Skippy (dog)

Asta in The Thin Man (1934), Mr. Smith in The Awful Truth and George in Bringing Up Baby The Wire Fox Terrier who stole scenes from William Powell, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the space of four years. In The Awful Truth he is the subject of Grant and Irene Dunne's custody fight; in Bringing Up Baby he is the bone-hiding pup who belongs to Hepburn's aunt. Skippy was trained by his owners, Henry East and Gale Henry East, and was credited as Asta in the first three Thin Man films. Later entries and the TV series used other terriers. Fans of Dashiell Hammett's novel may be surprised that the book's Asta was a female Schnauzer.