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famous dog Asta
Asta 
The Charles' dog in the TV series The Thin Man; about a couple solving murders with their dog always underfoot; starring Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk; based on the book by Dashiell Hammett.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier   YEARS: TV series: 1959-1960.
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 Barney
Barney 
Blue Peter's dog in the British TV series for children Blue Peter where the presenters show the viewers how to make things, how to care for your pet and other features. Blue's prior dogs were Petra, Patch, Shep, Goldie, Bonnie, Mabel, Lucy and Meg.
BREED: Irish Setter (Dachshund cross)  YEARS: TV series: 1958- now.
famous dog Bullet
Bullet 
Roy's dog in the TV series The Roy Rogers Show; about a rancher and friends doing good; starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans who rescue the weak and helpless from the clutches of the "bad guys."
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: TV series: 1949-1971.
famous dog Cinders
Cinders 
The family dog in the TV series Casey Jones; about a train engineer and his family in the late 19th century living in a small town in Missouri; starring Alan Hale, Jr..
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: TV series: 1957-1958.
famous dog Cleo
Cleo  (Book Cleo)   
"Sock" Miller's dog in the TV series The People's Choice; about an ex-Marine and politician whose dog voice his master's dilemmas; starring Jackie Cooper. Also in the Little Golden Books series of children's books.
BREED: Basset Hound   YEARS: TV series: 1955-1958. Book: 1957.
famous dog Coco
Coco 
Donna's pet in the TV series The Donna Reed Show; about the humorous situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and early 1960s; starring Donna Reed.
BREED: mixed breed   YEARS: TV series: 1958-1966.
famous dog Crab
Crab 
Proteus' dog in the play Two Gentlemen of Verona; about the conflict between friendship and love and the foolish behaviour of people in love; by William Shakespeare. The play was presented on TV several times.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Play: since 1590. TV: 1952
famous dog Garrick
Garrick 
Demelza'a dog in the book series and TV series Poldark, about the lives of a British army officer, his relatives and friends in the late 18th and early 19th century in Cornwall; creator of the 12 book series, Winston Graham. There were two TV series, the latest in 2015, starring Aidan Turner as Poldark.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Book: 1945-2002. TV series: 1975, 2015.

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famous dog Hobo
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.
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 Lassie
Lassie  (TV series 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.
famous dog Neil
Neil 
The ghost couple's dog in the TV series Topper; about a stuffy old man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple; based upon the 1937 film and its sequels.
BREED: St. Bernard   YEARS: TV series: 1953-1955.
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 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 Rebel
Rebel 
Ricky's dog in the TV series The Adventures of Champion; about a wild stallion who befriends a twelve year-old boy in the American Southwest in the 1880s.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: TV series: 1955-1956.
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 Roger
Roger 
Gerry's dog in the book and the British TV series The Durrells (also known as The Durrells in Corfu on American television); about a English family trying to survive on the Greek island of Corfu in the late 1930s; based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books. The story was also told in a 2005 TV film, My Family and Other Animals.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Books: 1956, 1969, 1978. TV film: 2005. TV series: 2016.
famous dog Ruff
Ruff  (Movie 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 Scruffy
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.
famous dog Sweep
Sweep 
A grey dog with a penchant for bones and sausages in the TV series for children (British) The Sooty Show; about a a bear a panda and a dog all hand puppets. (More about Sweep)... (Also in the series is dog Butch.)
BREED: Spaniel   YEARS: TV series: 1955-1992.
famous dog Timmy
Timmy  (Animated TV series Timmy)   
The childrens' dog in the books, the TV series and animated TV series The Famous Five; a series of children's stories by Enid Blyton and later adapted for British TV in the late 1970s, then in the 1990s, then as an animated series.
BREED: Border Collie in the TV series; mixed breed in the books  YEARS: Book: 1942-1963. TV series: 1978-1979 1995-1997. TV series: 2008.
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.

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The number of Famous Dogs on TV Famous from 1940 to 1959 is 23

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1. Asta  (The Thin Man)
2. Hobo  (The Littlest Hobo)
3. Scruffy  (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)

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  Dog Name  (Venue)


1.  Asta  (The Thin Man)
2.  Bandit  (Little House on the Prairie)
3.  Barney  (Blue Peter)
4.  Bullet  (The Roy Rogers Show)
5.  Cinders  (Casey Jones)
6.  Cleo  (The People's Choice)
7.  Coco  (The Donna Reed Show)
8.  Crab  (Two Gentlemen of Verona)
9.  Garrick  (Poldark)
10.  Hobo  (The Littlest Hobo)
11.  King  (Challenge of The Yukon)
12.  Lassie  (Lassie Come Home)
13.  Neil  (Topper)
14.  Pedro  (Sexton Blake)
15.  Pilot  (Jane Eyre)
16.  Rebel  (The Adventures of Champion)
17.  Rin Tin Tin  (The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin)
18.  Roger  (The Durrells )
19.  Ruff  (Dennis the Menace)
20.  Scruffy  (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)
21.  Sweep  (The Sooty Show)
22.  Timmy  (The Famous Five)
23.  Whitey  (Boston Blackie)
  


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