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In the late 1860s, Jim Coates leaves his family—wife Katie, teenage son Travis, and small son Arliss—to sell cattle in Kansas. While Jim is away, Travis sets off to work in the cornfield, where he encounters a Black Mouth Cur he names "Old Yeller", as "yeller" is a dialect pronunciation of "yellow" and the dog's bark resembles a human yell.
Travis grows to love Old Yeller, and they become great friends. The rightful owner of Yeller shows up looking for his dog. He recognizes that the family has become attached to Yeller, so he trades the dog to Arliss for a horned toad and a home-cooked meal prepared by Travis' mother. Old Yeller is bitten while saving his family from a rabid wolf.
Old Yeller [1] [3] Black Mouth Cur: Old Yeller: The family's dog who is bitten by a rabid wolf with a virus, before Travis forced himself to kill the dog. Ole Rex mixed breed Old Rex: A shaggy white dog; about a boy who nurses a stray dog back to health then runs away with him. Ollie Australian Kelpie: The Sundowners
Tommy Kirk, the actor known for playing Travis Coates in “Old Yeller” and several other Disney films, was found dead in his Las Vegas home Tuesday. He was 79. Kirk’s longtime friend Paul ...
In 1963, Kirk reprised his role as Travis Coates in Disney's Savage Sam (1963), a sequel to Old Yeller, which reunited him with Corcoran and co-starred Brian Keith; it was not as well received as Old Yeller. Disney then cast Kirk as student inventor Merlin Jones in The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964), again opposite Funicello.
Spike (1955–1971) was a lop-eared yellow Mastador (Mastiff/Labrador Retriever crossbreed) and a dog actor best known for his performance as the title character in the 1957 film Old Yeller, in which he co-starred with Tommy Kirk, Beverly Washburn, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, and Kevin Corcoran.
Mark Anderson, Travis Kelce. ABC/YouTube ; Patrick Smith/Getty Images Fans couldn’t help but draw comparisons between Kelsey Anderson’s dad, Mark Anderson, and Kansas City Chiefs tight end ...
Travis did, however, travel to see Swift perform in Argentina earlier this month for the international leg of her Eras Tour. As their schedules ramp up, the couple are looking forward to spending ...