Luke the Dog

Luke the Dog

Born: November 1, 1913
Died: November 1, 1926
in Los Angeles, California, U.S
Luke the Dog (1913–1926) was a Staffordshire Terrier that performed as a recurring character in American silent comedy shorts between 1914 and 1920. He was also the personal pet of actress Minta Durfee and her husband, the comedian and director Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

For six years Luke gained widespread popularity among movie audiences, appearing in one- and two-reelers for Keystone Studios, Comique Film Company, and Joseph M. Schenck Productions. The Staffordshire terrier shared screen time not only with Arbuckle and Durfee but also with other stars and top supporting players of the silent era, including Mabel Normand, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Molly Malone, Joe Roberts, Betty Compson, and Edgar Kennedy.

Movies for Luke the Dog...

The Scarecrow
Title: The Scarecrow
Character: The Dog (uncredited)
Released: November 7, 1920
Type: Movie
Buster competes with another farmhand for the love of the farmer's daughter.
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The Garage
Title: The Garage
Released: January 11, 1920
Type: Movie
Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.
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The Hayseed
Title: The Hayseed
Released: October 26, 1919
Type: Movie
Buster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.
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The Sheriff
Title: The Sheriff
Released: November 24, 1918
Type: Movie
Roscoe Arbuckle plays a Douglas Fairbanks fan who becomes a rotund version of his hero. As "The Sheriff", he must rescue abducted schoolteacher Betty Compson.
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The Cook
Title: The Cook
Released: September 15, 1918
Type: Movie
In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.
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Coney Island
Title: Coney Island
Released: October 29, 1917
Type: Movie
Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.
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The Butcher Boy
Title: The Butcher Boy
Released: April 23, 1917
Type: Movie
Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
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Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Title: Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Released: January 9, 1916
Type: Movie
Villains launch Fatty and Mabel's beachfront house into the ocean.
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Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Title: Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Released: June 27, 1915
Type: Movie
Four bad men have kidnapped Fatty's girlfriend and plan to kill her. Fatty's dog knows where she is, but Fatty doesn't and he was crying. However the dog came back to get Fatty, and they and the Keystone Cops went to rescue her.
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Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Title: Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Released: March 19, 1915
Type: Movie
Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.
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Fatty's New Role
Title: Fatty's New Role
Released: February 1, 1915
Type: Movie
Fatty gets kicked out of a bar, and then the place gets a bomb threat.
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Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Title: Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Released: January 14, 1915
Type: Movie
A henpecked husband's innocent friendship with a married woman leads to chaos.
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Lover's Luck
Title: Lover's Luck
Released: September 15, 1914
Type: Movie
A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.