The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Cast

Series Description

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV show was a 30 minute action series on ABC about a young boy named Rusty and a German Shepherd puppy named Rin Tin Tin who were rescued by soldiers after an Indian attack on their wagon train. Everyone else was killed in the attack including Rusty's parents. The soldiers kept Rusty and Rin Tin Tin on at their fort where they helped the soldiers bring law and order to the old West.

Rin Tin Tin Cast

Lee Aaker .... Rusty
James L. Brown .... Lieutenant Rip Masters
Rand Brooks .... Corporal Randy Boone
Joe Sawyer .... Sergeant Aloysius "Biff" O'Hara

Theme Song

Title: "Rin Tin Tin Theme"

By: "Stanley Keyana"

So brave is Corporal Rusty.
Though he is just a boy.
How true as Private Rin Tin Tin
They are the army's ride and joy.

Yo Rinny, Yo Rinny
Pals through thick and thin.

From all the tales of the west
We'll remember best
Corporal Rusty and Private Rin Tin Tin.

Yo Rinny, Yo Rinny
Pals through thick and thin.

From all the tales of the west
We'll remember best
Corporal Rusty and Private Rin Tin Tin.

Rin Tin Tin Trivia

Although this series is commonly referred to as Rin Tin Tin, its full title was "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin".

Rin Tin Tin actually began on the big screen with a movie in 1922!

Another series titled, "Circus Boy" was produced by Columbia Studios who also produced Rin Tin Tin. The shows were similar in that they both concentrated on a young boy and his pet who, against all odds, saved others from harm and generally helped people in significant ways. On Circus Boy, however, the pet was a baby elephant rather than a dog. Comparisons have also been made to "Lassie" for both aforementioned series.

Rin Tin Tin was different from those other boy and pet shows in that there was much more violence including gunfights, Indian raids, etc.

During the five seasons of Rin Tin Tin, five different dogs played the lead role. The original dog from the movies died in 1932 but two of the three dogs on the TV show were its offspring!

Rusty lived with his soldier friends at Fort Apache in Arizona.

ABC continued to broadcast Rin Tin Tin repeats in their after school time slot for two years after the new episodes ended. Then CBS ran them for another two years on Saturday mornings.

Then, 12 years later, Rin Tin Tin was again seen in reruns. James Brown who played Lieutenant Rip Masters on the series had retired by then but still agreed to shoot new introduction for the reruns.

A new version of the show titled, "Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop" aired on the Family Channel for 106 episodes from 1988-1993 becoming one of cable televisions first really successful shows.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

