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

1950

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
Twilight in the Sierras as Trigger
North of the Great Divide as Trigger

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

Rodeo Dough as Trigger

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Maid Marian's Horse