Trigger

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Trigger

Acting July 4, 1934

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 prepa…

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

7.5 1938 Movie
Melody Time

Melody Time

6.1 1948 Movie
The Roy Rogers Show

The Roy Rogers Show

6.8 1951 TV Show
Son of Paleface

Son of Paleface

6.4 1952 Movie
Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James

6.1 1959 Movie
Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

7.3 1944 Movie
Bells of San Angelo

Bells of San Angelo

4.5 1947 Movie
The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas

6.1 1944 Movie
Jesse James at Bay

Jesse James at Bay

4.8 1941 Movie
Heldorado

Heldorado

6.2 1946 Movie
Under California Stars

Under California Stars

5.3 1948 Movie
My Pal Trigger

My Pal Trigger

5.5 1946 Movie

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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

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  1. 1976
    It's Showtime

    Movie Trigger (archive footage)

  2. 1959
    Alias Jesse James

    Movie Trigger (uncredited)

  3. 1952
    Son of Paleface

    Movie Trigger

  4. 1951
    The Roy Rogers Show

    TV show Trigger

  5. 1951
    Pals of the Golden West

    Movie Trigger

  6. 1951
    South of Caliente

    Movie Trigger

  7. 1951
    In Old Amarillo

    Movie Trigger - Roy's Horse

  8. 1951
    Heart of the Rockies

    Movie Trigger

  9. 1951
    Spoilers of the Plains

    Movie Trigger

  10. 1950
    Trail of Robin Hood

    Movie Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West

  11. 1950
    North of the Great Divide

    Movie Trigger

  12. 1950
    Sunset in the West

    Movie Trigger

  13. 1950
    Trigger, Jr.

    Movie Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies

  14. 1950
    Twilight in the Sierras

    Movie Trigger

  15. 1949
    The Golden Stallion

    Movie Trigger - Roy's Horse

  16. 1949
    Down Dakota Way

    Movie Trigger

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  1. 1949
    Susanna Pass

    Movie Trigger - Roy's Horse

  2. 1948
    The Far Frontier

    Movie Trigger - Roy's Horse

  3. 1948
    Grand Canyon Trail

    Movie Trigger, Roy's Horse

  4. 1948
    Night Time in Nevada

    Movie Trigger - Roy's Horse

  5. 1948
    Eyes of Texas

    Movie Trigger

  6. 1948
    Melody Time

    Movie Trigger

  7. 1948
    Under California Stars

    Movie Trigger

  8. 1948
    The Gay Ranchero

    Movie Trigger

  9. 1947
    On the Old Spanish Trail

    Movie Trigger

  10. 1947
    Springtime in the Sierras

    Movie Trigger - Roy's Horse

  11. 1947
    Bells of San Angelo

    Movie Trigger

  12. 1947
    Apache Rose

    Movie Trigger

  13. 1946
    Heldorado

    Movie Trigger - Roy's Horse

  14. 1946
    Out California Way

    Movie Trigger

  15. 1946
    Home in Oklahoma

    Movie Trigger

  16. 1946
    Roll on Texas Moon

    Movie The Smartest Horse in the Movies

  17. 1946
    Under Nevada Skies

    Movie Roy's Horse

  18. 1946
    My Pal Trigger

    Movie Trigger

  19. 1946
    Rainbow Over Texas

    Movie Trigger

  20. 1946
    Song of Arizona

    Movie Trigger

  21. 1945
    Don't Fence Me In

    Movie Trigger

  22. 1945
    Sunset in El Dorado

    Movie Trigger

  23. 1945
    Along the Navajo Trail

    Movie Trigger

  24. 1945
    Man from Oklahoma

    Movie Trigger