Trigger

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.

Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Maid Marian's Horse

Melody Time

as Trigger

Son of Paleface

as Trigger

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

Alias Jesse James

as Trigger (uncredited)

My Pal Trigger

as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies

Bells of San Angelo

as Trigger

The Yellow Rose of Texas

as Roy's Horse

Under California Stars

as Trigger

The Roy Rogers Show

as Trigger