Monday, April 11, 2011

Famous Border Collies in TV and Books

Bandit (See also Jack)
In the books and TV series Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second dog.
Book: series starting 1935. TV series: 1977-1983.

Fly
In the movie Babe.
Movie: 1995.

Hector
In the TV movie Heck’s Way Home, played by Beasley.
TV movie: 1996.

Jessie
In the movie Animal Farm.
Movie: 1999.

Matisse
In the movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills.
Movie: 1986.

Murray
In the TV series Mad About You, played by Maui.
TV series: 1992-1999.

Nana (See also Diesel, Duchess, Mac, Scooper, Sniff, Yodel)
In the movie Snow Dogs.
Movie: 2002.

Raffles
In the animated movie Rover Dangerfield.
Movie: 1993.

Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.
In the book and in the movie Everything Is Illuminated.
Book: 2002. Movie: 2005.

Shep
In the TV series for children Blue Peter (British.)
TV series: 1958-.

Devon
In the movie A Dog Year.
Movie: 2009.

Koko (See also Sakura)
In the comic strip The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside.
Comic strip: since 2001.

1 comment:

Jenny Glen said...

Bandit was a border collie on Little House on the Prairie, however, Jack was a different dog and was a little mutt resembling a beardie.
Maui (Murray) was actually not a full border collie. His mother, Bingo, looked alot like a sable border collie and she and Maui were rescued from the Castaic animal shelter to share the role of "Bingo" in the movie of the same name. Later, after the first dog cast on the series, Mad About You, bit Paul Reiser, the director asked for a mellow dog and Maui got the role. It was believed that Maui was part Rough Collie.
FYI, Matisse was played by Mike the Dog. Many of Mike's descendants ran in USBCHA open trials.