Spike (dog) Spike (dog) Spike (1952-1962) was a lop-eared yellow Mastador (Mastiff/Labrador Retriever mix) and a dog actor best known for his performance as Old Yeller in the 1957 Disney film of the same name co-starring Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, and Kevin Corcoran. Spike was rescued as a pup from a shelter in Van Nuys, California and became the pet and pupil of animal trainer Frank Weatherwax. Spike also appeared as Patrasche in 20th Century Fox's "A Dog of Flanders" with Donald Crisp and David Ladd in 1959 and as King in the 1956 film, "The She-Creature". In 1961, Spike
Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War "René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War" is a ballad written and sung by Paul Simon. Simon told a story about being at Joan Baez’s home and waiting for her to get off the phone to rehearse. Simon pulled a book off her shelf of Rene’s artwork and found a picture with the song title. It first appeared as the eighth track on "Hearts and Bones", the 1983 album that was the sixth in Simon's solo career. It also appears on "Negotiations and Love Songs" (1988), "Paul