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 What`s a butterfly garden without butterflies? The station put us on staff at $35 a week... and I mean every week.
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I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio.
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I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.
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I`m an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I`ve loved it so much - has always been hard for me.
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We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.
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Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.
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The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we`ve lost something, and we don`t know how to get it back.
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Today they`re making pictures that I wouldn`t want Trigger to see.
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You couldn`t beg, borrow, or steal a job in 1931, 1932... it was really tough.
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People are always asking me why they don`t make Westerns like they used to.
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[in 1982] Not long after Will Rogers died, they turned his ranch into a museum. And it didn`t have anything in it. So I made up my mind I was gonna keep everything.
[in 1982, when asked about Republic Pictures owner Herbert J. Yates, his boss for many years] I don`t want to talk about Yates. Let`s just say he wasn`t very flexible.
[in 1982] Another thing that burns me up is that California voted in capital punishment and they haven`t electrocuted anyone yet.
When I die, just skin me out and put me up on old Trigger and I`ll be happy.
If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.
Trivia
Rogers was asked to run for Congress on the Republican ticket at one time. He replied, "I have both Democrat and Republican fans and I can`t afford to lose any of them!".
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Profiled in "Back in the Saddle: Essays on Western Film and Television Actors", Gary Yoggy, ed. (McFarland, 1998).
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Besides his most famous role as Roy Rogers himself, "King of the Cowboys", Roy may be one of the few actors, if not the most famous one, to have played three of the West`s greatest legends: Wild Bill Hickok, William F. Cody (aka Buffalo Bill) and Jesse James. Also, in Billy the Kid Returns (1938), he played the slain gunslinger as well.
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His adopted daughter is Little Doe Rogers.
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Childhood home was on real estate that later included second base in Cincinnati`s Riverfront Stadium.
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Arline Wilkins, his second wife, died a few days after giving birth to their son, Roy Rogers Jr. (Dusty). She had complications from the cesarean--a blood clot formed, traveled to her brain and killed her. Dale Evans, his third wife, became his children`s mom when Dusty was 15 months old. He and Arline had three children: two girls and Dusty.
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When Leonard Slye needed a "white hat" stage name, he chose to use the name of a dentist he had used during his childhood in Ohio. The dentist Roy Rogers had a son, grandson and great-grandson who also share his name.
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Was a strong opponent of gun control, and once appeared in TV commercials put out by the National Rifle Association opposing a proposed ban outlawing certain types of guns in California.
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Was a Master Mason. In other words, he a good man who became a member of the Masonic Fraternity.
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Inducted (as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1995.
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Inducted (with his wife Dale Evans) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1976.
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His guest appearance on "Wonder Woman" (1976) in 1977 reflected his real life, as the character he played was a western man who had adopted several children. Roy`s conservative side showed through, though, when he insisted to the show`s producers that, in order for him to agree to do the episode, series star Lynda Carter needed to wear more clothing than the "bathing suit" type of costume she normally wore. Rogers won out and Carter wore a sleeved solid red top and white chino pants.
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Star of Mutual (1944-1951) and NBC Radio`s (1951-1955) "The Roy Rogers Show."
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The little town of Portsmouth, Ohio (USA) also claims to be the hometown of Roy. They also have a little museum with mementoes and hoofprints of Trigger, handprints of Roy and Dusty in the sidewalk in front of the museum. Every year they had a Roy Rogers Day and Roy or Dusty would make an appearance.
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He and wife Dale Evans adopted four children, one of whom--Cheryl Rogers--later became an actress. One of his and Dale`s daughters died in a bus wreck in Aug. 1964. One adopted son choked to death in Nov. 1965.
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He had two children and 1 adopted daughter with Arlene Wilkins.
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Roy`s theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Dale Evans.
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Roy got his horse Trigger in 1938 and rode him in every one of his films and TV shows after that. He had appeared in one earlier movie, ridden by Olivia de Havilland in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Trigger died in 1965 at age 33.
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There is a Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum at Branson, Missouri.
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Nicknames: Roy Rogers "King of the Cowboys", Dale Evans "Queen of the West", Trigger "Smartest Horse in the Movies"
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Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers and elected again in 1988 as Roy Rogers.
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His dog`s name was Bullet and appeared in almost as many of his films as did Trigger.
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Married 3 times. Dale Evans (31 December 1947 - 6 July 1998) (his death)
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