The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney movie about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who is transformed into a Old English Sheepdog by a spelled ring of the Borgias, and was the first ever Walt Disney live-action comedy. It starred Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. The movie was originally intended as the pilot for a never-made TV series and advertised as "the fun...
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The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney movie about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who is transformed into a Old English Sheepdog by a spelled ring of the Borgias, and was the first ever Walt Disney live-action comedy. It starred Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. The movie was originally intended as the pilot for a never-made TV series and advertised as "the funniest shaggy dog story ever told", although it is not in fact a story of that genre. The director was Charles Barton, who also directed Spin and Marty for The Mickey Mouse Club. Veteran screenwriter Lillie Hayward also worked on the Spin and Marty serials, which featured several of the same young actors as The Shaggy Dog. Veteran Disney voice actor Paul Frees had a rare on-screen appearance in the film – for which he received no on-screen credit – as Dr. J.W. Galvin, a psychiatrist who examines Wilby's father (MacMurray). Frees also did his...
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