Lassie

Acting

Lassie

Born

1940-06-04 (86)

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

Lassie is one of Hollywood’s most iconic animal actors, originating from Eric Knight’s 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home and the 1943 MGM film. The role was first played by Pal, a male Collie trained by Rudd Weatherwax, despite the character being female—male Collies were preferred for their striking appearance. Pal and his descendants continued the role in films and the legendary 1954–1973 TV series, which made Lassie a global symbol of loyalty and bravery. Generations of Pal’s offspring have kept the tradition alive, cementing Lassie’s place as one of entertainment’s most beloved stars.

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Film credits

1960s · 7 titles

Look Homeward poster
NR

After being separated from her companions in a canyon plane crash, Lassie endures captivity, hops a freight train with runaway boys, battles a wolf, stops a stampede, saves a man, and overcomes injury—guided by a hawk—until she finally returns home.

Look Homeward

1965

Lassie's Great Adventure poster
5.5

While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.

Lassie's Great Adventure

1963

Lassie: Disappearance poster
10.0

After a storm strands Lassie in a lake during a camping trip, she is left behind by her owners until she is rescued by a forest ranger. During her recovery, Lassie bonds with her rescuer and eventually joins him to track down an inexperienced hunter whose reckless poaching has inadvertently sparked a forest fire.

Lassie: Disappearance

1964

Lassie and the Flight of the Cougar poster
5.0

When livestock falls prey to a wild dog, local farmhands mistakenly accuse a mother cougar and her cubs of hunting their heard. It's up to Lassie and her owner, Forest Ranger Corey Stuart, to identify the real culprit and keep the young cougar family out harm's way.

Lassie and the Flight of the Cougar

1967

Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka poster
5.3

The Scottish collie Lassie goes to Alaska. There Lassie meets the Indian boy Neeka, who stays in the woods with his stepfather, who is a Ranger. When on behalf of his school Neeka is collecting plants for his herbarium both Neeka and Lassie have a lot of adventures.

Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka

1969

Lassie, the Voyager poster
NR

During a hurricane in Florida, Lassie becomes trapped on a ship bound for Hawaii and ends up overboard. After being rescued by a dolphin and reaching Virginia, she is mistaken for a dangerous stray in Williamsburg, where an elderly lawyer and his assistant come to her defense.

Lassie, the Voyager

1966

Lassie: The Wayfarers poster
NR

Young Timmy Martin's world falls apart when he learns that his family must move to Australia. Lassie is to remain in America, so the Martins search for a new home for the Collie. Neighbor Cully Wilson takes Lassie in, but the old man already has a dog, the cheeky Yorkshire Terrier named Silky. Lassie is now constantly occupied with keeping the small dog in check.

Lassie: The Wayfarers

1964

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