TIGER BOY
Original Airdate: 10/7/1967

screenshots / Maya: Tiger Boy (S1.E3) / 1967 King Brothers Productions

Terry (Jay North) and Raji (Sajid Khan) try to tame a wild boy raised by tigers who seeks revenge against Raji's elephant Maya after she was forced to kill a tigress.

Reprising the roles they played in the 1966 film Maya, American actor Jay North was best known to TV audiences as Dennis the Menace (1959-1963) and Indian actor Sajid Khan had previously appeared in Son of India (1962).

Cast in the role of Kuma (the tiger boy), Indian actor Shahid later appeared as Sidat in the series 18th episode The Legend of Whitney Markham.

The series was filmed entirely on location in Srinigar, Kashmir, India.

Jay North passed in 2025 at the age of 73.

Sajid Khan passed in 2023 at the age of 71.