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Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was a singer and cowboy
Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, as well as the founder of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his third wife Dale Evans
Dale Evans

Dale Evans was the stage name of Frances Octavia Smith , a writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers....
, his golden palomino
Palomino

Palomino is a equine coat color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white mane and tail. Genetically, the palomino color is created by a single allele of a dilution gene called the cream gene working on a red base coat....
 Trigger
Trigger (horse)

Trigger was a 15.3 Hand golden palomino, made famous in U.S. Western films with his owner/rider, cowboy star Roy Rogers. He was originally named Golden Cloud....
, and his German Shepherd Dog
German Shepherd Dog

The German Shepherd Dog , is a breed of large-sized dog that originates from Germany. German Shepherds are a fairly new breed of dog, with their origins only dating back to 1899....
, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show
The Roy Rogers Show

The Roy Rogers Show is an United States Western television series that ran for six seasons from December 30, 1951 to June 9, 1957 on NBC, with a total of 100 episodes....
. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured two sidekicks, Pat Brady
Pat Brady

Pat Brady was best known as cowboy Roy Rogers' comical sidekick.Born in Toledo, Ohio, Ohio, Pat Brady first set foot on-stage at the age of four....
, (who drove a jeep called "Nellybelle"), and the crotchety Gabby Hayes.






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Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was a singer and cowboy
Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, as well as the founder of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his third wife Dale Evans
Dale Evans

Dale Evans was the stage name of Frances Octavia Smith , a writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers....
, his golden palomino
Palomino

Palomino is a equine coat color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white mane and tail. Genetically, the palomino color is created by a single allele of a dilution gene called the cream gene working on a red base coat....
 Trigger
Trigger (horse)

Trigger was a 15.3 Hand golden palomino, made famous in U.S. Western films with his owner/rider, cowboy star Roy Rogers. He was originally named Golden Cloud....
, and his German Shepherd Dog
German Shepherd Dog

The German Shepherd Dog , is a breed of large-sized dog that originates from Germany. German Shepherds are a fairly new breed of dog, with their origins only dating back to 1899....
, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show
The Roy Rogers Show

The Roy Rogers Show is an United States Western television series that ran for six seasons from December 30, 1951 to June 9, 1957 on NBC, with a total of 100 episodes....
. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured two sidekicks, Pat Brady
Pat Brady

Pat Brady was best known as cowboy Roy Rogers' comical sidekick.Born in Toledo, Ohio, Ohio, Pat Brady first set foot on-stage at the age of four....
, (who drove a jeep called "Nellybelle"), and the crotchety Gabby Hayes. Roy's nickname was "King of the Cowboys". Dale's nickname was "Queen of the West." For many Americans (and non-Americans), he was the embodiment of a cowboy.

Early life

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The baby who would become famous as Roy Rogers was born to Andrew ("Andy") and Mattie (Womack) Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border....
, where his family lived in a tenement building on 2nd Street. (Riverfront Stadium was constructed at this location in 1970 and Rogers would later joke that he had been born at second base.) Dissatisfied with his job and city life, Andy Slye and his brother Will built a 12-by-50-foot houseboat from salvage lumber, and, in July 1912, the Slye family floated on the Ohio River
Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
 towards Portsmouth, Ohio
Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio. The municipality is located on the northern banks of the Ohio River and east of the Scioto River in Southern Ohio....
. Desiring a more stable existence in Portsmouth, the Slyes purchased land on which to build a home, but the flood of 1911 allowed them to move the houseboat to their property and continue living in it on dry land.

In 1919 the Slyes purchased a farm about 12 miles north of Portsmouth, at Duck Run, near Lucasville, Ohio
Lucasville, Ohio

Lucasville is a census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,588 at the United States Census 2000....
. They there built a six-room home. Leonard's father soon realized that the farm alone would provide insufficient income for his family and he took a job at a shoe factory in Portsmouth, living there during the week and returning home on the weekends, bearing gifts for the family following paydays, one of which was a horse on which Leonard learned the basics of horsemanship.

After completing the 8th Grade, Leonard Slye attended high school at McDermott, Ohio
McDermott, Ohio

McDermott is an unincorporated area in western Rush Township, Scioto County, Ohio, Scioto County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45652....
. When he was 17 his family returned to Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border....
, where his father began work at a shoe factory. He soon decided on the necessity to help his family financially, so he quit high school, joined his father at the shoe factory, and began attending night school. After being ridiculed for falling asleep in class, however, he quit school and never returned.

