Highland Dale

Acting

Highland Dale

Born March 4, 1943Missouri, USA16 credits

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”.

Known For

Smoky
5.5

Smoky

Movie

1966

Giant
7.6

Giant

Movie

1956

Pardners
6.6

1956

Fury
6.2

1955

Filmography

The Monkees
1966The Monkees
as Jeremy (Horse) (uncredited)TV
Smoky
1966Smoky
as Smoky (uncredited)Movie
Giant
1956Giant
as War Winds the Horse (uncredited)Movie
Pardners
1956Pardners
as Slim Moseley Jr.'s HorseMovie
Fury
1955Fury
as FuryTV
The Outlaw Stallion
1954The Outlaw Stallion
as StallionMovie
Black Horse Canyon
1954Black Horse Canyon
as Outlaw Stallion(uncredited)Movie
Gypsy Colt
1954Gypsy Colt
as GypsyMovie
Riding High
1950Riding High
as Broadway Bill - the Horse (uncredited)Movie
The Great Dan Patch
1949The Great Dan Patch
as Dan Patch, a HorseMovie
Black Eagle
1948Black Eagle
as Black Eagle the HorseMovie
The Return of Wildfire
1948The Return of Wildfire
as Wildfire - the HorseMovie
Black Gold
1947Black Gold
as Black Gold, Charley's HorseMovie
Black Beauty
1946Black Beauty
as Black BeautyMovie
Smoky
1946Smoky
as SmokyMovie