Tuffy

Tuffy

Known for

Acting

Birthplace

Faith, South Dakota, USA

Biography

Tuffy was born in 1930 in a hole in a haystack in the Cheyenne Indian Reservation on what they called Red Coat Creek, near Faith, South Dakota. A chance meeting between his Cowboy-owner Ger Orvedahl and veteran actor Tully Marshall led to parts for Tuffy in the 1930s. After seeing Tuffy in "Nevada" and "Drift Fence", producer Walter Wanger had a part for a dog added to the script of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine", written specially for Tuffy.

Best known work

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
Rolling Caravans
Rolling Caravans
1938
The Mighty Treve
The Mighty Treve
1937
Hawk of the Wilderness
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938
Stagecoach Days
Stagecoach Days
1938
Phantom Gold
Phantom Gold
1938
Pioneer Trail
Pioneer Trail
1938

Filmography

  1. 1939

    Daredevils of the Red Circle

    as Tuffie (as Tuffie the Dog)

  2. 1938

    Hawk of the Wilderness

    as Tawnee

  3. 1938

    Phantom Gold

    as Tuffy, Buddy's Dog

  4. 1938

    Pioneer Trail

    as Tuffy - Breezy's dog

  5. 1938

    Stagecoach Days

    as Breezy's Dog Tuffy

  6. 1938

    Rolling Caravans

    as Tuffy - Rankin's dog

  7. 1937

    The Mighty Treve

    as Treve

  8. 1936

    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

    as The Dog

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