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4 unusual facts about Pete the Pup


Buster Brown

Pal the Wonder Dog (who played Tige) and director Gus Meins were both later associated with the popular Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedies, where Pal at some point came to be known as Pete the Pup, a name inherited by one of his pups who carried on the role after Pal died of poisoning in 1930.

Pete the Pup

Pete the Pup (January 22, 1929 – January 28, 1946) was an American Staffordshire Terrier character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies (later known as The Little Rascals) during the 1930s.

The dog was UKC registered under the name Purple Ribbon Peter (22558).

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.


Vitagraph Dog

She was a precursor to other famous U.S. dog actors like Teddy, the Sennett Dog, Pete the Pup, Lassie and Rin Tin Tin.


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