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famous dog Ace the Wonder Dog
Ace the Wonder Dog 
Dog actor in the movie The Adventures of Rusty and many others from 1938-1946 including the 1943 serial The Phantom. (More about Ace.)
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Dog: 1937-1947. Movies: 1938-1946.
famous dog Adolph
Adolph  (Another Adolph)   The other image shows dog as Schnappsy when, in 1936, Adolph Hitler came to power.
In the comic strip Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph; by Harold Knerr. (In 1939, the title of the strip became Dingle-Hoofer and his Dog)
BREED: Dachshund   YEARS: Comic strip: 1926-1949.
famous dog Alec
Alec 
Subject of several poems in the comic strip Alec the Great; created by one of the first woman syndicated cartoonist, Edwina Dumm.
BREED: Generic small fluffy dog   YEARS: Comic strip: 1931-1969.
famous dog Alonzo
Alonzo 
Feisty dog in the comic strip Have You Seen Alonzo; about various comic situations; drawn by several cartoonist including Paul Terry.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1909.
famous dog Argos
Argos 
Odysseus' faithful dog in the Greek epic poem Odyssey by Homer. (More about Argos.)
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Dog: 8th century BC
famous dog Asta
Asta  (Book Asta)   
The Charles' dog in the book and several films such as the movie The Thin Man; about a murder solving couple; their dog played by Skippy; starring William Powell and Myrna Loy; the book by Dashiell Hammett.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier (Book dog was a SchnauzerYEARS: Book: 1934. Movies: 1934 and 5 sequels. Dog: 1931-1940.
famous dog Atlas
Atlas 
Marion Kirby's dog in the movie Topper Takes a Trip; about a ghost and her dog who get Cosmo Topper and his wife back together; starring Constance Bennett and Skippy, the dog famously known as Asta.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier   YEARS: Movie: 1938.
famous dog Balto
Balto 
The dog who led a team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome. A statue of Balto sculpted by Frederick Roth was erected in NYC's Central Park on Dec. 17 1925. (More about Balto.)
BREED: Siberian Husky   YEARS: Dog: 1919-1933.
famous dog Bamse
Bamse 
The heroic mascot during World War II of the Free Norwegian Forces. (More about Bamse.)
BREED: St. Bernard   YEARS: Dog: 1937-1944.

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famous dog Bandit
Bandit  (See also Jack)
The family's second dog in the books and the TV series Little House on the Prairie; based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood in the Midwest region of the United States during the late 19th century.
BREED: Bulldog (mixed breed in TV series)  YEARS: Book: 1935-1943, 1962, 1971, 1974. TV series: 1977-1983.
famous dog Barry
Barry 
The mountain rescue dog who saved 40 lives at the Great St. Bernard Pass. (More about Barry.)
BREED: St. Bernard   YEARS: Dog: 1800-1814.
famous dog Beans
Beans 
Jimmy's dog in the comic strip Little Jimmy; about little boy who was constantly forgetting what he was supposed to do and ended up getting into trouble; created by Jimmy Swinnerton. The comic strip was one of the first continuing features and one of the longest running.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic Strip: 1904-1958.
famous dog Beautiful Joe
Beautiful Joe 
In the book Beautiful Joe; about an abused dog who is rescued; written by Margaret Marshall Saunders.
BREED: Bull Terrier and Fox Terrier mix  YEARS: Book: 1893.
famous dog Bello
Bello 
A scampy dog in the Dutch comic strip De Avonturen Van Bello (The Adventures of Bello); by cartoonist Marten Toonder.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1939.
famous dog Betty
Betty 
Professor Janet Griswald's dog in the movie Under Cover of Night; a professor is about to announce a great discovery in physics when her jealous husband, who collaborated with her, causes her to have a heart attack by throwing her dog out a window. When he can't find her notebook containing the discovery details, he ends up killing several other people; starring Henry Daniell, et. al.
BREED: Terrier mix   YEARS: Movie: 1937
famous dog Bimbo
Bimbo  (See also Pudgy)
Betty's companion in the animated movie about Betty Boop; about a curvaceous Jazz age flapper; created by Max Fleischer. (More about Bimbo.)
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movie cartoon: 1930s.
famous dog Bingo
Bingo 
In advertisements for Cracker Jacks, a U.S. brand of snack consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Ads: 1918- now.
famous dog Bingo
Bingo 
One of Rupert's friends in the British comic strip Rupert Bear; about a bear who lives with his parents in a fictional idyllic English village with several anthropomorphic animals friends; created by Mary Tourtel and since 1935 written by others. (See also Pong Ping)
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1920- now.
famous dog Blackie and Whitey
Blackie and Whitey 
The two mascots in the advertisement for Black and White; a blended Scotch whisky, originally produced by the London-based James Buchanan & Co Ltd.
BREED: Scottish Terrier and a Westie  YEARS: Ads: 1890s.

 

 

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famous dog Blair
Blair 
Director Cecil Hepworth'sfirst dog movie star and who played Rover in the movie Rescued by Rover.
BREED: Collie   YEARS: Dog: 1904-? Movie: 1905.
famous dog Blitzen
Blitzen 
Torchy's rented dog who tracks notorious counterfeiters and later leads rescuers to save her in the movie Torchy Gets Her Man; one of nine in the series of Torchy Blane movies. The fast-talking reporter was the inspiration for the Lois Lane character in Superman stories.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Movie: 1938.
famous dog Bob
Bob 
James Moore's herder in the children's book Bob, Son of Battle; about a boy who is caught in the rivalry of his father and another sheep herder and their sheep dogs; written by Alfred Ollivant. (Also in the story is dog Red Wull.)
BREED: Sheep Dog   YEARS: Book: 1898.
famous dog Bob
Bob 
Widower Adam's dog in several movies, the latest being Owd Bob; about an old man and his sheepdog who is pulled into a old feud with his neighbor when his orphaned grandson visits for the summer; based on the 1898 novel Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant.
BREED: Border Collie   YEARS: Book: 1898. Movie: 1924, 1938, 1998.
famous dog Bob
Bob 
Emily's pet in the book and TV show Dumb Witness; a murder mystery featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot; about a wealthy spinster who believes she has been the victim of attempted murder.
BREED: Fox Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1937, TV show: 1996.
famous dog Bob the Railway Dog
Bob the Railway Dog 
A dog in the folklore of South Australian Railways in the later part of the 19th century and was known widely to railwaymen of the day. (More about Bob.)
BREED: Collie mix  YEARS: Dog: 1881-1895.
famous dog Bobbie The Wonder Dog
Bobbie The Wonder Dog 
The dog famous for traveling 2800 milesfrom Indiana to Oreon to return to his owners. (More about Bobbie.)
BREED: Scotch Collie #NAME?  YEARS: Dog: 1921-1927. Ordeal: 1923.
famous dog Bobby
Bobby 
The loyal dog of John Gray, also known as Greyfriars Bobby, a dog who became famous in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself. (See Greyfriars Bobby.)
BREED: Skye Terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1855-1872.
famous dog Bolivar
Bolivar  (Comic Bolivar)   
In the animated movies and comic strip Donald Duck; by Walt Disney. (More about Bolivar.)
BREED: St. Bernard   YEARS: Movies: 1938- now. Comic books: 1938- now.
famous dog Bonzo the dog
Bonzo the dog 
A comic strip dog famous for branded advertisements created by British artist George E. Studdy in 1924 as an animated film short. The character was crafted in all kinds of merchandise.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie short: 1924. Comic strip: 1926. Ads: 1924-1927.

