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== Acting career ==
Haggerty was cast in a small non-speaking role as a bodybuilder in the 1964 film ''[[Muscle Beach Party]]'' and also as a bodybuilder in ''[[Girl Happy]]''. He also worked as a [[stunt double|stuntman]] on the 1966 television series ''[[Tarzan (1966 TV series)|Tarzan]]'', and as set builder on various other projects. More stunt work followed, as well as supporting roles in numerous low-budget biker and wildlife films of the era, such as ''[[Angels Die Hard]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Frontier Fremont]]'', and ''Terror Out of the Sky''. In addition to his [[bit part]] as a [[hippie]] in ''[[Easy Rider]]
[[File:Grizzly Adams 1977.JPG|thumb|Haggerty in ''[[The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams]]'']] His experience with animals also brought him work as an animal trainer and handler in films produced by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]]. Haggerty directed white tigers, wolverines, eagles, and wild boar in the 1974 feature film ''[[When the North Wind Blows]]'' for [[Sunn Classic Pictures]], which also produced ''[[The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams]]'', a wildly popular film released the same year, in which he portrayed the title character [[John "Grizzly" Adams|Grizzly Adams]].<ref name="BarrisFetherston2008">(via Google Books){{cite book| last1=Barris| first1=George| last2=Fetherston| first2=David| title=Barris Cars of the Stars| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5Wnfdt2Yi8C&pg=PA78| access-date=June 1, 2012| date=December 16, 2008| publisher=MotorBooks International| isbn=978-0-7603-3222-1| pages=78–}}</ref> From the latter film evolved the NBC television series of the same name which ran from 1977 to 1978, and Haggerty became known to movie-goers for his portrayal of nature-loving James Capen "Grizzly" Adams.
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