Trigger
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.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Maid Marian's HorseRobin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win...
Movie pageMelody Time
as TriggerIn the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless...
Movie pageJesse James at Bay
as Jesse's HorseWhen Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money...
Movie pageIdaho
as Trigger (uncredited)A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed...
Movie pageUnder California Stars
as TriggerOn vacation at his ranch, western actor Roy quickly finds himself involved with a horse rustling...
Movie pageTrail of Robin Hood
as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the WestRetired actor Jack Holt is raising Christmas trees for sale at a cost which permits every family...
Movie pageKing of the Cowboys
as TriggerRoy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor...
Movie pageTrigger, Jr.
as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the MoviesEvil Grant Withers lets a killer horse loose to ruin valuable horses on nearby ranches. He hopes...
Movie pageSilver Spurs
as TriggerJerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is...
Movie pageSon of Paleface
as TriggerPeter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.
Movie pageSong of Arizona
as TriggerRoy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at...
Movie pageSpringtime in the Sierras
as Trigger - Roy's HorseJean Loring has her men illegally killing and selling game. Roy suspects her and gets himself...
Movie pageHeart of the Golden West
as TriggerLambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides...
Movie pageSpoilers of the Plains
as TriggerAn experimental weather satellite and a missile base are at stake when Roy discovers foreign...
Movie pageHeart of the Rockies
as TriggerRoy is put in charge of a highway construction project. A rancher tries to stop Roy from putting...
Movie pageSunset in El Dorado
as TriggerThe story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her...
Movie pageAlias Jesse James
as Trigger (uncredited)Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in...
Movie pageThe Golden Stallion
as Trigger - Roy's HorseDiamonds are being smuggled across the border from Mexico in a specially made shoe of a palomino...
Movie pageSheriff of Tombstone
as Brett's HorseThe mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be...
Movie pageUtah
as TriggerA singing ranch foreman (Roy Rogers) and his friend (George "Gabby" Hayes) urge a chorus-girl...
Movie pageNorth of the Great Divide
as TriggerAn Indian agent comes to the rescue when a local tribe's fishing rights are threatened by a...
Movie pageHollywood Canteen
as SelfTwo soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...
Movie pageBells of San Angelo
as TriggerGridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage...
Movie pageIn Old Cheyenne
as Trigger, Steve's HorseRoy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy...
Movie pageSouth of Caliente
as Trigger"King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers stars with his real-life wife, Dale Evans, in this Western...
Movie pageSong of Nevada
as Trigger, Roy's HorseWhen John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle...
Movie pageRainbow Over Texas
as TriggerRoy visits his home town while on a personal appearance tour. While there he enters a pony...
Movie pageHome in Oklahoma
as TriggerIn this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making...
Movie pageThe Far Frontier
as Trigger - Roy's HorseWillis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back...
Movie pageApache Rose
as TriggerRoy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are...
Movie pageNevada City
as Jeff's HorseThe conflict between a railroader and a stage line owner is being aggravated by bad guys who are...
Movie pageOn the Old Spanish Trail
as TriggerA cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.
Movie pageRomance on the Range
as TriggerFur theives are looting the traps on the ranch where Roy is foreman and they have murdered one...
Movie pageSusanna Pass
as Trigger - Roy's HorseThe bad guys dynamite a fish hatchery. They're trying to put the hatchery out of business so...
Movie pageOut California Way
as Trigger - Roy's HorseNewcomer Monte Hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young Danny McCoy...
Movie pageSouth of Santa Fe
as TriggerTo get the three needed business men to visit the Stevens mine, Roy stages a ride with the...
Movie pageThe Yellow Rose of Texas
as Roy's HorseInsurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in...
Movie pageCowboy and the Senorita
as TriggerChip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to...
Movie pageGrand Canyon Trail
as Trigger, Roy's HorseSintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanerpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and...
Movie pageUnder Nevada Skies
as Roy's HorseRodeo star Roy Rogers returns home to find that his old friend Tom Craig has been murdered after...
Movie pageSunset Serenade
as TriggerBad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant...
Movie pageSan Fernando Valley
as TriggerA ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter...
Movie pageMy Pal Trigger
as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the MoviesGabby doesn't want to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When Sovereign and Roy's...
Movie pageSons of the Pioneers
as TriggerA singing entomologist (Roy Rogers) acts meek to help a juggling sheriff (George "Gabby" Hayes)...
Movie pageSunset in the West
as Trigger - Roy's HorseRoy puts a stop to gun smuggling.
Movie pageIn Old Amarillo
as Trigger - Roy's HorseA drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all...
Movie pageHands Across the Border
as TriggerHorse breeders Adams and Brock are vying for the Army contract. When Adams is killed trying to...
Movie pageSunset on the Desert
as TriggerJudge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of...
Movie pageAlong the Navajo Trail
as TriggerU.S. Deputy Marshal Roy investigates the disappearance of a government agent who has come to...
Movie pageHeldorado
as Trigger - Roy's HorseRoy Rogers, a Nevada State Ranger Captain in charge of the Rangers Reclamation Service, makes a...
Movie pageRidin' Down the Canyon
as TriggerRoy Rogers takes on crooked wartime profiteers in the musical western Ridin' Down the Canyon....
Movie pageLights of Old Santa Fe
as TriggerSandwiched in between the numerous musical numbers, the Gabby Whittaker and Madden rodeo's are...
Movie pageRed River Valley
as TriggerTo bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is...
Movie pageThe Gay Ranchero
as TriggerManzanita Springs ia a combination small airline and spa and Vance Brados wants it. He pays...
Movie pageIt's Showtime
as Trigger (archive footage)A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Movie pageMan from Oklahoma
as TriggerThe feuding Lanes and Whittakers are brought together with the help of Roy Rogers, when a...
Movie pageBad Man of Deadwood
as Brett's HorseRoy and Gabby fight bad guys to save the town of Deadwood.
Movie pageRoll on Texas Moon
as The Smartest Horse in the MoviesTo get the Delaney ranch Cole's henchman Anders has started a phony range war between the...
Movie pagePals of the Golden West
as TriggerUS Border Patrolman Roy Rogers is assigned to prevent a herd of diseased cattle from crossing...
Movie pageEyes of Texas
as TriggerA ranch owner turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II....
Movie pageTwilight in the Sierras
as TriggerRoy is a United States Marshal tracking down a counterfeiting ring and hunting down a mountain...
Movie pageMan from Cheyenne
as Roy's HorseRoy is a government man assigned to a case of cattle rustling in the part of the country where...
Movie pageMan from Music Mountain
as Trigger - Roy's HorseRoy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is...
Movie pageNight Time in Nevada
as Trigger - Roy's HorseTwenty years earlier Farrell killed his mining partner Andrews. Now Andrews daughter arrives to...
Movie pageSong of Texas
as TriggerA man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she...
Movie pageRodeo Dough
as TriggerAfter a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a...
Movie pageBells of Rosarita
as TriggerSue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her....
Movie pageDon't Fence Me In
as TriggerWildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern...
Movie pageDown Dakota Way
as TriggerIn Roy Rogers' Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by...
Movie pageThe Roy Rogers Show
as TriggerRoy Rogers is the owner of the RR Ranch in the Mineral City area, which he runs with the help of...
TV Show page