Trigger
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.
Born: July 4, 1934
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, USA
Known For
Red River Valley
To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is stolen, Allison suggests the ranchers sell their stock to a friend of his thereby getting the money needed to complete the dam. Roy has a clue that Allison was involved in the robbery and is out to get control of the valley. So Roy and the boys try to delay the sale of the stock while they look for proof against Allison.
Sunset in the West
Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling.
Man from Cheyenne
Roy is a government man assigned to a case of cattle rustling in the part of the country where he grew up, unaware that the leader of the gang is a woman, in fact an old flame.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
Hollywood Canteen
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Down Dakota Way
In Roy Rogers' Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by evil rancher H. T. McKenzie (Roy Barcroft). To avoid an expensive quarantine on his stock, McKenzie plans to murder the local veterinarian (Emmet Vogan) before the latter can report his findings to the government. Rogers manages to straighten out the situation by appealing to the sensibilities of the aunt (Elizabeth Risdon) of McKenzie's hotheaded hired assassin (Byron Barr). The film also bears several musical numbers from Roy, Dale Evans, and Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage.
It's Showtime
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Roy Rogers takes on crooked wartime profiteers in the musical western Ridin' Down the Canyon. Posing as solid citizens, the crooks spend their evening hours stealing horses from local ranchers, then selling the steeds to the government at exorbitant prices. The head of the bad guys runs a dude ranch where Rogers and his pals (The Sons of the Pioneers) are employed.
Sheriff of Tombstone
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is mistaken for the gunslinger. Just as Roy is ready to expose the mayor, the real gunslinger shows up.
The Roy Rogers Show
Roy Rogers is the owner of the RR Ranch in the Mineral City area, which he runs with the help of the German shepherd dog Bullet and his horse Trigger. Roy, supported by his friend Pat Brady, is often helping the weakest usually threatened by cattle thieves, dishonest sheriffs and villains of various kinds. Pat Brady works as a cook at the Eureka Café, owned by Dale Evans.
Filmography
as Trigger (archive footage)
as Trigger (uncredited)
as Trigger
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as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger
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as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
as Trigger
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
as Trigger
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
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as Trigger
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger
as Trigger
as Trigger
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger
as The Smartest Horse in the Movies
as Roy's Horse
as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
as Trigger
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as Trigger
as Trigger
as Trigger
as Self
as Trigger
as Trigger
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
as Roy's Horse
as Trigger
as Trigger
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
as Trigger
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as Trigger
as Trigger (uncredited)
as Trigger
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as Trigger
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as Trigger
as Roy's Horse
as Trigger
as Jesse's Horse
as Brett's Horse
as Jeff's Horse
as Brett's Horse
as Trigger, Steve's Horse
as Trigger
as Maid Marian's Horse