The rise of Rin Tin Tin is a classic only-in-America story, and here's our Rita Braver to tell it: Meet Rin Tin Tin the XXII, spokesdog for the American Humane Association, who recently presided over ...

Rin Tin Tin, a dog rescued from a World War I battlefield in France, became a famous animal star and hero for generations of children. Susan Orlean, author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend," ...

The collection is so good it has attracted the attention of the producers of the ABC television show, The Collectors, which will screen a segment featuring Kevin and his collection on Friday night. He ...

LEE Aaker, who was the child star of ’50s TV show The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, died aged 77. The actor and Air Force veteran passed away in Arizona on April 1 after suffering a heart attack and was ...

Members of the baby boomer generation might remember the old TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, about a German shepherd and a boy named Rusty who lived with a cavalry troop in the American West.

CROCKETT — To Daphne Hereford, Rin Tin Tin isn't just a dog, Rin Tin Tin is a lifelong cause. Hereford, whose stand-alone garage on U.S. 287 long ago succumbed to a jam-packed, 8,000-piece Rin Tin Tin ...

Lee Aaker, a child actor during the 1950s best known for his role as Rusty on “The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin,” has died. He was 77. According to his obituary on Legacy.com, Aaker died April 1 near ...

In September 1918, an American soldier named Lee Duncan found "a frantic German shepherd female with a litter of five puppies" in the Meuse Valley of France. Duncan was an animal lover whose immediate ...

Members of the baby boomer generation might remember the old TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, about a German shepherd and a boy named Rusty who lived with a cavalry troop in the American West.

This interview originally aired on Fresh Air on Jan. 9, 2012. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend is now out in paperback. If you're a baby boomer, you might remember the old TV Series The Adventures ...