 

 

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famous dog Boots
Boots 
The narrator in the book Thy Servant a Dog; about the adventures of a dog as seen through the eyes of a dog; written by Rudyard Kipling. (Also in the book is dog Slippers.)
BREED: Scottish Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1930.
famous dog Brownie
Brownie  (The Wonder Dog)
Film star dog in silent films such as Brownie's Little Venus. His fame was linked to child star Baby Peggy.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Dog: 1919-1924.
famous dog Bruce
Bruce 
Pet of President Woodrow Wilson. The president also had an Airedale Davie and Geyhound Mountain Boy.
BREED: Bull Terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1918.
famous dog Brutus
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.
famous dog Buck
Buck  (2020 movie Buck)   
In the book and in the several movies such as Call of the Wild; about a previously domesticated dog who ends up serving as a sled dog in the Yukon; written by Jack London. (2020 movie titled The Call of the Wild).
BREED: St. Bernard mix   YEARS: Book: 1903. Movies: 1923, 1935, 1972, 1997, 2020.
famous dog Bugle Ann
Bugle Ann  (Movie Bugle Ann)   
Spring Davis' dog in the book and the movie The Voice of Bugle Ann; about a farmer's love for his hunting dog and the feud it sparks in the county; in the movie starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan; the book written by MacKinlay Kantor.
BREED: Foxhound American   YEARS: Book: 1935. Movie: 1936.
famous dog Bullet
Bullet 
Snuffy's dog in the comic strip and animated TV series Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1919- now. TV series: 1963.
famous dog Bulletdog
Bulletdog 
Bulletman's dog in the comic book series Bulletman; about a man who develops powers, great muscle mass, and brain power to fight crime; created by Bill Parker and Jon Smalle for Fawcett Comics.
BREED: English Setter   YEARS: Comic books: 1939-1953.
famous dog Bullseye
Bullseye  (Book Bullseye)   
Bill Sikes's dog in the book Oliver Twist; about a orphan boy caught in the misery of old London; by Charles Dickens and in the many movie adaptations including the movie Oliver.
BREED: Bull Terrier or Bulldog  YEARS: Book: 1837-1839. Movies: 1922, 1948, 1968, 1988, 1997, 2005. TV: 1999, 2007.
famous dog Cameo
Cameo 
Appearing in many early films, she was a dog actor in such films as Penrod and Sam; born as Camisole.
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Dog: probaby 1922-1934.

 

 

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famous dog Captain McTavish
Captain McTavish 
Philo Vance's dog in the movie The Kennel Murder Case; about a detective who investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important cluestarring; William Powell and Mary Astor.
BREED: Scottish Terrier   YEARS: Movie: 1933.
famous dog Caruso
Caruso 
Pet of President Howard Taft, reportedly a small, white dog who was gifted to Helen by famed opera singer Enrico Caruso.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Dog: 1909-1913.
famous dog Cerberus
Cerberus  (Also Kerberos)
A monstrous multi-headed dog of Greek mythology, often called the "hound of Hades", it guards the gates of the underworld preventing the dead from leaving. (More about Cerberus.)
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Dog: ancient.
famous dog Chinook
Chinook 
An historic dog, first of the sled dog breed of that name derived from Husky and Mastiff and developed by Arthur Treadwell Walden. He led Byrd's 1929 Antarctic Expedition. The dog breed is also the official state dog of New Hampshire.
BREED: Chinook   YEARS: Dog: 1917-1929.
famous dog Daisy
Daisy  (Movie 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.
famous dog Dash
Dash 
Pet of President Benjamin Harrison; the president had a fancy dog house built next to the White House for Dash.
BREED: Collie mixed breed  YEARS: Dog: 1889-1893.
famous dog Dennis
Dennis 
Larry the Lamb's sidekick in the British radio and animated TV series (stop action) Toytown; about misunderstandings arising from devices created by Mr. Inventor.
BREED: Dachshund   YEARS: Radio: 1929-1932; TV series: 1972-1974.
famous dog Devil
Devil  (Movie 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.
famous dog Dingo
Dingo 
A dog brought into the ship and offered passage to America in the book Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen; about slavery, and the African slave trade; written by Jules Verne.
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Book: 1878.
famous dog Diogenes
Diogenes 
A dog befriended by Paul and adopted by Florence in the book Dombey and Son; a wealthy owner of the shipping company whose dream is to have a son to continue his business; written by Charles Dickens.
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Book: 1848.

 

 

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famous dog Dougal
Dougal 
The Earl of Dorincourt's pet and Ceddie's new friend in the movie Little Lord Fauntleroy about an English earl who's life changes when he takes in the heir to his estate; starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith.
BREED: Great Dane   YEARS: Movie: 1936.
famous dog Duchess
Duchess 
The party honoree in the book The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan; about cat called Ribby and a tea party she holds for her housemate dog; written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
BREED: Pomeranian   YEARS: Book: 1905.
famous dog Duke
Duke  (Book cover & movie poster Duke)   
Penrod's dog in the movie Penrod's Double Trouble; about a boy who is replaced by a look-alike by men who are after a reward; featuring the Mauch Twins based upon the books of Booth Tarkington.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Book: 1914. Movie: 1938.
famous dog Eddie
Eddie 
Lorri's dog in the movie Four's a Crowd; about a newspaper reporter who believes the paper's former editor-in-chief can convince the owner not to shut it down and to resurrect it; starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie: 1938.
famous dog Eugene the Jeep
Eugene the Jeep 
A character presumed to be some type of dog in the comic strip and animated movies Popeye; a mysterious animal with magical abilities. The name "Jeep" was adopted by GIs in WW II for their 4-wheel utility vehicle because it was small, versatile and could solve seemingly impossible problems.
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Comic strip: 1936. Animated movies: 1938-1940.
famous dog Fido
Fido 
Pet dog of President Abraham Lincoln. The dog was assasinated by a drunk shortly after the death of Lincoln. The president also had a dog named Jip. (More about Fido)
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Dog: 1855-1864.
famous dog Fido
Fido 
Bobby's dog in the early animated movie shorts about Bobby Bumps in various predicaments. The silent cartoons were the first to be produced using the cel animation process; created by Earl Hurd and released by Paramount Pictures.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movies: 1915-1925.
famous dog Fido
Fido  (Fatty's real-life dog, Luke)
Fatty's dog in the short comedy silent movie Fatty's Faithful Dog; a confrontatial setting with many fights; starring Fatty Arbuckle.
BREED: Pitbull   YEARS: Movie: 1915
famous dog Fifi the Peke
Fifi the Peke  (See also Pluto)
Pluto's girlfriend in the animated movies with Pluto, a gregarious dog; by The Walt Disney Studios. (More about Fifi.)
BREED: Pekingese   YEARS: Movies: 1933-1942.
famous dog Fikske
Fikske 
Rikske's dog in the Flemish comic strip Rikske and Fikske; about the adventures of a boy and his dog; written by Nonkel Fons and drawn by Lionel Graham Croucher.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1920-1971.

