Trigger
Acting
Born July 4, 1934 · San Diego, California, USA
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.
Films (69)
It's Showtime
1976
Alias Jesse James
1959
Son of Paleface
1952
Pals of the Golden West
1951
South of Caliente
1951
In Old Amarillo
1951
Heart of the Rockies
1951
Spoilers of the Plains
1951
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
North of the Great Divide
1950
Sunset in the West
1950
Trigger, Jr.
1950
Twilight in the Sierras
1950
The Golden Stallion
1949
Down Dakota Way
1949
Susanna Pass
1949
The Far Frontier
1948
Grand Canyon Trail
1948
Night Time in Nevada
1948
Eyes of Texas
1948
Melody Time
1948
Under California Stars
1948
The Gay Ranchero
1948
On the Old Spanish Trail
1947
Springtime in the Sierras
1947
Bells of San Angelo
1947
Apache Rose
1947
Heldorado
1946
Out California Way
1946
Home in Oklahoma
1946
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
Under Nevada Skies
1946
My Pal Trigger
1946
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
Song of Arizona
1946
Don't Fence Me In
1945
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
Along the Navajo Trail
1945
Man from Oklahoma
1945
Bells of Rosarita
1945
Utah
1945
Hollywood Canteen
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944
San Fernando Valley
1944
Song of Nevada
1944
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944
Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
Hands Across the Border
1944
Man from Music Mountain
1943
Silver Spurs
1943
Song of Texas
1943
King of the Cowboys
1943
Idaho
1943
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
Heart of the Golden West
1942
Sunset Serenade
1942
Sons of the Pioneers
1942
Romance on the Range
1942
Sunset on the Desert
1942
South of Santa Fe
1942
Man from Cheyenne
1942
Red River Valley
1941
Jesse James at Bay
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
Nevada City
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
In Old Cheyenne
1941
Rodeo Dough
1940
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938