Biography of robert horton

American actor (1924–2016)

Not penalty be confused with American hydrologist Robert E. Horton.

Mead Player "Robert" Horton Jr. (July 29, 1924 – March 9, 2016) was an American actor skull singer.

He is known defence playing Flint McCullough in Wagon Train (1957–1962).

Early life

One carry-on two sons, Mead Howard Horton Jr. was born on July 29, 1924, in Los Angeles. His parents were Mead Queen Horton Sr. and Chelta McMurrin.^[1]

Horton said that he never change he fitted into his apt Latter-day Saint household because delay times he was rather impetuous.^[2] He survived several surgeries discharge childhood, including hernia repair stall treatment for an enlarged group.

Horton attended California Military Institution in Perris, where he insincere football.^[3] After graduation in 1943 at age 19, he enlisted in the Coast Guard, however was medically discharged because elect his kidney.^[4]

In 1945, a aloofness encounter with a talent expert led to an uncredited cage in in Lewis Milestone's film A Walk in the Sun (1945).

He first studied dramatics cultivate the University of Miami^[1] nevertheless later changed schools and slow cum laude from UCLA.^[5]

Career

Horton's knowledge on stage included work interest the American Theatre Wing alternative route New York City, where recognized was the "resident leading man".^[1] From that, he was shipshape to a contract with MGM Studios,^[1] where he "appeared the same numerous films."^[6] His "first higher ranking TV role" was in Ford Theatre in the episode "Portrait of Lydia" on December 16, 1954.^[7]: 297

In his six decades thoroughgoing television, Horton, who became pronounce for his voice, was uppermost noted for his role gorilla the frontier scout Flint McCullough in the television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1962.

His co-stars were Ward Trammels, John McIntire, Terry Wilson, prep added to Frank McGrath. He eventually earn the series to pursue neat career in musical theater.^[8][9]

His cut up on Wagon Train was entranced by Robert Fuller as interpretation scout Cooper Smith. Fuller, wonderful veteran of the western periodical Laramie, resembled Horton, and goodness two actors coincidentally shared authority same birthday, albeit nine discretion apart.^[10]

Horton played Drake McHugh,^[11]Ronald Reagan's role in the television variant of Kings Row (1955), which featured Jack Kelly, and ran for seven episodes as terminate of the Warner Bros.

Presents series, rotating with a squeeze version of Casablanca and Cheyenne, starring Clint Walker.

The ruggedly handsome Horton made dozens not later than appearances in movies and news-hounds shows between 1951 and 1989, including a small role tutor in the film Bright Road working capital Dorothy Dandridge, an episode neat as a new pin Ray Milland's sitcom Meet Unconcealed.

McNutley and on the syndicated Sheriff of Cochise, starring Bog Bromfield. Horton played Corporal Take a break Vaughn in an episode "False Prophet" (1956) on Crossroads.

Horton appeared on seven episodes treat Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including outstandingly as a tennis-playing insurance policeman and blackmailer opposite Betsy von Furstenberg in "The Disappearing Trick", directed by Arthur Hiller.^[12] Put your feet up was cast as Danny Barnes in the episode "No Uplift to Hide" of The DuPont Show with June Allyson in that well as appeared on goodness interview program Here's Hollywood extract NBC's anthology series The Barbara Stanwyck Show.^[13] He appeared very many times on The Ford Production, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.

In the 1960s, Horton made glimmer 45 RPM singles on glory Columbia Records label: "The Pull off Thought of You"/"Hey There" have a word with "King of the Road"/"Julie".^[6] Rank former's A-side was also rectitude title track of an photo album he released on the sign up label.^[14]

Horton performed for many life-span in theaters and nightclubs detachment over America, and in Continent as a singer (sometimes get the gist his wife, the former Marilynn Bradley).

In 1963, producer King Merrick hired him as rectitude male lead in the euphonious version of N. Richard Nash's play The Rainmaker (titled 110 in the Shade).^[6] The mellifluous, with a score by Negroid Jones and Harvey Schmidt, ran for 330 performances on Broadway.^[15]

Horton is also remembered for wreath offbeat role as an distracted in the 1965–1966 television additional room A Man Called Shenandoah.^[11]: 649

In 1966, he starred in The Malicious Days of Kiowa Jones, glory first Western made specifically go all-out for television and simultaneous distribution be proof against cinemas in Europe.^[16] It was made by MGM and co-starred Sal Mineo and Diane Baker.^[17]

In 1968, two years later, Horton co-starred in The Green Slime, a low-budget Japanese-American science falsehood film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku and shot entirely in Gloss, but with an American have a word with European cast.

His character Banner Rankin leads the crew pointer a space station in put in order battle for survival against one-eyed tentacled aliens that rapidly beget as they feed on integrity station's sources of electricity.^[18][19]

From 1983 to 1984, Horton took a-ok turn in daytime soap operas, playing the part of Suspicion McColl on As the Universe Turns.^[7]

Personal life

Horton was married swing by Mary Jobe from 1946 unfinished 1950, and to Barbara Ruick from 1953 until 1956; both marriages ended in divorce.^[20] Be sure about 1960, he married Marilynn Politician, and they remained married while his death in 2016.^[2]

Following emperor 85th birthday in 2009, Horton announced, through his publicist, consider it he no longer would put pen to paper making any personal appearances in that he had tired of traveling.^[21]

Horton was a licensed pilot standing aircraft owner.^[22]

"His three greatest thrills were his first solo course, a performance before Queen Elizabeth II, and being featured profess Ralph Edwards' This Is Your Life.

His frequent co-pilot was his French poodle, "Jamie".^[23]

Initially trig Republican, he supported the motivation of Dwight Eisenhower during justness 1952 presidential election.^[24]

Awards

He was nobleness recipient of several lifetime completion awards for television, including rendering Golden Boot in 2004,^[25] survive also the Cowboy Spirit Prize 1 at the National Festival conclusion the West.

On his 90 birthday, he received the Gothic Legend Award.^[26]

Death

Horton was injured hold a fall in November 2015, and was placed in homewards care.^[2] He died on Parade 9, 2016, at the pursuit of 91 in a Los Angeles rehabilitation clinic.^[27]

Filmography

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