Born in Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up in Duck Run.
[1] 412 2nd St., Cincinnati, OH.
Father: Andrew E. Slye
Mother: Mattie Martha Womack
Wife: Lucile Ascolese (m. 1932, annulled 1932)
Wife: Arlene Wilkins (d. 3-Nov-1946 embolism, six days after the birth of Roy Rogers, Jr.)
Daughter: Cheryl Darlene Rogers-Barnett (adopted)
Daughter: Linda Lou Rogers Johnson
Son: Roy Rogers, Jr. ("Dusty", b. 1946)
Wife: Dale Evans (m. 31-Dec-1947, until his death, two sons, four daughters)
Son: Thomas Frederick Fox, Jr. (stepson)
Daughter: Robin Elizabeth (d. down syndrome age 2)
Daughter: Mary Little Doe Stanley
Daughter: Dodie Rogers Sailors (adopted)
Daughter: Deborah Lee (adopted)
Son: John David ("Sandy", adopted)
4-H Club
Christian Anti-Communist Crusade
Freemasonry MM in Hollywood Lodge No. 355, AASR 33rd Degree, Al Malaikah Shrine Temple, Los Angeles, CA
National Cowboy Hall of Fame 1976
Country Music Hall of Fame 1980
Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses 1977 (shared)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1752 Vine St.
Kentucky Colonel
Visited Disneyland on Opening Day
Heart Bypass Operation 1991
TELEVISION
The Roy Rogers Show Roy Rogers (1951-57)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Mackintosh and T. J. (21-Nov-1975)
Son of Paleface (14-Jul-1952)
Pals of the Golden West (15-Nov-1951)
South of Caliente (15-Oct-1951)
In Old Amarillo (15-May-1951)
Heart of the Rockies (30-Mar-1951)
Spoilers of the Plains (2-Feb-1951)
Trail of Robin Hood (15-Dec-1950) · Himself
North of the Great Divide (15-Nov-1950)
Sunset in the West (25-Sep-1950)
Trigger, Jr. (30-Jun-1950)
Twilight in the Sierras (22-Mar-1950) · Roy Rogers
Bells of Coronado (8-Jan-1950) · Roy
The Golden Stallion (15-Nov-1949)
Down Dakota Way (9-Sep-1949)
The Far Frontier (29-Dec-1948) · Roy Rogers
Eyes of Texas (15-Jul-1948)
Melody Time (27-May-1948) · Himself
Under California Stars (30-Apr-1948)
On the Old Spanish Trail (15-Oct-1947) · Roy Rogers
Springtime in the Sierras (15-Jul-1947)
Bells of San Angelo (15-Apr-1947)
Heldorado (15-Dec-1946)
Home in Oklahoma (18-Oct-1946) · Roy Rogers
Under Nevada Skies (26-Aug-1946)
My Pal Trigger (10-Jul-1946) · Roy Rogers
Song of Arizona (9-Mar-1946)
Don't Fence Me In (20-Oct-1945) · Roy Rogers
Along the Navajo Trail (15-Sep-1945) · Roy Rogers
Man from Oklahoma (1-Jul-1945)
Bells of Rosarita (19-Jun-1945)
Utah (21-Mar-1945)
Hollywood Canteen (15-Dec-1944) · Himself
Brazil (30-Nov-1944) · Roy
Lights of Old Santa Fe (6-Nov-1944) · Roy Rogers
San Fernando Valley (15-Sep-1944)
Song of Nevada (5-Aug-1944) · Roy Rogers
The Yellow Rose of Texas (24-Jun-1944) · Roy Rogers
Cowboy and the Senorita (13-May-1944)
Hands Across the Border (5-Jan-1944)
Song of Texas (14-Jun-1943) · Roy Rogers
King of the Cowboys (9-Apr-1943) · Roy Rogers
Idaho (10-Mar-1943)
Heart of the Golden West (16-Nov-1942)
Man from Cheyenne (16-Jan-1942) · Roy Rogers
Red River Valley (12-Dec-1941)
Jesse James at Bay (17-Oct-1941) · Jesse James
Bad Man of Deadwood (5-Sep-1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone (7-May-1941) · Brett Starr
Young Bill Hickok (21-Oct-1940)
Colorado (15-Sep-1940) · Lt. Jerry Burke
The Carson City Kid (1-Jul-1940) · The Carson City Kid
Young Buffalo Bill (12-Apr-1940) · Bill Cody
Dark Command (4-Apr-1940)
Days of Jesse James (20-Dec-1939) · Roy Rogers
Saga of Death Valley (17-Nov-1939) · Roy Reynolds
The Arizona Kid (29-Sep-1939) · Roy Rogers
Wall Street Cowboy (6-Aug-1939)
Frontier Pony Express (12-Apr-1939)
Southward Ho (19-Mar-1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up (13-Mar-1939) · Roy Rogers
Shine On, Harvest Moon (30-Dec-1938)
Billy the Kid Returns (4-Sep-1938)
Under Western Stars (20-Apr-1938)
The Old Barn Dance (29-Jan-1938) · Singer
The Old Corral (21-Dec-1936)
Appears on the cover of:
Life, 11-Jul-1943, DETAILS: Roy Rogers and Trigger (photo by Walter Sanders)
AKA Leonard Franklin Slye