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Highland Dale

Highland Dale

Born: 1943-03-04 • Missouri, USA

Highland Dale has one of the most extensive filmography of any animal in Hollywood. Highland Dale was living on a farm in Missouri when he was discovered by Ralph McCutcheon, a trainer of animal motion picture stars. Mr. McCutcheon sensed Highland Dale’s potential for movie fame. One of his first roles was on the famous television series, Fury, which was so popular that many people began referring to him as “Fury” instead of “Highland Dale”. Highland Dale was 26 months old, he starred in one of the many versions of “Black Beauty”. He continued acting for the silver screen in “Gypsy Colt”, “Giant”, “Wild is the Wind” and “The Return of Wildfire”. Highland Dale won Pasty Awards, which are given to the animals as Oscars are to people. Hie won awards for his roles in “Wild is the Wind”, “Gypsy Colt” and “Fury”.

Filmography
Smoky poster
Smoky
1966 • Smoky (uncredited)
Wild Is the Wind poster
Wild Is the Wind
1957 • Horse
Giant poster
Giant
1956 • War Winds the Horse (uncredited)
Pardners poster
Pardners
1956 • Slim Moseley Jr.'s Horse
The Outlaw Stallion poster
The Outlaw Stallion
1954 • Stallion
Black Horse Canyon poster
Black Horse Canyon
1954 • Outlaw Stallion(uncredited)
Gypsy Colt poster
Gypsy Colt
1954 • Gypsy
Riding High poster
Riding High
1950 • Broadway Bill - the Horse (uncredited)
The Great Dan Patch poster
The Great Dan Patch
1949 • Dan Patch, a Horse
Black Eagle poster
Black Eagle
1948 • Black Eagle the Horse
The Return of Wildfire poster
The Return of Wildfire
1948 • Wildfire - the Horse
Black Gold poster
Black Gold
1947 • Black Gold, Charley's Horse
Black Beauty poster
Black Beauty
1946 • Black Beauty
Smoky poster
Smoky
1946 • Smoky