<Ul> <Li> The American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt kept Brussels Griffons and frequently portrayed them in her paintings . </Li> <Li> In the film As Good as It Gets (1997), as Verdell, played by six Brussels Griffons, named Timer, Sprout, Debbie, Billy, Parfait, and Jill the star </Li> <Li> In the film Gosford Park, as William McCordle's dog . </Li> <Li> In the film Sweet November, as Sara's dog Ernie </Li> <Li> In the sitcom Spin City, as Carter's suicidal dog Rags, played by a smooth - coated Petit Brabançon named Wesley </Li> <Li> In the film Teaching Mrs. Tingle, as Mrs. Tingle's dog . </Li> <Li> Monkey, owned by record label owner and deejay Sarah Lewitinn and named "Best Dog Owned by a Club Personality" by The Village Voice </Li> <Li> Tazzie owned by Stanley Dangerfield, appearing on the television show The Good Companions </Li> <Li> In the film First Wives Club owned by Diane Keaton's character . </Li> <Li> In the sitcom "Mike and Molly" Mikes mom's dog, Jim is a Brussels Griffon mixed with a Chihuahua . </Li> <Li> The Southern California craft brewery "The Bruery" brewed a sour brown ale called Griffon Bruxellois . </Li> <Li> The makeup for the Ewok characters in the film Return of the Jedi (1983) in the Star Wars universe was developed by make - up artist Stuart Freeborn, who built them from designs by visual effects director Joe Johnston using the image of the Griffon Bruxellois, a dog breed which George Lucas owned . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt kept Brussels Griffons and frequently portrayed them in her paintings . </Li> <Li> In the film As Good as It Gets (1997), as Verdell, played by six Brussels Griffons, named Timer, Sprout, Debbie, Billy, Parfait, and Jill the star </Li> <Li> In the film Gosford Park, as William McCordle's dog . </Li>

What breed of dog is verdell in the movie as good as it gets