Trigger

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-07-04

Day of death

1965-07-03 (30 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Trigger

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

  • Apache Rose

    Apache Rose

  • Jesse James at Bay

    Jesse James at Bay

  • Sheriff of Tombstone

    Sheriff of Tombstone

  • Sunset in the West

    Sunset in the West

  • North of the Great Divide

    North of the Great Divide

  • The Yellow Rose of Texas

    The Yellow Rose of Texas

  • The Roy Rogers Show

    The Roy Rogers Show

  • Sunset on the Desert

    Sunset on the Desert

  • Man from Music Mountain

    Man from Music Mountain

  • The Far Frontier

    The Far Frontier

  • Home in Oklahoma

    Home in Oklahoma

  • Rainbow Over Texas

    Rainbow Over Texas

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

  • Silver Spurs

    Silver Spurs

  • Alias Jesse James

    Alias Jesse James

  • Trigger, Jr.

    Trigger, Jr.

  • On the Old Spanish Trail

    On the Old Spanish Trail

  • Susanna Pass

    Susanna Pass

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • In Old Amarillo

    In Old Amarillo

  • Sunset in El Dorado

    Sunset in El Dorado

  • Springtime in the Sierras

    Springtime in the Sierras

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

  • Melody Time

    Melody Time

  • Bells of San Angelo

    Bells of San Angelo

  • Nevada City

    Nevada City

  • Man from Cheyenne

    Man from Cheyenne

  • Hands Across the Border

    Hands Across the Border

  • Cowboy and the Senorita

    Cowboy and the Senorita

  • Utah

    Utah

  • Under California Stars

    Under California Stars

  • South of Santa Fe

    South of Santa Fe

  • In Old Cheyenne

    In Old Cheyenne

  • Idaho

    Idaho

  • Red River Valley

    Red River Valley

  • Night Time in Nevada

    Night Time in Nevada

  • Heart of the Golden West

    Heart of the Golden West

  • Lights of Old Santa Fe

    Lights of Old Santa Fe

  • Sons of the Pioneers

    Sons of the Pioneers

  • Twilight in the Sierras

    Twilight in the Sierras

  • Spoilers of the Plains

    Spoilers of the Plains

  • Trail of Robin Hood

    Trail of Robin Hood

  • Man from Oklahoma

    Man from Oklahoma

  • San Fernando Valley

    San Fernando Valley

  • Song of Nevada

    Song of Nevada

  • King of the Cowboys

    King of the Cowboys

  • Song of Arizona

    Song of Arizona

  • Romance on the Range

    Romance on the Range

  • Sunset Serenade

    Sunset Serenade

  • Son of Paleface

    Son of Paleface

  • The Golden Stallion

    The Golden Stallion

  • Song of Texas

    Song of Texas

  • Roll on Texas Moon

    Roll on Texas Moon

  • Rodeo Dough

    Rodeo Dough

  • The Gay Ranchero

    The Gay Ranchero

  • Heldorado

    Heldorado

  • Don't Fence Me In

    Don't Fence Me In

  • Heart of the Rockies

    Heart of the Rockies

  • Eyes of Texas

    Eyes of Texas

  • Pals of the Golden West

    Pals of the Golden West

  • Along the Navajo Trail

    Along the Navajo Trail

  • Ridin' Down the Canyon

    Ridin' Down the Canyon

  • Down Dakota Way

    Down Dakota Way

  • My Pal Trigger

    My Pal Trigger

  • Bad Man of Deadwood

    Bad Man of Deadwood

  • Out California Way

    Out California Way

  • Under Nevada Skies

    Under Nevada Skies

  • Grand Canyon Trail

    Grand Canyon Trail

  • South of Caliente

    South of Caliente

  • Bells of Rosarita

    Bells of Rosarita