  1. Meet Rin Tin Tin (10/15/1954)
  2. Wolf Cry (10/22/1954)
  3. Rin Tin Tin In The Flaming Forest (10/29/1954)
  4. Rin Tin Tin And The Raging River (11/5/1954)
  5. The Killer Cat (11/12/1954)
  6. The Education Of Corporal Rusty (11/19/1954)
  7. Rin Tin Tin And The Apache Chief (11/26/1954)
  8. Rin Tin Tin, Outlaw (12/3/1954)
  9. The Outcast Of Fort Apache (12/10/1954)
  10. Rin Tin Tin And The Ancient Mariner (12/17/1954)
  11. Rin Tin Tin And The Raw Recruit (12/24/1954)
  12. Blood Brothers (12/31/1954)
  13. Rin Tin Tin And The Gold Bullion (1/7/1955)
  14. Rin Tin Tin And The Sacred Lance (1/14/1955)
  15. Rin Tin Tin And The Shifting Sands (1/21/1955)
  16. Rusty Plays Cupid (1/28/1955)
  17. Rin Tin Tin And The Medicine Man (2/4/1955)
  18. Rin Tin Tin And The Babe In The Woods (2/11/1955)
  19. Rin Tin Tin And The Eagle's Nest (2/18/1955)
  20. Rusty Resigns from The Army (2/25/1955)
  21. The Legacy Of Sean O'Hara (3/4/1955)
  22. Rin Tin Tin And The Barber Of Seville (3/11/1955)
  23. Rin Tin Tin And The Blushing Brides (3/18/1955)
  24. The Guilty One (3/25/1955)
  25. Rin Tin Tin And The Magic Box (4/1/1955)
  26. Rin Tin Tin And The Bandit Kingdom (4/8/1955)
  27. Rin Tin Tin And The Printer's Devil (4/15/1955)
  28. Rin Tin Tin And The Dead Man's Gold (4/22/1955)
  29. Rin Tin Tin And The Ghost Town (4/29/1955)
  30. O'Hara Gets Busted (5/6/1955)
  31. Rin Tin Tin And The Bounty Hunters (5/13/1955)
  32. Farewell To Fort Apache (5/20/1955)
  33. Rin Tin Tin And The Lost Scotchman (5/27/1955)
  34. Rin Tin Tin And The Lonesome Road (6/3/1955)
Season 2
  1. Rin Tin Tin And The Bugle Call (9/9/1955)
  2. Rin Tin Tin Meets Shakespeare (9/16/1955)
  3. Rin Tin Tin And The Wild Stallion (9/23/1955)
  4. Rusty Volunteers (9/30/1955)
  5. Rin Tin Tin And The Poor Little Rich Boy (10/7/1955)
  6. Rin Tin Tin And The White Buffalo (10/14/1955)
  7. Rin Tin Tin Meets Mister President (10/21/1955)
  8. Rin Tin Tin And The Iron Horse (10/28/1955)
  9. Rin Tin Tin And The Connecticut Yankee (11/4/1955)
  10. Higgins Rides Again (11/11/1955)
  11. Boone's Wedding Day (11/18/1955)
  12. Rusty Goes To Town (11/25/1955)
  13. Rin Tin Tin And The Lost Patrol (12/2/1955)
  14. Rin Tin Tin And The Star Witness (12/9/1955)
  15. Rin Tin Tin And The Last Chance (12/16/1955)
  16. Rin Tin Tin And The Christmas Story (12/23/1955)
  17. Rin Tin Tin And The Indian Burial Grounds (12/30/1955)
  18. Rin Tin Tin And The Missing Heir (1/13/1956)
  19. Rusty's Romance (1/20/1956)
  20. Rin Tin Tin And The Tin Soldier (1/27/1956)
  21. Rin Tin Tin And The Big Top (2/3/1956)
  22. Rusty's Bank Account (2/10/1956)
  23. Rin Tin Tin Meets O'Hara's Mother (2/17/1956)
  24. Rin Tin Tin And The Return Of The Ancient Mariner (2/24/1956)
  25. The Failing Light (3/2/1956)
  26. Rusty's Mystery (3/9/1956)
  27. The Third Rider (3/16/1956)
  28. Rusty Surrenders (3/23/1956)
  29. Rin Tin Tin And The Rainmaker (3/30/1956)
  30. Scotchman's Gold (4/6/1956)
  31. Attack On Fort Apache (4/13/1956)
  32. Rin Tin Tin And Homer The Great (4/20/1956)
  33. Rinty Finds a Bone (4/27/1956)
  34. Rin Tin Tin Meets Mister Nobody (5/4/1956)
  35. Rin Tin Tin And The Circle Of Fire (5/11/1956)
  36. Hubert Goes West (5/18/1956)
  37. Rin Tin Tin And The Lost Treasure (5/25/1956)
  38. Rin Tin Tin And The Second Chance (6/1/1956)
Season 3
  1. Forward Ho! (9/7/1956)