 

 

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famous dog Flush
Flush  (Book Flush)   
Elizabeth's dog in the movie The Barretts of Wimpole Street; about the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning; starring Norman Shearer and Fredrick March. Also an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel by Virginia Woolf. (More about Flush).)
BREED: Cocker Spaniel   YEARS: Movie: 1934. Book: 1933.
famous dog Frankie
Frankie 
In advertising for the Frankenmuth Brewery, a brewery and restaurant in Frankenmuth, one of the oldest breweries in Michigan.
BREED: Dachshund   YEARS: Advertising: 1930's.
famous dog Fritz
Fritz 
Koko's dog in the early animated movie Koko the Clown; created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer who invented the rotoscope a device that allowed for animation to be more lifelike.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movie: 1919-1929.
famous dog Fritz
Fritz 
Jane's pet in the adult comic strip Jane (originally Jane's Journal); the misadventures of a woman who frequently and often inadvertently lost her clothes; created by Norman Pett.
BREED: Dachshund   YEARS: Comic strip: 1932-1959.
famous dog Gelert
Gelert 
The dog of legend associated with the village of Beddgelert in Wales made famous in a poem by William Robert Spencer. (More about Gelert. Image shown is a painting by Richard Ansdell.)
BREED: Irish Wolfhound   YEARS: Poem: 1800. Dog: 13th Century.
famous dog Genevieve
Genevieve  (Movie poster 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.
famous dog George
George 
Willy's dog in the movie The Devil to Pay; about a free-spirited but lovable man who returns home penniless and falls in love; starring Ronald Colman and Loretta Young.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier   YEARS: Movie: 1930
famous dog George
George 
Susan's dog in the movie Bringing Up Baby; about a paleontologist pursued by a flighty heiress and her pet leopard; starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier   YEARS: Movie: 1938.
famous dog Goofy
Goofy 
In animated movies such as A Goofy Movie by Walt Disney; originally Dippy Dawg. (More about Goofy.)
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movies: since 1932-2009.
famous dog Goopy Geer
Goopy Geer 
A character in the short animated movies of Merrie Melodies; about a tall, lanky anthropomorphic dog who sings and dances his way through a musical world. (More about Goopy Geer.)
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Animated series: 1932-1943

 

 

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famous dog Greyfriars Bobby
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.
famous dog Gyp
Gyp 
Adam's faithful dog in the book Adam Bede; about a love "rectangle" between beautiful woman, a young squire who seduces her, her unacknowledged suitor, and a fervent, virtuous Methodist preacher; written by George Eliot.
BREED: Generic Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1859.
famous dog Hachiko
Hachiko  (2009 movie Hachiko)   (Also known as Hachi)
A Japanese dog remembered for his remarkable loyalty to his owner and in the children's book Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog; written by Pamela S. Turner; and in the movie (2009). (More about Hachiko.)
BREED: Akita   YEARS: Dog: 1923-1935. Book: 2004. Movies: 1987, 2009.
famous dog Ham and Ex
Ham and Ex 
Twin pups in the short animated movie I Haven't Got a Hat; about a school talent show featuring Porky Pig and other cartoon characters; a Merrie Melodies series.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Animated movie: 1935.
famous dog Harry
Harry  (Comic book annual Harry)   
Wullie's dog in the Scottish comic strip Oor Wullie; about a boy and his friends whose adventures often involve unrealistic get-rich-quick schemes that lead to mischief; created by R. D. Low and drawn by cartoonist Dudley D. Watkins until 1969; then by others.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip:1936-1969, 1989-1997, 2005-now.
famous dog Homeless Hector
Homeless Hector 
A homeless dog in the comic strip Homeless Hector; about the humorous adventures of a stray dog; created by Harry Hershfield.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1899.
famous dog Horand von Grafrath
Horand von Grafrath 
The first German Shepherd; developed in Germany by "Captain" Max von Stephanitz. (More about Horand von Grafrath.)
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Dog: 1895-1899.
famous dog Huddersfield Ben
Huddersfield Ben 
The first Yorkshire Terrier who won many prizes as a show dog and in ratting contests. (More about Hudderfield Ben.)
BREED: Yorkshire Terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1865-1871.
famous dog Jack
Jack  (See also Bandit)
The family's first dog in the books and the TV series Little House on the Prairie; based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood in the Midwest region of the United States during the late 19th century.
BREED: Border Collie   YEARS: Book: 1935-1939. TV series: 1974-1977.
famous dog Jake
Jake 
Michael Grant's dog in the movie Theodora Goes Wild; about a small-town woman who is the anonymous author of a scandalous novel and, after falling in love with her pursuer, ends up revealing the secret: starring Irene Dunne, and Melvyn Douglas.
BREED: Wire_Fox_Terrier   YEARS: Movie: 1936.

 

 

