Faith, South Dakota, USA
Tuffy was born in 1930 in a hole in a haystack in the Cheyenne Indian Reservation on what they called Red Coat Creek, near Faith, South Dakota. A chance meeting between his Cowboy-owner Ger Orvedahl and veteran actor Tully Marshall led to parts for Tuffy in the 1930s. After seeing Tuffy in "Nevada" and "Drift Fence", producer Walter Wanger had a part for a dog added to the script of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine", written specially for Tuffy.
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Daredevils of the Red Circle | Tuffie (as Tuffie the Dog) | 1939-06-10 |
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Hawk of the Wilderness | Tawnee | 1938-12-03 |
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Pioneer Trail | Tuffy - Breezy's dog | 1938-07-15 |
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Phantom Gold | Tuffy, Buddy's Dog | 1938-08-30 |
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Rolling Caravans | Tuffy - Rankin's dog | 1938-03-07 |
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Stagecoach Days | Breezy's Dog Tuffy | 1938-06-19 |
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The Mighty Treve | Treve | 1937-01-17 |
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | The Dog | 1936-03-13 |