Leonard and his father felt imprisoned by their factory jobs. In 1929, his older sister Mary was living at Lawndale, California
Lawndale, California

Lawndale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 31,711 according to the 2000 census....
 with her husband. Father and son decided to quit their shoe factory jobs. The family packed their 1923 Dodge for a visit with Mary and stayed four months before returning to Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
. Almost immediately, Leonard had the opportunity to travel to California with Mary's father-in-law, and the rest of the family followed in the spring of 1930.

The Slyes rented a small house near Mary. Leonard and his father immediately found employment as truck drivers for a highway construction project. They reported to work one morning, however, to learn their employer had gone bankrupt. The economic hardship of the Great Depression
Great Depression

File:International depression.pngThe Great Depression was a worldwide economic Recession starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for different countries....
 had followed them west, and the Slyes soon found themselves among the economic refugees traveling from job to job picking fruit and living in worker campsites. (He would later read John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck III was an American literature. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939 and the novella Of Mice and Men, published in 1937....
's The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature....
 and marvel at its accuracy.) One day Andy Slye heard of a shoe factory hiring in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 and asked Leonard to join him in applying there for work. Leonard, having seen the joy that his guitar and singing had brought to the destitute around the campfires, hesitantly told his father that he was going to pursue a living in music. With his father's blessing, he and cousin Stanley Slye went to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 and sought musical engagements as The Slye Brothers.

In 1933, Leonard married Lucile Ascolese, but they were divorced just three years later. Lucile had apparently been pregnant with his child, but according to papers filed in the divorce case, she and her mother arranged to have an abortion.

Leonard remarried in 1936 to Grace Arline Wilkins. In 1941 the couple adopted a girl, Cheryl Darlene. In 1942, they legally changed their names to Roy and Grace Arline Rogers. The following year, Arline bore a daughter, Linda Lou. A son, Roy Jr. ("Dusty"), followed in 1946, but Arline died of complications from the birth a few days afterward.

Career

Leonard Slye moved to California at 18 to become a singer. After four years of little success, he formed Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers

The Sons of the Pioneers was an United States cowboy singing group founded in 1933 by Leonard Slye , with Tim Spencer and Bob Nolan. They were joined by Hugh Farr in 1934, Karl Farr in 1935 , and Lloyd Perryman in 1936....
, a western cowboy music
Western music (North America)

Western music originated as a form of folk music. Originally composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the American West and Prairie provinces....
 group, in 1934. The group hit it big with songs like "Cool Water
Cool Water

"Cool Water" is a song written in 1936 in music by Bob Nolan. It is about a man and his mule, Dan, and a mirage in the desert....
" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Tumbling Tumbleweeds

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" is a song composed by Bob Nolan, one of the founding members of the Sons of the Pioneers. Although one of the most famous songs associated with cowboys, the song was composed by Nolan back in the 1930s while he was working as a caddy and living in Los Angeles....
".

From his first film appearance in 1935, he worked steadily in western films, including a large supporting role as a singing cowboy while still billed as "Leonard Slye" in a Gene Autry
Gene Autry

Orvon Gene Autry was an United States performing arts who gained fame as "Singing cowboy" on the Radio in the United States, in Cinema of the United States and on Television in the United States for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s....
 movie. In 1938 when Autry temporarily walked out on his movie contract, Slye was immediately rechristened "Roy Rogers" and assigned the lead in Under Western Stars. Rogers became a matinee idol and American legend. A competitor for Gene Autry was suddenly born. In addition to his own movies, Rogers played a supporting role in the John Wayne
John Wayne

John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
 classic Dark Command
Dark Command

Dark Command is a 1940 in film western film loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders in the American American Civil War. Directed by Raoul Walsh from the novel by W.R....
 (1940), a harrowing fictionalization of Quantrill's Raiders
Quantrill's Raiders

Quantrill's Raiders were a loosely organized force of pro-Confederate States of America bushwhackers who fought in the American Civil War under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill....
 directed by Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh was an United States film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh....
, who had discovered Wayne in 1929 and changed his name while casting him in The Big Trail
The Big Trail

The Big Trail is a lavish early widescreen movie shot on location across the Western United States starring John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh....
, Wayne's first leading role. Rogers became a major box office attraction, and future wife Dale Evans
Dale Evans

Dale Evans was the stage name of Frances Octavia Smith , a writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers....
 was cast in a movie with him in 1945. Roy's wife, Arline, died the following year.

