Images of Famous Dogs

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- 2010.

Broadway stage: 1977-1983.

Movies: 1982, 1999, 2014.

NAME: 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.

NAME: Dog

In the movie (Australian) Road Warrior; also known as Mad Max 2. In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland a drifter agrees to help a small community against a band of bad guys.

BREED: Australian Cattle Dog

YEARS: Movie: 1981.

NAME: Dusty

Tom's wild dog in the movie Dusty; about the friendship between a drover and his part-dingo dog.

BREED: Australian Kelpie

YEARS: Movie: 1983.

NAME: Dave

Jessie's dog in the movie My Stepmother Is an Alien; about an attractive alien on a secret mission to Earth and a father and daughter she incounters; starring Dan Aykroyd and Kim Bassinger.

BREED: Beagle

YEARS: Movie: 1988.

NAME: Einstein

Doc Brown's dog in the movie Back to the Future and its sequels about traveling back in time; starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

BREED: Bearded Collie

YEARS: Movie: 1985, 1989, 1990.

NAME: Fly

Babe's companion in the movie and the book Babe; about a pig who befriends a dog that teaches him to herd sheep; the book was titled The Sheep-Pig; by Dick King-Smith. (Also in the movie is dog Rex.)

BREED: Border Collie

YEARS: Book: 1983.

Movie: 1995.

NAME: Matisse

The family dog in the movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills; about a rich but dysfunctional couple who save the life of a suicidal bum; starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss.

BREED: Border Collie

YEARS: Movie: 1986.

NAME: Barney

Billy's dog in the movie Gremlins; about a group of teens who must deal with a foul beast during their last outing together.

BREED: Border Terrier mix

YEARS: Movie: 1984.

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 .

NAME: Baxter

Madame Deville's dog in the movie (French) Baxter; about a murderous bull terrier who tells the story of his search for a proper master.

BREED: Bull Terrier

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

NAME: Sparky

Victor's dog in the movie and animated movie remake Frankenweenie; about a boy who creates a machines that revives his dead dog. The 2012 was a remake of the earlier movie both directed by Tim Burton.

BREED: Bull Terrier

YEARS: Movie: 1984, 2012.

NAME: Edward

Muriel Pritchet's unruly dog in the movie The Accidental Tourist; about a writer of travel guides who tries to carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles; starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis.

BREED: Cardigan Welsh Corgi

YEARS: Movie: 1988.

NAME: Adolph

Sam's dog in the movie Ruthless People; about a millionaire who plans on murdering his wife to get her $15 million family fortune and run off with his mistress but her kidnapping changes everything; starring Danny DeVito and Bette Midler. (Also in the movie is dog Muffy.)

BREED: Doberman Pinscher

YEARS: Movie: 1986.

NAME: Hooch

Turner's dog in the movie Turner and Hooch; about a detective who adopts the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer; starring Tom Hanks.

BREED: Dogue de Bordeaux

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

NAME: Rambo

Captain Maxwell's dog in the movie Mannequin; about an underemployed artist who gets a job as a department-store window dresser and falls in love with a mannequin that comes to life; starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall.

BREED: English Bulldog

YEARS: Movie: 1987.

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.

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.

NAME: Evie

Johnny's dog in the movie We Think the World of You; about an aimless young man who is to sent prison and entrusts his dog to the care of his former lover; starring Gary Oldman and Alan Bates.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Movie: 1988.

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.

NAME: Jerry Lee

A police dog in the movie K9; about a mischievous drug-sniffy dog.... Sequels include K-911 in 1999 and K-9: P.I. in 2002; starring Jim Belushi.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Movie: 1989, 1999, 2002.

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.

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.

NAME: Einstein

In the book Watchers; about a boy who takes in a stray dog finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab; written by Dean Koontz; later in the movie and three sequels loosely based upon the book; by Walt Disney.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Book: 1988.

Movies: 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998.

NAME: Harvey

The family dog in the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; about a meek and alienated little boy who finds a stranded extraterrestrial; starring Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote and Drew Barrymore.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Movie: 1982.

NAME: Nanook

Sam's dog in the movie The Lost Boys; about two Arizonan brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. (Also in the movie is German Shepherd Thorn.)

