(1912–98), US actor and singer; born Leonard Franklin Slye. One of the original Sons of the Pioneers country singers, he starred in many “singing cowboy” westerns, with his horse Trigger and dog Bullet and, from 1944, with Dale Evans (1912–2001), whom he married in 1947. His movies include Under Western Stars (1938), The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944), and Apache Rose (1947).