Actor roy rogers biography wikipedia
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Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye, November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an Americansinger and cowboyactor. Roy Rogers Restaurants chain was named after him. He and his third wife Dale Evans, his golden horse named Trigger, and his German Shepherd named Bullet were in more than 100 movies and The Roy Rogers Show. The show was on the radio and then on television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually had a sidekick, usually either Pat Brady, (who drove a Jeep called "Nellybelle") or Andy Devine, or the crotchety George "Gabby" Hayes. Rogers' nickname was "King of the Cowboys." Evans' nickname was "Queen of the West."
About Roy Rogers' life
[change | change source]Early life
[change | change source]Leonard Franklin Slye was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in USA. His parents' names were Andrew and Mattie Slye. His family lived in a tenement building on 2nd Street. (Riverfront Stadium was built at this place in 1970 and Leonard joked that he had been
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Spade Cooley
American singer-songwriter and convicted murderer (1910–69)
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Spade Cooley (1944) | |
| Born | Donnell Clyde Cooley (1910-12-17)December 17, 1910 Grand, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | November 23, 1969(1969-11-23) (aged 58) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Other names | King of Western Swing |
| Criminal status | Paroled - died before grant of parole enacted |
| Criminal charge | First-degree murder |
| Penalty | Life in prison |
| Victims | Ella Mae Cooley (née Evans) |
| Date | April 3, 1961 |
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| Genres | Western swing |
| Occupation(s) | Big band leader, actor, television personality |
| Instrument(s) | Fiddle, vocals |
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| Labels | Westernair, Columbia, RCA, Decca, OKeh |
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Donnell Clyde "Spade" Cooley (December 17, 1910 – November 23, 1969) was an American Western swingmusician, big band leader, actor, television personality and convicted m
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Roy Rogers
American singer and actor (1911–1998)
For other uses, see Roy Rogers (disambiguation).
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, Freemason 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 most famous and popular Western stars of his era.
He appeared in almost 90 motion pictures, as well as numerous episodes of his self-titled radio program that lasted for nine years. Between 1951 and 1957, he hosted The Roy Rogers Show television series. In many of them, he appeared with his wife, Dale Evans; his Golden Palomino, Trigger; and his German Shepherd, Bullet. Rogers is also best remembered for his signature song "Happy Trails".
His early roles were uncredited parts in films by fellow singing cowboy Gene