Most of the characters he played were simply named "The Bear" or "Bear". The only exceptions were, The Great Outdoors (1988) when he played "The Bald-Headed Bear", The Bear (1988) when he played "The Kodiak Bear", and Walking Thunder (1995) where he played the title character. Ironically, the original French title of The Bear (1988) (L'ours) translates to "The Bear".