Beth Brickell

(b. 1937) – Actress who played Dennis Weaver’s wife in the 1966-68 television series “Gentle Ben”. This award-winning film producer was born in Brinkley, raised in Pine Bluff and Camden, and now divides her time between Little Rock and Los Angeles, CA. Ms. Brickell also appeared in “Marcus Welby, M.D.” and “Dan August.”

The film, “Summers End,” written, directed and produced by Brickell won numerous awards. It is the story of a young girl in a small Arkansas town during the last days of summer in 1948. She enjoys the same things as boys including baseball, and playing marbles and pirates. She finds herself the focus of a family crisis when her mother insists it is time that she becomes “a girl.” Her father who has always encouraged her individuality is caught in the middle.