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famous dog Jane
Jane  (Jane of Aylesbury)
A pet given to old lady Fortune in the movie The Young in Heart; a family of con artists who are befriended by a rich old woman and from whom they hope to be inherit riches; starring Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
BREED: Fluffy puppy   YEARS: Movie: 1938.
famous dog Jasper
Jasper  (2020 movie Jasper)   
Maxim de Winter's dog in the movie Rebecca; about a self-conscious bride who is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife; starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the book by Daphne du Maurier. Also a 2020 movie starring Lily James.
BREED: Cocker Spaniel   YEARS: Book: 1938. Movie: 1940, 2020
famous dog Jean
Jean  (The Vitagraph Dog)
Dog actor known as the Vitagraph Dog that performed title roles in early silent films. The Vitagraph Studios was the most prolific American film production company in 1907.
BREED: Border Collie   YEARS: Dog: 1905-1916.
famous dog Jerry
Jerry 
Mister Haggin's dog in the book Jerry of the Islands; about a dog and his master on a whaling ship in the South Seas; written by Jack London.
BREED: Irish Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1917.
famous dog Jerry the Tyke
Jerry the Tyke  (Also known as Jerry the Troublesome Tyke)
British silent animated movie dog of the silent film era, created by Sid Griffiths and inspired by the American animated Felix the Cat.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movies: 1925-1927.
famous dog Jim the Wonder Dog
Jim the Wonder Dog  (Statue Jim the Wonder Dog)   
A dog alleged to have a variety of remarkable abilities, among them, he seemed to have the ability to guess the sex of an unborn baby. A memorial park in his name is in Marshal, Missouri.
BREED: Llewellin Setter   YEARS: Dog: 1925-1937.
famous dog Jip
Jip  (Book Jip)   (showing 1935 movie image)
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.
famous dog Jip
Jip 
One of the doctor's brood in the several children's books Doctor Dolittle; about a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals with whom he can speak; based loosely on the books written by Hugh Lofting.
BREED: Sheep Dog   YEARS: Book: series 1920-1933.
famous dog Jo-Fi
Jo-Fi 
Pet of Sigmund Freud to whom he was greatly attached as the dog frequently stayed in his office during psychoanalytic sessions.
BREED: Chow Chow   YEARS: Dog: 1926-1937.
famous dog Jock of the Bushveld
Jock of the Bushveld  (Movie Jock of the Bushveld)   
The author's dog in the book Jock of the Bushveld; based on the true story about the author's travels with his dog during the 1880s in South Africa; written by James Percy Fitzpatrick. It later was made into the movie Jock: A True Tale of Friendship and still later a 3D movie, Jock, the Hero Dog (see image).
BREED: Pit Bull   YEARS: Book: 1907. Movie: 1992, 2011.

 

 

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famous dog John Joiner
John Joiner 
The carpenter in the children's book The Roly-Poly Pudding; also know as The Tale of Samuel Whiskers; written by Beatrix Potter.
BREED: Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1908, 1926.
famous dog Joost
Joost  (Bul Super & Hiep Hiper Joost)   
Bommel's loyal butler in the Dutch comic strip Tom Puss; about a white anthropomorphic cat, and his best friend, Lord Oliver B. Bumble, set in a fantasy world with many characters. (Also in the series are dogs Bul Super, Hiep Hieper, Officer Bulle Bas, and Brigadier Snuf.)
BREED: Labrador   YEARS: Comic: 1941-1986.
famous dog Josef
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.
famous dog Judy
Judy 
Mascot of the Royal Navy in World War II, only dog to be taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese.... (More about Judy)
BREED: Pointer   YEARS: Dog: 1937-1950
famous dog Junior
Junior 
Family dog in the comic strip Muggs and Skeeter; about a couple of youngsters in humorous situations; created by Wally Bishop.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1928.
famous dog Just Nuisance
Just Nuisance  (Statue Just Nuisance)   
Only dog to be enlisted in the Royal Navy, serving at HMS Afrikander, a Royal Navy shore establishment in Simon's Town, South Africa where a statue honors him.
BREED: Great Dane   YEARS: Dog: 1937-1944.
famous dog Kambyses
Kambyses 
Lukas's alternate form in the German book The Hound of Florence; about an adolescent who has lost his parents and lives in Vienna in poverty... but his wish to be rich living in Florence is granted, except he must be a dog every other day; written by Felix Salten.
BREED: Many types   YEARS: Book: 1923.
famous dog Kashtanka
Kashtanka  (Statue Kashtanka)   
A dog who must choose between a circus life or a loving family in the book Kastanka; written by Anton Chekov.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Book: 1887.
famous dog Kazan
Kazan 
Witness to murder in the movie Jaws of Justice; where Sgt. Kincaid of the Mounties comes to the aid of the murdered man's daughter and her mute friend Kickabout; starring Jack Perrin. Kazan starred in several other movies.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Movie: 1933-1938.
famous dog Kep
Kep 
A friend of Jemima in the book for children The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck; about a duck who wants to keep her eggs safe; written by Beatrice (Webb) Potter.
BREED: Collie   YEARS: Book: 1908.

 

 

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famous dog King
King  (Comic King)   (Also known as Yukon King)
A Mounted Policeman's sled dog in the radio and the TV series and comic book Challenge of The Yukon; aka Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, about the Monty and his dog fighting evildoers in the Northern wilderness in the 1890s; TV series starred Richard Simmons.... (More about Yukon King)
BREED: Alaskan Malamute   YEARS: Radio: 1938-1954. TV show: 1955-1958. Comics: 1951-1958.
famous dog King Tut
King Tut 
Pet of President Herbert Hoover. While King Tut was Hoover's favorite dog, there were Fox Terriers Big Ben and Sonnie, Scotch Collie Glen), Malamut Yukon, Setter Eaglehurst Gillette, Irish Wolfhound Patrick, German Shepherd Pat, and Elkhound Weejie.
BREED: Belgian Shepherd   YEARS: Dog: 1929.
famous dog Kolin Kelly
Kolin Kelly  (Another Kolin Kelly)   (See also Offissa Bull Pup)
A brickmaker in the comic strip Krazy Kat; about the love triangle between a cat, an antagonist mouse and a protective police dog; created by cartoonist George Herriman.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1913-1944.
famous dog Lad
Lad  (Real-life dog 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.
famous dog Laddie Boy
Laddie Boy 
Pet of President Warren G. Harding. (More about Laddie Boy). Also in the White House was a Bulldog Old Boy
BREED: Airedale Terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1920-1929.
famous dog Lady Geryhound
Lady Geryhound 
In advertisements for Greyhound Lines bus company. (More about Lady Greyhound.)
BREED: Greyhound   YEARS: Ads: since 1914.
famous dog Laughing Gravy
Laughing Gravy  (See another Laughing Gravy)   
Laurel and Stan's dog in the movie Laughing Gravy; about two men who try to hide their pet dog from their mean-tempered landlord; starring Laurel and Hardy.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie: 1931.
famous dog Lightning
Lightning 
Companion of horse Warrior in the movie Two in Revolt; about a horse and dog who were born on the same farm the same day, then months later, escape trouble going into the wild where they become close friends.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Movie: 1936.
famous dog Lobo
Lobo  (the Marvel Dog)
Bobby's dog in the movie Thunderbolt about a man, his son and dog who set out to prove a cowboy innocent of murder.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Moive: 1935.
famous dog McDuff
McDuff 
Betty's dog in the movie Too Many Wives; about a desperate dog walker who lies about being married with children ending in confusion; starring Anne Shirley
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie: 1937.

