Get a closer look at some of Hollywood's perfect pairs.

Hollywood Power Couples

Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, aged 18. He played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws, and his own group, the International Cowboys. In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan called Sons of the Pioneers. While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston. Their songs included "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds". They first appeared in the western Rhythm on the Range (1936), starring Bing Crosby and Martha Raye. In 1936 he appeared as a bandit opposite Gene Autry in "The Old Coral". In 1937 Rogers went solo from "The Sons Of The Pioneeres", and made his first starring film in 1938, Under Western Stars (1938). He made almost 100 films. The Roy Rogers Show (1951) ran on NBC from October 1951 through 1957 and on CBS from 1961 to September 1964. In 1955, 67 of his feature films were released to television.

If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really
appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.

When I die, just skin me out and put me up on old <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1022326/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Trigger</a>
and I&#39;ll be happy.

[in 1982] Another thing that burns me up is that California voted in capital punishment and they haven&#39;t electrocuted anyone yet.

[in 1982, when asked about Republic Pictures owner <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0946759/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Herbert J. Yates</a>, his boss for many years] I don&#39;t want to talk about Yates. Let&#39;s just say he wasn&#39;t very flexible.

[in 1982] Not long after <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0737259/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Will Rogers</a> died, they turned his ranch into a museum. And it didn&#39;t have anything in it. So I made up my mind I was gonna keep everything.

[Advice to his son, Roy Jr. regarding the Roy Rogers Museum] If the museum starts costing you money, then liquidate everything and move on. [The museum closed its doors in December, 2009. The assets were auctioned off at Christie&#39;s in July 2010.]

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Roy Rogers

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