a dog trainer with the poetic-sounding name of Roy Weatherwax.
a man with the poetic sounding name of Roy Weatherwax was the principal animal trainer in the Lassie sagas.
I believe that dog was a Rough-coated Collie. I would not be surprised to find out that the dog was trained by Rudd Weatherwax, the man that trained all the Lassies.Many movie information sites and books list "Lassie" in the cast of the classic John Wayne Western Hondo. Close, but not true, according to a correspondent who knows the Weatherwax family: the collies in Hondo and the later Wayne Western Big Jake were trained by the Weatherwax kennels and were Lassie siblings and children, but were not played by Lassie himself. There is a story, very probably apocryphal, that says during the filming of Hondo Wayne won Lassie away from Rudd Weatherwax in a very "highly lubricated" after-shooting-hours poker game, then "gave the dog back" in the morning.
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Vanity - 3.19 was released on: USA: 13 January 1957
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Day - 3.23 was released on: USA: 10 February 1957
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Interlude - 17.1 was released on: USA: 20 September 1970
Lassie - 1954 Lassie and the Calf - 8.34 was released on: USA: 13 May 1962
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.
Lassie was a Collie.
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Day 3-23 was released on: USA: 10 February 1957
Lassie - 1954 Lassie and the Greyhound 7-33 was released on: USA: 30 April 1961
Lassie - 1954 Lassie's Ordeal 9-9 was released on: USA: 25 November 1962
Lassie - 1954 Lassie and the Eagle 8-28 was released on: USA: 25 March 1962