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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 ...
Thomas Lee Kirk (December 10, 1941 − September 28, 2021) [1] was an American actor, best known for his performances in films made by Walt Disney Studios such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor, and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, as well as the beach party films of the mid-1960s.
Scruff and all, here's what Travis looks like now! Photo cred: Facebook The now 27-year-old has taken a break from acting , with his last appearance being back in 2010.
While Arliss and his dog, Savage Sam, are tracking a bobcat, Travis is warned by Bud Searcy that renegade Apaches are in the area. When Travis joins Bud's 17-year-old granddaughter, Lisbeth, in a search for Arliss, all three are captured by a band of Apaches led by a Comanche. The boys' Uncle Beck Coates witnesses the scene and manages to wound ...
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 ...