Biography

Robert Horton was born on July 29, 1924 into a Mormon family in Los Angeles, California as Meade Howard Horton Jr. He began his contract career at MGM in 1952 and adopted the acting name of Robert Horton.

Following his final role (as a guest star on Murder, She Wrote (1984)), Horton retired from acting in 1989. He had appeared in films, musical theatre, and many television series in both starring and guest roles, including Apache War Smoke (1952), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), Wagon Train (1957), The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960), Matinee Theatre (1955), As the World Turns (1956), and The Green Slime (1968).

Horton was thrice married: to Mary Catherine Jobe, to Barbara Ruick, and to Marilynn Bradley, who survived him. He died on March 9, 2016, aged 91, in his native Los Angeles.

Murder, She Wrote(1984)as Jack Hutchings

Red River(1988)as Mr. Melville

Houston Knights(1987)as Clinton Flowers

As the World Turns(1956)as Whit McColl, Whit McColl (1983-1984)

Bicentennial Minutes(1974)as Self - Narrator

TV's Western Heroes(1993)as Flint McCullough

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Tue Oct 02 1956 – Tue Jul 03 1962

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	50.00	1955	•	8.5	3	13	20660
2	Wagon Train	9.75	1957	•	7.6	0	7	4251
3	A Man Called Shenandoah	6.50	1965	•	7.7	0	0	256
4	Matinee Theatre	5.00	1955	•	6.8	1	1	152
5	Kings Row	4.88	1955	•	7.3	0	0	44
6	Celebrity Playhouse	3.75	1955	•	7.1	0	0	49
7	Apache War Smoke	3.09	1952	•	5.8	0	0	280
8	The Green Slime	2.60	1969	•	4.9	0	0	4329
9	Pony Soldier	2.38	1952	•	5.8	0	0	940
10	A Walk in the Sun	1.00	1945		6.9	0	1	4511