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

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • Nevada City

    Nevada City

  • Susanna Pass

    Susanna Pass

  • Idaho

    Idaho

  • Heldorado

    Heldorado

  • The Roy Rogers Show

    The Roy Rogers Show

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

  • Hands Across the Border

    Hands Across the Border

  • Silver Spurs

    Silver Spurs

  • Apache Rose

    Apache Rose

  • Trigger, Jr.

    Trigger, Jr.

  • Cowboy and the Senorita

    Cowboy and the Senorita

  • Melody Time

    Melody Time

  • Jesse James at Bay

    Jesse James at Bay

  • Alias Jesse James

    Alias Jesse James

  • Sons of the Pioneers

    Sons of the Pioneers

  • Under California Stars

    Under California Stars

  • Home in Oklahoma

    Home in Oklahoma

  • Song of Arizona

    Song of Arizona

  • Springtime in the Sierras

    Springtime in the Sierras

  • Sunset on the Desert

    Sunset on the Desert

  • Red River Valley

    Red River Valley

  • Sheriff of Tombstone

    Sheriff of Tombstone

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

  • Heart of the Golden West

    Heart of the Golden West

  • South of Santa Fe

    South of Santa Fe

  • The Yellow Rose of Texas

    The Yellow Rose of Texas

  • Sunset in El Dorado

    Sunset in El Dorado

  • Man from Cheyenne

    Man from Cheyenne

  • Rainbow Over Texas

    Rainbow Over Texas

  • Romance on the Range

    Romance on the Range

  • The Far Frontier

    The Far Frontier

  • Twilight in the Sierras

    Twilight in the Sierras

  • In Old Cheyenne

    In Old Cheyenne

  • Lights of Old Santa Fe

    Lights of Old Santa Fe

  • San Fernando Valley

    San Fernando Valley

  • Night Time in Nevada

    Night Time in Nevada

  • Trail of Robin Hood

    Trail of Robin Hood

  • Sunset in the West

    Sunset in the West

  • Song of Texas

    Song of Texas

  • The Golden Stallion

    The Golden Stallion

  • Man from Oklahoma

    Man from Oklahoma

  • The Gay Ranchero

    The Gay Ranchero

  • King of the Cowboys

    King of the Cowboys

  • North of the Great Divide

    North of the Great Divide

  • Pals of the Golden West

    Pals of the Golden West

  • In Old Amarillo

    In Old Amarillo

  • Utah

    Utah

  • Spoilers of the Plains

    Spoilers of the Plains

  • Don't Fence Me In

    Don't Fence Me In

  • Son of Paleface

    Son of Paleface

  • Along the Navajo Trail

    Along the Navajo Trail

  • Eyes of Texas

    Eyes of Texas

  • Down Dakota Way

    Down Dakota Way

  • Heart of the Rockies

    Heart of the Rockies

  • Man from Music Mountain

    Man from Music Mountain

  • On the Old Spanish Trail

    On the Old Spanish Trail

  • Roll on Texas Moon

    Roll on Texas Moon

  • Bells of Rosarita

    Bells of Rosarita

  • Sunset Serenade

    Sunset Serenade

  • Ridin' Down the Canyon

    Ridin' Down the Canyon

  • My Pal Trigger

    My Pal Trigger

  • Under Nevada Skies

    Under Nevada Skies

  • Song of Nevada

    Song of Nevada

  • Bad Man of Deadwood

    Bad Man of Deadwood

  • Out California Way

    Out California Way

  • Bells of San Angelo

    Bells of San Angelo

  • South of Caliente

    South of Caliente

  • Grand Canyon Trail

    Grand Canyon Trail

  • Rodeo Dough

    Rodeo Dough