About

Known credits:
70
Birthday:
1934-07-04
Place of birth:
San Diego, California, USA
Website:
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Trigger

Overview

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

Acting
1976 It's Showtime Actor Trigger (archive footage) 59
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1959 Alias Jesse James Actor Trigger (uncredited) 59
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1952 Son of Paleface Actor Trigger 59
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1951 The Roy Rogers Show Actor Trigger 68
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1951 Pals of the Golden West Actor Trigger N/A
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1951 South of Caliente Actor Trigger N/A
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1951 In Old Amarillo Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1951 Heart of the Rockies Actor Trigger 59
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1951 Spoilers of the Plains Actor Trigger 59
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1950 Trail of Robin Hood Actor Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West 58
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1950 North of the Great Divide Actor Trigger N/A
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1950 Sunset in the West Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1950 Trigger, Jr. Actor Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies 59
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1950 Twilight in the Sierras Actor Trigger 59
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1949 The Golden Stallion Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1949 Down Dakota Way Actor Trigger 59
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1949 Susanna Pass Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1948 The Far Frontier Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1948 Grand Canyon Trail Actor Trigger, Roy's Horse 59
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1948 Night Time in Nevada Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1948 Eyes of Texas Actor Trigger 59
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1948 Melody Time Actor Trigger 60
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1948 Under California Stars Actor Trigger 58
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1948 The Gay Ranchero Actor Trigger 59
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1947 On the Old Spanish Trail Actor Trigger 58
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1947 Springtime in the Sierras Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 58
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1947 Bells of San Angelo Actor Trigger 58
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1947 Apache Rose Actor Trigger 59
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1946 Out California Way Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1946 Heldorado Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 59
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1946 Home in Oklahoma Actor Trigger 59
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1946 Roll on Texas Moon Actor The Smartest Horse in the Movies 59
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1946 Under Nevada Skies Actor Roy's Horse 59
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1946 My Pal Trigger Actor Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies 59
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1946 Rainbow Over Texas Actor Trigger 59
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1946 Song of Arizona Actor Trigger 58
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1945 Don't Fence Me In Actor Trigger 59
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1945 Sunset in El Dorado Actor Trigger 58
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1945 Along the Navajo Trail Actor Trigger N/A
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1945 Man from Oklahoma Actor Trigger 58
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1945 Bells of Rosarita Actor Trigger 59
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1945 Utah Actor Trigger 59
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1944 Hollywood Canteen Actor Self 59
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1944 Lights of Old Santa Fe Actor Trigger 59
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1944 San Fernando Valley Actor Trigger N/A
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1944 Song of Nevada Actor Trigger, Roy's Horse 59
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1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas Actor Roy's Horse 58
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1944 Cowboy and the Senorita Actor Trigger 59
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1944 Hands Across the Border Actor Trigger 59
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1943 Man from Music Mountain Actor Trigger - Roy's Horse 58
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1943 Silver Spurs Actor Trigger 58
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1943 Song of Texas Actor Trigger 59
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1943 King of the Cowboys Actor Trigger 59
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1943 Idaho Actor Trigger (uncredited) 59
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1942 Ridin' Down the Canyon Actor Trigger 59
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1942 Heart of the Golden West Actor Trigger N/A
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1942 Sunset Serenade Actor Trigger 59
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1942 Sons of the Pioneers Actor Trigger N/A
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1942 Romance on the Range Actor Trigger 59
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1942 Sunset on the Desert Actor Trigger 59
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1942 South of Santa Fe Actor Trigger 58
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1942 Man from Cheyenne Actor Roy's Horse 59
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1941 Red River Valley Actor Trigger 59
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1941 Jesse James at Bay Actor Jesse's Horse 58
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1941 Bad Man of Deadwood Actor Brett's Horse 58
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1941 Nevada City Actor Jeff's Horse 59
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1941 Sheriff of Tombstone Actor Brett's Horse 59
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1941 In Old Cheyenne Actor Trigger, Steve's Horse 58
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1940 Rodeo Dough Actor Trigger 59
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1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood Actor Maid Marian's Horse 68
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