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Bob Weatherwax, who trained dogs who played Lassie as a member of the famous family that also taught Hollywood hounds a thing or two in The Thin Man (Asta), The Wizard of Oz (Toto) and Old Yeller ...

"Lassie" stars Tommy Rettig (left), George Cleveland and Jan Clayton (top), and Joey Vieria (aka Donald Keeler) in the middle. Joseph Vieira, the former child actor who appeared on Lassie using the ...

One of the nicest actors in Hollywood — Jon Provost — turns 75 today (March 12). Here we celebrate the actor and highlight some fun things we learned about him, his career and his personal life today.

“The Magic of Lassie” will be shown at 1 p.m. at The Jimmy Stewart Museum Theater. Starring Stewart, Mickey Rooney and Pernell Roberts. Lassie is trying to find her way home. She will have to run all ...

June Lockhart (right), who played the character of Ruth Martin, mother of Timmy Martin, played by Jon Provost, (left) during the classic series “Lassie,” poses for a photograph with Lassie, 9th ...

June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost In Space,” has died. She was 100. Lockhart died Thursday ...

Corey shows an old friend why a buffalo hunt will improve the quality of life in a herd while Lassie helps a perpetually straying calf get back to its mother, who is sleighted to be killed. While ...