television show "The Forest Rangers", on display at the CBC Museum, Toronto.
Program promotional slide for the CBC television show "The Forest Rangers", on display at the CBC Museum, Toronto.

The Forest Rangers was a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965.[1] It was a co-production between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and ITC Entertainment and was Canada's first television show produced in colour. Executive Producer Maxine Samuels founded the show.

The series ran for 3 seasons, a total of 104 30-minute color episodes (although Canadian and UK audiences wouldn't get to see them in color until long after the series ended). Early episodes of the series aired in serialized form as part of a CBC children's series entitled Razzle Dazzle, hosted by Alan Hamel.[2]

This was the first major series appearance of Gordon Pinsent who would rise to stardom in Canada in the late 1960s and continue to be an in-demand Canadian character actor into the 2000s. He left the series in 1965 to star in Quentin Durgens, M.P.

In June 2004 there was a reunion for ex-cast and fans just south of Kleinburg where the show was originally filmed. Six of the ex-junior rangers appeared and Peter Tully flew in from his home in Ireland. Another reunion is planned for 2013.[3]

The show's season 1 was released on DVD in the spring of 2007 and season 2 will be released in 2008.

Contents

[edit] Main cast

  • Graydon Gould as Chief Ranger George Keeley
  • Rex Hagon as Junior Ranger Peter Keeley
  • Michael Zenon as Joe Two Rivers
  • Gordon Pinsent as Sergeant Scott
  • Rolland Bédard as Uncle Raoul
  • Ralph Endersby as Junior Ranger Chub Stanley
  • Peter Tully as Junior Ranger Mike Forbes
  • Susan Conway as Junior Ranger Kathy
  • Syme Jago as Junior Ranger Gaby La Roche
  • Joe Austin as Mcleod
  • Tom Harvey as Deputy Ranger Brody
  • Ronald Cohoon as Junior Ranger Zeke
  • George Allan as Junior Ranger Ted
  • Mathew Ferguson as Junior Ranger Danny Bailey
  • Barbara Hamilton as Aggie Apple
  • Ray Bellew as Rocky Webb

[edit] Episode list

This episode list is in order by filming date. Some episodes were given different titles on film to those given in the TV guides of different countries.[1]

[edit] Season one

Season 1 Boxset released on DVD.
Season 1 Boxset released on DVD.
  1. Foster Boy
  2. The Prospector
  3. Spike
  4. Beaver
  5. The Horse Doctor
  6. The Bear Trap
  7. The Bird Watchers
  8. Indian Joe's Story
  9. The Chase
  10. High Graders
  11. The Rattlesnake
  12. The Dog
  13. Dog Catcher
  14. Brannigan's Daughter
  15. Timmy
  16. The Liar
  17. The Rescue
  18. Uncle Raoul and the Bear
  19. The Bear Story
  20. The Horse
  21. The Proof (Susan Conway's first appearance as Kathy. She wouldn't appear again until Season 2.)
  22. The Secret Drawer
  23. The Souvenir
  24. The Rolling Stones (the only episode to have the episode title shown as well as the only to use different theme music.)
  25. The Balloon
  26. The Poacher
  27. The Loner
  28. The Pitfall
  29. Keeley's Cousin
  30. Kidnapped
  31. Chub's Story
  32. The Hero
  33. The Wolverine
  34. Survival
  35. The Colonel
  36. The Deputy
  37. Dentist's Dilemma
  38. A Christmas Story
  39. Odd Numbers
  40. The Game Reserve

[edit] Season two

  1. The Deal
  2. Hidden Gold
  3. The Strike
  4. Ghost at Hoot Owl Lake
  5. Let There be Rain
  6. Aggie
  7. The Wendigo
  8. Kitten In The Garden
  9. A Stranger To Himself
  10. Wild Boy
  11. Surprise Party
  12. Lennie
  13. Kathy and the Leprechaun
  14. The Haunted Island
  15. Lost
  16. Bronco Smith
  17. The Bush Pilot
  18. Interchangeable Parts
  19. Uncle Raoul's Moose
  20. His Majesty
  21. The Reluctant Prize Fighter
  22. Little Big Shot
  23. Wild Man of the Woods
  24. The River
  25. The Adventurer
  26. The Bear Rug
  27. The Shooting Match
  28. The Haunted House
  29. Ride With A Stranger
  30. Buck Fever
  31. Gold Nuggets

[edit] Season three

  1. Santa MacLeod
  2. The Choice
  3. The Wolf
  4. The Wolf Spirit
  5. Hole in the Ice
  6. The Gunshot
  7. The Escape
  8. Deadly Friend
  9. Not in the Book
  10. The Dream
  11. The Avenger
  12. The White Hunter
  13. The Great Hypnotist
  14. The Man from Nowhere
  15. Deadline
  16. Shipment X
  17. Jimmy Twenty
  18. Indian River A-Go-Go
  19. Poison Lake
  20. Willie and Starlight
  21. Unjust World
  22. The Mystery Dog
  23. The Bulldozer
  24. The Albino Beaver
  25. Uncle Raoul and the Three Bears
  26. Macleod and the Talking Bear
  27. Death Dance
  28. The Invaders
  29. The World's Strongest Man
  30. Joe's Revenge
  31. Raoul and the Thunderbolt
  32. The Lost Tribe
  33. The Ojibway Beat

[edit] Stations

Alphabetized by city.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b CTA information
  2. ^ The Forest Rangers Fan Site
  3. ^ Forest Rangers Reunion

[edit] External links

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