Cast & creator
Trigger
Best known for The Roy Rogers Show, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Melody Time
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.
Also known as: Golden Cloud, The Smartest Horse in the Movies
69
film credits
1
television credits
70
1938–1976 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (70)
Showing 70 of 70 credits
The Roy Rogers Show
Trigger
1951
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Maid Marian's Horse
1938
Melody Time
Trigger
1948
Alias Jesse James
Trigger (uncredited)
1959
The Sons of the Pioneers
Trigger
1942
Son of Paleface
Trigger
1952
Hollywood Canteen
Self
1944
King of the Cowboys
Trigger
1943
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Trigger
1944
Romance on the Range
Trigger
1942
Pals of the Golden West
Trigger
1951
It's Showtime
Trigger (archive footage)
1976
Heart of the Golden West
Trigger
1942
Along the Navajo Trail
Trigger
1945
Hands Across the Border
Trigger
1944
Trail of Robin Hood
Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
1950
Bad Man of Deadwood
Brett's Horse
1941
North of the Great Divide
Trigger
1950
Springtime in the Sierras
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947
Don't Fence Me In
Trigger
1945
Roll on Texas Moon
The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946
Night Time in Nevada
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Roy's Horse
1944
Man from Music Mountain
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1943
Heldorado
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Trigger
1942
Bells of San Angelo
Trigger
1947
Heart of the Rockies
Trigger
1951
Cowboy and the Senorita
Trigger
1944
South of Santa Fe
Trigger
1942
Jesse James at Bay
Jesse's Horse
1941
Twilight in the Sierras
Trigger
1950
Sunset in El Dorado
Trigger
1945
Sunset on the Desert
Trigger
1942
Sunset in the West
Trigger
1950
On the Old Spanish Trail
Trigger
1947
Song of Arizona
Trigger
1946
Spoilers of the Plains
Trigger
1951
In Old Amarillo
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1951
The Gay Ranchero
Trigger
1948
Song of Nevada
Trigger, Roy's Horse
1944
Nevada City
Jeff's Horse
1941
The Far Frontier
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1948
Sheriff of Tombstone
Brett's Horse
1941
Down Dakota Way
Trigger
1949
Man from Cheyenne
Roy's Horse
1942
Out California Way
Trigger
1946
Idaho
Trigger (uncredited)
1943
Red River Valley
Trigger
1941
Home in Oklahoma
Trigger
1946
Eyes of Texas
Trigger
1948
Grand Canyon Trail
Trigger, Roy's Horse
1948
Bells of Rosarita
Trigger
1945
Rainbow Over Texas
Trigger
1946
Under California Stars
Trigger
1948
Susanna Pass
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949
Silver Spurs
Trigger
1943
San Fernando Valley
Trigger
1944
Song of Texas
Trigger
1943
Trigger, Jr.
Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1950
In Old Cheyenne
Trigger, Steve's Horse
1941
The Golden Stallion
Trigger - Roy's Horse
1949
Sunset Serenade
Trigger
1942
Under Nevada Skies
Roy's Horse
1946
Rodeo Dough
Trigger
1940
Man from Oklahoma
Trigger
1945
My Pal Trigger
Trigger
1946
South of Caliente
Trigger
1951
Utah
Trigger
1945
Apache Rose
Trigger
1947