Trigger
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-07-04
- Died:
- 1965-07-03
- Place of birth:
- San Diego, California, USA
Biography
Trigger made an early appearance as the mount of Maid Marian, played by Olivia de Havilland in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). A short while later, when Roy Rogers was preparing to make his first movie in a starring role, he was offered a choice of five rented "movie" horses to ride and chose him. Rogers bought him eventually in 1943 for his quickness of both foot and mind. Trigger learned 150 trick cues and could walk 50 feet on his hind legs (according to sources close to Roy Rogers). They were said to have run out of places to cue Trigger. Trigger was ridden by Rogers in many of his motion pictures, becoming much loved by the youthful audience that saw him on film and in Rogers' 1950s television series with his wife Dale Evans, who rode her trusty buckskin Quarter Horse Buttermilk.
Known For
Filmography
It's Showtime
Alias Jesse James
Son of Paleface
The Roy Rogers Show
Pals of the Golden West
South of Caliente
In Old Amarillo
Heart of the Rockies
Spoilers of the Plains
Trail of Robin Hood
North of the Great Divide
Sunset in the West
Trigger, Jr.
Twilight in the Sierras
The Golden Stallion
Down Dakota Way
Susanna Pass
The Far Frontier
Grand Canyon Trail
Night Time in Nevada
Eyes of Texas
Melody Time
Under California Stars
The Gay Ranchero
On the Old Spanish Trail
Springtime in the Sierras
Bells of San Angelo
Apache Rose
Heldorado
Out California Way
Home in Oklahoma
Roll on Texas Moon
Under Nevada Skies
My Pal Trigger
Rainbow Over Texas
Song of Arizona
Don't Fence Me In
Sunset in El Dorado
Along the Navajo Trail
Man from Oklahoma
Bells of Rosarita
Utah
Hollywood Canteen
Lights of Old Santa Fe
San Fernando Valley
Song of Nevada
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Cowboy and the Senorita
Hands Across the Border
Man from Music Mountain
Silver Spurs
Song of Texas
King of the Cowboys
Idaho
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Heart of the Golden West
Sunset Serenade
The Sons of the Pioneers
Romance on the Range
Sunset on the Desert