Roy and Dale fell in love, and Roy proposed to her during a rodeo at Chicago Stadium
Chicago Stadium

The Chicago Stadium was an list of indoor arenas in Chicago, Illinois. The Stadium hosted the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League from 1929?30 NHL season–1993?94 NHL season and the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association from 1967?68 NBA season-1993?94 NBA season....
. They married on New Years Eve in 1947 at the Flying L Ranch in Davis
Davis, Oklahoma

Davis is a city in Garvin County, Oklahoma and Murray County, Oklahoma counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 2,610 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Oklahoma
Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a U.S. state and a sovereignty located in the South Central United States and Southern United States of the United States of America ....
, where a few months earlier they had filmed Home In Oklahoma. Roy and Dale remained married until Roy's death in 1998.

Rogers was an idol for many children through his films and television shows. Most of his postwar films were in Trucolor
Trucolor

Trucolor was a process used and owned by Consolidated Film Industries division of Republic Pictures. Trucolor was a two-strip process based on the earlier work of William Van Doren Kelley's Prizma color process....
 in an era when almost all other B-movie
B-movie

A B movie is a low-budget commercial film conceived neither as an art film nor as pornography. In its original usage, during the so-called Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
s were black-and-white. Some of his movies would segue into animal adventures, in which Roy's horse Trigger would go off on his own for a while, with the camera following him.

With money from not only Rogers' films but his own public appearances going to Republic Pictures, Rogers brought a clause into a 1940 contract with the studio where he would have the right to his likeness, voice and name for merchandising. There were Roy Rogers action figure
Action figure

An action figure is a posable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon a film, comic book, video game, or television program....
s, cowboy adventure novels, a comic strip, playsets , a long-lived Dell Comics
Dell Comics

Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1973....
 comic book series (Roy Rogers Comics) written by Gaylord Du Bois, and a variety of marketing successes. Roy Rogers was only second to Walt Disney in the amount of items featuring his name.

The Sons of the Pioneers continued their popularity through the 1950s. Although Rogers was no longer a member, they often appeared as Rogers' backup group in films, radio, and television.

In August 1950, Dale and Roy had a daughter, Robin Elizabeth, who died of complications of Down Syndrome
Down syndrome

Down syndrome, Down's syndrome, or trisomy 21 is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra chromosome 21 ....
 shortly before her second birthday. Evans wrote about losing their daughter in her book Angel Unaware.

Rogers and Evans were also well known as advocates for adoption
Adoption

Adoption is the act of Family law placing a child with a parent or parents other than those to whom they were born. An adoption order has the effect of severing parental responsibilities and rights of the original parent and transferring those responsibilities and rights to the adoptive parent....
 and as founders and operators of children's charities. They adopted several children. Both were outspoken Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
s. In Apple Valley, California
Apple Valley, California

The Town of Apple Valley is located in the Victor Valley of San Bernardino County, California, in the U.S. state of California. It was incorporated on November 14, 1988, and is one of the twenty-two List of cities in California in California that uses "town" in its name instead of "city"....
, where they made their home, numerous streets and highways as well as civic buildings have been named after them in recognition of their efforts on behalf of homeless and handicapped children. Roy was an active Freemason and a Shriner, and was noted for his support of their charities.

Roy and Dale's famous theme song, which Dale wrote and they sang as a duet to sign off their television show, was "Happy trails to you, Until we meet again...
Happy Trails (song)

"Happy Trails", by Dale Evans,was the theme song for the 1940s and 1950s radio program and the 1950s Television program starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Rogers, always sung over the end credits of the program....
"

In the fall of 1962, the couple co-hosted a comedy-western-variety program, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show
The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show

The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show is a Western comedy and variety program that ran on American Broadcasting Company for thirteen weeks from September 29 to December 29, 1962....
, aired on ABC. It was cancelled after three months, losing in the ratings to The Jackie Gleason Show
The Jackie Gleason Show

The Jackie Gleason Show was the name given to a series of popular television shows that starred Jackie Gleason, which ran from 1952 to 1970....
 on CBS.

