Trigger

Born: 1934-07-04 in San Diego, California, USA

Died: 1965-07-03

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1976

It's Showtime as Trigger (archive footage)

1959

Alias Jesse James as Trigger (uncredited)

1952

Son of Paleface as Trigger

1951

The Roy Rogers Show as Trigger
Spoilers of the Plains as Trigger
Pals of the Golden West as Trigger
South of Caliente as Trigger
In Old Amarillo as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Heart of the Rockies as Trigger

1950

Twilight in the Sierras as Trigger
North of the Great Divide as Trigger
Trail of Robin Hood as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
Trigger, Jr. as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Sunset in the West as Trigger - Roy's Horse

1949

The Golden Stallion as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Down Dakota Way as Trigger
Susanna Pass as Trigger - Roy's Horse

1948

Melody Time as Trigger
Eyes of Texas as Trigger
Grand Canyon Trail as Trigger, Roy's Horse
Under California Stars as Trigger
The Gay Ranchero as Trigger
Night Time in Nevada as Trigger - Roy's Horse
The Far Frontier as Trigger - Roy's Horse

1947

Springtime in the Sierras as Trigger - Roy's Horse
On the Old Spanish Trail as Trigger
Bells of San Angelo as Trigger
Apache Rose as Trigger

1946

Roll on Texas Moon as The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Under Nevada Skies as Roy's Horse
Heldorado as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Song of Arizona as Trigger
My Pal Trigger as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
Out California Way as Trigger
Home in Oklahoma as Trigger
Rainbow Over Texas as Trigger

1945

Sunset in El Dorado as Trigger
Utah as Trigger
Bells of Rosarita as Trigger
Man from Oklahoma as Trigger
Don't Fence Me In as Trigger
Along the Navajo Trail as Trigger

1944

Hollywood Canteen as Self
San Fernando Valley as Trigger
The Yellow Rose of Texas as Roy's Horse
Lights of Old Santa Fe as Trigger
Hands Across the Border as Trigger
Song of Nevada as Trigger, Roy's Horse
Cowboy and the Senorita as Trigger

1943

Idaho as Trigger (uncredited)
Silver Spurs as Trigger
King of the Cowboys as Trigger
Song of Texas as Trigger
Man from Music Mountain as Trigger - Roy's Horse

1942

Ridin' Down the Canyon as Trigger
Romance on the Range as Trigger
Sunset Serenade as Trigger
Heart of the Golden West as Trigger
South of Santa Fe as Trigger
Man from Cheyenne as Roy's Horse
Sunset on the Desert as Trigger
Sons of the Pioneers as Trigger

1941

Jesse James at Bay as Jesse's Horse
Red River Valley as Trigger
Nevada City as Jeff's Horse
In Old Cheyenne as Trigger, Steve's Horse
Bad Man of Deadwood as Brett's Horse
Sheriff of Tombstone as Brett's Horse

1940

Rodeo Dough as Trigger

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Maid Marian's Horse