Tuffy

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

1938

Stagecoach Days

as

Breezy's Dog Tuffy

1939

Daredevils of the Red Circle

as

Tuffie (as Tuffie the Dog)

1938

Phantom Gold

as

Tuffy, Buddy's Dog

1938

Pioneer Trail

as

Tuffy - Breezy's dog

1938

Rolling Caravans

as

Tuffy - Rankin's dog

1936

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as

The Dog

1937

The Mighty Treve

as

Treve

1938

Hawk of the Wilderness

as

Tawnee

Production

Crew

Directing