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Famous Dogs in Movies Famous from 1960 to 1979

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Albert; famous dog in movie, Live a Little Love a Little Andrew; famous dog in movie, Mary Poppins Barabbas; famous dog in movie, My Dog, the Thief Beast; famous dog in movie, The Hills Have Eyes Benji; famous dog in movie, Benji Bessie; famous dog in movie, Period of Adjustment Big Red; famous dog in movie, book, Big Red Blood; famous dog in movie, A Boy and His Dog Bodger; famous dog in movie, book, The Incredible Journey Brutus; famous dog in movie, book, The Ugly Dachshund Buddy; famous dog in movie, My Dog Buddy Buller; famous dog in movie, book, The Human Factor Butkus; famous dog in movie, Rocky Candy; famous dog in movie, Little Dog Lost Charlie; famous dog in movie, The Absent-Minded Professor Chomps; famous dog in movie, C.H.O.M.P.S. Clown; famous dog in movie, Billie Cognac; famous dog in movie, Wild and Wonderful Daisy; famous dog in movie, comics, Blondie Devil; famous dog in movie, comics, The Phantom Digby; famous dog in movie, Digby the Biggest Dog in the World Dooley; famous dog in movie, The Misfits Edison; famous dog in movie, book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Elwood; famous dog in movie, The Shaggy D. A. Fluke; famous dog in movie, book, Fluke Friday; famous dog in movie, book, Hotel for Dogs Genevieve; famous dog in movie, book, TV, Madeline George; famous dog in movie, TV, George! Greyfriars Bobby; famous dog in movie, book, Greyfriars Bobby H. G. Wells; famous dog in movie, TV, Father Dear Father Hobo; famous dog in movie, TV, The Littlest Hobo Jennie; famous dog in movie, book, Higglety Pigglety Pop! Jip; famous dog in movie, book, TV, David Copperfield Joey; famous dog in movie, Fool's Parade Jonnie; famous dog in movie, Ring of Bright Water Josef; famous dog in book, Heidi Katie; famous dog in movie, book, What Dreams May Come Kavik; famous dog in movie, book, The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog Lad; famous dog in movie, book, Lad: A Dog Ladadog; famous dog in movie, TV, Please Don't Eat the Daisies Lassie; famous dog in movie, TV, Lassie Come Home Little Ann; famous dog in movie, book, Where the Red Fern Grows Luath; famous dog in movie, book, The Incredible Journey Lucky; famous dog in movie, TV, Dr. Dolittle Melba; famous dog in movie, Five Golden Hours Mooch; famous dog in movie, Mooch Goes To Hollywood Moreover; famous dog in movie, book, The Biscuit Eater Mrs. Brown; famous dog in movie, Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter Murphy; famous dog in movie, They Only Kill Their Masters Nerak; famous dog in movie, book, The Watcher in the Woods Nikki; famous dog in movie, Nikki Wild Dog of the North Old Dan; famous dog in movie, book, Where the Red Fern Grows Ole Rex; famous dog in movie, Old Rex Ollie; famous dog in movie, book, The Sundowners Patrasche; famous dog in movie, book, TV, A Dog of Flanders Pete; famous dog in movie, The Silent Call Pickles; famous dog in movie, The Spy with a Cold Nose Pilot; famous dog in movie, book, TV, Jane Eyre Prince Terrien; famous dog in movie, book, Bridge to Terbithia Red Dog; famous dog in movie, book, Red Dog Rock; famous dog in movie, Git! Rontu; famous dog in movie, Island of the Blue Dolphins Ruff; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Dennis the Menace Sandy; famous dog in movie, comics, Little Orphan Annie Savage Sam; famous dog in movie, Savage Sam Scooby-Doo; famous dog in movie, TV, Scooby-Doo Where Are You Scruffy; famous dog in movie, TV, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Sounder; famous dog in movie, TV, Sounder Spot; famous dog in movie, Shaft in Africa The Doberman Gang; famous dog in movie, The Doberman Gang Tickie; famous dog in movie, book, TV, Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival White Dog; famous dog in movie, book, White Dog Willie; famous dog in movie, George S. Patton Won Ton Ton; famous dog in movie, Won Ton Ton - The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Zoltan; famous dog in movie, Zoltan Hound of Dracula 

The number of Famous Dogs in Movies Famous from 1960 to 1979 is 75

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famous dog in movie, Live a Little Love a Little

NAME: Albert

Greg's dog in the movie Live a Little Love a Little; about a photographer who divides his time working for a skin magazine and a conservative newspaper and falls in love with a fashion model; starring Elvis Presley.

