The Placid Lassie – with twin engines “Eager Eileen” and “Idling Ada” – strikes an imposing figure at Barnes Air National Guard Base and Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport. The C-47 is an 80-year-old ...

"Lassie" stars Tommy Rettig (left), George Cleveland and Jan Clayton (top), and Joey Vieria (aka Donald Keeler) in the middle. Joseph Vieira, the former child actor who appeared on Lassie using the ...

Joey D. Vieira, best known for his role in “Lassie,” has died. He was 80. The wife of his “Lassie” co-star Jon Provost confirmed with Fox News Digital that Vieira died just before his birthday, ...

Robert Weatherwax, son of the creator of Lassie, with a 7th generation descendent of Lassie in 1994. Janson Media/Courtesy Everett Collection Robert Weatherwax, a second-generation Hollywood animal ...

Lassie: Fiction’s most famous collie While many heroic dogs achieved fame through real-life exploits, one of the most influential canines in history emerged from the imagination of author Eric Knight, ...