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Skippy (also known as Asta, 1931–1951) was a Wire Fox Terrier dog actor who appeared in dozens of movies during the 1930s. Skippy is best known for the role of the pet dog "Asta" in the 1934 detective comedy The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and for his role in the 1938 comedy Bringing Up Baby, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man (1933) by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening. [citation needed] It was the first TV series produced by MGM. [1]
Taking their cue from Hammett's humorous dialogue and comic elements, the movies moved even further from the traditional hard-boiled approach. In another departure from Hammett, the dog Asta — an integral character in both the book and movies — was a male wire fox terrier, rather than the novel's female schnauzer.
The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles , a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter.
Wire Fox Terrier: The Thin Man, and the series of Thin Man movies Played by Skippy, Asta is the wire-haired fox terrier of Private Investigator Nick Charles and his wife Nora; about a couple who solve murders while their dog is usually underfoot. Audrey: Cairn Terrier: Neighbours (Australian)
Oliver's adopted dog; about a young man who has to deal with his elderly father. Asta [1] Wire fox terrier: Thin Man: Nick & Nora Charles' dog who helps the couple solve murders. Atlas mixed breed Topper Takes a Trip: Marion Kirby's dog; about a ghost and her dog, played by Asta B'ar killer Irish Wolfhound: Against a Crooked Sky
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Polly, a white rough terrier companion to Charles Darwin; Scruffy, the Muirs' wire fox terrier on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir television series; Skippy, canine actor in the 1930s Asta, from the film adaptation of The Thin Man (the novel's breed was a Schnauzer) George, from Bringing Up Baby; Mr. Atlas, from Topper Takes a Trip; Mr. Smith, from The ...