 

 

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famous dog McTavish
McTavish 
Philo Vance's dog in the book and the movie The Kennel Murder Case; about a private detective who solves a mysterious murder; starring William Powell and based on the 1933 novel by S. S. Van Dine. The remake of the movie in 1940 titled Calling Philo Vance starred James Stephenson.
BREED: Scottish Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1933. Movies: 1933, 1940.
famous dog Mike
Mike 
Ginger Meggs' dog in the Australian comic strip Ginger Meggs; about the escapades of a red-haired young boy; created by Jimmy Bancks and drawn by several cartoonist over the years. The strip remains the most widely syndicated Australian comic strip.
BREED: generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1921-2023. Movie: 1982.
famous dog Miss Skippy
Miss Skippy 
The gift Vance gives Abigail (Old Doll) in the movie Midnight Alibi; about a gambler who befriends an old lady who later supplies him with an alibi; adapt from Damon Runyon's 1933 short story The Old Doll's House.
BREED: Wire-Hair Terrier   YEARS: Movie: 1934.
famous dog Montmorency
Montmorency  (Image from the cover of the Om Illustrated Classics)
In the book Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog...); about three young men and a dog who show the humor of roughing it; written by Jerome K. Jerome.
BREED: Fox Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1889.
famous dog Moreover
Moreover  (1940 movie 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.
famous dog Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones 
Phyllis's dog in the movie Murder on a Honeymoon; about a school-teacher/amateur-sleuth who suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies; starring Edna May Oliver.
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Movie: 1935.
famous dog Mr. Smith
Mr. Smith 
Lucy's dog in the movie The Awful Truth; about a married couple dealing with unfounded suspicions and each other's attempts to find new romance; starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. The dog is played by Skippy aka Asta.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier   YEARS: Movie: 1937.
famous dog My Little Darling
My Little Darling  (Watch the musical clip of Walking the Dog)
Linda's dog in the movie Shall We Dance; about a ballet dancer who chases after a tap dancer; starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The movie is famous for its Walking the Dog piece by George Gershwin.
BREED: Cairn Terrier mix  YEARS: Movie: 1937
famous dog Nana
Nana 
In the book Peter and Wendy and the original play Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie and in the stage musical Peter Pan.
BREED: Newfoundland in the play and book. In film and on stage St. BernardYEARS: Play: 1904. Book: 1911. Stage: 1954, 1979, 1990, 1998.
famous dog Napoleon
Napoleon 
In the comic strip Napoleon and Uncle Elby; about a character based on the creator's uncle Henry Elba Eastman and his dog; created by Clifford McBride.
BREED: Irish Wolfhound probably  YEARS: Comic strip: 1932-1961.

 

 

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famous dog Nipper
Nipper 
In advertisements for The Gramophone Company, then RCA. (More about Nipper.)
BREED: Terrier mix  YEARS: Dog: 1884-1895. Ads: early 1900-1977.
famous dog Offissa Bull Pup
Offissa Bull Pup  (See also Kolin Kelly)
The one whe tries protect Krazy Kat in the comic strip Krazy Kat; about the love triangle between a cat, an antagonist mouse and a protective police dog; created by cartoonist George Herriman.
BREED: Bulldog   YEARS: Comic strip: 1913-1944.
famous dog Owney
Owney 
In advertisements for the U.S. Postal Office. (More about Owney.)
BREED: Mixed breed terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1888-1897.
famous dog Patrasche
Patrasche  (1999 movie 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.
famous dog Patsy
Patsy 
Mrs. Hegarty's dog in the movie Storm in a Teacup; about a politician whose disregard for a dog is publicized by a reporter; starring Vivian Leigh and Rex Harrison.
BREED: English Sheepdog   YEARS: Movie: 1937.
famous dog Pedro
Pedro 
Faithful companion of private detective Sexton Blake in the British TV series Sexton Blake, about a detective solving many kinds of mysteries.
BREED: Bloodhound   YEARS: Comic strips: 1939-1979. Movies: 1930-1958. TV: 1967-1971.
famous dog Peewee
Peewee 
Mr. Blair's dog in the movie Breakfast for Two,about a Texas debutante who tries to reform a bankrupt playboy; starring Barbara Stanwyck.
BREED: Great Dane   YEARS: Movie: 1937.
famous dog Penny
Penny 
Sooky's dog in the movie Skippy; about two boys who try to raise money to buy a dog license; starring Jackie Cooper. Skippy the character was based on Percy Crosby's Skippy comic strip.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie: 1931.
famous dog Peritas
Peritas 
Favorite dog of Alexander the Great who accompanied him during his military exploits. (More about Peritas.)
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Dog: 4th century BC
famous dog Pete
Pete 
Pet dog of President Theodore Roosevelt who ripped off the French ambassador’s pants. Also the president had a Chesapeake Retriever named Sailor Boy, a Manchester Terrier Black Jack (Jack), a mongrel Skip, and a Pekingese Manchu.
BREED: Bull Terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1907.

 

 

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famous dog Petey
Petey  (Also known as Pete the Pup)
The kids' dog in the movies Our Gang; a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures; also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals.
BREED: Pit Bull   YEARS: Movies: 1922-1938.
famous dog Phiz
Phiz  (aka St. Thomas)
Pet of Helen Keller, a blind and deaf American author, political activist, and lecturer (June 27, 1880-June 1, 1968.) Later in life Miss Keller had a French Bull Terrier named Kaiser and an Akita named Kenzan-go, the first in the United States.
BREED: Boston Terrier (some say it was a Pit Bull)  YEARS: Dog: 1900-1904.
famous dog Pickles
Pickles 
Ginger's partner n the children's book Ginger and Pickles; about two shopkeepers who extend unlimited credit to their customers and end up going out of business; written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
BREED: Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1909.
famous dog Pilot
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.
famous dog Pip
Pip  (The one on the right)
The assumed father role in the in the British comic strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred; about an orphaned family of animals who were looked after by a housemaid in a family house on the edge of London; conceived by Bertram Lamb and published in the Daily Mirror.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1919-1956.
famous dog Pluto
Pluto  (See also Fifi)
Cartoon dog in the animated movies and several animated TV series appearing as the pet of Mickey Mouse; by Walt Disney. (More about Pluto.)
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movies: 1931- now. TV series: 1999- now.
famous dog Pongping
Pongping 
One of Rupert's friends in the British comic strip Rupert Bear; about a bear who lives with his parents in a fictional idyllic English village with several anthropomorphic animals friends; created by Mary Tourtel and since 1935 written by others. (See also Bingo.)
BREED: Pekingese   YEARS: Comic strip: 1920- now
famous dog Poochie
Poochie  (original called Woofy in 1933, then Poochie in 2018)
Nancy's dog in the comic strip Nancy; about a typical and somewhat mischievous eight-year-old girl and her friends; created by Ernie Bushmiller.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1933-now.
famous dog Prince
Prince 
Clinton Foley's dog in the movie The Case of the Howling Dog; about lawyer Perry Mason who is hired to make a will but ends up solving a murder; starring Warren William and Mary Astor.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Movie: 1934.
famous dog Prince Dansker
Prince Dansker 
The champion in the movie Death of a Champion; about a pitchman who fancies himself as an amateur detective and starts nosing around into the mystery of dog deaths.
BREED: Great Dane   YEARS: Movie: 1939.

