First-run Lassie debuted on CBS on Sept. 12, 1954 and ran until 1973. Provost logged 249 half-hour episodes in seven years ...

Lassie discovers a small, waiflike boy hiding in the barn, but the child won't talk. The Millers soon find out he's Timmy, an orphan living in Olive Branch with his elderly relatives, Uncle Jed ...

Bob Weatherwax, who trained dogs who played Lassie as a member of the famous ... and Spike for Old Yeller (1957), ...