Rogers also owned a Hollywood production company which handled his own series. It also filmed other undertakings, including the 1955-1956 CBS western series Brave Eagle
Brave Eagle

Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour Western television series which aired on Columbia Broadcasting System from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6....
 starring Keith Larsen
Keith Larsen

Keith Larsen was an United States actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer who starred in three short-lived television series between 1955 and 1961....
 as a young peaceful Cheyenne
Cheyenne

Cheyenne are a native Americans in the United States nation of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united Indian tribe, the S?'taa'e and the Ts?-ts?h?st?hese , which translates to "those like us"....
 chief, Kim Winona
Kim Winona

Kim Winona was a Native Americans in the United States actress. A Sioux Native Americans in the United States, Winona appeared with Keith Larsen in the Columbia Broadcasting System Western television series Brave Eagle during 1955-1956 season....
 as Morning Star, his romantic interest, and the Hopi
Hopi

The Hopi are American Indians in the United States people who primarily live on the 12,635 km? Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi Reservation is entirely surrounded by the much larger Navajo Reservation....
 Indian Anthony Numkena as Keena, Brave Eagle's foster son, Keena.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Roy Rogers has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, that serves as an entertainment hall of fame....
 at 1752 Vine Street, a second star at 1733 Vine Street for his contribution to radio, and a third star at 1620 Vine Street for his contribution to the television industry.

Roy and Dale were inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. It houses more than 28,000 American West and Native Americans in the United States art works and Artifact ....
 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, the city ranks List of United States cities by population among United States cities in population....
, in 1976 and Roy was inducted again as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers in 1995. Roy was also twice elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, first as a member of The Sons of the Pioneers in 1980 and as a soloist in 1988.

Rogers also owned a Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds best known for its use in Thoroughbred horse race. Although the word "thoroughbred" is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed....
 racehorse
Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrianism sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot racing of Ancient Rome are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology....
 named Triggairo who won 13 career races including the 1975 El Encino Stakes
El Encino Stakes

The El Encino Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to four-year-old Filly, it is raced over a distance of 1/16 miles on the synthetic Cushion Track surface....
 at Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the autumn and in winter....
.

Death


Rogers died of congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure

Heart failure is a condition in which a problem with the structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs....
 on July 6, 1998. Rogers was residing in Apple Valley, California
Apple Valley, California

The Town of Apple Valley is located in the Victor Valley of San Bernardino County, California, in the U.S. state of California. It was incorporated on November 14, 1988, and is one of the twenty-two List of cities in California in California that uses "town" in its name instead of "city"....
 at the time of his death. Rogers was buried at Sunset Hills cemetery in Apple Valley, CA.

Filmography


  • Slightly Static (1935) (uncredited) .... Member of Sons of the Pioneers
  • The Old Homestead (1935) (as Leonard Slye) .... Sons of the Pioneers
  • Way Up Thar (1935) (as Leonard Slye) .... Band Member
  • Gallant Defender (1935) (uncredited) .... Nester (Sons of the Pioneers)
  • The Mysterious Avenger (1936) (as Len Slye) .... Musician Len
  • Song of the Saddle (1936) (uncredited) .... Sons of the Pioneers Guitarist
  • Rhythm on the Range (1936) (uncredited) .... Leonard (Sons of the Pioneers)
  • California Mail (1936) (uncredited) .... Square Dance Caller & Guitarist
  • The Big Show (1936) (uncredited) .... Sons of the Pioneers guitar player
  • The Old Corral (1936) (uncredited) .... Buck O'Keefe
  • The Old Wyoming Trail (1937) (uncredited) .... Guitar player/Singer/Cowhand
  • Wild Horse Rodeo (1937) (as Dick Weston) .... Singer
  • The Old Barn Dance (1938) (as Dick Weston) .... Singer
  • Under Western Stars (1938) .... Roy Rogers
  • Billy the Kid Returns (1938) .... Roy Rogers/Billy the Kid
  • A Feud There Was (1938) (uncredited) .... Egghead/Elmer Singing Voice
  • Come On, Rangers (1938) .... Roy Rogers
  • Shine On, Harvest Moon (1938) .... Roy Rogers
  • Rough Riders' Round-up (1939) .... Roy Rogers
  • Southward Ho (1939) .... Roy
  • Frontier Pony Express (1939) .... Roy Roger
  • In Old Caliente (1939) .... Roy Rogers
  • Wall Street Cowboy (1939) .... Roy Rogers
  • The Arizona Kid
    The Arizona Kid

