Acting
Trigger
EN, NL cinema · 69 credits
Born
4 July 1934
Died
3 July 1965 (aged 30)
Birthplace
San Diego, California, USA
Also known as Golden Cloud · The Smartest Horse in the Movies
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
Filmography
It's Showtime
as Trigger (archive footage)
Alias Jesse James
as Trigger (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
as Trigger
South of Caliente
as Trigger
Heart of the Rockies
as Trigger
In Old Amarillo
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Pals of the Golden West
as Trigger
Spoilers of the Plains
as Trigger
Twilight in the Sierras
as Trigger
Trigger, Jr.
as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
North of the Great Divide
as Trigger
Sunset in the West
as Trigger
Trail of Robin Hood
as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
The Golden Stallion
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Down Dakota Way
as Trigger
Susanna Pass
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Melody Time
as Trigger
Eyes of Texas
as Trigger
The Far Frontier
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Under California Stars
as Trigger
Night Time in Nevada
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
The Gay Ranchero
as Trigger
Grand Canyon Trail
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
Springtime in the Sierras
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Apache Rose
as Trigger
Bells of San Angelo
as Trigger
On the Old Spanish Trail
as Trigger
Home in Oklahoma
as Trigger
My Pal Trigger
as Trigger
Roll on Texas Moon
as The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Heldorado
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Rainbow Over Texas
as Trigger
Out California Way
as Trigger
Song of Arizona
as Trigger
Under Nevada Skies
as Roy's Horse
Utah
as Trigger
Man from Oklahoma
as Trigger
Along the Navajo Trail
as Trigger
Bells of Rosarita
as Trigger
Sunset in El Dorado
as Trigger
Don't Fence Me In
as Trigger
The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Roy's Horse
San Fernando Valley
as Trigger
Cowboy and the Senorita
as Trigger
Song of Nevada
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
Hands Across the Border
as Trigger
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Trigger
Man from Music Mountain
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
Silver Spurs
as Trigger
Song of Texas
as Trigger
Idaho
as Trigger (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
as Trigger
Man from Cheyenne
as Roy's Horse
The Sons of the Pioneers
as Trigger
South of Santa Fe
as Trigger
Sunset on the Desert
as Trigger
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Trigger
Heart of the Golden West
as Trigger
Sunset Serenade
as Trigger
Romance on the Range
as Trigger
In Old Cheyenne
as Trigger, Steve's Horse
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Brett's Horse
Red River Valley
as Trigger
Nevada City
as Jeff's Horse
Jesse James at Bay
as Jesse's Horse
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Brett's Horse
Rodeo Dough
as Trigger
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Maid Marian's Horse