Robert Horton
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Meade Howard Horton Jr. (July 29, 1924 – March 9, 2016), also known as Robert Horton, was an American actor and singer.
Early life
Mead Howard Horton Jr., one of two sons, was born in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1924. Mead Howard Horton Sr. and Chelta McMurrin were his parents.
Although Horton was not positive he fit into his proper Latter-day Saint household at any time, he did not feel like one because he was so impatient. He underwent multiple surgeries in childhood, including hernia repair and kidney transplantation. Horton played football at the California Military Institute in Perris, California. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1943 at the age of 19, but was medically disabled due to his kidney.
In 1945, a chance meeting with a talent scout resulted in an uncredited appearance in Lewis Milestone's film A Walk in the Sun (1945). He began studying dramatics at the University of Miami but later transferred to UCLA and graduated with a laude. He moved from California to New York City, where he spent as a struggling actor, before returning to California. Horton made his MGM debut in 1988 and appeared in films at age 28. It was there where he first met younger actors Robert Fuller and James Drury, who became Horton's lifelong friends.
Personal life
Horton, the pilot and aircraft owner, was an excellent pilot and plane steward.According to Plane and Pilot:
"His three biggest thrills were his first solo flight, a concert before Queen Elizabeth II, and being featured on Ralph Edwards' This Is Your Life." "Jamie" was his frequent co-pilot.
He voted in favour of Dwight Eisenhower's campaign in 1952. He was originally a Republican.
Career
Horton's stage experience included performances with the American Theatre Wing in New York City, where he was the "resident leading man." He was then signed to MGM Studios, where he "appeared in numerous films." In the episode "Portrait of Lydia," the actor "first big television appearance" was in Ford Theatre. 297 yrs.
Horton, who became well-known for his voice on television, was best known for his role as the frontier scout Flint McCullough in the television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1962. Ward Bond, John McIntire, Terry Wilson, and Frank McGrath were among his co-stars. He then left the series to pursue a career in musical theater.
Robert Fuller as the scout Cooper Smith on Wagon Train. Even nine years apart, Fuller, a veteran of the western series Laramie, resembled Horton, and the two actors had the same birthday.
Horton appeared in the television version of Kings Row (1955), starring Jack Kelly, and appeared in seven episodes as part of the Warner Bros. Presents series, starring Clint Walker.
Between 1951 and 1989, the ruggedly handsome Horton appeared in hundreds of film and television shows, including a small role in the film Bright Road starring Dorothy Dandridge, an episode of Ray Milland's Meet Mr. McNutley, and a scripted Sheriff of Cochise starring John Bromfield. In an episode "False Prophet" (1956) on Crossroads, Horton played Corporal Tom Vaughn.
In "The Disappearing Trick," directed by Arthur Hiller, Horton appeared on seven episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including memorably as a tennis-playing bookie and blackmailer opposite Betsy von Furstenberg. Danny Barnes appeared in the episode "No Place to Hide" of the The DuPont Show as well as on the interview show. Here's Hollywood and NBC's anthology series The Barbara Stanwyck Show. He appeared on numerous occasions on The Ford Show, including Tennessee Ernie Ford.
On the Columbia Records label, Horton produced two 45 RPM singles: "The Very Thought of You"/"Hey There"/"King of the Road"/Julie" during the 1960s. The former's A-side appeared on an album that was also the title track of an album that was released on the same label.
Horton appeared in theaters and nightclubs all over the United States, as well as in Australia as a guitarist (sometimes with his wife, the former Marilynn Bradley). In 1963, producer David Merrick recruited him as the male lead in N. Richard Nash's musical adaptation of The Rainmaker (titled 110 in the Shade). The musical, aided by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, was on Broadway for 330 performances.
In the television series A Man Called Shenandoah, Horton is also remembered for his offbeat role as an amnesiac.: 649
He appeared in The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones in 1966, the first Western made specifically for television and simultaneous release to cinemas in Europe. Sal Mineo and Diane Baker, a MGM and co-starred actor, created it.
Horton co-starred in The Green Slime, a low-budget Japanese science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and shot entirely in Japan, but with an American and European cast. In a war against one-eyed tentacled aliens that quickly multiply as they feed on the station's power sources, Jack Rankin leads the crew of a space station.
Horton appeared in daytime soap operas from 1983 to 1984, playing Whit McColl on As the World Turns.