Guest Book Archives

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Dec 16, 2002

HI Everyone:

I just wanted to take a moment and wish all of you a wonderful Holiday Season and a New Year marked by answered prayers and realized dreams!

Robert

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Happy Holidays and Happy Anniversary to Robert and Marilynn.

With much love,

Fern Clemmer

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HERE IS WISHING YOU MANY MORE TO COME.
MAY YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON  BE MERRY.
       HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO COME
             YOURS TRULY JOHN BOYCE

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Dear Mr. Horton,
I'm Norma from North East England. I could scarcely believe my luck in discovering your website having wondered about you through all the years since.  As a child in the fifties when black and white TV was new to us, your role as Flint in Wagon Train was so strong as to be forever etched into the "canon" at an early age for me. Being just a decade and more after the war things were very hard for most families here and there was not much to look forward to. Watching Wagon Train made the world all right and made it possible to believe in dreams. Needless to say mine was one of the thousands of young girls hearts you must have broken then. 

You shone through in the quality of acting amongst some very mediocre peers! I remember being (and remaining even now) furious when friends commented on Rowdy Yates in RAWHIDE on the other channel as a competitor.... the character of which was wooden and pretentious even to a young girl then. I wished you could have gone on to Rawhide in his place and been scout to Gill Favour.

Then suddenly you left. A hero vanished wordlessly and it marked an end of an era for me. From time to time I've tried to find out what happened and over the years came to the conclusion that for someone so good to have left the TV and tinsel you must have found a solid marriage and a good life. Somehow this reinforced everything you seemed to stand for in the role of Flint. I'm so happy to have found this true.

I'm even more delighted to find that a  part of that decision was your voice. Our family has a strong musical and singing interest. I'm sad that I've never heard you sing but will now be able to look for some of your work if it is available in the UK. If you are still singing maybe someone on your staff/fan club could send me venue details, or how to obtain any CD's... and I'd like to save for a very special trip to come and hear you or see you act again.

Having skimmed some of your many, many fan messages I felt almost too embarrassed to add my own words. Hope you don't mind so many of them!
Can I just say a huge thank you and wish you and your wife Marilynn well.

With very best regards
Norma

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To Robert and Marilynn ,  

A very happy Christmas and New Year, and a very happy 42nd anniversary too.

from Angela  Lacosta,  Corrwall,  England

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Hi, Robert and Marilynn. Happy 42nd anniversary! Have a great new year together. 

Richard Campbell

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I was just out at Topanga Mall with my wife and 11 year old daughter and I
thought that I had recognized you walking by.  I told my daughter, 'I think
that's Robert Horton'.  Of course at 11, what does she know?  I used to
watch all of your shows and enjoyed them imensley.  I've been a
Professional Wrestler and Actor since 1969 and have had a very good career.
However, it's always a thrill to see someone you recognize.  I get stopped
plenty myself and of course it's always nice to talk to fans, but I just
wanted to pass along that I saw you and you look great.  If you have a
moment, take a look through my website as you'll find it interesting.

I see your Wife's birthday is Mar 5th.  Same as my Dad's.

 Happy Holidays 

I've got two films I'm producing next year, one for Warner Brothers. So,
watch for The Job Squad.

Sincerely,

Ric 'The Equalizer'Drasin
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Dear Mr. and Mrs. Horton,

    Happy Anniversary and Holiday Blessings! 

    I have been visiting this impressive web site for over a year now, and it's such a pleasure to be able to extend sincere greetings to you both from time to time.

           Warmly, Pat,      

      Michigan

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Dear Bob and Marilynn:

 
     Want to wish you both a lovely Christmas Day, Happy Holidays, and a beautiful 42nd Anniversary with good health and happiness in 2003.
                                                                                Betty Burris

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Hello Mr. Horton,
       First of all I want to wish you and your wife the very best on your up coming 42nd anniversary. I have my 39th coming up in June. I have always enjoyed your many talents but don't get to see you around Newport Rhode Island. Do you think you will be doing any work on television in the near future? I just found your web site and like it very much. I am a great TV western Fan and first saw you in Wagon Train with Ward Bond. Great Show! .
God Bless You & Your Family and I wish you the best Christmas and the Happiest New Year Ever!

