Trivia

Made the list of the Ten Best Dressed Men in 1963, along with President John F. Kennedy, James Garner, and Joey Bishop.

With Terry Wilson's death on March 30, 1999, Horton became the last original surviving cast member of Wagon Train (1957).

Horton made his stage debut at age 23, and was featured in 34 musicals.

Owned his own plane, a Piper Comanche 250, from 1957 to 1998.

Attended the Festival of The West alongside fellow actors, Robert Fuller and James Drury, from 2003 to 2011.

Recorded an album of pop songs on Columbia, "The Very Thought of You," in 1964.

Prior to their marriage, his wife Marilynn Bradley, limited her professional appearances to performing with her husband in such shows as "Brigadoon", "Showboat", "Carousel", "1776", "Kismet", "Man of LaMancha", 'The Odd Couple", "Same Time Next Year", "6 Rooms Riv Vu", "'Under the Yum-yum Tree", "Pajama Game", "I Do, I Do", and "Oklahoma". The couple met while appearing in a production of the musical "Guys and Dolls" in Ohio. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 31, 2010. They remained married until his death in 2016.

Before Frank McGrath became his future co-star on Wagon Train (1957), McGrath was Horton's stuntman on Pony Soldier (1952) and Apache War Smoke (1952). Horton owned the Appaloosa horse he often rode in both series.

On his 90th birthday, Horton received the Presentation of the Western Legend Award.

Attended Hollywood High School in 1942 (at the same time as Gloria Grahame, Jason Robards and Judy Garland). Then attended the University of Miami for 2 years and later graduated from UCLA (University of California-Los Angeles), summa cum laude.

Beat out John Smith to create the character of Flint McCollough on Wagon Train (1957) (which was based on "The Jean LeBec Story").

Began his contract career at MGM in 1952. After his final guest-starring role on Murder, She Wrote (1984), he retired from acting at age 65 in 1989.

Missed 20 episodes of his final season of Wagon Train (1957), due to his work in musical theater.

Horton, one of two siblings, acknowledged that, as a hotheaded child, he never felt that he fit into the Mormon household in which he was reared. This was exacerbated by his becoming an actor, something which displeased his conservative parents. As a little boy, he survived many surgeries such as: hernia and an enlarged kidney.

His hobbies were: flying and collecting and driving, vintage, and mid-century automobiles.

A cowboy buff, Horton was named an Honorary Marshal of Tombstone, Arizona on July 6, 2002. He later received the Cowboy Spirit Award at the 16th Annual Bison Homes Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, for "embodying the integrity, strength of spirit, and moral character depicted by the American cowboy" on March 18, 2006.

Moved to New York City in the 1980s, prior to filming As the World Turns (1956).

Despite being nine years apart, both Horton and Robert Fuller celebrated their own birthdays, every July 29 of each year, for 61 years, until Horton's death in 2016.

Was a longtime friend of future president Ronald Reagan. Horton said that years later, when Reagan was the Governor of California, he and Marilynn were scheduled to perform in Man of LaManche in Sacramento. They received the nicest note from Reagan, apologizing that he and Nancy wouldn't be able to attend the performance since they would be out of town, but he wished them well and said he knew they'd give a great performance.

Shortly after his 80th birthday, he received the Golden Boot Award. [7 August 2004].

Shortened his name from Meade Howard Horton Jr. to Robert Horton to become an actor.

Attended the funeral of Ward Bond in 1960.

Received the Cowboy Spirit Award at the 16th Annual Bison Homes Festival held in Phoenix for "embodying the integrity, strength of spirit, and moral character depicted by the American cowboy." (March 2006)

Upon his death, he was cremated, his ashes were given to his family.

He was an uncredited extra in Lewis Seiler's The Tanks Are Coming (1951).

Had worked with James Best in episodes of two different series: Wagon Train (1957) and The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960).

Had to cancel his appearance at the Williambsurg Film Festival in Williamsburg, Virginia, due to health problems. [7 March 2007].

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