In a TIME Magazine article written on December 17, 1979 by Richard Schnickel the horse that played Rising Star is Let's Merge.
Here is a link to the article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,920725-1,00.html
The horse passed eighteen years later. Robert Redford took ownership of the horse after the movie and actually did all of his own riding stunts in the movie
Robert Redford played the staring role as a rodeo horseman. I guess it was his character you refer to. I never liked that movie so I'm not sure it it had another character that matches that description.
No, Robert Redford played Sonny Steele the cowboy, Rising Star was the horse and was played by the horse Let's Merge.
silver reef
She was the Fashion Narrator.
"going to find two chip girls who can sock the paint off a doorknob and go back to my ranch"
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
there is no movie of esperanza rising
Quarter Horse
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The horse, whose real name was Let's Merge (Rising Star in Electric Horseman), was a Quarter Horse. Apparently Robert Redford took ownership of the horse after the movie and Let's Merge died 18 years later.
The Electric Horseman
She was the Fashion Narrator.
Without much more to go on, "The Electric Horseman," comes to mind.
Red McIlvaine has: Played Maintenance Man in "Disneyland" in 1954. Played Reporter in "The Electric Horseman" in 1979. Played Guard in "Pleasure Palace" in 1980. Performed in "Honeyboy" in 1982. Played Driver Stopped for Girls in "Cannonball Run II" in 1984.
Henry Morris has: Played Horseman in "Three Rogues" in 1931. Played Horseman in "The Fourth Horseman" in 1932. Played Soldier in "The Bold Caballero" in 1936. Played Dock Heavy 2 in "SOS Coast Guard" in 1937. Performed in "Paradise Express" in 1937. Played Posse Member in "Valley of Hunted Men" in 1942.
Reg Dent has: Played Confederate Horseman in "Doctor Who" in 1963. Played English Horseman in "Doctor Who" in 1963. Played Coachman in "A Tale of Two Cities" in 1965. Played Rider in "Carry on Cowboy" in 1966. Played Carter in "Tess" in 1979.
"going to find two chip girls who can sock the paint off a doorknob and go back to my ranch"
Perry Sheehan Adair has: Played Erica in "The Red Skelton Show" in 1951. Played Mrs. George Phillips in "The Electric Horseman" in 1979. Played Frumpy Woman in "Stark" in 1985. Played Court Clerk in "Lucky Chances" in 1990. Played Mrs. Bindle in "The Entertainers" in 1991.
The name of the song is Hands on the Wheel and it is off of the album Red Headed Stranger.