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.
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Movies (49)
It's Showtime
as Trigger (archive footage)
1976
Alias Jesse James
as Trigger (uncredited)
1959
Son of Paleface
as Trigger
1952
Pals of the Golden West
as Trigger
1951
South of Caliente
as Trigger
1951
In Old Amarillo
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1951
Heart of the Rockies
as Trigger
1951
Spoilers of the Plains
as Trigger
1951
Trail of Robin Hood
as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
1950
North of the Great Divide
as Trigger
1950
Sunset in the West
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1950
Trigger, Jr.
as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1950
Twilight in the Sierras
as Trigger
1950
The Golden Stallion
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949
Down Dakota Way
as Trigger
1949
Susanna Pass
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949
The Far Frontier
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948
Grand Canyon Trail
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
1948
Night Time in Nevada
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948
Eyes of Texas
as Trigger
1948
Melody Time
as Trigger
1948
Under California Stars
as Trigger
1948
The Gay Ranchero
as Trigger
1948
On the Old Spanish Trail
as Trigger
1947
Springtime in the Sierras
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947
Bells of San Angelo
as Trigger
1947
Apache Rose
as Trigger
1947
Heldorado
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946
Out California Way
as Trigger
1946
Home in Oklahoma
as Trigger
1946
Roll on Texas Moon
as The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946
Under Nevada Skies
as Roy's Horse
1946
My Pal Trigger
as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946
Rainbow Over Texas
as Trigger
1946
Song of Arizona
as Trigger
1946
Don't Fence Me In
as Trigger
1945
Sunset in El Dorado
as Trigger
1945
Along the Navajo Trail
as Trigger
1945
Man from Oklahoma
as Trigger
1945
Bells of Rosarita
as Trigger
1945
Utah
as Trigger
1945
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Trigger
1944
San Fernando Valley
as Trigger
1944
Song of Nevada
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
1944
The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Roy's Horse
1944
Cowboy and the Senorita
as Trigger
1944
Hands Across the Border
as Trigger
1944
Man from Music Mountain
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1943
