Ruddell Bird "Rudd" Weatherwax (September 23, 1907 – February 25, 1985) was an American actor and animal trainer. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Animal training refers to Teaching Animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli. He and his brother Frank Weatherwax are best remembered for training dogs for motion pictures and television. Frank Thrall Weatherwax ( June 23 1902 &ndash December 17 1991) was an American Actor and animal trainer. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Frank's collie, Pal, became the original Lassie, handled by Rudd for the 1943 MGM film Lassie Come Home. For the Rough Collie and Smooth Collie see their separate articles or for information on both see Scotch Collie. Pal ( June 4, 1940 - 1958 was a male Rough Collie. He was the first of a line of collies to portray the fictional female collie Lassie. Lassie, a dog is a Fictional character that has starred in or been the subject of many radio shows, Movies, TV shows, and Books Lassie Come Home ( 1943) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal in a story He also handled the dogs for the Lassie television series which ran from 1954 to 1974, and the 1957 feature film Old Yeller. Old Yeller ( 1957) is a Walt Disney Productions Feature film starring Tommy Kirk, Jeff York and Beverly Washburn
Weatherwax was responsible for training Homer, the un-official New York Mets team mascot in the 1960s. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Homer was born in Hollywood, California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
Weatherwax was born in Engel, Sierra County, New Mexico, the son of Anna Elisa (née Wallis) and Walter Smiley Weatherwax. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Pal became a movie star through a weather-related event. MGM, which had decided to use a show collie trained by Frank Inn in the movie, took advantage of a massive flooding of the Sacramento River in northern California to obtain some spectacular footage for the film. Frank Inn was born as Elias Franklin Freeman, ( May 8, 1916 - July 27, 2002) was an American animal trainer. The Sacramento River is the longest River entirely within the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Their fancy collie was still in training, so MGM hired Pal as a stand-in for the river scene. Although the work was actually considered complicated for an animal actor, the dog performed exceptionally well.
According to legend, after seeing the first prints, the head of MGM, Louis B. Mayer, stated that "Pal had entered the water, but Lassie had come out," and a new star was born. Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir July 4, 1884 &ndash October 29, 1957) was an early Film producer, most
External links
- Lassie Network - Official Lassie webpage
- Rudd Weatherwax at the Internet Movie Database
- Weatherwax Family homepage
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