Trigger

Acting·Jul 4, 1934·San Diego, California, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
It's Showtime1976 · Trigger (archive footage)	Trigger (archive footage)
Alias Jesse James1959 · Trigger (uncredited)	Trigger (uncredited)
Son of Paleface1952 · Trigger	Trigger
Pals of the Golden West1951 · Trigger	Trigger
South of Caliente1951 · Trigger	Trigger
In Old Amarillo1951 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Heart of the Rockies1951 · Trigger	Trigger
Spoilers of the Plains1951 · Trigger	Trigger
Trail of Robin Hood1950 · Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West	Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
North of the Great Divide1950 · Trigger	Trigger
Sunset in the West1950 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Trigger, Jr.1950 · Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies	Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Twilight in the Sierras1950 · Trigger	Trigger
The Golden Stallion1949 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Down Dakota Way1949 · Trigger	Trigger
Susanna Pass1949 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
The Far Frontier1948 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Grand Canyon Trail1948 · Trigger, Roy's Horse	Trigger, Roy's Horse
Night Time in Nevada1948 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Eyes of Texas1948 · Trigger	Trigger
Melody Time1948 · Trigger	Trigger
Under California Stars1948 · Trigger	Trigger
The Gay Ranchero1948 · Trigger	Trigger
On the Old Spanish Trail1947 · Trigger	Trigger
Springtime in the Sierras1947 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Bells of San Angelo1947 · Trigger	Trigger
Apache Rose1947 · Trigger	Trigger
Heldorado1946 · Trigger - Roy's Horse	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Out California Way1946 · Trigger	Trigger
Home in Oklahoma1946 · Trigger	Trigger
Roll on Texas Moon1946 · The Smartest Horse in the Movies	The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Under Nevada Skies1946 · Roy's Horse	Roy's Horse
My Pal Trigger1946 · Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies	Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
Rainbow Over Texas1946 · Trigger	Trigger
Song of Arizona1946 · Trigger	Trigger
Don't Fence Me In1945 · Trigger	Trigger
Sunset in El Dorado1945 · Trigger	Trigger
Along the Navajo Trail1945 · Trigger	Trigger
Man from Oklahoma1945 · Trigger	Trigger
Bells of Rosarita1945 · Trigger	Trigger
Utah1945 · Trigger	Trigger
Hollywood Canteen1944 · Self	Self
Lights of Old Santa Fe1944 · Trigger	Trigger
San Fernando Valley1944 · Trigger	Trigger
Song of Nevada1944 · Trigger, Roy's Horse	Trigger, Roy's Horse
The Yellow Rose of Texas1944 · Roy's Horse	Roy's Horse
Cowboy and the Senorita1944 · Trigger	Trigger
Hands Across the Border1944 · Trigger	Trigger