Biography
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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) — Maid Marian's Horse
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Melody Time (1948) — Trigger
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Son of Paleface (1952) — Trigger
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Hollywood Canteen (1944) — Self
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Alias Jesse James (1959) — Trigger (uncredited)
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The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) — Roy's Horse
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My Pal Trigger (1946) — Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
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Under California Stars (1948) — Trigger
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Bells of San Angelo (1947) — Trigger
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Jesse James at Bay (1941) — Jesse's Horse
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Heldorado (1946) — Trigger - Roy's Horse
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The Roy Rogers Show (1951) — Trigger
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Trigger, Jr. (1950) — Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
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Song of Arizona (1946) — Trigger
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In Old Cheyenne (1941) — Trigger, Steve's Horse
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Home in Oklahoma (1946) — Trigger
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Sunset in the West (1950) — Trigger - Roy's Horse
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South of Santa Fe (1942) — Trigger
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King of the Cowboys (1943) — Trigger
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Springtime in the Sierras (1947) — Trigger - Roy's Horse
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Song of Nevada (1944) — Trigger, Roy's Horse
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Hands Across the Border (1944) — Trigger
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Bells of Rosarita (1945) — Trigger
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Sunset Serenade (1942) — Trigger
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Trail of Robin Hood (1950) — Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
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Silver Spurs (1943) — Trigger
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Apache Rose (1947) — Trigger
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Man from Music Mountain (1943) — Trigger - Roy's Horse
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Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) — Trigger
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Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944) — Trigger
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Sunset in El Dorado (1945) — Trigger
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Don't Fence Me In (1945) — Trigger
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On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) — Trigger
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Night Time in Nevada (1948) — Trigger - Roy's Horse
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Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) — Brett's Horse
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Bad Man of Deadwood (1941) — Brett's Horse
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Sunset on the Desert (1942) — Trigger
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Rodeo Dough (1940) — Trigger
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Utah (1945) — Trigger
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Roll on Texas Moon (1946) — The Smartest Horse in the Movies