  2. Rin Tin Tin And The Witch Of The Woods (9/14/1956)
  3. Sorrowful Joe (9/21/1956)
  4. Rin Tin Tin And The Return Of The Chief (9/28/1956)
  5. Silent Battle (10//1956)
  6. Yo-o Rinty (10/12/1956)
  7. Rin Tin Tin And The White Wolf (10/19/1956)
  8. Return Of Rin Tin Tin (10/26/1956)
  9. Boone's Grandpappy (11/12/1956)
  10. The Lost Puppy (11/29/1956)
  11. Presidential Citation (11/16/1956)
  12. Wagon Train (11/23/1956)
  13. Fort Adventure (11/30/1956)
  14. Rin Tin Tin And The Invaders (12/14/1956)
  15. Racing Rails (12/28/1956)
  16. Higgins' Last Stand (1/4/1957)
  17. The Indian Hater (1/11/1957)
  18. Rin Tin Tin Meets The Southern Colonel (1/18/1957)
  19. The Warrior's Promise (1/25/1957)
  20. Sorrowful Joe Returns (2/1/1957)
  21. The Lieutenant's Lesson (2/8/1957)
  22. The Swedish Cook (2/15/1957)
  23. Rusty Gets Busted (2/22/1957)
  24. O'Hara's Gold (3/1/1957)
  25. O'Hara Gets Culture (3/8/1957)
  26. The Frame-Up (3/15/1957)
  27. Boone's Commission (3/22/1957)
  28. The Silent Witness (3/29/1957)
  29. Indian Blood (4/5/1957)
  30. The Old Soldier (4/12/1957)
  31. Stagecoach Sally (4/19/1957)
  32. Bitter Medicine (4/26/1957)
  33. Corporal Carson (5/3/1957)
  34. Hubert's Niece (5/10/1957)
  35. O'Hara Gets Amnesia (5/17/1957)
  36. Along Came Tubbs (5/24/1957)
  37. Swanson's Choice (5/31/1957)
  38. The Gentle Kingdom (6/7/1957)
  39. The Swapper (6/14/1957)
  40. The Old Man Of The Mountain (6/21/1957)
Season 4
  1. Return To Fort Apache (9/20/1957)
  2. The Courtship Of Marshal Higgins (9/27/1957)
  3. Rusty's Reward (10/4/1957)
  4. A Look Of Eagles (10/11/1957)
  5. The Last Navajo (10/18/1957)
  6. Mother O'Hara's Marriage (10/25/1957)
  7. Hostage Of War Bonnet (11/1/1957)
  8. Rodeo Clown (11/8/1957)
  9. Rusty's Strategy (11/15/1957)
  10. Frontier Angel (11/22/1957)
  11. The Hunted (12/6/1957)
  12. White Chief (12/13/1957)
  13. Boundary Busters (12/20/1957)
  14. Rin Tin Tin And The River Chase (1/10/1958)
  15. Top Gun (1/24/1958)
  16. Tomahawk Tubbs (2/7/1958)
  17. The New C.O. (2/14/1958)
  18. Pritikin's Predicament (2/21/1958)
  19. Rusty's Remedy (2/28/1958)
  20. Spanish Gold (3/7/1958)
  21. Bitter Bounty (3/14/1958)
  22. Sorrowful Joe's Policy (3/21/1958)
  23. Border Incident (3/28/1958)
  24. Wind-Wagon McClanahan (4/4/1958)
  25. Rin Tin Tin And The Secret Weapon (4/11/1958)
  26. Brave Bow (4/18/1958)
Season 5
  1. The General's Daughter (9/19/1958)
  2. Escape To Danger (9/26/1958)
  3. Decision Of Rin Tin Tin (10/3/1958)
  4. The Foot Soldier (10/10/1958)
  5. Rusty's Opportunity (10/17/1958)
  6. Running Horse (10/24/1958)
  7. The Cloudbusters (10/31/1958)
  8. Deadman's Valley (11/7/1958)
  9. Grandpappy's Love Affair (11/14/1958)
  10. The Epidemic (11/21/1958)
  11. The Best Policy (12/5/1958)
  12. Miracle Of The Mission (12/12/1958)
  13. Star Of India (1/2/1959)
  14. The Misfit Marshal (1/9/1959)
  15. Old Betsy (1/16/1959)
  16. Stagecoach To Phoenix (1/23/1959)
  17. Major Mockingbird (1/30/1959)
  18. The Matador (2/6/1959)
  19. The Accusation (2/13/1959)
  20. Royal Recruit (2/20/1959)
  21. The Devil Rides Point (2/27/1959)
  22. Pillajohn's Progress (3/6/1959)
  23. The Ming Vase (3/13/1959)
  24. Apache Stampede (3/20/1959)
  25. The Luck Of O'Hara (4/3/1959)
  26. The Failure (5/8/1959)

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