Over the course of the character of Lassie's long standing decades in film, over seven types of collie bred dogs have played the role of Lassie since 1943. She was originally played by a collie named in Pal in 1943 and Pal played Lassie from six films all the way up until 1950. Pal's descendants continue to play Lassie in current and future interpretations of the Lassie character.
yes Lassie was played by 6 different dogs and they were all males.
True and actually only one dog played. It was Pal.
While it has been noted that all the dogs that played Lassie were, in fact, male dogs, no surgery was involved, nor can we know if any of the male dogs really, really wanted to be female dogs and should be considered pre-ops. So the answer is "No".
Pal has: Played Lassie in "Lassie Come Home" in 1943. Played Bill aka Duke in "Courage of Lassie" in 1946. Played Larry in "My Brother Talks to Horses" in 1947. Played Lassie in "Hills of Home" in 1948. Played Lassie in "Challenge to Lassie" in 1949. Played Lassie in "The Sun Comes Up" in 1949. Played Shep in "The Painted Hills" in 1951. Played Lassie in "Lassie" in 1954. Played Lassie in "50 Greatest TV Animals" in 2003.
the dogs name is bill in reality, but, in the movie, they switched the name to lassie because the dog got that part.
The original dog that played the "Lassie" character, was named Pal and he died in 1958. There have been many Lassie's since then.
There were several dogs that played the part of Lassie over the years. The first one, named Pal, was born on June 4, 1940 and died in June of 1958.
Lassie is one example
All nine Lassies have been male dogs. Although in the movies and on television, Lassie was cast as a female dog. All of the Lassies were descendants of Pal, the first Lassie, who died in 1958. Since then the Lassies have been (in order): Lassie Jr., Spook, Baby, Mire, Hey Hey, Boy, The Old Man and Howard, the current Lassie.
Linda Wrather has: Played Easter in "The Lone Ranger" in 1949. Played Willie Brewster in "Lassie" in 1954. Played Wilhemina Brewster in "Lassie" in 1954. Played Willy Brewster in "Lassie" in 1954. Played herself in "The Story of Lassie" in 1994.
Jessie and Bluebell were the dogs who had the puppies that Napolean secluded to "educate" them.
Max the Dog has: Played himself in "Something Wild" in 1986. Played Grendel in "thirtysomething" in 1987. Played Howard the Dog in "Family Matters" in 1989. Performed in "Life Support" in 2001. Played himself in "Animal Precinct" in 2001.