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Famous Dogs on TV Famous from 1940 to 1959

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Barney; famous dog in TV, Blue Peter Whitey; famous dog in movie, TV, Boston Blackie Cinders; famous dog in TV, Casey Jones King; famous dog in TV, comics, Challenge of The Yukon Ruff; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Dennis the Menace Pilot; famous dog in movie, book, TV, Jane Eyre Lassie; famous dog in movie, TV, Lassie Come Home Bandit; famous dog in book, TV, Little House on the Prairie Garrick; famous dog in book, TV, Poldark Pedro; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Sexton Blake Rebel; famous dog in TV, The Adventures of Champion Rin Tin Tin; famous dog in movie, TV, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Coco; famous dog in TV, The Donna Reed Show Roger; famous dog in book, TV, The Durrells  Timmy; famous dog in book, TV, The Famous Five Scruffy; famous dog in movie, TV, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Hobo; famous dog in movie, TV, The Littlest Hobo Cleo; famous dog in book, TV, The People's Choice Bullet; famous dog in TV, The Roy Rogers Show Sweep; famous dog in TV, The Sooty Show Asta; famous dog in TV, The Thin Man Neil; famous dog in TV, Topper Crab; famous dog in TV, Two Gentlemen of Verona 

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

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famous dog in TV, Blue Peter

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in movie, TV, Boston Blackie

NAME: 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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famous dog in TV, Casey Jones

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Challenge of The Yukon

NAME: 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.

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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, 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, 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 book, TV, Little House on the Prairie

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in book, TV, Poldark

NAME: 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 in movie, TV, comics, Sexton Blake

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, The Adventures of Champion

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in movie, TV, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, The Donna Reed Show

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in book, TV, The Durrells

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in book, TV, The Famous Five

NAME: 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.

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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, 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 book, TV, The People's Choice

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, The Roy Rogers Show

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, The Sooty Show

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, The Thin Man

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, Topper

NAME: 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.

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famous dog in TV, Two Gentlemen of Verona

NAME: 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.

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