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

Trigger

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Maid Marian's Horse

The Yellow Rose of Texas

Roy's Horse

Song of Nevada

Trigger, Roy's Horse

Cowboy and the Senorita

Trigger

The Far Frontier

Trigger - Roy's Horse

Home in Oklahoma

Trigger

Grand Canyon Trail

Trigger, Roy's Horse

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1976	It's Showtime	Trigger (archive footage)
1959	Alias Jesse James	Trigger (uncredited)
1952	Son of Paleface	Trigger
1951	South of Caliente	Trigger
1951	Heart of the Rockies	Trigger
1951	In Old Amarillo	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1951	Pals of the Golden West	Trigger
1951	Spoilers of the Plains	Trigger
1950	Trigger, Jr.	Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1950	Twilight in the Sierras	Trigger
1950	North of the Great Divide	Trigger
1950	Sunset in the West	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1950	Trail of Robin Hood	Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
1949	The Golden Stallion	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949	Down Dakota Way	Trigger
1949	Susanna Pass	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948	Melody Time	Trigger
1948	Eyes of Texas	Trigger
1948	The Far Frontier	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948	Under California Stars	Trigger
1948	The Gay Ranchero	Trigger
1948	Grand Canyon Trail	Trigger, Roy's Horse
1948	Night Time in Nevada	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947	Springtime in the Sierras	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947	Apache Rose	Trigger
1947	Bells of San Angelo	Trigger
1947	On the Old Spanish Trail	Trigger
1946	Home in Oklahoma	Trigger
1946	My Pal Trigger	Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946	Roll on Texas Moon	The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946	Heldorado	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946	Out California Way	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946	Rainbow Over Texas	Trigger
1946	Song of Arizona	Trigger
1946	Under Nevada Skies	Roy's Horse
1945	Utah	Trigger
1945	Man from Oklahoma	Trigger
1945	Along the Navajo Trail	Trigger
1945	Bells of Rosarita	Trigger
1945	Sunset in El Dorado	Trigger
1945	Don't Fence Me In	Trigger
1944	Hollywood Canteen	Self
1944	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Roy's Horse
1944	San Fernando Valley	Trigger
1944	Cowboy and the Senorita	Trigger
1944	Song of Nevada	Trigger, Roy's Horse
1944	Hands Across the Border	Trigger
1944	Lights of Old Santa Fe	Trigger
1943	Man from Music Mountain	Trigger - Roy's Horse
1943	Silver Spurs	Trigger
1943	King of the Cowboys	Trigger
1943	Idaho	Trigger (uncredited)
1943	Song of Texas	Trigger
1942	Man from Cheyenne	Roy's Horse
1942	Sons of the Pioneers	Trigger
1942	South of Santa Fe	Trigger
1942	Sunset on the Desert	Trigger
1942	Romance on the Range	Trigger
1942	Sunset Serenade	Trigger
1942	Heart of the Golden West	Trigger
1942	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Trigger
1941	In Old Cheyenne	Trigger, Steve's Horse
1941	Sheriff of Tombstone	Brett's Horse
1941	Nevada City	Jeff's Horse
1941	Bad Man of Deadwood	Brett's Horse
1941	Jesse James at Bay	Jesse's Horse
1941	Red River Valley	Trigger
1940	Rodeo Dough	Trigger
1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Maid Marian's Horse

Year	TV Show	Role
1951	The Roy Rogers Show	Trigger