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'''Pete the Pup''' (January 22, 1924 – January 28, 1946) was an American [[Staffordshire Bull Terrier]] [[Fictional character|character]] in [[Hal Roach]]'s ''[[Our Gang]]'' comedies (later known as ''The Little Rascals'') during the 1930s. Otherwise known as "Pete, the Dog With the Ring Around His Eye", or simply "Petey", he was well known for having a circled eye that was added on by [[Hollywood]] make-up artist [[Max Factor]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Circus Tricks for Your Dog: 25 Crowd-Pleasers That Will Make Your Dog a Star |first= Rick |last=Martin|page=97|publisher =Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|year= 2007|ISBN =978-1-57990-816-4 }}</ref> and credited as an oddity in ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not]]''. The original Pete (sired by "Black Jack") was an [[American Pit Bull Terrier]] named "Pal the Wonder Dog", and had a natural ring almost completely around his eye; dye was used to finish it off. |
'''Pete the Pup''' (January 22, 1924 – January 28, 1946) was an American [[Staffordshire Bull Terrier]] [[Fictional character|character]] in [[Hal Roach]]'s ''[[Our Gang]]'' comedies (later known as ''The Little Rascals'') during the 1930s. Otherwise known as "Pete, the Dog With the Ring Around His Eye", or simply "Petey", he was well known for having a circled eye that was added on by [[Hollywood]] make-up artist [[Max Factor]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Circus Tricks for Your Dog: 25 Crowd-Pleasers That Will Make Your Dog a Star |first= Rick |last=Martin|page=97|publisher =Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|year= 2007|ISBN =978-1-57990-816-4 }}</ref> and credited as an oddity in ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not]]''. The original Pete (sired by "Black Jack") was an [[American Pit Bull Terrier]] named "Pal the Wonder Dog", and had a natural ring almost completely around his eye; dye was used to finish it off. |
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When he was about six months old, Pal the Wonder Dog made a cameo appearance in the [[Harold Lloyd]] film ''[[The Freshman (1925 film)|The Freshman]]'', in 1925.<ref>Commentary by Leonard Maltin, Richard Correll, and Richard W. Bann, from The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Giftset, Volume 2 - disc one</ref> |
When he was about six months old, Pal the Wonder Dog made a cameo appearance in the [[Harold Lloyd]] film ''[[The Freshman (1925 film)|The Freshman]]'', in 1925.<ref>Commentary by Leonard Maltin, Richard Correll, and Richard W. Bann, from The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Giftset, Volume 2 - disc one</ref> |
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 Pete the Pup, center, with Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins in the Our Gang comedy School's Out (1930) | |
| Born | January 22, 1924 |
| Died | January 28, 1946 (aged 22) Los Angeles, California |
| Cause of death | Natural Causes |
| Years active | 1925-1944 |
Pete the Pup (January 22, 1924 – January 28, 1946) was an American Staffordshire Bull Terrier character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies (later known as The Little Rascals) during the 1930s. Otherwise known as "Pete, the Dog With the Ring Around His Eye", or simply "Petey", he was well known for having a circled eye that was added on by Hollywood make-up artist Max Factor[1] and credited as an oddity in Ripley's Believe It or Not. The original Pete (sired by "Black Jack") was an American Pit Bull Terrier named "Pal the Wonder Dog", and had a natural ring almost completely around his eye; dye was used to finish it off.
EFFIN GAY
When he was about six months old, Pal the Wonder Dog made a cameo appearance in the Harold Lloyd film The Freshman, in 1925.[2]
Pal first started out as "Tige" in the Buster Brown series in the 1920s. It was during this time that he acquired the circled eye, and when he was recruited to appear in the Our Gang comedies later that year, Hal Roach simply left it on, creating one of the most recognized dogs in film history. In the 1994 remake of The Little Rascals, the new Pete is an American Bulldog.
Trainer and owner Lt. Harry Lucenay used one of Pal's offspring as Pete in the series after Pal was poisoned and died in 1930.[3] This dog, named "Lucenay's Peter", was registered as a UKC American Pit Bull Terrier.[3] Lucenay's Peter was bred by A. A. Keller. The dog was UKC registered under the name Purple Ribbon Peter (22558). A few other dogs played Petey, but Lucenay's Peter was the best known. After being fired from the Our Gang series in 1932, Harry Lucenay retired Peter to Atlantic City, where he was photographed with children at the Steel Pier.
Death
Roach used a number of unrelated pit bulls to portray Pete in Our Gang until 1938.[3] Lucenay's Peter continued on and died of old age on January 28, 1946 in Los Angeles, California at age 22 (154 in dog years), two years after the Our Gang series ended.[4] Pete is buried at a Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park at Calabasas Los Angeles County California, USA.
References
- Notes
- ^ Martin, Rick (2007). Circus Tricks for Your Dog: 25 Crowd-Pleasers That Will Make Your Dog a Star. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-57990-816-4.
- ^ Commentary by Leonard Maltin, Richard Correll, and Richard W. Bann, from The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Giftset, Volume 2 - disc one
- ^ a b c Maltin, Leonard and Bann, Richard W. (1977, rev. 1992). The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang, p. 281-283. New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-517-58325-9
- ^ Pete the Pup
External links
- Pal the Dog at IMDb
- Pete the Pup at IMDb
- Pal the Dog at AllMovie
- Pete the Pup at AllMovie
- Pete the Pup
- Pete's Place
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