(Pardon the lengthy subject heading of this topic.) I happened to notice that one Cujo is credited in movies filmed across a time span that vastly exceeds the average life expectancy of a Saint Bernard breed of dog (which is eight years against a 28-year-long career), so the credits seem to belong to more than one "actor". (As we know, just about all animals, if they live long enough will at least be forced into retirement due to age-related illnesses [like arthritis] or frailties, before dying.) Inasmuch, it may be proper to delete some of the credits marked as "uncredited" and to split the remaining ones by groups of years. Should we let it slide? What should be done? Mind you, it is hard to gather information about celebrities who are not human, as they might not even have birth certificates or death certificates.
Posted 2 years ago
Steve Crook, Champion
gromit82, Champion
Steve Crook, Champion
But there, sometimes he's playing Cujo and sometimes he's playing Beethoven. Is it really the same dog?
If it is, isn't that like an actor playing more than one role?
Steve
If it is, isn't that like an actor playing more than one role?
Steve
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gromit82, Champion
Steve: Yes, a dog actor can play more than one role, but what we should be concerned about here is different dogs who played the same role being combined into one entry -- like Lassie (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1558595/), whose credits stretch from 1954 to 1995. The character remained the same, but it wasn't the same dog playing that role all that time; combining them into one name entry is an error.
In the case of Cujo, there has been a series of theatrical and direct-to-video comedies about a St. Bernard named Beethoven. Even if the dogs playing Beethoven had the same name, it probably wasn't the same dog in the 1992 film as in the 2014 film.
The dog(s) from the Beethoven series have definitely been combined with at least one other dog on IMDb, because Beethoven is a St. Bernard, and the episode plot outline of "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" refers to Cujo as a "lab-mastiff mix".
Incidentally, the archive footage credit on the "Dog Whisperer" episode doesn't make sense. Isn't the entire point of "Dog Whisperer" to show Cesar Millan working with the dogs he is helping -- for which new footage would be taped for the TV series?
In the case of Cujo, there has been a series of theatrical and direct-to-video comedies about a St. Bernard named Beethoven. Even if the dogs playing Beethoven had the same name, it probably wasn't the same dog in the 1992 film as in the 2014 film.
The dog(s) from the Beethoven series have definitely been combined with at least one other dog on IMDb, because Beethoven is a St. Bernard, and the episode plot outline of "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" refers to Cujo as a "lab-mastiff mix".
Incidentally, the archive footage credit on the "Dog Whisperer" episode doesn't make sense. Isn't the entire point of "Dog Whisperer" to show Cesar Millan working with the dogs he is helping -- for which new footage would be taped for the TV series?
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Michelle, Official Rep
