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