Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Faith, South Dakota, USA
Also Known As
- Tuffie
Tuffy
Biography
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.
Known For - Movies
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as The Dog
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Tuffie (as Tuffie the Dog)
Hawk of the Wilderness
as Tawnee
The Mighty Treve
as Treve
Stagecoach Days
as Breezy's Dog Tuffy
Pioneer Trail
as Tuffy - Breezy's dog
Phantom Gold
as Tuffy, Buddy's Dog
Rolling Caravans
as Tuffy - Rankin's dog