Trigger
Acting
Born July 4, 1934 · San Diego, California, USA
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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Roy Rogers Show
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Melody Time
Alias Jesse James
Lights of Old Santa Fe
The Sons of the Pioneers
Trail of Robin Hood
It's Showtime
Hollywood Canteen
King of the Cowboys
Along the Navajo Trail
Heldorado
Down Dakota Way
Heart of the Rockies
Son of Paleface
Song of Arizona
Cowboy and the Senorita
Silver Spurs
Pals of the Golden West
Bad Man of Deadwood
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Under California Stars
Eyes of Texas
The Golden Stallion
Trigger, Jr.
Sheriff of Tombstone
Romance on the Range
South of Santa Fe
Red River Valley
The Far Frontier
Out California Way
Under Nevada Skies
Jesse James at Bay
Sunset in El Dorado
Springtime in the Sierras
Rainbow Over Texas
North of the Great Divide
Man from Music Mountain
Hands Across the Border
Idaho