The 500-pound actor packed a lot of living into his 25 years: wrestling with James Bond, caddying for Bob Hope, and appearing in several Disney movies, as well as a slew of TV commercials. Hercules, a native of Scotland, possessed a gentleness that won him many admirers in Hollywood, not to mention a humanitarian award from the Animals in America organization, which cited him for refusing to kill and eat the forest fauna -- even though he was starving -- while lost in the woods. He lived with Maggie and Andy Robin on their ranch near Perthshire, Scotland, since they bought the grizzly bear cub a quarter of a century ago.
Passage: Hercules, 25
The 500-pound actor packed a lot of living into his 25 years: wrestling with James Bond, caddying for Bob Hope, and appearing in several Disney movies, as well as a slew of TV commercials. Hercules, a native of Scotland, possessed a gentleness that won him many admirers in Hollywood, not to mention a humanitarian award from the Animals in America organization, which cited him for refusing to kill and eat the forest fauna -- even though he was starving -- while lost in the woods. He lived with Maggie and Andy Robin on their ranch near Perthshire, Scotland, since they bought the grizzly bear cub a quarter of a century ago.
