Acting · Faith, South Dakota, USA
Tuffy was born in 1930 in a hole in a haystack in the Cheyenne Indian Reservation on what they called Red Coat Creek, near Faith, South Dakota. A chance meeting between his Cowboy-owner Ger Orvedahl and veteran actor Tully Marshall led to parts for Tuffy in the 1930s. After seeing Tuffy in "Nevada" and "Drift Fence", producer Walter Wanger had a part for a dog added to the script of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine", written specially for Tuffy.
MovieDaredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as Tuffie (as Tuffie the Dog)
MovieHawk of the Wilderness
1938
as Tawnee
MoviePhantom Gold
1938
as Tuffy, Buddy's Dog
MoviePioneer Trail
1938
as Tuffy - Breezy's dog
MovieStagecoach Days
1938
as Breezy's Dog Tuffy
MovieRolling Caravans
1938
as Tuffy - Rankin's dog
MovieThe Mighty Treve
1937
as Treve
MovieThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as The Dog
