Remembering The Animals In Film We’ve Lost

Bambi’s mother, ‘Bambi’ (1942)

Photo: Walt Disney Pictures; Courtesy Everett Collection

Flag, ‘The Yearling’ (1946)

Photo courtesy Everett Collection

Old Yeller, ‘Old Yeller’ (1957)

Photo courtesy Everett Collection

Blanche’s parakeet, ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?’ (1962)

Photo: Warner Bros.

Old Dan and Little Ann, ‘Where the Red Fern Grows’ (1974)

Photo courtesy Everett Collection

Khartoum, ‘The Godfather’ (1972)

Photo: Paramount Pictures

Sounder, ‘Sounder’ (1972)

Photo courtesy Everett Collection

Holly’s dog, ‘Badlands’ (1973)

Photo: Warner Bros.

Mad Max’s dog, ‘The Road Warrior’ (1981)

Photo: Warner Bros.; Courtesy Everett Collection

Dinky, ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ (1983)

Photo: Warner Bros.

Artax, ‘The Neverending Story’ (1984)

Photo: Warner Bros.; Courtesy Everett Collection

Virgil, ‘Project X’ (1987)

Photo: 20th Century Fox; Courtesy Everett Collection

Ellen’s rabbit, ‘Fatal Attraction’ (1987)

Photo: Paramount Pictures

Littlefoot’s mother, ‘The Land Before Time’ (1988)

Photo: Universal Pictures

Hooch, ‘Turner & Hooch’ (1989)

Photo: Buena Vista; Courtesy Everett Collection

Church, ‘Pet Sematary’ (1989)

Photo: Paramount Pictures; Courtesy Everett Collection

Charlie, ‘All Dogs Go to Heaven’ (1990)

Photo: United Artists; Courtesy Everett Collection

Two Socks, ‘Dances With Wolves’ (1990)

Photo: Orion Pictures

Mufasa, ‘The Lion King’ (1994)

Photo: Walt Disney Pictures; Courtesy Everett Collection

Big Jeans, ‘Walking and Talking’ (1996)

Photo: Miramax Films

Buckley, ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ (2001)

Photo: Buena Vista

Skip, ‘My Dog Skip’ (2000)

Photo: Warner Bros.; Courtesy Everett Collection

Sam, ‘I Am Legend’ (2008)

Photo: Warner Bros.; Courtesy Everett Collection

Marley, ‘Marley & Me’ (2008)

Photo: Fox 2000 Pictures; Courtesy Everett Collection

Snoopy, ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (2012)

Photo: Focus Features; Courtesy Everett Collection