Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers is one of those figures who feels almost mythic to me, the kind of name that conjures a whole era of American entertainment rather than a single person. I find it telling that he was born Leonard Slye and reinvented himself so completely that 'King of the Cowboys' became shorthand for him. What I appreciate is the multi-hyphenate reality behind the cowboy hat: he co-founded the Sons of the Pioneers as a singer before becoming a Western screen star, then a television host. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame seems almost understated for someone who basically defined a genre's friendly, wholesome face for a generation.

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Name (English)

Roy Rogers

Name (Japanese)

ロイ・ロジャース

Reading

ろい・ろじゃーす

Born

November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998

Origin

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / singer / actor / yodeler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://royrogers.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Rogers
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367129

Tags

• Ohio
• television actor
• film actor
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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