Currently, the 2-year-old dog spends most of his time making personal appearances, although the great-great-great-great-great-great grandson of Pal is preparing to star in the next Lassie movie.

“Lassie.” He helped train all the original Lassies, among other famous dogs like Old Yeller. His son, Robert R. Weatherwax, is a dog trainer as well, and he has trained dogs for movies to ...

who is only 2 years old). Lassie Jr., son of Pal, was the original TV Lassie. He was friend to Jeff (Tom Rettig) and then Timmy (Jon Provost) for four years. “Lassie” movies still show up on ...

Lorne Michaels, the man behind Saturday Night Live, is producing the movie and has said it will not be a satire or a comedy, just a good, old-fashioned Lassie movie. If anyone doubts the demand ...

Everyone knows Lassie, whether from the 1940 novel written by Eric Knight, the 1943 MGM movie, or the long-running ... from Blondie; and Old Yeller, from the film of that same name.

Lassie is the most famous dog in Hollywood, thanks to decades of appearances across books, radio, television, and movies ... screen is still related to good old Pal to this day.

he worked on a 1994 Lassie movie and on two other series that featured the iconic pooch. Weatherwax's uncles, Jack and Frank, trained Toto for The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Spike for Old Yeller ...

Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection He went on to write that he had “met Joey when I was seven years old, when I started lassie, we hit it off and remain friends forever. Joey was a ...