Roy Rogers

Birth Name:

Leonard Franklin Slye

Birth Place:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Producer, Writer, Music department

Inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in both '76 and '95, as well as the Country Music Hall of Fame in '80 and '88
Raised on a houseboat, his family would go on to purchase a plot of land in which to build a house in 1912, however the great flood of 1913 washed the houseboat on to the plot, causing the family to continue living on the vessel on top of their land
Quote: "If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top․"
Always included his horse Trigger, his dog Bullet and his wife Dale in his film productions, eventually appearing in more than 100 titles together
Initially a radio personality with a popular Western program for almost nine years, he would transition the story to television for a series that would run for six more
His childhood house was once located where Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium now stands
Often given the nickname, "King of the Cowboys"

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