Trigger

Born: 1934-07-04

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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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Maid Marian's Horse
Released: 1938-05-13

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win...

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Melody Time

as Trigger
Released: 1948-05-27

In the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless...

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Jesse James at Bay

as Jesse's Horse
Released: 1941-10-17

When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money...

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Idaho

as Trigger (uncredited)
Released: 1943-03-10

A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed...

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Under California Stars

as Trigger
Released: 1948-04-30

On vacation at his ranch, western actor Roy quickly finds himself involved with a horse rustling...

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Trail of Robin Hood

as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
Released: 1950-12-15

Retired actor Jack Holt is raising Christmas trees for sale at a cost which permits every family...

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King of the Cowboys

as Trigger
Released: 1943-04-09

Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor...

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Trigger, Jr.

as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Released: 1950-06-30

Evil Grant Withers lets a killer horse loose to ruin valuable horses on nearby ranches. He hopes...

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Silver Spurs

as Trigger
Released: 1943-08-12

Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is...

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Son of Paleface

as Trigger
Released: 1952-07-14

Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.

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Song of Arizona

as Trigger
Released: 1946-03-08

Roy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at...

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Springtime in the Sierras

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1947-07-15

Jean Loring has her men illegally killing and selling game. Roy suspects her and gets himself...

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Heart of the Golden West

as Trigger
Released: 1942-11-16

Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides...

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Spoilers of the Plains

as Trigger
Released: 1951-02-02

An experimental weather satellite and a missile base are at stake when Roy discovers foreign...

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Heart of the Rockies

as Trigger
Released: 1951-03-29

Roy is put in charge of a highway construction project. A rancher tries to stop Roy from putting...

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Sunset in El Dorado

as Trigger
Released: 1945-09-29

The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her...

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Alias Jesse James

as Trigger (uncredited)
Released: 1959-03-20

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in...

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The Golden Stallion

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1949-11-15

Diamonds are being smuggled across the border from Mexico in a specially made shoe of a palomino...

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Sheriff of Tombstone

as Brett's Horse
Released: 1941-05-07

The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be...

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Utah

as Trigger
Released: 1945-03-21

A singing ranch foreman (Roy Rogers) and his friend (George "Gabby" Hayes) urge a chorus-girl...

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North of the Great Divide

as Trigger
Released: 1950-11-15

An Indian agent comes to the rescue when a local tribe's fishing rights are threatened by a...

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Hollywood Canteen

as Self
Released: 1944-12-15

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...

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Bells of San Angelo

as Trigger
Released: 1947-04-15

Gridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage...

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In Old Cheyenne

as Trigger, Steve's Horse
Released: 1941-04-04

Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy...

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South of Caliente

as Trigger
Released: 1951-10-15

"King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers stars with his real-life wife, Dale Evans, in this Western...

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Song of Nevada

as Trigger, Roy's Horse
Released: 1944-08-05

When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle...

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Rainbow Over Texas

as Trigger
Released: 1946-05-09

Roy visits his home town while on a personal appearance tour. While there he enters a pony...

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Home in Oklahoma

as Trigger
Released: 1946-10-18

In this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making...

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The Far Frontier

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1948-12-29

Willis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back...

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Apache Rose

as Trigger
Released: 1947-02-15

Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are...

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Nevada City

as Jeff's Horse
Released: 1941-06-19

The conflict between a railroader and a stage line owner is being aggravated by bad guys who are...

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On the Old Spanish Trail

as Trigger
Released: 1947-10-15

A cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.

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Romance on the Range

as Trigger
Released: 1942-05-18

Fur theives are looting the traps on the ranch where Roy is foreman and they have murdered one...

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Susanna Pass

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1949-04-29

The bad guys dynamite a fish hatchery. They're trying to put the hatchery out of business so...

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Out California Way

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1946-12-15

Newcomer Monte Hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young Danny McCoy...

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South of Santa Fe

as Trigger
Released: 1942-02-17

To get the three needed business men to visit the Stevens mine, Roy stages a ride with the...

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The Yellow Rose of Texas

as Roy's Horse
Released: 1944-06-24

Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in...