 

 

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famous dog Puddy the Pup
Puddy the Pup 
A white dog with a black ear in the various animated movies as a Terrytoons character.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movies: 1935-1942.
famous dog Pudgy
Pudgy  (See also Bimbo)
Betty's companion in the animated movie about Betty Boop, about a curvaceous Jazz age flapper; created by Max Fleischer.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Movie cartoon: 1930s.
famous dog Rab
Rab 
James Noble's dog in the short story Rab and his Friends; based on a true incident about a dog and his relationship with an Edinburgh doctor and one of the doctor's patients in the 1830s; written by Scottish physician John Brown.
BREED: Mastiff   YEARS: Book: 1858.
famous dog Rags
Rags 
Dog serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I who became the mascot of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division
BREED: Mixed terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1916-1936.
famous dog Ragsy
Ragsy 
Val's dog in the movie Fog Over Frisco; about two half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family whose life styles diverge as one of them takes up with criminals. (Great shots of San Francisco in 1934.)
BREED: Terrier mix   YEARS: Movie: 1934
famous dog Rin Tin Tin
Rin Tin Tin 
A frightened pup found by an American soldier in France during World War I and ended up in Los Angeles where he starred in silent films and became a famous dog actor. He was named for a French child's toy. (More about Rin Tin Tin.)
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Dog: 1918-1932.
famous dog Rin Tin Tin
Rin Tin Tin 
In the movies and the TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin; about a orphan boy and his dog being raised by the soldiers at a U.S. Cavalry post.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Movies: 1922-1931. TV series: 1954-1959.
famous dog Rob Roy
Rob Roy 
Pet of President Calvin Coolidge. Also the President had Collie Prudence Prim, Wirehair Fox Terrier Peter Pan and 8 othere dogs.
BREED: Collie White   YEARS: Dog: 1923-1929.
famous dog Rover
Rover 
The dog who leads its master to his kidnapped baby in the movie Rescued by Rover; a British silent short; directed by Hepworth who had his family dog Blair in the starring role. As a result, the name became a household name and Blair is considered the first dog film star.
BREED: Collie   YEARS: Movie: 1905.
famous dog Sandy
Sandy  (1982 movie 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 Scraps
Scraps 
Charlie's dog in the movie (silent) A Dog's Life; about a dog who helps a tramp and a dance hall singer survive in the city; starring, written by, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie: 1918.
famous dog Seaman
Seaman  (Also known as Dog of Discovery)
The dog that accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition across America at the beginning of the 19th century. (Picture by Anne Mainman.)
BREED: Newfoundland   YEARS: Dog: perhaps 1804-1806.
famous dog Sensation
Sensation  (Another Sensation)   
Representative dog image for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. A dog named Don which had won bench championships in England in 1875 and 1876, became the symbolic image for the Kennel Club because of the 1935 steel engraving of “Sensation” by artist J. Wellstood. From 1980-1982, a head study of the dog gained popularity. (More about Sensation.)
BREED: Pointer   YEARS: Dog: 1870s. In Kennel catalog: 1936- now.
famous dog Sheba
Sheba 
The Haines family dog in the movie The Women; about several women and their marital problems. The movie in notable in the it has no male players and stars many known female actors of the time, including Norma Shearer.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie: 1939.
famous dog Shelly
Shelly 
The family dog in the movie Wiener Dog Nationals; a family who adopts a runt of a dachshund from a shelter enters it in the nation's greatest wiener dog race.
BREED: Dachshund   YEARS: Movie: 2103.
famous dog Sieg and Kleine
Sieg and Kleine 
Slim and Clovia's dogs in the comic strip Gasoline Alley; about an established family, and residents in the town of Gasoline Alley; ; created by Frank King. It is the longest-running current comic strip, second after The Katzenjammer Kids
BREED: Great Dane and Doberman Doberman  YEARS: Comic strip: 1918- now.
famous dog Sinbad
Sinbad 
The mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard and in the book written by George F. Foley Jr. Sinbad of the Coast Guard. (More about Sinbad.)
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Dog: 1937-1951. Book: 1945
famous dog Sinbad
Sinbad 
A boy's dog in the comic book Sinbad Again!; about about a dog, his young boy owner and the boy's grandmother; created by Edwina Dumm, creator of comic dog Tippie also.
BREED: Terrier   YEARS: Comic book: 1932.
famous dog Snowy
Snowy  (Comic Snowy)   
Tintin's dog in the Belgian comic book, the animated TV series, and the animated movie The Adventures of Tintin; about a reporter and his dog; created by Georges "Hergé" Remi. The earlier TV series was The Adventures of Tintin; the later series Hergé's Adventures of Tintin.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier   YEARS: Comic books: 1929-1976. TV series: 1959-1963, 1991-1992. Movie: 2011.
famous dog Snuff
Snuff 
Jack the Ripper's companion and narrator of the story in the book A Night in the Lonesome October; about a good dog and his master collecting the gruesome ingredients needed for an eerie rite; written by Roger Zelazny.
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Book: 1933.

 

 

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famous dog Sounder
Sounder  (Also see movie version)
The family dog in the book Sounder; a sad tale of a poor black sharecropper's family and their dog; written by William H. Armstrong
BREED: Redbone Hound and Bulldog mix  YEARS: Book: 1929.
famous dog Sparky
Sparky  (Another Sparky)   
Smokey's firehouse dog (sometimes called Sparks) in the comic strip Smokey Stover; about a foolish firefighter (often riding in his two-wheeled "Foomobile") and his family and friends; created by Bill Holman.
BREED: Dalmatian   YEARS: Comic strip: 1935-1973.
famous dog Spot
Spot 
A generic dog in the book Dick and Jane; about a generic boy and generic girl in a generic world; created by William S. Gray a children's reader series.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Book: 1936-1965.
famous dog Spot
Spot  (The HIghlights Spot)   
A wooden dog in the comic strip The Timbertoes; about a wooden family; appearing in 1946 in the children's magazine Highlights for Children; created in 1936 by John Gee Curley.
BREED: Wooden character   YEARS: Comic: 1936- now.
famous dog Stickeen
Stickeen  (Illustration by Christopher Canyon)
John Muir's dog in the children's book Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier; about a trip Muir took in Alaska (1880) with his dog and their outing together on a glacier, as told by Donnell Rubay.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Book: 1897
famous dog Strongheart
Strongheart  (Born as Etzel von Oeringen)
Dog actor in the movies such as White Fang in 1925. (More about Strongheart.)
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Dog: 1917-1929. Movies: 1921-1927.
famous dog Struppi
Struppi 
Tobias' dog in the Viennese comic strip Tobias Seicherl; about a bourgeois man, often drunk, usually strolling the streets of Vienna with his cane, pipe and dog; created by Ladislaus Kmoch.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1930-1931, 1958-1961.
famous dog Stubby
Stubby  (Real dog Stubby)   
Robert Conroy's companion in the animated movie Sgt._Stubby:_An_American_Hero; about a stray dog who becomes a hero of the World War I; based on the real life of a dog named Stubby, the 1st dog promoted to the rank of Sergeant in the US Army and most decorated in American history. (More about Stubby.)
BREED: Bull Terrier   YEARS: Dog: 1917-1926. Movie: 2018.
famous dog Sucker
Sucker 
Frankie's companion in the movie They Shall Have Music; about a run-away boy who ends up at a music school for poor children where he meets famous violinist Jascha Heifetz. Sucker is played by Zero, one of the first movie dogs.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie: 1939.
famous dog Teddy
Teddy 
Sue's dog in the movie The Extra Girl; about a small town girl who goes to Hollywood to escape marriage expecting to greeted with open arms but finds disappointment; starring Mabel Normand.
BREED: Great Dane   YEARS: Movie: 1923.