     Thank You!
     Jim Culipher
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Dear Robert and Marilynn:

I hope you have a very Happy 42nd Anniversary and a lovely Christmas and New Year.  Forty-two years is an amazing accomplishment in this day and age.  It takes a lot of hard work to sustain a happy marriage.  My husband and I will be celebrating our 49th anniversary at the same time as yours.  I think the secret of success is to be friends and partners and for each of us to have our own interests and those we share. 

Here’s to many, many more happy and healthy years.

Sincerely, Toby

North Yorkshire, UK

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Dear Robert ,

 Thank you for giving us all so much enjoyment with your acting, especially Wagon Train, they were very happy times for me, there was something special about that series, it was a one of a kind! God bless you and your dear wife.

 Regards, Rod Walton,

Retired Police Officer

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Wishing you and your wife a healthy and prosperous New Year!  I plan on seeing you in Santa Clarita, CA!  I have another poem for you!

Maggie Riley
"Paloma"

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I used to enjoy watching Wagon Train when I was a little girl (a long time ago!) It is really heartwarming to see that you have had an outstanding career and I am also glad to see that you have had a good and lasting marriage.  Thank you so much for being such a fine actor and giving me a lot of cherish memories of westerns that I will never forget.  May God richly bless you and your wife.  Carolyn Steppe

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 Hi Robert and Marilynn!!

     Merry Christmas!! And Happy Anniversary!!

           Robert you are still such an inspiration! to me!
           I've been married to Debbie for 28 years!
           I tell her all the time that you we're my boyhood
           hero and still are!! We look forward to being married
           for 42 years someday! I don't think I'll ever make it
           to one of your live shows, but I will ALWAYS
           treasure that phone conversation we had! And if
           I can ever help you out in the future with anything
           PLEASE let me know! And, if you ever decide to visit
           Plymouth Ma. to see where it all began, remember you have a personal tour guide!!
              God bless you and Marilynn!!
                Merry Christmas
                  Joe Mc Millan
                  Plymouth Ma.
        And thank you for the Autographs on my TV Guides!!

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Dear Robert and Marilynn   

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a happy new year.  We also want to wish you a very happy 42nd anniversary on the 31st of December.  Congratulations

Sincerely

Greg and Bernice Wiebeck

Palmyra, Nebraska 

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Hi Robert, to wish you and Marilynn a fun filled festive season.

I would like to thank you for the Christmas Cards and letters over the past 40 years.

my admiration for you just grows and grows.

I will miss you over in Arizona in March, much to my dismay, I will think of you constantly.

Elizabeth will give you a big hug for me, and will tell me all about it when she returns.

Please take care of yourself, and have a great Christmas.

love to you and Marilynn and Mr. Gable.

Love and best wishes for 2003.

Diana   ( The  Lake  District )

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Hi Robert and Marilynn

 Christmas Greetings from Toni.  I do hope you both have a lovely Christmas and a very Happy Wedding Anniversary on the 31st December.

I have a photo of you Robert and I carry it everywhere with me in my handbag and I proudly show other people the photo when I tell them that I am going to America next March to meet you and Marilynn, I am really looking forward to it very much.

Merry Christmas and a very happy prosperous New Year to you both.

Wagons Roll to March!

Love from your loyal fan from Solihull, England.

Toni

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Hi, Robert and Marilynn,

Whatever you decide to do for your anniversary hope all goes well and you enjoy it. My very best wishes to you both

for the year to come.

Love

Eira

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Just wanted to say congratulations on forty two years.  We have been married
thirty and last Sunday we celebrated knowing each other for thiry one.  It
goes fast , but it has been a fun ride.  Hope this finds you healthy and
happy and hope to see you in Arizona in March.  Good luck for the new year.
Wandawoo
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Hello Mr. and Mrs. Horton, my name is ECC I don't know if you remember me from 1991, have a great new year.

