Asta in The Thin Man is a Wire Fox Terrier.

Quick Scoop

  • Asta was played by a dog actor named Skippy, who was a Wire Fox Terrier used in many 1930s films.
  • The character’s popularity made Wire Fox Terriers trendy as companion dogs in the 1930s, leading to a surge in demand for the breed.
  • In Dashiell Hammett’s original The Thin Man novel, Asta was actually written as a female Schnauzer, but the film switched the character to a male Wire Fox Terrier, which is the version that became iconic.

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