07/04/1934
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 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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It's Showtime (1976) as Trigger (archive footage) |
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Alias Jesse James (1959) as Trigger (uncredited) |
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Son of Paleface (1952) as Trigger |
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Pals of the Golden West (1951) as Trigger |
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South of Caliente (1951) as Trigger |
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In Old Amarillo (1951) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Heart of the Rockies (1951) as Trigger |
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Spoilers of the Plains (1951) as Trigger |
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Trail of Robin Hood (1950) as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West |
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North of the Great Divide (1950) as Trigger |
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Sunset in the West (1950) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Trigger, Jr. (1950) as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies |
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Twilight in the Sierras (1950) as Trigger |
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The Golden Stallion (1949) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Down Dakota Way (1949) as Trigger |
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Susanna Pass (1949) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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The Far Frontier (1948) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Grand Canyon Trail (1948) as Trigger, Roy's Horse |
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Night Time in Nevada (1948) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Eyes of Texas (1948) as Trigger |
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Melody Time (1948) as Trigger |
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Under California Stars (1948) as Trigger |
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The Gay Ranchero (1948) as Trigger |
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On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) as Trigger |
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Springtime in the Sierras (1947) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Bells of San Angelo (1947) as Trigger |
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Apache Rose (1947) as Trigger |
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Heldorado (1946) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Out California Way (1946) as Trigger |
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Home in Oklahoma (1946) as Trigger |
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Roll on Texas Moon (1946) as The Smartest Horse in the Movies |
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Under Nevada Skies (1946) as Roy's Horse |
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My Pal Trigger (1946) as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies |
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Rainbow Over Texas (1946) as Trigger |
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Song of Arizona (1946) as Trigger |
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Don't Fence Me In (1945) as Trigger |
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Sunset in El Dorado (1945) as Trigger |
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Along the Navajo Trail (1945) as Trigger |
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Man from Oklahoma (1945) as Trigger |
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Bells of Rosarita (1945) as Trigger |
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Utah (1945) as Trigger |
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Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Self |
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Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944) as Trigger |
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San Fernando Valley (1944) as Trigger |
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Song of Nevada (1944) as Trigger, Roy's Horse |
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The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) as Roy's Horse |
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Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) as Trigger |
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Hands Across the Border (1944) as Trigger |
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Man from Music Mountain (1943) as Trigger - Roy's Horse |
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Silver Spurs (1943) as Trigger |
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Song of Texas (1943) as Trigger |
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King of the Cowboys (1943) as Trigger |
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Idaho (1943) as Trigger (uncredited) |
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Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942) as Trigger |
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Heart of the Golden West (1942) as Trigger |
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Sunset Serenade (1942) as Trigger |
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Sons of the Pioneers (1942) as Trigger |
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Romance on the Range (1942) as Trigger |
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Sunset on the Desert (1942) as Trigger |
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South of Santa Fe (1942) as Trigger |
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Man from Cheyenne (1942) as Roy's Horse |
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Red River Valley (1941) as Trigger |
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Jesse James at Bay (1941) as Jesse's Horse |
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Bad Man of Deadwood (1941) as Brett's Horse |
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Nevada City (1941) as Jeff's Horse |
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Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) as Brett's Horse |
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In Old Cheyenne (1941) as Trigger, Steve's Horse |
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Rodeo Dough (1940) as Trigger |
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) as Maid Marian's Horse |