My hero was Roy Rogers.....

[Bob Wright]

I came into the room today and turned on the TV. on the Acme Classics channel a Roy Rogers movie, The Ranger and The Lady, was already on. This film, ca. 1940, has Roy Rogers playing as Capt. Roy Colt. He has only one gun, a plain 7 1/2" Colt SAA, wears a dark hat with windstring, and wears buckskins. Trigger is there, of course. One of his early films in which he does not play himself.

Interesting tidbit: Roy Rogers played in an episode of Wonder Woman. He agreed to the role only if Linda Carter wore more clothes than the outfit normally worn. In that episode she wore a blouse and pants.

Bob Wright

 

[sceva]

I like Roy too.

My wife's Uncles knew him growing up in Duck Run, Ohio. He was Leonard Slye then

 

[RUFFBIRD]

I too grew up with Roy Rogers & always remembered his birthday. My father was also born in 1911...
"Happy Trails to you, until we meet agin"...

 

[#1rugerman]

During that time there were a bunch of western heroes, Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger, Sky King, etc. Roy was also my favorite, it helped that he was also a hunter and a general all around nice guy. Those were the good days of tv.

 

[blume357]

I remember his TV shows from the 60's, yep he was one of my heroes....

 

[Fox Mike]

When I was a kid he was THE man. The Republic theater on Main Street in Annapolis was my Saturday home, when I could get there. I always thought Gene Autry sounded like he was singing through his nose.

 

[SAJohn]

Trivia: Dale wrote the song "Happy Trails".

I was fortunate to have once met him when we competed at a state bowling tournament. He was friendly but struck me as being somewhat shy. He certainly did not put on any celebrity airs. Surprisingly he was only about 5' 8" or 9" tall.

 

[Bob Wright]

In my collection of western songs I have several sung by Roy Rogers, other than the songs made for his movies. Among these are "The Railroad Corral."

Bob Wright

 

[Colonialgirl]

Did you ever eat in a Roy Rogers Hamburger place?
There was one in "Halfway, MD" (Halfway between Hagerstown and Williamsport, MD) it was near the local shopping mall.

 

[RSIno1]

When I was a kid all the cowboy stars would come by the schools. Bring their horses do a few gun tricks etc. Great times.

 

[Fox Mike]

Did you ever eat in a Roy Rogers Hamburger place?
There was one in "Halfway, MD" (Halfway between Hagerstown and Williamsport, MD) it was near the local shopping mall.

They used to put out a good meal. Their breakfast was a killer! As to the one you speak of; Hagerstown and Williamsport almost touch now. My 'best man', God bless him, lived in Falling Waters WV just outside Williamsport. Spent a little time there.

 

[warren5421]

Back in the late 1940's we lived with a great-aunt in Portsmouth, Ohio. Roy was coming back to see his uncle Bill then he would stop at my great-aunts house to see her as she was a friend of the family. I am 5 or 6 waiting on pins and needles for him to show. Could not keep my eyes open and went to sleep, sleeping through the visit.

For years Portsmouth, Ohio had an esplanade named after him. A lot of years he came back to be in the parade the town put on every year.

 

[eveled]

My heros have always been cowboys. My friends growing up watched creature double features, and wwf matches. All I wanted was cowboy shows. Every John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood, movie Then I read every book by Louis Lamour. Taught me a lot about life.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

Roy liked trapshooting, and was a regular at the Apple Valley (CA) Gun Club. Many of the guys from that club came "down the hill" to shoot in Redlands every so often, and he was one of them. Thru the miracle of bad timing, I was never there when he was, so didn't get a chance to meet him. There were pictures of Roy all over the clubhouse, and everybody really liked him.

One of the AV guys owned a Toyota dealership in Victorville, right next door to AV, and sold the Rogers family a number of cars. He said all his salesman drew straws when either Roy or Dale came in to see who would help them. The guy who got Roy was honored, the guy who got Dale was just about to be scared out of his wits. She had to test drive everything, and rumor had it there was no worse driver on the entire high desert! :lol:

Rick C

 

[SR1911SHOOTER]

During that time there were a bunch of western heroes, Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger, Sky King, etc. Roy was also my favorite, it helped that he was also a hunter and a general all around nice guy. Those were the good days of tv.

