Kommissar Rex

Kommissar Rex is an Austrian crime series set in Vienna and always starring the police dog Rex. The series was filmed from 1994 to 2004 in several seasons with three different casts. From 2007 to 2015, the series was completely re-produced again for Rai with Rome as the setting, in Italian, with Italian actors and also with a service dog. The first English-language adaptation, titled Hudson & Rex, was produced for the Canadian TV channel CityTv and began airing in March 2019.

Rex is a German Shepherd with the full name Reginald von Ravenhorst. So far, three German Shepherds have played the role of Rex: B.J., Rhett and Henry, each trained by U.S. dog trainer Teresa Ann Miller.