
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.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · as The Dog

The Mighty Treve
1937 · as Treve

Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939 · as Tuffie (as Tuffie the Dog)

Stagecoach Days
1938 · as Breezy's Dog Tuffy

Hawk of the Wilderness
1938 · as Tawnee

Rolling Caravans
1938 · as Tuffy - Rankin's dog

Phantom Gold
1938 · as Tuffy, Buddy's Dog

Pioneer Trail
1938 · as Tuffy - Breezy's dog