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: Movie: 1968.

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famous dog in movie, Mary Poppins

NAME: Andrew

The family dog in the movie Mary Poppins; about a magical nanny who comes to work for a unhappy family; starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.

BREED: Bearded Collie

mix

YEARS: Movie: 1964.

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famous dog in movie, My Dog, the Thief

NAME: Barabbas

Jack's dog in the movie My Dog, the Thief; about an traffic reporter who discovers that his dog has accidentally stolen a priceless necklace from a jewel-smuggling gang; starring Dwayne Hickman and Mary Ann Mobley.

BREED: Saint Bernard

YEARS: Movie: 1969.

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famous dog in movie, The Hills Have Eyes

NAME: Beast (and Beauty)

The Carter family pet in the movie The Hills Have Eyes; about a family being stalked by a group of psychotic people who live in the desert.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Movie: 1977, 2006.

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famous dog in movie, Benji

NAME: Benji (See also actor dog Higgins)

A lovable stray dog in a small town befriended by the locals each of whom call him by a different name in the movie Benji and its sequels played by dog Higgins. (More about Benji.)

BREED: Terrier

mix

YEARS: Movies: 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1987, 2004.

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famous dog in movie, Period of Adjustment

NAME: Bessie

George's dog in the movie Period of Adjustment; about two married couples both in a difficult period of their relationships; starring Anthony Franciosa and Jane Fonda and based on the play by Tennessee Williams.

BREED: Cocker Spaniel

YEARS: Movie: 1962.

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famous dog in movie, book, Big Red

NAME: Big Red

A show dog in the book and the movie by Disney Big Red; about a dog that would rather run through the woods than be the perfectly-trained and groomed show dog; written by Jim Kjelgarrd. (Also in the book and movie is dog Molly.)

BREED: Irish Setter

YEARS: Book: 1945.

Movie: 1962.

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famous dog in movie, A Boy and His Dog

NAME: Blood

Vic's dog in the movie A Boy and His Dog; about an orphan boy who doesn't understand morality as he wanders a desolate world; based on the science fiction novella by Harlan Ellison.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1975.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Incredible Journey

NAME: Bodger (See also Luath)

In the book and the movie The Incredible Journey; about two dogs and a cat; written by Sheila Burnford. (In the 1993 remake Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey; Bodger is Shadow, a Golden Retriever.)

BREED: Bull Terrier

YEARS: Book: 1961.

Movie: 1963.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Ugly Dachshund

NAME: Brutus

Mark's dog in the movie The Ugly Dachshund; about a large dog who grows up with dachshund puppies thinking he is one of them; starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette; based on a novel by Gladys Bronwyn Stern. (Also in the movie are dogs Danke, Norma, and Pesky.)

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: Book: 1938.

Movie: 1966.

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famous dog in movie, My Dog Buddy

NAME: Buddy

Little Ted's dog in the movie My Dog Buddy; about a boy who is orphanded in a tragic car accident and his dog is left behind when he is taken to hospital. The dog is played by London.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Movie: 1960.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Human Factor

NAME: Buller

Marcus Castle's dog in the book and the movie The Human Factor; about a British spy and his South African wife; directed by Otto Preminger and starring Nicol Williamson; based on the book by Graham Greene.

BREED: Boxer

YEARS: Book: 1978.

Movie: 1979.

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famous dog in movie, Rocky

NAME: Butkus

Rocky's dog in the movie Rocky; a rags to riches story of Rocky Balboa, a debt-collector who becomes a boxing champion; starring Sylvester Stallone.

