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, and for his role in the 1938 comedy Bringing Up Baby, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.

2019年3月8日 · Guiding Skippy (and subsequent Astas through their careers) were the most acclaimed dog trainers in Hollywood, actress Gale Henry and her husband, MGM FX man Henry East.

2018年8月17日 · But it was 1934’s detective comedy The Thin Man that would make Skippy a household name, playing “Asta,” the precocious pup owned by hard-drinking society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles. William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Skippy in The Thin Man (1934).

2017年12月17日 · Nick and Nora’s above-average Wire Fox Terrier found clues and created diversions to get Nick & Nora out of tough situations. The characters for the “Thin Man” films were based on Dashiell Hammett ‘s 1933 novel, “The Thin …

Asta was Hollywood's foremost canine scene-stealer, a charismatic dynamo of a wire-haired terrier (real name Skippy) born sometime during 1931.

Asta was Hollywood's foremost canine scene-stealer, a charismatic dynamo of a wire-haired terrier (real name Skippy) born sometime during 1931.

2009年10月30日 · In Hammett's book, Nick and Nora Charles had a female Schnauzer named Asta, but Van Dyke was seeking a more dapper-looking dog than a Schnauzer and a more lively breed. He also wanted a more mischievous dog romping around the set than the one described in …

Asta is an interesting dog character historically in film, because true to the terrier spirit, he is shown as being highly perceptive and intelligent, but also mischievous and more often than not, quite unruly.

2023年1月18日 · Asta was played by Skippy, an accomplished doggy actor who ended his career with over twenty film credits. After his role in The Thin Man , he went on to star in Bringing up Baby with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and The Awful Truth with Irene Dunne and Grant.

2019年7月29日 · Learn about Skippy, the talented dog who played Asta in the popular film The Thin Man.