    The Arizona Kid is a American films of 1939 American western film directed by Joseph Kane under the Republic Pictures banner. The film stars Roy Rogers as a Confederate officer in Missouri during the American Civil War....
     (1939) .... Roy Rogers/The Arizona Kid
  • Jeepers Creepers (1939) .... Roy
  • Saga of Death Valley (1939) .... Roy Rogers
  • Days of Jesse James (1939) .... Roy Rogers
  • Dark Command
    Dark Command

    Dark Command is a 1940 in film western film loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders in the American American Civil War. Directed by Raoul Walsh from the novel by W.R....
     (1940) .... Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
  • Young Buffalo Bill (1940) .... Bill Cody
  • The Carson City Kid (1940) .... The Carson City Kid
  • The Ranger and the Lady (1940) .... Texas Ranger Captain Roy Colt
  • Colorado (1940) .... Lieutenant Jerry Burke
  • Young Bill Hickok (1940) .... 'Wild' Bill Hickok
  • The Border Legion (1940) .... Dr. Stephen Kellogg, aka Steve Kells
  • Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941) .... Vance Corbin
  • Arkansas Judge (1941) .... Tom Martel
  • In Old Cheyenne (1941) .... Steve Blane
  • Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) .... Brett Starr
  • Nevada City (1941) .... Jeff Connors
  • Bad Man of Deadwood (1941) .... Brett Starr aka Bill Brady
  • Jesse James at Bay (1941) .... Jesse James/Clint Burns
  • Red River Valley (1941) .... Roy Rogers
  • Man from Cheyenne (1942) .... Roy Rogers
  • South of Santa Fe (1942) .... Roy Rogers
  • Sunset on the Desert (1942) .... Roy Rogers & Deputy Bill Sloan
  • Romance on the Range (1942) .... Roy Rogers
  • Sons of the Pioneers
    Sons of the Pioneers

    The Sons of the Pioneers was an United States cowboy singing group founded in 1933 by Leonard Slye , with Tim Spencer and Bob Nolan. They were joined by Hugh Farr in 1934, Karl Farr in 1935 , and Lloyd Perryman in 1936....
     (1942) .... Roy Rogers
  • Sunset Serenade (1942) .... Roy Rogers
  • Heart of the Golden West (1942) .... Roy Rogers
  • Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942) .... Roy Rogers
  • Idaho (1943) .... Roy Rogers
  • King of the Cowboys
    King of the Cowboys

    King of the Cowboys is a 1943 movie directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette . King of the Cowboys is set in Texas during World War II....
     (1943) .... Roy Rogers
  • Song of Texas (1943) .... Roy Rogers
  • Silver Spurs (1943) .... Roy Rogers
  • Hands Across the Border (1944) .... Roy Rogers
  • Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) .... Roy Rogers
  • The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) .... Roy Rogers
  • Song of Nevada (1944) .... Roy Rogers
  • San Fernando Valley (1944) .... Roy Rogers
  • Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944) .... Roy Rogers
  • Hollywood Canteen
    Hollywood Canteen (1944 film)