BREED: Bull Mastiff

YEARS: Movie: 1976.

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famous dog in movie, Little Dog Lost

NAME: Candy

The family dog in the movie for TV Little Dog Lost; about the adventures of a little dog; as part of the Wonderful World of Disney television program.

BREED: Welsh Corgi

YEARS: Movie: 1963.

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famous dog in movie, The Absent-Minded Professor

NAME: Charlie

Professor Brainard's dog in the movie by Disney The Absent-Minded Professor; about a college professor who invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself; starring Fred MacMurray.

BREED: Bearded Collie mix

YEARS: Movie: 1961.

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famous dog in movie, C.H.O.M.P.S.

NAME: Chomps

Brian's dog in the movie C.H.O.M.P.S.; about a young inventor who creates a robotic dog that is part of a home protection system.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1979.

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famous dog in movie, Billie

NAME: Clown

Billie's dog in the movie Billie; about a 15-year-old tomboy whose passion for track is due to the music in her head, and who teaches the other track guys how to do the same; starring Patty Duke.

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: Movie: 1965.

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famous dog in movie, Wild and Wonderful

NAME: Cognac

Giselle's dog in the movie Wild and Wonderful; about a pampered poodle who creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her new husband; starring Tony Curtis.

BREED: Poodle

YEARS: Movie: 1964.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Blondie

NAME: Daisy

The family dog in the comic strip and the movie Blondie; about the Bumsteads, Dagwood and Blondie and their two children; created by Chic Young.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1930- now.

Movies: 1938-1950.

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famous dog in movie, comics, The Phantom

NAME: Devil

The Phantom's dog in the comic strip and the movie serial The Phantom; about a masked crimefighter based upon the comics; created by Lee Falk. In the series the dog is played by Ace the Wonder Dog.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Comics: 1936- now.

Movie serial: 1943.

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famous dog in movie, Digby the Biggest Dog in the World

NAME: Digby

In British the movie Digby the Biggest Dog in the World; about an Old English Sheepdog who accidentally drinks a liquid growth formula and expands to gigantic proportions.

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: Movie: 1973.

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famous dog in movie, The Misfits

NAME: Dooley (Tom Dooley)

Gay's dog in the movie The Misfits; about a divorcée who falls for an over-the-hill cowboy in early-sixties Nevada; starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.

BREED: Hound mix

YEARS: Movie: 1961.

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famous dog in movie, book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

NAME: Edison

The family dog in the book in the movie and stage musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; about a wrecked racing motorcar in the early twentieth century; originally written by Ian Fleming.

BREED: English Sheepdog

mix

YEARS: Book: 1964.

Movie: 1965.

Stage musical: 2002, 2005.

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famous dog in movie, The Shaggy D. A.

NAME: Elwood

Wilby's transformation as a dog in the movie The Shaggy D. A.; about a lawyer who finds strange things happening to him; starring Dean Jones.

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: Movie: 1976.

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famous dog in movie, book, Fluke

NAME: Fluke (See also Rufus)

The reincarnated human in the movie Fluke; about a workaholic who dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog; based on the book by James Herbert.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Book: 1977.

Movie: 1995.

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famous dog in movie, book, Hotel for Dogs

NAME: Friday (In the book, Sadie)

Andi and Bruce's dog in the movie Hotel for Dogs; about 2 orphans who hide their dog at an abandoned hotel when their guardians forbid pets at home; based on the book by Lois Duncan. (Also dogs Angela, Cooper, Friday, Georgia, Henry, Juliet, Lenny, MacTavish, Madison, Preston, Romeo, Red Rover and others.)

BREED: Jack Russell Terrier

YEARS: Book: 1971.

Movie: 2009.

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famous dog in movie, book, TV, Madeline

NAME: Genevieve

Madeline's dog in the children's book series, in the movie, and animated TV series for children Madeline; about a girl who lives in Paris and attends a boarding school; written by Ludwig Bemelmans.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Books: 1939-1967.

TV series: 1991-2007.

Movie: 1998.

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famous dog in movie, TV, George!

