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

The Roy Rogers Show

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Melody Time

Alias Jesse James

It's Showtime

Son of Paleface

Trigger, Jr.

Red River Valley

All Movies (69)

• It's Showtime1976 · as Trigger (archive footage)
• Alias Jesse James1959 · as Trigger (uncredited)
• Son of Paleface1952 · as Trigger
• Pals of the Golden West1951 · as Trigger
• South of Caliente1951 · as Trigger
• In Old Amarillo1951 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Heart of the Rockies1951 · as Trigger
• Spoilers of the Plains1951 · as Trigger
• Trail of Robin Hood1950 · as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
• North of the Great Divide1950 · as Trigger
• Sunset in the West1950 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Trigger, Jr.1950 · as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
• Twilight in the Sierras1950 · as Trigger
• The Golden Stallion1949 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Down Dakota Way1949 · as Trigger
• Susanna Pass1949 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• The Far Frontier1948 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Grand Canyon Trail1948 · as Trigger, Roy's Horse
• Night Time in Nevada1948 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Eyes of Texas1948 · as Trigger
• Melody Time1948 · as Trigger
• Under California Stars1948 · as Trigger
• The Gay Ranchero1948 · as Trigger
• On the Old Spanish Trail1947 · as Trigger
• Springtime in the Sierras1947 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Bells of San Angelo1947 · as Trigger
• Apache Rose1947 · as Trigger
• Heldorado1946 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Out California Way1946 · as Trigger
• Home in Oklahoma1946 · as Trigger
• Roll on Texas Moon1946 · as The Smartest Horse in the Movies
• Under Nevada Skies1946 · as Roy's Horse
• My Pal Trigger1946 · as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
• Rainbow Over Texas1946 · as Trigger
• Song of Arizona1946 · as Trigger
• Don't Fence Me In1945 · as Trigger
• Sunset in El Dorado1945 · as Trigger
• Along the Navajo Trail1945 · as Trigger
• Man from Oklahoma1945 · as Trigger
• Bells of Rosarita1945 · as Trigger
• Utah1945 · as Trigger
• Hollywood Canteen1944 · as Self
• Lights of Old Santa Fe1944 · as Trigger
• San Fernando Valley1944 · as Trigger
• Song of Nevada1944 · as Trigger, Roy's Horse
• The Yellow Rose of Texas1944 · as Roy's Horse
• Cowboy and the Senorita1944 · as Trigger
• Hands Across the Border1944 · as Trigger
• Man from Music Mountain1943 · as Trigger - Roy's Horse
• Silver Spurs1943 · as Trigger
• Song of Texas1943 · as Trigger
• King of the Cowboys1943 · as Trigger
• Idaho1943 · as Trigger (uncredited)
• Ridin' Down the Canyon1942 · as Trigger
• Heart of the Golden West1942 · as Trigger
• Sunset Serenade1942 · as Trigger
• The Sons of the Pioneers1942 · as Trigger
• Romance on the Range1942 · as Trigger
• Sunset on the Desert1942 · as Trigger
• South of Santa Fe1942 · as Trigger
• Man from Cheyenne1942 · as Roy's Horse
• Red River Valley1941 · as Trigger
• Jesse James at Bay1941 · as Jesse's Horse
• Bad Man of Deadwood1941 · as Brett's Horse
• Nevada City1941 · as Jeff's Horse
• Sheriff of Tombstone1941 · as Brett's Horse
• In Old Cheyenne1941 · as Trigger, Steve's Horse
• Rodeo Dough1940 · as Trigger
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1938 · as Maid Marian's Horse

All TV Shows (1)

• The Roy Rogers Show1951 · as Trigger