Forgot, Gene, Hoppy, Lash, Johnny Mack Brown and others. But I am with you
rugerman.

 

[SR1911SHOOTER]

When I was a kid he was THE man. The Republic theater on Main Street in Annapolis was my Saturday home, when I could get there. I always thought Gene Autry sounded like he was singing through his nose.

Fox Mike,
Of course Gene sounded like he was singing through his nose, he was country! Along with Tex,
and a few others.
Blackie

 

[bogus bill]

When I was a Lockheed guard at Palmdale one of my co workers was a close friend and neighbor of RR. He gave him a colt of trigger. He car pooled with another guard that told me he let the colt in his house!

 

[BDM1]

Another one of those institutions that defined what America was during those years, i wonder sometimes if many of those folks realized just how much they added to the American experience and influenced the lives of so many of their young fans. Our tv stations came out of Chattanooga (there were only three, NBC,ABC, and CBS). On the NBC station, Roy and Dale would be shown on a Saturday morning, and the next week would rotate to Gene Autry. My brother and i waited all week for Saturday morning to see them. God bless them all.

 

[A.J.]

Roy Rogers is my Dad's generation.

The super-heroes I liked were Batman (Adam West) and any character portrayed by Clint Eastwood. Those guys were the "Roy Rogers" of my generation.

Lotsa respect for Roy, but Adam West and Clint Eastwood were MY guys!

 

[bogus bill]

Clint Walker is a favorite. My wife told him she had a crush on him when she was a little girl. He said that`s what kept him eating or something similar. Photobucket aint working but I took a picture of him and my wife together. Many years ago I was a studio guard and met a number of cowboy actors along with the regular types. Jimmy Stewart, Brian Kieth, James Arness etc. Seen more. They all were good guys.

 

[olcop]

Guess I was a Late bloomer, but I was astounded not long ago, to find that Roy Rogers founded "The Sons Of The Pioneers"
Sure loved his movies though, I wanted to be a cowboy up until i was about 42.
olcop

 

[bogus bill]

Did you know "Festus" on Gunsmoke, Ken Curtis was part of that group?

 

[Cracker-American]

Sorry but I have to question the taste and sanity of someone who wanted to put more clothes on Linda Carter.

 

[Bob Wright]

Sorry but I have to question the taste and sanity of someone who wanted to put more clothes on Linda Carter.

Well, its a little hard to explain. Roy Rogers had this attribute called morals and decency, and to him, being shown with a scantily clad woman and he being a married man, well it just looked unseemly.

A little hard for most folks to understand today.

Bob Wright

 

[Cracker-American]

Fail to see what morals and decency have to do with it. The word prude comes to mind.

 

[bogus bill]

I worked with another guard who covered his eyes when he walked into hit a detex key in the paint shop. The guys had pinups there. By the way, here is "Festus" singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWR6FLnPack

 

[CGDustDevil]

I used to travel past his museum in Victorville frequently back in the late 80s through the late 90s when he died... Seemed I was always running to or from an emergency, but I always wanted to stop and see him. It was pretty easy to tell if he was there, because his big ole Honda Goldwing would be sitting outside.

Sadly, I was headed toward parts north from San Diego in I-15 about an hour south of his museum when I heard he'd died... I was angry with myself for never making the time to go see him. It still bugs me to this day.

Ride on, Cowboy!

Regards, Pete

 

[bogus bill]

Before he had the museum in Victorville the original museum was in Apple Valley. I was to that one in the early 1970`s. Think it was a bowling alley the last time I seen it. The one in Victorville was nice too but the Gene Autry museum was/is out of this world.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Ahhhhhhhhh But how many of you were card carry members of "The Roy Rogers Riders Club"? Every Saturday at our small town movie in central Ohio they had a drawing for RR stuff for members. RR even came there a few times in 50-51

 

[pi2]

I doubt Roy will ever be replaced.

There is a picture of Roy and Dale (and Trigger) in my hallway beside a shadow box full of my toy guns from the 50s.

God Bless 'em.