NAME: George

Jim's dog in the movie George! and the TV series (Swiss-Canadian), about an airplane pilot living in Switzerland whose sister gives him her 250-pound St. Bernard.

BREED: St. Bernard

YEARS: Movie: 1972.

TV series:1972-73.

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famous dog in movie, book, Greyfriars Bobby

NAME: Greyfriars Bobby

Auld Jock's loyal dog in the book and the movie Greyfriars Bobby; about a dog who follows a farm worker who ultimately dies in poverty and is buried in Greyfriar's Kirkyard. Bobby returns to his grave every night; based on the book by Eleanor Atkinson.

BREED: Skye Terrier

YEARS: Book: 1912.

Movies: 1961, 2005.

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famous dog in movie, TV, Father Dear Father

NAME: H. G. Wells

The father's pet in the TV series (British) and the movie Father Dear Father; about a writer of trashy thriller novels who finds himself bringing up his two irrepressible daughters. An Australian sequel series followed in 1978.

BREED: St. Bernard

YEARS: TV series: 1968-1973.

Movie: 1973.

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famous dog in movie, TV, The Littlest Hobo

NAME: Hobo (Never actually named on-screen)

In the movie and the TV series (Canadian) The Littlest Hobo; about a stray dog who wanders from town to town helping people in need. He was often given names by his many temporary owners.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Movie: 1958.

TV series: 1963-1965, 1979-1985.

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famous dog in movie, book, Higglety Pigglety Pop!

NAME: Jennie

In the movie and the book Higglety Pigglety Pop!; about a dog who is not content with having everything but must go out in the world to find something she doesn't have; starring Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker. The book was written by Maurice Sendak.

BREED: Sealyham Terrier

YEARS: Movie: 2010.

Book: 1967.

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famous dog in movie, book, TV, David Copperfield

NAME: Jip

Dog of David's first wife, Dora, in the movies and TV series based on the book David Copperfield; about the life of English chap in the early 19th century; written by Charles Dickens.

BREED: Unkown

(Spaniel in the book)

YEARS: Book: 1850.

Movies: 1911, 1913, 1922, 1935, 1969, 1993, 2000.

TV series: 1966, 1974, 1986.

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famous dog in movie, Fool's Parade

NAME: Joey

Captain "Doc" Council's dog in the movie Fool's Parade; about three ex-convicts who hope to go straight and an evil prison official who wants to steal their money and kill them; starring James Stewart and George Kennedy.

BREED: Bloodhound

YEARS: Movie: 1971.

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famous dog in movie, Ring of Bright Water

NAME: Jonnie

Mary's dog in the movie Ring of Bright Water; about a man with a pet otter who moves into a rustic cottage overlooking the sea in Scotland where he meets a woman and her dog; starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna; based on the book by Gavin Maxwell.

BREED: Brittany

YEARS: Movie: 1969.

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famous dog in book, Heidi

NAME: Josef

Heidi's dog in the children's book Heidi, about the life of a young girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps; written by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The story has been adapted in many media, but the dog is rarely feature (one exception is the 1974 Japanese anime series).

BREED: Saint Bernard

YEARS: Book: 1881.

Animation: 1974.

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famous dog in movie, book, What Dreams May Come

NAME: Katie

The Nielsen's dog in the book and the movie What Dreams May Come; about a death in the family... in fact several; starring Robin Williams; based on a novel by Richard Matheson.

BREED: Dalmatian

YEARS: Book: 1978.

Movie: 1998.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog

NAME: Kavik

Andy's adopted dog in the movie The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog; about the travails of a sled-dog (not really a wolf-dog) who finally finds a home; based on the book Kävik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Book: 1968.

Movie: 1980.

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famous dog in movie, book, Lad: A Dog

NAME: Lad

The author's dog in the movie Lad: A Dog; starring Peter Breck; based on a series of short stories by Albert Terhune about his real-life Rough Collie.

BREED: Rough Collie

YEARS: Dog: 1902-1918.

Book: 1919.

Movie: 1962.

