Skippy (dog)

Skippy ( Asta later ) was a Wire Fox Terrier and animal actor, who appeared in the 1930s in numerous films. The dog has been announced in the course of his career, both as Skippy as well as Asta.

Life

The Wire Fox Terrier Skippy was born probably at the beginning of the 1930s. He was trained by the former actress Gale Henry. Direct his first film The Thin Man, in which he played the 1934 dog Asta by William Powell as a private detective Nick Charles, was a great success. Skippy was in the role of Asta, the Sidekick by William Powell and Myrna Loy, so successful that he formally adopted the stage name Asta and also participated in the sequel After the Thin Man from 1936. Whether he was still in the third film The Thin Man, occurred 3 the fall of 1939, is unclear. In further continuations of the series other dogs were definitely used.

Skippy aka Asta got in later years, around 250 U.S. dollars a week, his dog trainer, however, only around 60 U.S. dollars. In addition to the Thin Man movies, he starred in The Awful Truth, in which Irene Dunne and Cary Grant can not agree on custody of the common dog during their divorce proceedings. A year later, Grant was playing with Skippy in Bringing Up Baby. As Katharine Hepburn's dog, he advances the plot by verbuddelt the precious bones of a brontosaurus. More movies from Asta were including The Big Broadcast of 1936 and toppers goes on tour.

Asta retired probably in 1939 from the film business.