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Trigger

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Trigger

Born
Died
(aged 30)
Birthplace
San Diego, California, USA
Credits
70 titles

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 70

YearTitleRole
1976 It's Showtime Film Trigger (archive footage)
1959 Alias Jesse James Film Trigger (uncredited)
1952 Son of Paleface Film Trigger
1951 The Roy Rogers Show TV Trigger (100 ep)
1951 Pals of the Golden West Film Trigger
1951 South of Caliente Film Trigger
1951 In Old Amarillo Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1951 Heart of the Rockies Film Trigger
1951 Spoilers of the Plains Film Trigger
1950 Trail of Robin Hood Film Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
1950 North of the Great Divide Film Trigger
1950 Sunset in the West Film Trigger
1950 Trigger, Jr. Film Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1950 Twilight in the Sierras Film Trigger
1949 The Golden Stallion Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949 Down Dakota Way Film Trigger
1949 Susanna Pass Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948 The Far Frontier Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948 Grand Canyon Trail Film Trigger, Roy's Horse
1948 Night Time in Nevada Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948 Eyes of Texas Film Trigger
1948 Melody Time Film Trigger
1948 Under California Stars Film Trigger
1948 The Gay Ranchero Film Trigger
1947 On the Old Spanish Trail Film Trigger
1947 Springtime in the Sierras Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947 Bells of San Angelo Film Trigger
1947 Apache Rose Film Trigger
1946 Heldorado Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946 Out California Way Film Trigger
1946 Home in Oklahoma Film Trigger
1946 Roll on Texas Moon Film The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946 Under Nevada Skies Film Roy's Horse
1946 My Pal Trigger Film Trigger
1946 Rainbow Over Texas Film Trigger
1946 Song of Arizona Film Trigger
1945 Don't Fence Me In Film Trigger
1945 Sunset in El Dorado Film Trigger
1945 Along the Navajo Trail Film Trigger
1945 Man from Oklahoma Film Trigger
1945 Bells of Rosarita Film Trigger
1945 Utah Film Trigger
1944 Hollywood Canteen Film Self
1944 Lights of Old Santa Fe Film Trigger
1944 San Fernando Valley Film Trigger
1944 Song of Nevada Film Trigger, Roy's Horse
1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas Film Roy's Horse
1944 Cowboy and the Senorita Film Trigger
1944 Hands Across the Border Film Trigger
1943 Man from Music Mountain Film Trigger - Roy's Horse
1943 Silver Spurs Film Trigger
1943 Song of Texas Film Trigger
1943 King of the Cowboys Film Trigger
1943 Idaho Film Trigger (uncredited)
1942 Ridin' Down the Canyon Film Trigger
1942 Heart of the Golden West Film Trigger
1942 Sunset Serenade Film Trigger
1942 The Sons of the Pioneers Film Trigger
1942 Romance on the Range Film Trigger
1942 Sunset on the Desert Film Trigger
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