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famous dog in movie, TV, Please Don't Eat the Daisies

NAME: Ladadog

The family dog in the TV series Please Don't Eat the Daisies; about a family who moves from a crowded apartment to an old house in the country; based on the movie, starring Doris Day and David Niven.

BREED: Bearded Collie

(In the movie, Old English Sheepdog played by Lord Nelson)

YEARS: Movie: 1960.

TV series: 1965-1967, 1968-1973.

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famous dog in movie, TV, Lassie Come Home

NAME: Lassie

In the TV series and in the movies beginning with the film Lassie Come Home; about a boy and his dog; starring Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor. In the TV series the boy was played by Tommy Retig. (More about Lassie.)

BREED: RoughCollie

YEARS: Movie: from 1943.

TV series: 1954-1973.

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famous dog in movie, book, Where the Red Fern Grows

NAME: Little Ann (See also Old Dan)

One of Billy's dogs in the children's book Where the Red Fern Grows; about a boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs; written by Wilson Rawls. Also in the movie Where the Red Fern Grows.

BREED: Redbone Coonhound

YEARS: Book: 1961.

Movie: 1974.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Incredible Journey

NAME: Luath (See also Bodger)

In the book and the movie The Incredible Journey; about two dogs and a cat; written by Sheila Burnford. (In the 1993 remake Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Luath is Chance an American Bulldog.)

BREED: Labrador Retriever

YEARS: Book: 1961.

Movie: 1963.

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famous dog in movie, TV, Dr. Dolittle

NAME: Lucky

The Doctor's dog in the movie Dr. Dolittle and sequels, about a doctor who discovers he can talk to animals; starred Eddie Murphy; based loosely on the children's book written by Hugh Lofting. (In the 1967 movie and the animated TV series (1970), the dog's name is Jip.)

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movies: 1967, 1998, 2001, 2006.

TV series: 1970-1971.

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famous dog in movie, Five Golden Hours

NAME: Melba

Aldo Bondi's dog in the movie Five Golden Hours; about a petty crook who consoles wealthy widows until he falls in love with one of them; starring Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse and George Sanders.

BREED: Poodle toy

YEARS: Movie: 1961.

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famous dog in movie, Mooch Goes To Hollywood

NAME: Mooch

In the movie Mooch Goes To Hollywood; about an ambitious dog who attempts to become a canine star after befriending Zsa Zsa Gabor; played by the Benji dog Higgins and starring Vincent Price.

BREED: Terrier

mix

YEARS: Movie: 1975.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Biscuit Eater

NAME: Moreover (Named Faith in the early movie version)

In the movie The Biscuit Eater; about a dog who has a strong relationship with two twelve-year-old boys; a remake of a 1940 film and based upon the book by James H. Street.

BREED: German Wirehaired Pointer

YEARS: Book: 1939.

Movie: 1940, 1972.

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famous dog in movie, Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

NAME: Mrs. Brown

Herman's dog in the British movie Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter; about an English pop rock band who play gigs to raise money to pay the dog race entry fees; starring Herman's Hermits.

BREED: Greyhound

YEARS: Movie: 1968.

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famous dog in movie, They Only Kill Their Masters

NAME: Murphy

The victim's dog in the movie They Only Kill Their Masters; about a small-town sheriff attempts to uncover facts behind the killing of a pregnant woman by her Doberman pinscher; starring James Garner.

BREED: Doberman Pinscher

YEARS: Movie: 1972.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Watcher in the Woods

NAME: Nerak

Ellie's puppy in the movie The Watcher in the Woods; about a family who moves to a country home where the young girls experience haunting events linked to the past; based on a novel by Florence Engel Randall; starring Bette Davis.

BREED: Scottish Terrier

YEARS: Book: 1976.

Movie: 1981.

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famous dog in movie, Nikki Wild Dog of the North

NAME: Nikki

Andre's dog in the movie Nikki Wild Dog of the North; about a dog separated from his owner in the rugged Canadian wilderness.

BREED: Malamute

YEARS: Movie: 1961.

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famous dog in movie, book, Where the Red Fern Grows

NAME: Old Dan (See also Little Ann)

One of Billy's dogs in the children's book and the movie Where the Red Fern Grows; about a boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs; written by Wilson Rawls. Also in the movie Where the Red Fern Grows.