 

 

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famous dog Tige
Tige  (Advertising Tige)   
In advertising and in the comic strip Buster Brown; about a mischievous young boy and his dog; created by Richard Felton Outcault and on radio and in the TV series. Adopted as mascot by Brown Shoe Company.
BREED: Pit Bull Terrier   YEARS: Comic strip: 1901-1921. Ads: 1904-now. Radio: 1943-1954. TV series: 1951-1953.
famous dog Tippie
Tippie  (Tippie as Bulldog Tippie)   
Cap's dog in the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie; about the daily life of a boy and his dog (later renamed Tippie and Cap Stubbs); created and drawn by Edwina Dumm. The comic started out with the bulldog prior to 1930s, then a terrier. (Also a coloring book issued in 2014.)
BREED: Scottish Terrier   YEARS: Comic strip: 1918-1966.
famous dog Togo
Togo 
The lead dog in the famous 1925 Serum Run to Nome, also known as the "Great Race of Mercy." (More about Togo.)
BREED: Siberian Husky   YEARS: Dog: 1913-1929. Famed run:1925.
famous dog Toto
Toto 
Dorothy's dog in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; about a girl from Kansas and her dog who are off to see the wizard; written by L. Frank Baum; and in the movie The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
BREED: Cairn Terrier   YEARS: Book: 1900. Movie: 1939.
famous dog Towser
Towser 
In the book Towser Dog's Story; by Amy Prentis part of a collection called "Aunt Amy's Animal Stories."
BREED: Collie Rough   YEARS: Book: 1906.
famous dog Tuffy
Tuffy 
Pet with in the British comic strip Tuffy and his Magic Tail; about a dog whose wagging tail results in magical things; by cartoonist Warden Arnold.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1939-1955.
famous dog White Fang
White Fang  (Animated TV White Fang)   
A wolf-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century in the book, the movie and the animated TV series White Fang; about a wild dog's journey to domestication; original story written by Jack London.
BREED: Wolf-dog Hybrid   YEARS: Book: 1906. Movies: 1936, 1991, 1993, 1994. TV series: 1993.
famous dog Whitey
Whitey 
The flippant detective's dog in book, in movies and in the TV series Boston Blackie; about a reformed jewel thief who solves crimes; in the movies starring Chester Morris, and in the TV series Kent Taylor. The characters of the stories were created by author Jack Boyle in the early 1900s.
BREED: Black Terrier   YEARS: Short Stories: 1914-1920. Movies: 1918-1949. Radio: 1944-1950. TV series: 1951-1953.
famous dog Wolf
Wolf 
The old man's dog in the short story Rip Van Winkle; about a man who sleeps for 20 years; by Washington Irving.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Short story: 1819.
famous dog Zero
Zero 
Annie's dog in the comic strip Little Annie Rooney; about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog in the 1920s; originated by King Features Syndicate.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1927-1966.

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1. Ace the Wonder Dog  (The Adventures of Rusty)
2. Bandit  (Little House on the Prairie)
3. Blair  (first dog movie star )
4. Boots  (Thy Servant a Dog)
5. Captain McTavish  (The Kennel Murder Case)
6. Dougal  (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
7. Flush  (The Barretts of Wimpole Street)
8. Greyfriars Bobby  (Greyfriars Bobby)
9. Jane  (The Young in Heart)
10. John Joiner  (The Roly-Poly Pudding)
11. King  (Challenge of The Yukon)
12. McTavish  (The Kennel Murder Case)
13. Nipper  (The Gramophone Company)
14. Petey  (Our Gang)
15. Puddy the Pup  (Terrytoons character)
16. Scraps  (A Dog's Life)
17. Sounder  (Sounder)
18. Tige  (Buster Brown)

