I believe that dog was a Rough-coated Collie. I would not be surprised to find out that the dog was trained by Rudd Weatherwax, the man that trained all the Lassies.
Many movie information sites and books list "Lassie" in the cast of the classic John Wayne Western Hondo. Close, but not true, according to a correspondent who knows the Weatherwax family: the collies in Hondo and the later Wayne Western Big Jake were trained by the Weatherwax kennels and were Lassie siblings and children, but were not played by Lassie himself. There is a story, very probably apocryphal, that says during the filming of Hondo Wayne won Lassie away from Rudd Weatherwax in a very "highly lubricated" after-shooting-hours Poker game, then "gave the dog back" in the morning.
No. The dog ("dawg") was actually two collies, (with dyed coats) from the Ken Weatherwax (Lassie) studio.
rough collie
I think he was a rough-coated collie.
The screenplay for the John Wayne movie "Hondo" was based on the Louis L'Amour short story, "The Gift of Cochise".
In both Big Jake and Hondo, the dogs died.
Sam the dog
None. The movie you refer to is The Rare Breed which starred James Stewart.
Movie actor, John Wayne, is dead.
The screenplay for the John Wayne movie "Hondo" was based on the Louis L'Amour short story, "The Gift of Cochise".
John Wayne acted in a total of 184 movies, including Hondo and The Shootist.
John Havlicek's nickname was HONDO, after a J. Wayne movie.
In both Big Jake and Hondo, the dogs died.
Sam the dog
According to the John Wayne movie Hondo, it means forever.
None. The movie you refer to is The Rare Breed which starred James Stewart.
Hondo was filmed in Utah and Mexico <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045883/locations>
Movie actor, John Wayne, is dead.
John Ford really invented the genre with his 1933 feature Stage Couch which show cased a B movie actor in John Wayne at the time. Later John Wayne and westerns would become synonymic. She wore a yellow ribbon in her hair, Hondo, Rio Bravo all would become the standard of the American western.
John Wayne
No