Most of us can remember watching nearly 20 years to follow Lassie, the most well-known dog on TV, on his most recent antics. This adored Rough Collie dog and her human companions appeared on television for 17 seasons, from 1954 to 1973, and even made the transition from black and white to color in the 1960s.
According to Wikipedia, actor Jon Provost, who played Timmy, recently celebrated his 72nd birthday and spoke about how much fun it was to film with his dog and how Hollywood first noticed him when he was just 3 years old.
However, who could forget the adorable youngster, Timmy Martin, age 7, who made an appearance on the show in the fourth season when he and his family adopted Lassie?
The actor, who was raised in Los Angeles, claimed his mother took him to a Jane Wyman movie audition when he was 3 years old so he could meet her and get her autograph. However, Jon was selected for the part out of the 200 young people who applied. Jon’s career as an actor was not guaranteed. Being an aeronautical engineer, his father dealt with entirely different issues. “My parents were not involved in the entertainment business. Jon claims that my mother is from Texas and my father is from Alabama.
At the age of 4, he was chosen to appear in a Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby movie.
Timmy, the young lassie, reveals some of the best-kept TV doggie secrets.
I wasn’t represented. I got one, which led to more movies like The Country Girl with Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly. According to him, I worked on about 12 movies before “Lassie,” he said to Fox News. The three different male dogs that played the part of the female Lassie were the three different male dogs that Jon formed bonds with; of the three, he claimed to have the closest bond with the final actor.
CBS/Getty Images “I spent seven years working on the show, creating 249 half-hour episodes.
I worked with three different Lassies.
“I worked with the last dog for five years by myself,” he told Fox News.
Our childhoods were connected.
For five years, we saw each other every day during the workweek and occasionally on the weekends.
The actor’s errors were greater than the dog’s, he continued, highlighting the canine’s excellent behavior. He said, laughing, “They were more of a challenge.”. Shutterstock After leaving the program at the age of 14, he went on to work with actors like Natalie Wood and Kurt Russell. He never fell into the Hollywood child actor trap, saying: “My parents pretty much let me do what I wanted to do. I wasn’t forced to take the job. “I decided to leave Hollywood because I thought it was a smart move. According to Wikipedia, Jon currently resides in Northern California, away from the spotlight, but he still gets fan mail from “Lassie”.
The actor was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
Lassie, the fictional dog, became so well-known that she even had her own captivating radio series”.
In 1979, Jon Provost wed Sandy Goosens, who is now his wife.
Their joint two children were Ryan and Katie.
After a 14-year marriage, the two filed for divorce on December 20, 1993.
In 1999, when Jon Provost married Laurie Jacobson, a well-known author and researcher, he once more fell in love romantically.
I enjoyed reading about the mishaps that this adorable couple encountered. Because each episode had a moral, it was the perfect program for children. To all the “Lassie” fans you know, kindly pass along the word.
