Biographies: Roy Rogers - Actor

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An American singer and actor who appeared during the Great Depression in the early thirties and entered the field of acting and singing. He soon starred in American Western films and became the king of American Western films. He grew up on his family's farm near Lucasville and learned to ride horses. He was good at singing and playing the mandolin. He joined high school, and the following year the family returned to Cincinnati, and his father joined a shoe factory. Due to the family's need for his financial assistance, he left school and joined his father in a shoe factory, and he worked with his father in driving trucks for the road construction company. He joined the local Los Angeles radio, and it was called the Sons of Pioneers band. In 1934, the band became very popular outside the scope of Los Angeles through short radio clips. He starred in the short film Slightly Static (1935) and the long film The Old Homestead (1935). Within three years, he presented with his band more than ten films as a singer and guitarist and began to work steadily in American Western films. The Republic company attracted him and gave him his new name, Roy Rogers. He occupied the first position at the box office for 16 years. He began his television career in the early fifties, where he presented The Roy Rogers Show in 1951 with his wife Dale Evans, and the program continued until 1957. He presented 102 episodes. He retired from the screen in 1984 and continued to perform and sing until 1991. He died of heart failure in 1998 at the age of 87, and his wife Evans died three years later.

• 3 October 2021
• Christina Aziz