Trigger
Birthday
1934/07/04
Day of death
1965/07/03 (31 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Also know as
Golden Cloud, The Smartest Horse in the Movies
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...Read more
Acting
(1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Maid Marian's Horse
(1946) Home in Oklahoma
as Trigger
(1947) Springtime in the Sierras
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1947) Apache Rose
as Trigger
(1948) Melody Time
as Trigger
(1946) My Pal Trigger
as Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies
(1947) Bells of San Angelo
as Trigger
(1944) Hollywood Canteen
as Self
(1943) Man from Music Mountain
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1944) The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Roy's Horse
(1945) Utah
as Trigger
(1946) Roll on Texas Moon
as The Smartest Horse in the Movies
(1944) San Fernando Valley
as Trigger
(1949) The Golden Stallion
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1948) Eyes of Texas
as Trigger
(1950) Trigger, Jr.
as Trigger - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
(1950) Twilight in the Sierras
as Trigger
(1949) Down Dakota Way
as Trigger
(1951) South of Caliente
as Trigger
(1946) Heldorado
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1948) The Far Frontier
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1951) Heart of the Rockies
as Trigger
(1951) In Old Amarillo
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1951) Pals of the Golden West
as Trigger
(1951) Spoilers of the Plains
as Trigger
(1976) It's Showtime
as Trigger (archive footage)
(1950) North of the Great Divide
as Trigger
(1950) Sunset in the West
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1944) Cowboy and the Senorita
as Trigger
(1944) Song of Nevada
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
(1952) Son of Paleface
as Trigger
(1944) Hands Across the Border
as Trigger
(1945) Man from Oklahoma
as Trigger
(1945) Along the Navajo Trail
as Trigger
(1945) Bells of Rosarita
as Trigger
(1944) Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Trigger
(1945) Sunset in El Dorado
as Trigger
(1945) Don't Fence Me In
as Trigger
(1946) Out California Way
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1946) Rainbow Over Texas
as Trigger
(1946) Song of Arizona
as Trigger
(1947) On the Old Spanish Trail
as Trigger
(1949) Susanna Pass
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1948) Under California Stars
as Trigger
(1948) The Gay Ranchero
as Trigger
(1948) Grand Canyon Trail
as Trigger, Roy's Horse
(1948) Night Time in Nevada
as Trigger - Roy's Horse
(1941) In Old Cheyenne
as Trigger, Steve's Horse
(1941) Sheriff of Tombstone
as Brett's Horse
(1941) Nevada City
as Jeff's Horse
(1941) Bad Man of Deadwood
as Brett's Horse
(1941) Jesse James at Bay
as Jesse's Horse
(1941) Red River Valley
as Trigger
(1942) Man from Cheyenne
as Roy's Horse
(1942) Sons of the Pioneers
as Trigger
(1942) South of Santa Fe
as Trigger
(1942) Sunset on the Desert
as Trigger
(1942) Romance on the Range
as Trigger
(1942) Sunset Serenade
as Trigger
(1942) Heart of the Golden West
as Trigger
(1942) Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Trigger
(1950) Trail of Robin Hood
as Trigger The Smartest Horse in the West
(1943) Silver Spurs
as Trigger
(1943) King of the Cowboys
as Trigger
(1943) Idaho
as Trigger (uncredited)
(1943) Song of Texas
as Trigger
(1959) Alias Jesse James
as Trigger (uncredited)
(1946) Under Nevada Skies
as Roy's Horse
(1940) Rodeo Dough
as Trigger
(1951) The Roy Rogers Show
as Trigger