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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 ... The dog, Asta, was played by three identical wire-hair terriers. [1]
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.
Nick and Nora Charles are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man.The characters were later adapted for film in a series of films between 1934 and 1947; for radio from 1941 to 1950; for television from 1957 through 1959; as a Broadway musical in 1991; and as a stage play in 2009.
Asta 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)
The Thin Man Goes Home is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is the fifth of the six Thin Man films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Dashiell Hammett's dapper ex-private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora. The supporting cast includes Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven and Helen Vinson.
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
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 Awful Truth; Sky, winner of the 2012 Purina Thanksgiving Dog Show [8] and the 2014 Westminster Dog Show. Snowy (French: Milou), companion of Tintin