Spike, the dog who played Old Yeller in the classic 1957 film, died shortly after filming wrapped. He passed away in 1960, just a few years after the movie was released. The film's emotional impact has made the story of Old Yeller and Spike's performance memorable for generations.
died in Beverly hills, California in 1995.
Old Yeller (***spoiler alert***) won his battle with the rabid wolf but would have died painfully anyway. The canine actor named Spike, who portrayed Old Yeller in the 1957 film, went on to star in the TV series The Westerner (1960), on Lassie in 1964 and in a 1969 movie before retiring. He died of old age some years later.
Old Yeller was a fictional dog, and his fictional burial place was in Texas.. What happened to the dog that portrayed Old Yeller is unknown to the general public.
In the book Old Yeller the dog is a Blackmouth Cur. However, Spike the dog in the movie is a mixed breed from a shelter, adopted by his trainers. His breed is unknown but assumed to be a mastiff-type breed/Labrador Retriever mix. Again, that is just a guess.
NeitherIn the book he is just described as "an old yeller (yellow) dog", presuambly a mutt.In the Walt Disney movie the dog who played Old Yeller was a Blackmouth Cur named Spike.
died in Beverly hills, California in 1995.
Old Yeller was a fictional dog, and his fictional burial place was in Texas.. What happened to the dog that portrayed Old Yeller is unknown to the general public.
Old Yeller (***spoiler alert***) won his battle with the rabid wolf but would have died painfully anyway. The canine actor named Spike, who portrayed Old Yeller in the 1957 film, went on to star in the TV series The Westerner (1960), on Lassie in 1964 and in a 1969 movie before retiring. He died of old age some years later.
In the book Old Yeller the dog is a Blackmouth Cur. However, Spike the dog in the movie is a mixed breed from a shelter, adopted by his trainers. His breed is unknown but assumed to be a mastiff-type breed/Labrador Retriever mix. Again, that is just a guess.
NeitherIn the book he is just described as "an old yeller (yellow) dog", presuambly a mutt.In the Walt Disney movie the dog who played Old Yeller was a Blackmouth Cur named Spike.
Old Yeller had to be killed because he got rabies. However Travis eventually gets a puppy that was fathered by Old Yeller. He names the puppy Young Yeller.
Ol' Yeller was a yellow Labrador retriever.
bell is Travis's dog who died by getting to close to a poisonous snake
the dog dies
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He was the best doggone dog in the West.
He found him as a stray dog