Trigger
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.
Acting
Movie
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Maid Marian's Horse
1938
Movie
Melody Time
as Trigger
1948
Movie
Son of Paleface
as Trigger
1952
Movie
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
Movie
Alias Jesse James
as Trigger (uncredited)
1959
Movie
The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Roy's Horse
1944
Movie
My Pal Trigger
as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
1946
Movie
Under California Stars
as Trigger
1948
Movie
Bells of San Angelo
as Trigger
1947
Movie
Jesse James at Bay
as Jesse's Horse
1941
TV
The Roy Rogers Show
as Trigger
1951
Movie
Trigger, Jr.
as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
1950
Movie
Heldorado
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1946
Movie
Song of Arizona
as Trigger
1946
Movie
In Old Cheyenne
as Trigger, Steve's Horse
1941
Movie
Home in Oklahoma
as Trigger
1946
Movie
Sunset in the West
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1950
Movie
South of Santa Fe
as Trigger
1942
Movie
King of the Cowboys
as Trigger
1943
Movie
Springtime in the Sierras
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
1947
Movie
Song of Nevada
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
1944
Movie
Hands Across the Border
as Trigger
1944
Movie
Bells of Rosarita
as Trigger
1945
Movie
Sunset Serenade
as Trigger
1942