Ranger Kelly

Ranger Kelly is the main character as well as the main protagonist of the 1976 natural horror film Grizzly. He was the Chief Park Ranger of the national park in the film, where he dedicated his job and cared greatly about the people in the area, and the forest itself. He has to investigate the killings of local people at a zoo.

Story
Kelly instructs his people to do the best they can to keep an eye on the large post-season crowd of campers in the forest and picks up his girlfriend, Allison, from her father's restaurant and takes her into the forest to help her get photos of the changing seasons for her publisher. Meanwhile, after talking to a ranger named Tom in the park, a pair of female campers are attacked by a large bear. One attempts to hide in a shack, but the bear breaks in and kills her. Kelly and Allison encounter Ranger Tom, whom they accompany to find the female campers when they don't arrive at the Ranger HQ when they said they would. When they reach the shack, Kelly finds the mangled body of the female camper and organizes a search party to find the bear.

Personality
Kelly shared many similarities with Chief Martin Brody from Jaws, in that he was very passionate about his job, and very kind and caring of those around him. He made friends easy and got along well with everyone in the film except Park Supervisor Charley Kittridge, who he had a mutual strong dislike for due to his laziness, greed, and constant harshness. Kelly cared so much about his friends, naturalist Arthur Scott and pilot guide Don Stober, always wanting to look out for them and being deeply saddened after the grizzly killed each of them,to the point of being brought to tears. The three of them made a good team, each using their own skills to great effect in the hunt for the grizzly. He cared greatly about his girlfriend too, and did everything he could to keep her safe, although he was not afraid to tell her her faults, as he said the main problem with her was that she was spoiled.