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Roy Rogers
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American actor and singer (1911-1998)
OverviewAI-generated
Roy Rogers (1911–1998) was an American television actor, film actor, singer, and member of the Republican Party. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he began his professional work in 1934. Rogers was a member of the Sons of the Pioneers and was married to Dale Evans. He performed country and rock music, singing and playing guitar for record labels including Capitol Records and Decca.
His written works include *Great American Western V.25*, *Happy Trails*, *Happy Trails Our Life Story*, *My Favorite Christmas Story*, and *Best of John Buscema's Roy Rogers*. Rogers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died of heart failure in Apple Valley in 1998.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Great American Western V.25, The
- Happy Trails
- Happy Trails Our Life Story
- My Favorite Christmas Story
- Best of John Buscema's Roy Rogers
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 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…
Known for
- Challenger: The Final Flight — Self (archive footage)2020
- The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
- Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances — himself2008
- All My Friends Are Cowboys — Self1998
- Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' — self1992
- Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys — Himself1992
- The Republic Pictures Story — Self1991
- Hot Country Nights1991
- Rootin' Tootin' Roundup — Self (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)1989
- The Gambler: The Adventure Continues — Drunk1983
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1911
- Active to
- 1998
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 54,545
- Total plays
- 329,281
Tags
There are at least three artists with that name: 1. a country music star, 2. a slide guitar player and 3. a house producer from the 90's 1. Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was a singer and cowboy actor, as well as the namesake of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his second wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German Shepherd Dog, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show. <a href="https://w
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,493x
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 16,045x
- Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
· 2021 · cited 15,043x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Leonard Franklin Slye , ( 1911-11-05 ) November 5, 1911, Cincinnati , Ohio, US
- Died
- July 6, 1998 (1998-07-06) (aged 86), Apple Valley, California , US
- Resting place
- Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Apple Valley, 34°33′25″N 117°08′35″W / 34.5569916°N 117.1429367°W / 34.5569916; -117.1429367
- Other name
- Len Slye
- Occupations
- Singer actor TV host rodeo performer
- Years active
- 1934–1998
- Style
- Western
- Political party
- Republican
- Spouses
- Grace Arline Wilkins ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 ; died 1946 ) Dale Evans ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American actor, singer, television host, and rodeo performer.
Following early work under his given name, first as co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and then as an actor, the rebranded Rogers became one of the most famous and popular Western stars of his era.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roy Rogers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.