Frank Weatherwax

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Frank 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 also 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. He also played in the 1920 version of "Heidi" and in "The Jucklins", also in 1920.

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• Frank Weatherwax at the Internet Movie Database