Comic strip: 1955-1964. Ace the Wonder Dog Dog actor in the movie The Adventures of Rusty and many others from 1938-1946 including the 1943 serial The Phantom . (More about Ace .) German Shepherd Dog: 1937-1947. Movies: 1938-1946. Adolph (Later known as Schnappsy) In the comic strip Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph