The animal-themed RKO Studios classic film appeared before Perri. The actor who played Agent Zeke Kelso in this film also starred in The Ugly Dachshund.
That Darn Cat! 
Perri is a 1957 film from Walt Disney Productions, based on Felix Salten's 1938 "Perri: The Youth of a Squirrel". 
" (1965), Jim Douglas in "The Love Bug" (1968), Albert Dooley in "The Million Dollar Duck" (1971; for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) and Dr. Herman Varnick in "Beethoven" (1992). 
The Ugly Dachshund is a 1966 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette in a story about a Great Dane who believes he's a dachshund. 