BREED: Redbone Coonhound

YEARS: Book: 1961.

Movie: 1974, 2003.

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famous dog in movie, Old Rex

NAME: Ole Rex

A shaggy white dog in the movie Old Rex; about a boy who nurses a stray dog back to health then runs away with him.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1961.

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famous dog in movie, book, The Sundowners

NAME: Ollie

Seans dog in the movie based on the book The Sundowners; about an Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife's and son's desire to settle down in one place; by Jon Cleary

BREED: Australian Kelpie

YEARS: Book: 1952.

Movie: 1960.

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famous dog in movie, book, TV, A Dog of Flanders

NAME: Patrasche

Nello's companion in the Japanese animated TV series A Dog of Flanders and the movie version made in 1999, and earlier films; about a Flemish boy and his dog; based on the book by Marie Louise de la Ramée under the Japanese pseudonym Ouida.

BREED: Bouvier des Flandres

YEARS: Book: 1872.

TV series: 1975-1992.

Movies: 1935, 1960, 1997, 1999.

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famous dog in movie, The Silent Call

NAME: Pete

Guy's dog in the movie The Silent Call; about a dog who is left behind and takes on 1,000-mile journey to rejoin the family in Los Angeles.

BREED: Labrador Retriever

/ Mastiff mix

YEARS: Movie: 1961.

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famous dog in movie, The Spy with a Cold Nose

NAME: Pickles

Hero in finding the soccer World Cup trophy and a character in the British movie The Spy with a Cold Nose; about a dog is fitted with a covert listening device then passed between agents of the Russian and British intelligence branches; starring Laurence Harvey. (More about Pickles fame.)

BREED: White Collie

YEARS: Movie: 1966.

Dog: 1962-1067.

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famous dog in movie, book, TV, Jane Eyre

NAME: Pilot

Mr. Rochester's dog in the TV series (British) Jane Eyre; about a young governess who falls in love with her brooding and complex master; based upon the book by Charlotte Bronte. In the book the dog is a Newfoundland; in other films other kinds of dogs.

BREED: Landseer Newfoundland

(Irish Wolfhound in some portrayals)

YEARS: Book: 1847.

TV series: 2006.

Movies: 1914-2011.

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famous dog in movie, book, Bridge to Terbithia

NAME: Prince Terrien (Referred to as P.T.)

The dog that Jess gave Leslie in the book and the movie Bridge to Terbithia; about a young boy whose life is changed after meeting a new friend; by Katherine Paterson

BREED: Terrier mix

YEARS: Book: 1977.

Movie: 2007.

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famous dog in movie, book, Red Dog

NAME: Red Dog (Originally named Tally Ho)

The dog who unites the people of Dampier, Western Australia, in the movie Red Dog; based on the book Red Dog written by Louis de Bernières which was based upon a real life dog called Red Dog.

BREED: Kelpie-Cattle Dog mix

YEARS: Dog: 1971-1979.

Book: 1993.

Movie: 2011.

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famous dog in movie, Git!

NAME: Rock

Deke's dog in the movie Git!; about a orphan boy who finds friendship with a dog that others think can't be tamed.

BREED: English Setter

YEARS: Movie: 1965.

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famous dog in movie, Island of the Blue Dolphins

NAME: Rontu

Karana's adopted dog in the movie Island of the Blue Dolphins; about a young Native American girl swims back to her abandoned home island to be with her brother; starring Celia Kaye.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1964.

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famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Dennis the Menace

NAME: Ruff

The family dog in the comic strip, the movie, the TV series, and animated TV series Dennis the Menace; about a boy who causes problems for everyone; created by Hank Ketcham.

BREED: Briard

YEARS: Comic strip: 1951-.

TV series: 1959-1963, 1986-1988.

Movie: 1987, 1993, 1998 .

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famous dog in movie, comics, Little Orphan Annie

NAME: Sandy

Annie's dog in comics Little Orphan Annie on radio, in the Broadway musical Annie, and in the movies (1982, 1999 and 2014); created by Harold Gray.

BREED: Airedale

mix

YEARS: Radio: 1925-1942.

Comics: 1925- now.

Broadway stage: 1977-1983.

Movies: 1982, 1999, 2014.

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famous dog in movie, Savage Sam

NAME: Savage Sam

Old Yeller's son in the movie Savage Sam; about the hound helping find children who were snatched by a band Apache; a sequel to Old Yeller: by Disney.

BREED: Bluetick Coonhound

YEARS: Movie: 1963.

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famous dog in movie, TV, Scooby-Doo Where Are You

NAME: Scooby-Doo (Formerly called Too Much)

Lifelong companion of Shaggy Rogers in the animated TV series Scooby-Doo Where Are You; about a big dog and several teenage humans; a Hanna Barbera production, originally created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears.

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: TV series: 1969-1991, 2001-now.

Live-action movie:2002, 2004.

Animated movie: 2020.

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famous dog in movie, TV, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

NAME: Scruffy

The Muir's dog in the TV series The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and in the movie The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; about a young widow who has a ghost friend; starring Hope Lange.

BREED: Fox Terrier

YEARS: Movie: 1947.

TV series: 1968-1970.

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famous dog in movie, TV, Sounder

NAME: Sounder (Also see book version)

The family dog in the movie Sounder and its 1976 sequel and the movie for TV by Disney Sounder; a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression Era of the South; based upon the book by William H. Armstrong but more upbeat.

BREED: Redbone Hound

YEARS: Movies: 1972, 1976.

TV movie: 2003.

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famous dog in movie, Shaft in Africa

NAME: Spot

A dog that Shaft happens upon that he befriends in the movie Shaft in Africa; about a detective who is some how supposed to stop a human trafficking ring in Africa while people try to kill him for who knows why; starring Richard Roundtree.

BREED: Africanis

YEARS: Movie: 1973.

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famous dog in movie, The Doberman Gang

NAME: The Doberman Gang

Robber dogs in the movie The Doberman Gang; about an ex-con and his friends who train dobermans to rob a bank. Two sequels followed: The Daring Dobermans in 1973 and The Amazing Dobermans in 1976. (In the movie are dogs Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie, Clyde, Dillinger, Ma Barker and Pretty Boy Floyd.)

BREED: Doberman Pinscher

YEARS: Movie: 1972, 1976.

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famous dog in movie, book, TV, Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival

NAME: Tickie

Agaton's dog in the Swedish detective novels, animated TV series, and the animated movie Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival (Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud); about an owner of a detective agency chasing two villains.

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Books: 1955-1978.

Animated TV series: 1976.

Movie: 1976.

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famous dog in movie, book, White Dog

NAME: White Dog (The dog is not called by name)

The dog Julie adopts in the movie White Dog; about a woman who finds out the dog has been trained to attack black people; starring Kristy McNichol and Paul Winfield; loosely based on Romain Gary's 1970 French novel, Chien Blanc

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Book: 1970.

Movie: 1982.

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famous dog in movie, George S. Patton

NAME: Willie (formerly Punch; apparently the dog was not named after "William the Conqueror" as suggested in the movie Patton)

Companion pet for George S. Patton; the American general, devoted dog lover, acquired a terrier puppy in Europe during World War II. The dog folowed him around everywhere. The character Willie also appeared in the movie Patton.

BREED: Bull Terrier

YEARS: Dog: 1943-1955.

Movie: 1970.

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famous dog in movie, Won Ton Ton - The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

NAME: Won Ton Ton

The ersatz Rin Tin Tin in the movie Won Ton Ton - The Dog Who Saved Hollywood; about a woman who goes to Hollywood in 1924 to become an actress but the dog that followed her becomes the star; starring Madeline Kahn.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Movie: 1976.

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famous dog in movie, Zoltan Hound of Dracula

NAME: Zoltan

A vampire dog in the movie Zoltan Hound of Dracula; starring José Ferrer.

BREED: Doberman Pinscher

YEARS: Movie: 1978.

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