Skippy

Skippy

Born: January 1, 1931
Died: January 1, 1951
Skippy (also known as Asta, born 1931 or 1932; retired 1941) was a Wire Fox Terrier dog actor who appeared in dozens of movies during the 1930s. Skippy is best known for the role of the pet dog "Asta" in the 1934 detective comedy The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Due to the popularity of the role, Skippy is sometimes credited as Asta in public and in other films.

Movies for Skippy...

It's Showtime
Title: It's Showtime
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Title: The Big Parade of Comedy
Character: Asta in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage)
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Perfect Snob
Title: The Perfect Snob
Character: Beano (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1941
Type: Movie
When a small town veterinarian discovers that his just-graduated daughter is a gold-digging elitist, he devises a plan to help her rediscover old-fashioned family values.
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Shadow of the Thin Man
Title: Shadow of the Thin Man
Character: Asta
Released: November 21, 1941
Type: Movie
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
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I'm Still Alive
Title: I'm Still Alive
Character: Skip
Released: September 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career. The women gives him a choice-the stunts or her. He chooses the stunts and still manages to get her.
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Another Thin Man
Title: Another Thin Man
Character: Asta
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
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Topper Takes a Trip
Title: Topper Takes a Trip
Character: Mr. Atlas
Released: December 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce. With help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
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I Am the Law
Title: I Am the Law
Character: Habeas
Released: August 25, 1938
Type: Movie
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organized crime.
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Bringing Up Baby
Title: Bringing Up Baby
Character: George (uncredited)
Released: February 18, 1938
Type: Movie
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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Keep Smiling
Title: Keep Smiling
Character: Mr. Skip
Released: January 2, 1938
Type: Movie
Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a legitimate booking.
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The Awful Truth
Title: The Awful Truth
Character: Mr. Smith
Released: October 20, 1937
Type: Movie
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
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Sea Racketeers
Title: Sea Racketeers
Character: Skipper
Released: August 20, 1937
Type: Movie
J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard.
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After the Thin Man
Title: After the Thin Man
Character: Asta
Released: December 25, 1936
Type: Movie
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
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The Big Broadcast of 1936
Title: The Big Broadcast of 1936
Character: Dog
Released: September 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie, who've just invented a television device that can pick up and transmit any signal, any time, anywhere.
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The Daring Young Man
Title: The Daring Young Man
Character: Skippy
Released: July 17, 1935
Type: Movie
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
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It's A Small World
Title: It's A Small World
Character: Sookie (uncredited)
Released: April 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which fleeces travelers through corrupt law enforcement.
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The Lottery Lover
Title: The Lottery Lover
Character: Pom Pom
Released: February 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, and this serves to complicate matters.
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The Firebird
Title: The Firebird
Character: Rex
Released: November 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Prohibited from seeing her actor sweetheart Herman Brandt by her tyrannical parents, sweet young Vienesse lass Mariette defies authority by regularly visiting Brandt's downstairs apartment. The lovers' signal is a song called "The Firebird," which Brandt sings whenever he wants Mariette to visit him. When the actor is murdered, poor Mariette and her parents are prime suspects. But the truth is a bit more complicated than that, involving as it does a haughty aristocrat, a powerful diplomat and a most unusual "candid camera" device.
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Midnight Alibi
Title: Midnight Alibi
Character: Skippy (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1934
Type: Movie
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.
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Fog Over Frisco
Title: Fog Over Frisco
Character: Ragsy (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
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The Thin Man
Title: The Thin Man
Character: Asta (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1934
Type: Movie
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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The Kennel Murder Case
Title: The Kennel Murder Case
Character: Terrier at Dog Show (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1933
Type: Movie
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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The Half-Naked Truth
Title: The Half-Naked Truth
Character: Dog in Butcher Shop
Released: December 16, 1932
Type: Movie
A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.