Lassie the DogFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Courageous, silken haired, brown-eyed American actor of Scottish heritage with distinctive blaze on face, Lassie remains one of the best known and most beloved figures in cinema. Lassie made her screen debut in 1943 in Lassie Come Home, an adaptation of Eric Knight's novel. There her onscreen...Read More

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Lassie

Actors: Tom Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney, Brittany Boyd, Frederic Forrest

Synopsis: The story of an intelligent, heroic collie and his young owner, previously featured in numerous films and a successful 1950s television series, was updated for the 1990s in this family feature. This time, Lassie is determined to help a cynical city boy named Matt (Thomas Guiry), who turns even Read More

1994
Lassie: Well of Love

Synopsis: This family-oriented film is comprised of scenes from some of the courageous collie's best television adventures. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Taxi: Fantasy Borough, Part 2

Actors: Priscilla Barnes, Lassie the Dog

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the cabbies continue to discuss their personal fantasies, inspired by a package of alluring publicity photos left in Tony's cab by Fantasy Island co-star Herve Villechaize. Unfortunately, reality interferes when Alex (Judd Hirsch) fantasizes about taking a Read More

1980
The Magic of Lassie

Actors: James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael Sharrett

Synopsis: This first Lassie film in nearly three decades (discounting the various feature-length compilations of Lassie TV episodes) is worth watching for its veteran cast. Lassie is legally wrested from freckled-faced Michael Sharrett by evil Pernell Roberts, who hopes that the kid's grandpa Jimmy Stewart Read More

1979
Lassie: The New Beginning

Actors: John Reilly, Lee Bryant, Gene Evans, David Wayne, Jeanette Nolan

Synopsis: Earl Hamner Jr. of The Waltons fame cowrote the teleplay for Lassie: The New Beginning with Jack Miller. The venerable female collie is now owned by two orphan children (Shane Sinutko and Sally Boyden). She accompanies the kids on a hazardous journey from Arizona to Southern California in search Read More

1978
It's Showtime

Actors: Rin Tin Tin III, Lassie the Dog, Flipper

Synopsis: Great animal performances of film history are the focus of this 1976 documentary. They are often paired with famous human actors. Among the many performances viewed are those of Asta (the dog from The Thin Man series) and Cheetah (the chimpanzee from the Tarzan series). Very short sequences are Read More

1976
Lassie: The Miracle

1975
Peace is Our Profession

Synopsis: In this comedy, the test shot of a Minuteman missile is delayed by an errant snow goose. The Strategic Air Command also encounters problems with a diabetic poodle. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Well of Love

Synopsis: In this touching drama a disparate group of people rally together to save a dog that has fallen into a deep well. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1970
Neeka

Synopsis: When a deranged hunter is on the loose in Alaska, Lassie teams up with his Forest Ranger master and an adopted Indian boy. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1968
Lassie: Adventures of Neeka

1968
Lassie: The Voyager

1966
Voyager

Synopsis: In this heartwarming adventure, Lassie runs around in the historic Southeast and helps all those she encounters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1966
Lassie's Great Adventure

Synopsis: Lassie's Great Adventure is the feature-film version of a three-episode cliffhanger, originally presented on the Lassie television series. It all begins when the faithful collie accompanies his master Timmy (Jon Provost) to the market. While nosing around the vegetables, Lassie wanders into a van Read More

1962
Hondo

Actors: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness

Synopsis: Hondo is so "perfect" a John Ford western that many people assume it was directed by John Ford--or at the very least, Andrew McLaglen. Actually the director was suspense expert John Farrow, who worked with the "Duke" only twice in his career (the second film was an oddball war drama, The Sea Chase Read More

1953
The Painted Hills

Actors: Lassie the Dog, Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling, Gary Gray, Art Smith

Synopsis: Alexander Hull's novel Shep of the Painted Hills was refashioned into a traditional Lassie vehicle by screenwriter True Boardman. The noble collie turns avenger this time out, hoping to bring the murderer of her master to justice. The perpetrator, played by Bruce Cowling, is hounded (no pun Read More

1951
Challenge to Lassie

Actors: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen, Alan Webb

Synopsis: A "new" Lassie (once again, a male collie in drag) starred in A Challenge to Lassie, MGM's fourth entry in their series based on characters created by Eric Knight. This time, Lassie is plunked into the plotline of William Ludwig's novel Greyfriars Bobby (remade by Disney under its original title Read More

1949
The Sun Comes Up

Actors: Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Claude Jarman, Jr., Percy Kilbride

Synopsis: In this drama, an embittered widow, a former concert singer, can't help but blame Lassie for her son's death. Needing help with her chores, she hires an orphan from the local home. At first she remains aloof towards the charming lad who quickly bonds with the collie dog, but as time passes she Read More

1949
Hills of Home

Actors: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Rhys Williams

Synopsis: MGM's Lassie series was declining in popularity by 1948, so the studio decided to release its latest adventure of the famous collie as Hills of Home, so that non-Lassie fans might be inveigled into entering the theatre. Actually, Hills is one of the best entries in the series, due in no Read More

1948
Courage of Lassie

Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle, Harry Davenport

Synopsis: This is the one where Lassie plays a war veteran with amnesia. Actually Lassie isn't even Lassie, but a male collie named Bill (at least he isn't asked to appear "in drag" like all the other cinematic Lassies). Raised from a pup by adolescent Elizabeth Taylor, the doggy hero becomes a sheep collie Read More

1946
Son of Lassie

Actors: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, William Severn, Nils Asther

Synopsis: Son of Lassie is about a courageous collie named Laddie, played by a dog named "Pal". A sequel to Lassie Come Home, the film stars Peter Lawford and June Lockhart as the grown-up counterparts of the characters played in the earlier film by Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor. When WW2 breaks out Read More

1945
Lassie Come Home

Actors: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Elsa Lanchester, Nigel Bruce

Synopsis: Female dogs tend to shed while in heat; this is why all the collies who've played doggy heroine Lassie in the movies have actually been well-disguised males. A magnificent animal named Pal was the screen's first Lassie in 1943's Lassie Come Home. Set in Yorkshire during the first World War, the Read More

1943
Tol'able David

Actors: Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Walter P. Lewis, Ernest Torrence, Ralph Yearsley

Synopsis: Richard Barthelmess stars in this classic silent melodrama as David Kinemon, the youngest son of a family living in a small West Virginia town. While sweet and good-natured, David is not noted for his mature behavior, and his youthful overenthusiasm causes his mother to tell him, "You're not quite Read More

1921