- Born Name: Leonard Franklin Slye
- Birthday: 1911-11-05 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Lucille Ascolese (1933–1935) Grace Arline Wilkins (1936–1946) Dale Evans (1947–1998)
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- Medium: actor, singer
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Roy Rogers, For other meanings of Roy Rogers, see Roy Rogers (disambiguation).Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 8, 1998), was an American singer and cowboy actor, as well as the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German Shepherd dog, Bullet, were featured in more than 100 movies and The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often either Pat Brady, (who drove a Jeep called Nellybelle), Andy Devine, or the crotchety George Gabby Hayes. Rogerss nickname was King of the Cowboys. Evanss nickname was Queen of the West.