Frank Weatherwax

Frank Weatherwax

Frank Thrall Weatherwax (June 23 1902 – December 17 1991) was an American actor and animal trainer. He is best remembered with his brother Rudd Weatherwax for their famous collie, Pal, the dog who became famous as Lassie in the 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film "Lassie Come Home".

Weatherwax was born in Camp Palomas, Sierra County, New Mexico Territory, the son of Anna Elisa (née Wallis) and Walter Smiley Weatherwax. Weatherwax trained the original Asta for " The Thin Man", a film produced in 1934. This movie had five sequels and an accompanying television show. Weatherwax's Asta was not believed to star in any of these.

Frank Weatherwax played a bully in "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in 1921 with Mary Pickford. In 1920 he appeared in the silent film version of "Heidi" and in "The Jucklins".

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