"The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) TV series 1951-1957

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

George Blair
John English

Writers:

Dwight Cummins (writer) (34 episodes)
Milton Raison (writer) (27 episodes)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

30 December 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The Double R Ranch featured "The King of the Cowboys" Roy, his "Smartest Horse in the Movies" Trigger...

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Stars Married In Real Life | Horse Actor | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers / ... (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Dale Evans	...	Dale Evans (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Trigger	...	Trigger / ... (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Pat Brady	...	Pat Brady / ... (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Bullet	...	Bullet (100 episodes, 1951-1957)
Harry Harvey	...	Sheriff Tom Blodgett / ... (52 episodes, 1951-1957)

Runtime:

30 min (100 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Filming Locations:

Andy Jauregui Ranch - Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Company:

Roy Rogers Productions

Trivia:

Roy Rogers' horse is named Trigger and his German Shepherd dog is named Bullet. Dale Evans' horse is named Buttermilk. Pat Brady's Jeep is named Nellybelle.

Quotes:

[title sequence]
Announcer: "The Roy Rogers Show," starring Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys; Trigger, his golden palomino; and Dale Evans, Queen of the West; with Pat Brady, his comical sidekick; and Roy's wonder dog, Bullet.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Movie Orgy (1968)

Soundtrack:

Happy Trails To You

Local Cowboy Makes Good

Not to be derogatory, but I always wondered why Roy Rogers was the King of the Cowboys and John Wayne wasn't. What WAS John Wayne, anyway? Oh yeah, The Duke. Oh well. I guess it was because Wayne couldn't sing with the Sons of the Pioneers, although Wayne did sing a little in "Hatari" and didn't have that bad of a voice... but I digress.

Who could resist Roy Rogers' charm? I mean, he was the nicest guy in the world. He even smiled while he was roundin' up the bad guys after they'd been bested.

Dale had the best post-menopausal vibrato I'd ever heard after she got a little older - but she was Roy's partner and could pull her gun on an ornery desperado as fast as any of the ranch hands.

Roy had Trigger (horse) and Bullet (dog), but, Pat Brady had Nellybell (a jeep). Pat Brady was played by Pat Brady, just as Roy Rogers played Roy Rogers and Dale Evans played Dale Evans. Were there any actors in this series who played anyone other than themselves? I mean, did Trigger and Bullet even have different names than their stage names? Pat was a great comedian - goofy face and lovable. A great sidekick for Roy.

And of course, Roy and Dale sang "Happy Trails" at the end of each show. That right there was worth the half hour watch.