Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967)
The only film starring a Smooth Fox Terrier is animated: The Plague Dogs (avoid the U.S. DVD, which is highly edited). Even when a live action movie was adapted from a beloved Smooth Fox Terrier biography, My Dog, Skip, a Jack Russell Terrier (wire-coated, no less) was cast in the starring role instead of the appropriate dog. Though Wire Fox Terriers excelled on the silver screen, the Smooth has yet to catch a break in Hollywood.
12 Dog Days Till Christmas
Year: 2014
Country: USA
Smooth content: ✯ ✯
Stan, born 2004, plays senior citizen “Bruno” among many shelter dogs in this film, mostly portrayed by real rescue dogs (including Stan).
Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
Year: 1967
Country: USA
Smooth content: ✯ ✯ ✯
Perhaps the largest role for a SFT in a live action film. “Chainsaw” is a villain who harasses Charlie the cougar.
Grassroots
Year: 2012
Country: USA
Smooth content: ✯
A female SFT played by Firefly appears in one scene late in the film.
It’s a Dog’s Life
AKA: Wildfire / Bar Sinister
Year: 1955
Country: USA
Smooth content: ✯
A SFT is in the background during the dog show scene in this unique film. Finally released on DVD after decades of obscurity.
A Single Man
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Smooth content: ✯ ✯
Black and white SFTs can be seen a couple of times. They are played by Angus and India and director Tom Ford’s dogs in real life, though trained for the film by Paws For Effect.
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