    Hollywood Canteen is a Warner Bros. feature film starring Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, and Dane Clark. The film was written and directed by Delmer Daves, and is notable for featuring many stars in cameo appearance....
     (1944) .... Roy Rogers and Trigger
  • Utah (1945) .... Roy Rogers
  • Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) (scenes deleted)
  • Bells of Rosarita (1945) .... Roy Rogers
  • The Man from Oklahoma (1945) .... Roy Rogers
  • Along the Navajo Trail (1945) .... Roy Rogers
  • Sunset in El Dorado (1945) .... Roy Rogers
  • Don't Fence Me In (1945) .... Roy Rogers
  • Song of Arizona (1946) .... Roy Rogers
  • Rainbow Over Texas (1946) .... Roy Rogers
  • My Pal Trigger (1946) .... Roy Rogers
  • Under Nevada Skies (1946) .... Roy Rogers
  • Roll on Texas Moon (1946) .... Roy Rogers
  • Home in Oklahoma (1946) .... Roy Rogers
  • Out California Way (1946) .... Roy Rogers
  • Heldorado (1946) .... Nevada State Ranger Roy Rogers
  • Apache Rose (1947) .... Roy Rogers
  • Bells of San Angelo (1947) .... Roy Rogers
  • Springtime in the Sierras (1947) .... Roy Rogers
  • On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) .... Roy Rogers
  • Pecos Bill (1948) .... Roy Rogers
  • The Gay Ranchero (1948) .... Sheriff Roy Rogers
  • Under California Stars (1948) .... Roy Rogers
  • Eyes of Texas (1948) .... U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers
  • Night Time in Nevada (1948) .... Roy Rogers
  • Grand Canyon Trail (1948) .... Roy Rogers
  • The Far Frontier (1948) .... Roy Rogers
  • Susanna Pass (1949) .... Roy Rogers
  • Down Dakota Way (1949) .... Roy Rogers
  • The Golden Stallion (1949) .... Roy Rogers
  • Bells of Coronado (1950) .... Roy Rogers
  • Twilight in the Sierras (1950) .... State Parole Officer Roy Rogers
  • Trigger, Jr. (1950) .... Roy Rogers
  • Sunset in the West (1950) .... Roy Rogers
  • North of the Great Divide (1950) .... Roy Rogers
  • Trail of Robin Hood (1950) .... Roy Rogers
  • Spoilers of the Plains (1951) .... Roy Rogers
  • Heart of the Rockies (1951) .... Roy Rogers
  • In Old Amarillo (1951) .... Roy Rogers
  • South of Caliente (1951) .... Roy Rogers
  • Pals of the Golden West (1951) .... Border Patrolman Roy Rogers
  • Son of Paleface
    Son of Paleface

    Son of Paleface , is a Western comedy film and sequel to The Paleface , directed by Frank Tashlin and written by Tashlin, Joseph Quillan and Robert L....
     (1952) .... Roy Barton
  • Alias Jesse James
    Alias Jesse James

    Alias Jesse James is a Bob Hope western comedy movie that featured a number of movie and television frontiersmen in their most readily recognizable outfits for brief cameo appearances....
     (1959) (uncredited) .... Roy Rogers
  • Mackintosh and T.J. (1975) .... Mackintosh


Selected discography


Charted albums

Year Album Chart Positions Label
US Country US
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
1970 The Country Side of Roy Rogers 40  Capitol
1971 A Man from Duck Run 34 
1975 Happy Trails to You 35  20th Century
1991 Tribute 17 113 RCA


Charted singles

Year Single US Country
Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales....
 Album
1946 "A Little White Cross on the Hill" 7 Singles only
1947 "My Chickashay Gal" 4
1948 "Blue Shadows on the Trail"
(Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers)		 6
"(There'll Never Be Another) Pecos Bill"
(Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers)		 13
1950 "Stampede" 8
1970 "Money Can't Buy Love" 35 The Country Side of Roy Rogers
1971 "Lovenworth" 12 A Man from Duck Run
"Happy Anniversary" 47
1972 "These Are the Good Old Days" 73 Single only
1974 "Hoppy, Gene and Me" 15 Happy Trails to You
1980 "Ride Concrete Cowboy, Ride"
(Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers)		 80 Smokey & the Bandit II (soundtrack)
1991 "Hold on Partner" (w/ Clint Black
Clint Black

Clint Patrick Black is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S....
)		 42 Tribute


Popular songs recorded by Roy Rogers

  • "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
  • "Way Out There" (singing and yodeling)
  • "Ride Ranger Ride"
  • "Hold That Critter Down"
  • "One More Ride"
  • "That Pioneer Mother Of Mine"
  • "Little White Cross On The Hill"
  • "Hold On Partner" (duet with Clint Black
    Clint Black

    Clint Patrick Black is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S....
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See also

  • Roy Rogers Restaurants
  • Roy Rogers cocktail
    Roy Rogers cocktail

    A Roy Rogers is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with cola and grenadine syrup, Garnish ed with a maraschino cherry. It is considered an acceptable cocktail drink for children ....
  • Earl W. Bascom
    Earl W. Bascom

    Earl W. Bascom was an United States painting, printmaking and sculpting, raised in Canada, who portrayed his own experiences cowboying and rodeoing across the American West and Canadian American Old West....
    , cowboy artist who worked with Roy Rogers


External links

  • at Turner Classic Movies
    Turner Classic Movies

    Turner Classic Movies is a cable television channel featuring television commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros....