Rin Tin Tin

Star of Where the North Begins (1923) and the silent adventures that followed Lee Duncan, an American soldier, rescued him from a World War I battlefield in France, and his first starring role, Where the North Begins, has often been credited with saving Warner Bros. from bankruptcy. Counts of his output vary, but the usual figure is 27 Hollywood films. Two pieces of the legend need correcting. The story that he was voted Best Actor at the first Academy Awards has been called an urban legend by a former head of the Academy, who confirmed no one voted for him. And the 1950s series The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin was nominally led by Rin Tin Tin IV, but nearly all its screen work was done by another dog, Flame Jr. The original died in 1932.