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Robert Horton
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July 29, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA
Biography:Redheaded leading man "Robert Horton" attended UCLA, served in the Coast Guard during World War II, and acted in California-based stage productions before making his entree into films in 1951. Horton's television career started off on a high note in 1955, when he was cast in the weekly-TV version of "King's Row" as Drake McHugh (the role essayed by "Ronald Reagan" in the 1942 film version). The series barely lasted three months, but better things were on the horizon: in 1957, Horton was hired to play frontier scout Flint McCullough in "Wagon Train", which became the highest-rated western on TV. Horton remained with "Wagon Train" until 1962. He then did some more stage work before embarking on his third series, 1965's The Man Called Shenandoah. When this one-season wonder ran its course, Horton toured the dinner-theatre circuit, then in 1982 accepted a major role on the popular daytime soap opera "As... Full Biography
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