
Trigger
Born
July 4, 1934
Died
July 3, 1965 (30 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For

It's Showtime
Trigger (archive footage)
1976

Alias Jesse James
Trigger (uncredited)
1959

Son of Paleface
Trigger
1952

The Roy Rogers Show
Trigger ยท (100 episodes)
1951

Pals of the Golden West
Trigger
1951

South of Caliente
Trigger
1951

In Old Amarillo
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1951

Heart of the Rockies
Trigger
1951

Spoilers of the Plains
Trigger
1951

Trail of Robin Hood
Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
1950

North of the Great Divide
Trigger
1950

Sunset in the West
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1950

Trigger, Jr.
Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1950

Twilight in the Sierras
Trigger
1950

The Golden Stallion
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949

Down Dakota Way
Trigger
1949

Susanna Pass
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949

The Far Frontier
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948

Grand Canyon Trail
Trigger, Roy's Horse
1948

Night Time in Nevada
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948

Eyes of Texas
Trigger
1948

Melody Time
Trigger
1948

Under California Stars
Trigger
1948

The Gay Ranchero
Trigger
1948

On the Old Spanish Trail
Trigger
1947

Springtime in the Sierras
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947

Bells of San Angelo
Trigger
1947

Apache Rose
Trigger
1947

Heldorado
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946

Out California Way
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946

Home in Oklahoma
Trigger
1946

Roll on Texas Moon
The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946

Under Nevada Skies
Roy's Horse
1946

My Pal Trigger
Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946

Rainbow Over Texas
Trigger
1946

Song of Arizona
Trigger
1946

Don't Fence Me In
Trigger
1945

Sunset in El Dorado
Trigger
1945

Along the Navajo Trail
Trigger
1945

Man from Oklahoma
Trigger
1945

Bells of Rosarita
Trigger
1945

Utah
Trigger
1945

Hollywood Canteen
Self
1944

Lights of Old Santa Fe
Trigger
1944

San Fernando Valley
Trigger
1944

Song of Nevada
Trigger, Roy's Horse
1944

The Yellow Rose of Texas
Roy's Horse
1944

Cowboy and the Senorita
Trigger
1944

Hands Across the Border
Trigger
1944

Man from Music Mountain
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1943

Silver Spurs
Trigger
1943

Song of Texas
Trigger
1943

King of the Cowboys
Trigger
1943

Idaho
Trigger (uncredited)
1943

Ridin' Down the Canyon
Trigger
1942

Heart of the Golden West
Trigger
1942

Sunset Serenade
Trigger
1942

Sons of the Pioneers
Trigger
1942

Romance on the Range
Trigger
1942

Sunset on the Desert
Trigger
1942

South of Santa Fe
Trigger
1942

Man from Cheyenne
Roy's Horse
1942

Red River Valley
Trigger
1941

Jesse James at Bay
Jesse's Horse
1941

Bad Man of Deadwood
Brett's Horse
1941

Nevada City
Jeff's Horse
1941

Sheriff of Tombstone
Brett's Horse
1941

In Old Cheyenne
Trigger, Steve's Horse
1941

Rodeo Dough
Trigger
1940

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Maid Marian's Horse
1938