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Cowboy and the Senorita

as Trigger
Released: 1944-05-13

Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to...

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Grand Canyon Trail

as Trigger, Roy's Horse
Released: 1948-11-04

Sintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanerpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and...

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Under Nevada Skies

as Roy's Horse
Released: 1946-08-26

Rodeo star Roy Rogers returns home to find that his old friend Tom Craig has been murdered after...

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Sunset Serenade

as Trigger
Released: 1942-09-14

Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant...

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San Fernando Valley

as Trigger
Released: 1944-09-15

A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter...

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My Pal Trigger

as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
Released: 1946-07-10

Gabby doesn't want to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When Sovereign and Roy's...

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Sons of the Pioneers

as Trigger
Released: 1942-07-02

A singing entomologist (Roy Rogers) acts meek to help a juggling sheriff (George "Gabby" Hayes)...

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Sunset in the West

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1950-09-25

Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling.

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In Old Amarillo

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1951-05-15

A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all...

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Hands Across the Border

as Trigger
Released: 1944-01-05

Horse breeders Adams and Brock are vying for the Army contract. When Adams is killed trying to...

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Sunset on the Desert

as Trigger
Released: 1942-04-01

Judge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of...

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Along the Navajo Trail

as Trigger
Released: 1945-09-15

U.S. Deputy Marshal Roy investigates the disappearance of a government agent who has come to...

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Heldorado

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1946-12-15

Roy Rogers, a Nevada State Ranger Captain in charge of the Rangers Reclamation Service, makes a...

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Ridin' Down the Canyon

as Trigger
Released: 1942-12-30

Roy Rogers takes on crooked wartime profiteers in the musical western Ridin' Down the Canyon....

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Lights of Old Santa Fe

as Trigger
Released: 1944-11-06

Sandwiched in between the numerous musical numbers, the Gabby Whittaker and Madden rodeo's are...

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Red River Valley

as Trigger
Released: 1941-12-12

To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is...

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The Gay Ranchero

as Trigger
Released: 1948-01-14

Manzanita Springs ia a combination small airline and spa and Vance Brados wants it. He pays...

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It's Showtime

as Trigger (archive footage)
Released: 1976-03-31

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

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Man from Oklahoma

as Trigger
Released: 1945-07-01

The feuding Lanes and Whittakers are brought together with the help of Roy Rogers, when a...

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Bad Man of Deadwood

as Brett's Horse
Released: 1941-09-05

Roy and Gabby fight bad guys to save the town of Deadwood.

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Roll on Texas Moon

as The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Released: 1946-09-12

To get the Delaney ranch Cole's henchman Anders has started a phony range war between the...

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Pals of the Golden West

as Trigger
Released: 1951-11-15

US Border Patrolman Roy Rogers is assigned to prevent a herd of diseased cattle from crossing...

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Eyes of Texas

as Trigger
Released: 1948-06-15

A ranch owner turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II....

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Twilight in the Sierras

as Trigger
Released: 1950-05-20

Roy is a United States Marshal tracking down a counterfeiting ring and hunting down a mountain...

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Man from Cheyenne

as Roy's Horse
Released: 1942-01-16

Roy is a government man assigned to a case of cattle rustling in the part of the country where...

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Man from Music Mountain

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1943-10-30

Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is...

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Night Time in Nevada

as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Released: 1948-09-05

Twenty years earlier Farrell killed his mining partner Andrews. Now Andrews daughter arrives to...

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Song of Texas

as Trigger
Released: 1943-06-14

A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she...

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Rodeo Dough

as Trigger
Released: 1940-11-09

After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a...

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Bells of Rosarita

as Trigger
Released: 1945-06-19

Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her....

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Don't Fence Me In

as Trigger
Released: 1945-10-20

Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern...

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Down Dakota Way

as Trigger
Released: 1949-09-09

In Roy Rogers' Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by...

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The Roy Rogers Show

as Trigger
First aired: 1951-12-30

Roy Rogers is the owner of the RR Ranch in the Mineral City area, which he runs with the help of...

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