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1.  Ace the Wonder Dog  (The Adventures of Rusty)
2.  Adolph  (Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph)
3.  Alec  (Alec the Great)
4.  Alonzo  (Have You Seen Alonzo)
5.  Argos  (Odyssey)
6.  Asta  (The Thin Man)
7.  Atlas  (Topper Takes a Trip)
8.  Balto  (serum run to Nome)
9.  Bamse  (World War II)
10.  Bandit  (Little House on the Prairie)
11.  Barry  (Great St. Bernard Pass)
12.  Beans  (Little Jimmy)
13.  Beautiful Joe  (Beautiful Joe)
14.  Bello  (De Avonturen Van Bello)
15.  Betty  (Under Cover of Night)
16.  Bimbo  (Betty Boop)
17.  Bingo  (Cracker Jacks)
18.  Bingo  (Rupert Bear)
19.  Blackie and Whitey  (Black and White)
20.  Blair  (first dog movie star )
21.  Blitzen  (Torchy Gets Her Man)
22.  Bob  (Bob, Son of Battle)
23.  Bob  (Owd Bob)
24.  Bob  (Dumb Witness)
25.  Bob the Railway Dog  (South Australian Railways)
26.  Bobbie The Wonder Dog  (traveling 2800 miles)
27.  Bobby  (Greyfriars Bobby)
28.  Bolivar  (Donald Duck)
29.  Bonzo the dog  (advertisements)
30.  Boots  (Thy Servant a Dog)
31.  Brownie  (Brownie's Little Venus)
32.  Bruce  (President Woodrow Wilson)
33.  Brutus  (The Ugly Dachshund)
34.  Buck  (Call of the Wild)
35.  Bugle Ann  (The Voice of Bugle Ann)
36.  Bullet  (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith)
37.  Bulletdog  (Bulletman)
38.  Bullseye  (Oliver Twist)
39.  Cameo  (dog actor)
40.  Captain McTavish  (The Kennel Murder Case)
41.  Caruso  (President Howard Taft)
42.  Cerberus  (Greek mythology)
43.  Chinook  (first of the sled dog)
44.  Daisy  (Blondie)
45.  Dash  (President Benjamin Harrison)
46.  Dennis  (Toytown)
47.  Devil  (The Phantom)
48.  Dingo  (Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen)
49.  Diogenes  (Dombey and Son)
50.  Dougal  (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
51.  Duchess  (The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan)
52.  Duke  (Penrod's Double Trouble)
53.  Eddie  (Four's a Crowd)
54.  Eugene the Jeep  (Popeye)
55.  Fido  (President Abraham Lincoln)
56.  Fido  (Bobby Bumps)
57.  Fido  (Fatty's Faithful Dog)
58.  Fifi the Peke  (Pluto)
59.  Fikske  (Rikske and Fikske)
60.  Flush  (The Barretts of Wimpole Street)
61.  Frankie  (Frankenmuth Brewery)
62.  Fritz  (Koko the Clown)
63.  Fritz  (Jane)
64.  Gelert  (Beddgelert)
65.  Genevieve  (Madeline)
66.  George  (The Devil to Pay)
67.  George  (Bringing Up Baby)
68.  Goofy  (A Goofy Movie)
69.  Goopy Geer  (Merrie Melodies)
70.  Greyfriars Bobby  (Greyfriars Bobby)
71.  Gyp  (Adam Bede)
72.  Hachiko  (Hachiko
73.  Ham and Ex  (I Haven't Got a Hat)
74.  Harry  (Oor Wullie)
75.  Homeless Hector  (Homeless Hector)
76.  Horand von Grafrath  (first German Shepherd)
77.  Huddersfield Ben  (first Yorkshire Terrier)
78.  Jack  (Little House on the Prairie)
79.  Jake  (Theodora Goes Wild)
80.  Jane  (The Young in Heart)
81.  Jasper  (Rebecca)
82.  Jean  (Vitagraph Dog)
83.  Jerry  (Jerry of the Islands)
84.  Jerry the Tyke  (silent film era)
85.  Jim the Wonder Dog  (remarkable abilities)
86.  Jip  (David Copperfield)
87.  Jip  (Doctor Dolittle)
88.  Jo-Fi  (Sigmund Freud)
89.  Jock of the Bushveld  (Jock of the Bushveld)
90.  John Joiner  (The Roly-Poly Pudding)
91.  Joost  (Tom Puss)
92.  Josef  (Heidi)
93.  Judy  (World War II)
94.  Junior  (Muggs and Skeeter)
95.  Just Nuisance  (Royal Navy)
96.  Kambyses  (The Hound of Florence)
97.  Kashtanka  (Kastanka)
98.  Kazan  (Jaws of Justice)
99.  Kep  (The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck)
100.  King  (Challenge of The Yukon)
101.  King Tut  (President Herbert Hoover)
102.  Kolin Kelly  (Krazy Kat)
103.  Lad  (Lad
104.  Laddie Boy  (President Warren G. Harding)
105.  Lady Geryhound  (Greyhound Lines)
106.  Laughing Gravy  (Laughing Gravy)
107.  Lightning  (Two in Revolt)
108.  Lobo  (Thunderbolt)
109.  McDuff  (Too Many Wives)
110.  McTavish  (The Kennel Murder Case)
111.  Mike  (Ginger Meggs)
112.  Miss Skippy  (Midnight Alibi)
113.  Montmorency  (Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog...))
114.  Moreover  (The Biscuit Eater)
115.  Mr. Jones  (Murder on a Honeymoon)
116.  Mr. Smith  (The Awful Truth)
117.  My Little Darling  (Shall We Dance)
118.  Nana  (Peter and Wendy)
119.  Napoleon  (Napoleon and Uncle Elby)
120.  Nipper  (The Gramophone Company)
121.  Offissa Bull Pup  (Krazy Kat)
122.  Owney  (U.S. Postal Office)
123.  Patrasche  (A Dog of Flanders)
124.  Patsy  (Storm in a Teacup)
125.  Pedro  (Sexton Blake)
126.  Peewee  (Breakfast for Two)
127.  Penny  (Skippy)
128.  Peritas  (Alexander the Great)
129.  Pete  (President Theodore Roosevelt)
130.  Petey  (Our Gang)
131.  Phiz  (Helen Keller)
132.  Pickles  (Ginger and Pickles)
133.  Pilot  (Jane Eyre)
134.  Pip  (Pip, Squeak and Wilfred)
135.  Pluto  (Mickey Mouse)
136.  Pongping  (Rupert Bear)
137.  Poochie  (Nancy)
138.  Prince  (The Case of the Howling Dog)
139.  Prince Dansker  (Death of a Champion)
140.  Puddy the Pup  (Terrytoons character)
141.  Pudgy  (Betty Boop)
142.  Rab  (Rab and his Friends)
143.  Rags  (World War I)
144.  Ragsy  (Fog Over Frisco)
145.  Rin Tin Tin  (World War I)
146.  Rin Tin Tin  (The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin)
147.  Rob Roy  (President Calvin Coolidge)
148.  Rover  (Rescued by Rover)
149.  Sandy  (Little Orphan Annie)
150.  Scraps  (A Dog's Life)
151.  Seaman  (Lewis and Clark)
152.  Sensation  (Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show)
153.  Sheba  (The Women)
154.  Shelly  (Wiener Dog Nationals)
155.  Sieg and Kleine  (Gasoline Alley)
156.  Sinbad  (U.S. Coast Guard)
157.  Sinbad  (Sinbad Again!)
158.  Snowy  (The Adventures of Tintin)
159.  Snuff  (A Night in the Lonesome October)
160.  Sounder  (Sounder)
161.  Sparky  (Smokey Stover)
162.  Spot  (Dick and Jane)
163.  Spot  (The Timbertoes)
164.  Stickeen  (Stickeen
165.  Strongheart  (White Fang)
166.  Struppi  (Tobias Seicherl)
167.  Stubby  (Sgt._Stubby
168.  Sucker  (They Shall Have Music)
169.  Teddy  (The Extra Girl)
170.  Tige  (Buster Brown)
171.  Tippie  (Cap Stubbs and Tippie)
172.  Togo  (1925 Serum Run to Nome)
173.  Toto  (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
174.  Towser  (Towser Dog's Story)
175.  Tuffy  (Tuffy and his Magic Tail)
176.  White Fang  (White Fang)
177.  Whitey  (Boston Blackie)
178.  Wolf  (Rip Van Winkle)
179.  Zero  (Little Annie Rooney)
  


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