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 Boy and His Dog (1975 film) the main theme. Latin American composer Jaime Mendoza-Nava provided the music for the Topeka underground segment. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 75% approval rating based on 32 reviews and an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's consensus states: "An offbeat, eccentric black comedy, "A Boy and His Dog" features strong dialogue and an oddball vision of the future." Roger Ebert of "The Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film a mixed 2.5 stars out of a possible 4 in his contemporary review, writing that Ellison's novella "seemed almost to defy filming" but nonetheless Jones managed to offer "a sort of