Teddy the Dog or Keystone Teddy (1910/11 – May 17, 1925) was the most famous animal actor associated with the Mack Sennett studios. The Great Dane was one of only three (with Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle) of the studio's stars whose name appeared in the title of a film (Teddy at the Throttle). He performed chiefly in Sennett comedies, but he also appeared in dramatic films including Stella Maris (1918), The Strangers' Banquet (1922) and A Boy of Flanders (1924).
According to film crews and fellow cast members, Teddy behaved on set as professionally as any human actor. He is credited with appearing in at least 60 films, nearly all shorts, between 1915 and 1924."Teddy the Dog", filmography, Internet Movie Database (IMDb), a subsidiary of Amazon, Seattle, Washington. Retrieved January 19, 2019.Although Teddy’s IMDb filmography includes the 1913 short A Little Hero, a Dutch copy of the film that is available for viewing shows no great dane breed in the story. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
Owned and trained by Joseph E. Simkins, Teddy weighed and stood tall. He died May 17, 1925, aged 14, at Simkins's home in Hollywood.
Select filmography
Year Title Notes 1916 1916 1917 The Nick of Time Baby 1917 Teddy at the Throttle 1917 1917 1917 The Sultan's Wife 1917 1917 Roping Her Romeo 1917 Are Waitresses Safe? 1918 Stella Maris 1918 It Pays to Exercise 1918 Those Athletic Girls 1918 Friend Husband 1918 His Smothered Love 1918 1918 Her Screen Idol 1918 Her Blighted Love 1918 Whose Little Wife Are You? 1918 Her First Mistake 1919 Rip & Stitch, Tailors 1919 Reilly's Wash Day 1919 1919 Trying to Get Along 1919 Treating 'em Rough 1919 Uncle Tom Without the Cabin 1919 Back to the Kitchen 1920 1920 Down on the Farm 1920 Fresh from the City 1920 Let 'er Go! 1920 Great Scott! 1920 It's a Boy! 1920 My Goodness 1921 1921 Dabbling in Art 1921 On a Summer's Day 1921 1921 Made in the Kitchen 1922 1922 Step Forward 1922 Ma and Pa 1922 Bow Wow 1922 The Strangers' Banquet 1923 Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? 1923 Pitfalls of a Big City 1923 Skylarking 1923 Asleep at the Switch 1923 1924 1924
See also Luke the Dog Pete the Pup Jean (dog) List of individual dogs
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