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Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, [1] was an American singer, actor, television host, and rodeo performer. Following early work under his given name, first as a co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and then as an actor, the rebranded Rogers then became one of the ...
Roy Rogers. Actor: Cowboy and the Senorita. Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, aged 18. He played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws, and his own group, the International Cowboys. In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan called Sons of the Pioneers. While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston ...
- November 5, 1911
- July 6, 1998
Roy Rogers (born November 5, 1911, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died July 6, 1998, Apple Valley, California, U.S.) American cowboy actor-singer who starred in some 90 motion pictures and over 100 episodes of a weekly television show from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s and reigned as king of the cowboys. The quintessential "good guy in a white hat ...
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Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, aged 18. He played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws, and his own group, the International Cowboys. In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan called Sons of the Pioneers. While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston.
- Actor, Producer, Writer
- November 5, 1911
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- July 6, 1998
Jun 19, 2022 · The Roy Rogers way back then was the same as the one sittin’ here today,” Rogers wrote in “Happy Trails: Our Life Story,” his joint autobiography with wife and co-star Dale Evans ...
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Roy and Dale composed and performed hundreds of songs for commercial sale, their movies, television series, and their radio shows. The iconic “Happy Trails”, penned by Dale Evans, was the theme song for 100 episodes of the Roy Rogers TV series and also the closing song for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jul 7, 1998 · Roy Rogers Jr., known as Dusty, serves as curator of the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, set at the edge of the Mojave Desert and seven miles from the Rogers-Evans ranch, named the Double-R-Bar like ...
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