– William Shatner fights a dinosaur in the original Star Trek TV series (ca. 1966-69)
– Arnold Schwarzenegger fights a bear in Hercules in New York (1969)
– Lynda Carter fights (and consoles) a gorilla in the Wonder Woman TV series (ca. 1975-79)
– Lou Ferrigno fights a bear in Hercules (1983), via Sharpshirter