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
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
Heart Bypass Operation 1991
TELEVISION
The Roy Rogers Show Roy Rogers (1951-57)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Son of Paleface (14-Jul-1952)
Trigger, Jr. (30-Jun-1950)
Twilight in the Sierras (22-Mar-1950)
Melody Time (27-May-1948) Himself
Don't Fence Me In (20-Oct-1945)
Bells of Rosarita (19-Jun-1945)
Hollywood Canteen (15-Dec-1944) Himself
Song of Nevada (5-Aug-1944)
The Yellow Rose of Texas (24-Jun-1944)
Sheriff of Tombstone (7-May-1941)
Young Bill Hickok (21-Oct-1940)
The Carson City Kid (1-Jul-1940)
Young Buffalo Bill (12-Apr-1940)
Dark Command (4-Apr-1940)
Southward Ho (19-Mar-1939)
Appears on the cover of:
Life, 11-Jul-1943, DETAILS: Roy Rogers and Trigger (photo by Walter Sanders)
AKA Leonard Franklin Slye