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Petey the Pup - White American Pit
Bull Terrier (registered with the UKC in 1936 as a Staffordshire
Terrier) seen in Hal Roach's Depression era Our Gang and
The Little Rascals comedies.
Petey the Pup from the Our Gang
Comedies
Petey ("Pete") the Pup sported a thin black circle around its
left eye (sometimes right). He appeared in such comedy shorts as
Lazy Days (1929); Fly My Kite (1931); For Pete's Sake
(1934); and The Pooch (1932).
Over the run of the Our Gang Comedies, a number of dogs
played the role of Petey the Pup whose character appeared through
1938. Other sources have described Petey as a Pit Bull, and a Bull
Dog.
Pete the Pup also appeared in 1930s ad campaigns as Tige the Dog
for Buster Brown Shoes. ("I'm Buster Brown. I Live in a show. That's
my dog, Tige. He lives there, too.")
Pete is buried at the Aspen Hill Pet Cemetery, 13630 Georgia
Avenue in Silver Springs, Maryland (some claim he's buried in
Calabasas, California).
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