Skippy
Birthday: 1931-01-01
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Biography: Skippy (also known as Asta, born 1931 or 1932; retired 1941) was a Wire Fox Terrier dog actor who appeared in dozens of movies during the 1930s. Skippy is best known for the role of the pet dog "Asta" in the 1934 detective comedy The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Due to the popularity of the role, Skippy is sometimes credited as Asta in public and in other films.
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Famous Movie Dogs
Well-known canine performers of the 1930s vie for a part in an upcoming movie....
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Another Thin Man
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a ...
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Bringing Up Baby
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strang...
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The Awful Truth
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start underm...
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Shadow of the Thin Man
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigatin...
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Topper Takes a Trip
Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to...
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I Am the Law
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organi...
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The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed f...
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After the Thin Man
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, an...
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It's A Small World
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, o...
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Fog Over Frisco
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of ...
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Keep Smiling
Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musi...
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The Lottery Lover
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, ...
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Sea Racketeers
J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling...
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The Kennel Murder Case
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder o...
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The Big Broadcast of 1936
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of ban...
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The Daring Young Man
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a...
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The Perfect Snob
When a small town veterinarian discovers that his just-graduated daughter is a gold-digging elitist,...
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The Firebird
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna...
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I'm Still Alive
Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career....
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The Half-Naked Truth
A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Br...
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Midnight Alibi
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his gir...
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history....
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