Trigger
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Roy Rogers Show
Trigger
1951
Film
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Maid Marian's Horse
1938
Film
Melody Time
Trigger
1948
Film
Pals of the Golden West
Trigger
1951
Film
Heart of the Rockies
Trigger
1951
Film
Trail of Robin Hood
Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
1950
Film
Hollywood Canteen
Self
1944
Film
The Sons of the Pioneers
Trigger
1942
Film
It's Showtime
Trigger (archive footage)
1976
Film
Alias Jesse James
Trigger (uncredited)
1959
Film
Along the Navajo Trail
Trigger
1945
Film
Heldorado
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946
Film
Bad Man of Deadwood
Brett's Horse
1941
Film
Son of Paleface
Trigger
1952
Film
Lights of Old Santa Fe
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1944
Film
Man from Music Mountain
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1943
Film
Song of Arizona
Trigger
1946
Film
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Trigger
1942
Film
Sunset in the West
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1950
Film
North of the Great Divide
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1950
Film
Don't Fence Me In
Trigger
1945
Film
Romance on the Range
Trigger
1942
Film
Night Time in Nevada
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948
Film
Twilight in the Sierras
Trigger
1950
Film
Spoilers of the Plains
Trigger
1951
Film
Hands Across the Border
Trigger
1944
Film
Down Dakota Way
Trigger
1949
Film
Cowboy and the Senorita
Trigger
1944
Film
Springtime in the Sierras
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947
Film
Jesse James at Bay
Jesse's Horse
1941
Film
Heart of the Golden West
Trigger
1942
Film
Sunset in El Dorado
Trigger
1945
Film
Silver Spurs
Trigger
1943
Film
South of Santa Fe
Trigger
1942
Film
Under California Stars
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1948
Film
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Roy's Horse
1944
Film
Sunset on the Desert
Trigger
1942
Film
King of the Cowboys
Trigger
1943
Film
Bells of San Angelo
Trigger
1947
Film
Idaho
Trigger (uncredited)
1943
Film
Frontier Pony Express
Trigger (uncredited)
1939
Film
Sheriff of Tombstone
Brett's Horse
1941
Film
On the Old Spanish Trail
Trigger
1947
Film
Utah
Trigger
1945
Film
Red River Valley
Trigger
1941
Film
Bells of Rosarita
Trigger
1945
Film
Song of Texas
Trigger
1943
Film
Roll on Texas Moon
The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946
Film
My Pal Trigger
Trigger
1946
Film
Susanna Pass
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949
Film
Trigger, Jr.
Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1950
Film
Eyes of Texas
Trigger
1948
Film
Grand Canyon Trail
Trigger, Roy's Horse
1948
Film
Apache Rose
Trigger
1947
Film
Rainbow Over Texas
Trigger
1946
Film
Sunset Serenade
Trigger
1942
Film
Man from Cheyenne
Roy's Horse
1942
Film
Man from Oklahoma
Trigger
1945
Film
Out California Way
Trigger
1946
Film
Song of Nevada
Trigger, Roy's Horse
1944
Film
South of Caliente
Trigger
1951
Film
Under Nevada Skies
Roy's Horse
1946
Film
The Far Frontier
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948
Film
Home in Oklahoma
Trigger
1946
Film
In Old Cheyenne
Trigger, Steve's Horse
1941
Film
In Old Amarillo
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1951
Film
San Fernando Valley
Trigger
1944
Film
Nevada City
Jeff's Horse
1941
Film
Rodeo Dough
Trigger
1940
Film
The Golden Stallion
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949
Film
The Gay Ranchero
Trigger
1948