Corporal Rod Webb and his faithful dog Chinook were the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1949 and 1954. Webb was played by the actor Kirby Grant in eight films, while in two others (Trail of the Yukon and Snow Dog) Grant played the almost identical character of Bob McDonald, accompanied as usual by Chinook.
corporal, webb, faithful, chinook, were, major, characters, series, films, made, american, studio, monogram, pictures, between, 1949, 1954, webb, played, actor, kirby, grant, eight, films, while, others, trail, yukon, snow, grant, played, almost, identical, ch. Corporal Rod Webb and his faithful dog Chinook were the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1949 and 1954 Webb was played by the actor Kirby Grant in eight films while in two others Trail of the Yukon and Snow Dog Grant played the almost identical character of Bob McDonald accompanied as usual by Chinook Corporal Rod WebbBased onthe novels of James Oliver CurwoodStarringKirby Grant ChinookProductioncompanyMonogram PicturesDistributed byMonogram PicturesRelease date1949 1954CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Corporal Webb was an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and enjoyed a series of adventures tracking down criminals in Yukon and the Northwest Territories Chinook was his German Shepherd companion who in spite of his name had no connection to the Chinook breed of dog The series was based on the Northlands novels of James Oliver Curwood 1 and is part of the Northern genre of popular culture The series bore similarities to a number of other films and shows particularly to an earlier radio series Challenge of the Yukon and to the later television series Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Contents 1 Films 2 Further reading 3 References 4 BibliographyFilms editTrail of the Yukon 1949 The Wolf Hunters 1949 Snow Dog 1950 Call of the Klondike 1950 Northwest Territory 1951 Yukon Manhunt 1951 Yukon Gold 1952 Fangs of the Arctic 1953 Northern Patrol 1953 Yukon Vengeance 1954 Further reading editHollywood s Canada The Americanization of Our National Image by Pierre Berton McClelland and Stewart 1975 The Reel Cowboy Essays on the Myth in Movies and Literature by Buck Rainey McFarland amp Co 1996 Canada and Canadians in Feature Films A Filmography 1928 1990 by Canadian Film Project 1996 Western Film Series of the Sound Era by Michael R Pitts McFarland amp Co 2009 The Happiest Trails by John Brooker Lulu 2017 References edit Drew p 225Bibliography editDrew Bernard Motion Picture Series and Sequels A Reference Guide Routledge 2013 nbsp This article about a film character is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Corporal Rod Webb amp oldid 1191318818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
