The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television series that ran from 1963 to 1965. It was a co-production between CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 and ITC Entertainment

ITC Entertainment

The Incorporated Television Company was a British television company largely involved in production and distribution. It was founded by Lew Grade.-History:...

 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 (although Canadian and UK audiences would not get to see them in color until long after the series ended). Early episodes of the series were broadcast in serialized form as part of a CBC children's series entitled Razzle Dazzle

Razzle Dazzle

Razzle Dazzle was the title of a Canadian children's program produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation between 1961 and 1966....

, hosted by Alan Hamel

Alan Hamel

Alan Hamel was the co-host of a Canadian children's television show called Razzle Dazzle from 1961 to 1964. The show featured a talking turtle named Howard.Hamel was born in Toronto, Ontario...

 and Michelle Finney.

This was the first appearance in a major series by Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...

. He left the series in 1965 to star in Quentin Durgens, M.P.

Quentin Durgens, M.P.

Quentin Durgens, M.P. was a Canadian dramatic television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969.Set in Ottawa and the fictional community of Moose Falls, the series starred Gordon Pinsent as Quentin Durgens, an idealistic rookie Member of Parliament learning to deal with the...

In June 2004, there was a reunion for ex-cast and fans just south of Kleinburg

Kleinburg, Ontario

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, 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.

The show's first season was released on DVD by Imavision

Imavision

Imavision, also known as Imavision Distribution, Imavision Productions and Imavision.com, is a Canadian company recognized for the acquisition of entertainment content for DVD distribution on retail and institutional markets in Canada, the United States and French-speaking Europe...

 in early 2007.

Main cast

• Graydon Gould as Chief Ranger George Keeley
• Rex Hagon
  Rex Hagon
  Rex Hagon is a Canadian actor and television host. His career began in his youth, most notably with The Forest Rangers....
  
   as Junior Ranger Peter Keeley
• Michael Zenon as Joe Two Rivers
• Gordon Pinsent
  Gordon Pinsent
  Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...
  
   as Sergeant Scott
• Rolland Bédard as Uncle Raoul
• Ralph Endersby
  Ralph Endersby
  Ralph Endersby is a Canadian actor and producer. He began his acting career in his youth, seen internationally on the 1960s television series The Forest Rangers....
  
   as Junior Ranger Chub Stanley
• Peter Tully as Junior Ranger Mike Forbes
• Susan Conway
  Susan Conway
  Susan Conway Mitchell is a Canadian actress.- Television series :* 1963-1966: The Forest Rangers as Junior Ranger Kathy * 1966: The King Kong Show as Susan Bond...
  
   as Junior Ranger Kathy
• Syme Jago as Junior Ranger Gaby La Roche
• Joe Austin as McLeod
• Eric Clavering as Shingwauk
• 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
  Ray Bellew
  Ray Bellew in St. John's, Newfoundland, was an actor and performer.He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the 1960s he hosted a teen radio show and was in his own TV series of that time, Skipper and Company in St. John's, Newfoundland, which ran on the CBC's Newfoundland affiliate for years...
  
   as Rocky Webb

Episode list

There are two episode order lists. This episode list is in sequence by filming date order. The other list is in sequence by episode title order. Some episodes were given different titles on film to those given in the TV guides of different countries.

Season one

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
    Susan Conway
    Susan Conway Mitchell is a Canadian actress.- Television series :* 1963-1966: The Forest Rangers as Junior Ranger Kathy * 1966: The King Kong Show as Susan Bond...
    
    '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"

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"

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"

External links

• Forest Rangers Fan Site
• Forest Rangers Reunion Site