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
A Dog and Pony Show (Homicide: Life on the Street) Scinta (Michael Constantine). Police brass keep Scinta's possible replacement a secret from Gee. After returning drunk from the party, the two reminisce about old times, but Scinta also warns Gee that police brass could end up forcing him into retirement, just as they did to Scinta. "A Dog and Pony Show" was written by James Yoshimura based on a story by executive producer Tom Fontana, and was directed by Alan Taylor. Barry Levinson, executive producer of "", hand-picked Taylor to direct the episode after watching Taylor's 1988 half-hour film, "That Burning Question", which Taylor made as a thesis for a