BREED: Husky Alaskan

YEARS: Movie: 1987.

NAME: Quark

Wayne's dog in the movie and the TV series Honey I Shrunk the Kids; about an inventor who accidentally shrinks and his neighbor's kids whose voices can only be heard by the dog.

BREED: Jack Russell Terrier

in the movie, Border Terrier in the TV series

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

TV series 1997-2000.

NAME: Eddie

Jack's dog in the movie The Fabulous Baker Boys; about 2 brothers playing twin pianos at night clubs who improve their act with a singer; starring Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

BREED: Labrador Retriever

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

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.

NAME: Beasley

Stephanie's 3 legged dog in the movie Short Circuit; about an endearing little robot that escapes from an experimental electronics firm and takes refuge with a loopy woman who thinks it is an extraterrestrial; starring Ally Sheedy.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1987.

NAME: Buck

Mr. Shoop's dog in the movie Summer School; about a teacher forced into teaching a summer-school class but rather than put up with rowdy students he tries to spend his time with a pretty history teacher.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1987.

NAME: Hambone

Hillie's dog in the movie Hambone and Hillie; about a dog who gets lost at an airport and treks cross country to be reunited with his owner; starring Lillian Gish and Candy Clark.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1983.

NAME: Rocks (Rocks on the left, Daphne on the right) (See also Daphne)

One of the talking dogs in the movie Look Who's Talking Now; about a street-wise cross breed and a spoiled pedegree poodle who have to deal with human problems; starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

NAME: Vince

The Peterson's dog in the movie The Burbs; about some suburban neighbors who are convinced that the new family on the block is a murderous Satanic family; starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher among others. (Also in the movie is dog Queenie.)

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

NAME: Hosehead

Bob and Doug's dog in the movie Strange Brew, a comedy about two dimwit brothers and a murdering brewmaster.

BREED: Mongrel

YEARS: Movie: 1983.

NAME: Zowie

Drew's dog in the movie Pet Sematary; about a young family with a terrible secret in the backyard; based on the book by Stephen King.

BREED: Mongrel

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

NAME: Ambrosius

Sarah's dog in the movie fantasy Labyrinth; about a woman's quest to reach the center of an enormous otherworldly maze to rescue her infant brother; starring David Bowie.

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: Movie: 1986.

NAME: Wilby Daniels

The person turned into a dog in the movie for TV The Return of the Shaggy Dog; about a magical ring that turns a man into a sheepdog.

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: TV movie: 1987.

NAME: Algonquin

The dog Elvira inherits in the movie Elvira, Mistress of the Dark; about famed horror hostess Elvira who goes to a stuffy New England town to claim her inheritance of a haunted house.

BREED: Poodle

YEARS: Movie: 1988.

NAME: Daphne (Daphne right, Rocks left. See also Rocks)

One of the talking dogs in the movie Look Who's Talking Now; about a street-wise mutt and a spoiled pedigree poodle who have to deal with human problems; starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.

BREED: Poodle

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

NAME: Otis

In the movie (Japanese) The Adventures of Milo and Otis; about the roving misadventures of a dog and a cat. The reworked English language version was released in 1989.

BREED: Pug

YEARS: Movie: 1986.

NAME: Greta

Hester's gift to her niece in the movie Play Dead; about a woman who uses her magic powers and a vicious Rotweiller dog to murder her relatives; starring Yvonne De Carlo.

BREED: Rottweiler

YEARS: Movie: 1986.

NAME: Snots

Rocky and Ruby Sue's dog in the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation; about a family Christmas get-together that turns into a disaster; starring Chevy Chase.

BREED: Rottweiler

YEARS: Movie: 1989.

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.

NAME: Cujo

The rabid dog in the book and in the movie Cujo; about a family terrorized by the eponymous Cujo; written by Stephen King.

BREED: St. Bernard

YEARS: Book: 1981.

Movie: 1983.

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.

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.

NAME: Jed

Nanny's wolf-dog in the movie The Journey of Natty Gann; about a tomboy in the 1930s who runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2000 miles away; starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack.

BREED: Wolf-dog Hybrid

YEARS: Movie: 1985.