The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers

1963 · 3 seasons · 104 eps · ★ 7.2 · Drama, Action & Adventure

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The Forest Rangers was a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965. It was a co-production between CBC Television and ITC Entertainment and was Canada's first television show produced in colour. Executive producer Maxine Samuels founded the show. The series ran for three seasons, a total of 104 30-minute colour episodes. Early episodes of the series were broadcast in serialized form as part of a CBC children's series entitled Razzle Dazzle, hosted by Alan Hamel and Michelle Finney. This was the first appearance in a major series by Gordon Pinsent. 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 occurred June 15, 2013 at the actual studios where the show was filmed. This time nine junior rangers and Gordon Pinsent were in attendance. The show's first season was released on DVD by Imavision in early 2007.

Created by Paul Almond

Network: CBC Television

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Gordon Pinsent Sgt. Brian Scott
Rex Hagon Peter Keeley
Michael Zenon Joe Two Rivers
Graydon Gould George Keeley
Ralph Endersby Chub Stanley
Susan Conway Kathy
Peter Tully Mike Forbes

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