
Acting
Tuffy was born in 1930 in a hole in a haystack in the Cheyenne Indian Reservation on what they called Red Coat Creek, near Faith, South Dakota. A chance meeting between his Cowboy-owner Ger Orvedahl and veteran actor Tully Marshall led to parts for Tuffy in the 1930s. After seeing Tuffy in "Nevada" and "Drift Fence", producer Walter Wanger had a part for a dog added to the script of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine", written specially for Tuffy.

Daredevils of the Red Circle
as Tuffie (as Tuffie the Dog)

Hawk of the Wilderness
as Tawnee

Phantom Gold
as Tuffy, Buddy's Dog

Stagecoach Days
as Breezy's Dog Tuffy

Rolling Caravans
as Tuffy - Rankin's dog

Pioneer Trail
as Tuffy - Breezy's dog

The Mighty Treve
as Treve

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as The Dog