Highland Dale

Birthday: 1943-03-04
Deathday: 1972-01-01
Birthplace: Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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”.

Credits

Year Title Character
1966-08-03 Smoky Smoky (uncredited)
1957-12-11 Wild Is the Wind Horse
1956-11-08 Giant War Winds the Horse (uncredited)
1954-07-03 The Outlaw Stallion Stallion
1954-06-01 Black Horse Canyon Outlaw Stallion(uncredited)
1954-04-02 Gypsy Colt Gypsy
1950-04-12 Riding High Broadway Bill - the Horse (uncredited)
1949-07-22 The Great Dan Patch Dan Patch, a Horse
1948-09-16 Black Eagle Black Eagle the Horse
1948-08-13 The Return of Wildfire Wildfire - the Horse
1947-09-16 Black Gold Black Gold, Charley's Horse
1946-08-29 Black Beauty Black Beauty
1946-06-26 Smoky Smoky