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Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Horton, on your upcoming anniversary.  I am a long-time fan of the "Wagon Train" series.  It was my favorite television show as a child.  As a middle-aged adult, I enjoy it just as much via videotapes of various episodes. 

Richard Boner

Charlotte, N.C.

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Dear Robert and Marilynn,

Holiday greetings.  Congratulations on your 42nd wedding anniversary.  A lasting and good marriage is a much more significant achievement than any kind of entertainment industry award.

Robert, thank you for how polite you were to me and the other 50-plus year old teenagers you met in Tombstone.  In particular, thank you for suggesting Tender Warrior: God's Intention for a Man as a book I might want to read.  The author, Stu Weber's choice of Flint McCullough to illustrate the positive attribute of pro-vision, compared wth his use of real people to illustrate other positive attributes, is another indicator about what a strong impression Flint made. 

Merry Christmas

Virginia

(Austin, TX)    

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Hello Mr. Horton,

I am from South Africa and am 26 years of age. I was sitting at work bored
and thought I'll search the web for other people who share my name and up
pops your website! I must be honest and say that I was not familiar with you
or you career. I had a good look at your website now and your are definitely
an inspiration to me when I look at what you have accomplished in your life.
I am proud to share my name with you!

I wish you and your family a fun-filled Christmas and a happy new year!

Regards
Robert.

Robert Horton
Information Administrator

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Mr. Horton:

I enjoyed your website very much.  I was particularly impressed that you have enjoyed almost 42 years of marriage to Marilynn.  Congratulations to you both.

I have clear memories of you on "Wagon Train", but my kids know you as Commander Rankin.  "The Green Slime" is a big hit in our family, especially with me and my twin sons.  (My wife of 27 years and the other two older kids won't admit that they like it.)  We get a big kick out of Rankin's "thumbs up" sign and your conflict with Vince.  I also appreciate your attitude toward the movie and your willingness to share it on your website.

I wish you well and hope bigger things are still ahead of you

Gary Luttrell
Kettering, OH
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Hi, my name is Angela and I live in the UK.  When I was a young girl I watched Robert as Flint McCullough every week and when he left the series I broke my heart.  In fact I stopped watching Wagon Train altogether!  My bedroom walls were plastered with Flint McCullough posters which I had taken out of magazines and comics.  I have never forgotten Robert and am so pleased to have the chance to let him know how much pleasure he gave me all those years ago.  With love.

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Hi:

Just to say that I was a great fan of Robert Horton and Wagon Train. I am really pleased to see the web sites that have information on both. It is nice to be reminded of the great western era and hopefully this will give me the opportunity to thank one of it's star for giving us so much pleasure in the fifties and sixties.

Thank you, from Arlen Bone

Cheshire, UK

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Guten morgen aus Deutschland, Herr Horton!

Good morning from Mainz, Germany.

Its early in the morning and I turned on the television while my wife and daughters are still sleeping.  The American Forces Network (AFN) Europe cable channel is set on Turner Classic Movies and the film "The Green Slim" is just beginning.  I think I missed this one while growing up in Sacramento, California but see that it stars Robert Horton.  I remember Mr. Horton from my youth with his two hit series, "Wagon Train and The Man from Shenandoah."

My father passed away in early 1965 when I was 13 years old.  My mom did a great job in raising me but there was a void with my father no longer living.  So the new television series, "The Man from Shenandoah", made quite an impression on me, a positive one. I think Robert Horton personified all that was good in an adult male and probably affected thousands of young people in the same way as he did me.

As the years have passed I have enjoyed seeing Mr. Horton's films on television and think back to the time a fatherless boy looked to him as a positive role model.  I am happy to see the Mr. Horton and his lovely wife, Marilynn, enjoy a wonderful life together and that he was and is such a success as an actor and genuinely nice person. 

My family and I wish you continued good health, happiness, and success.

Best regards and auf wiedersehen from Deutschland
John D. Bertsch

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I wish to extend a very special thank you to the following people:

Diana from Cumbria
Irene from Bradford
Barbara from Lancaster
Toni from Solihull
Elizabeth & Stuart from Lancaster
Ira from London
Linda from Michigan (re: tulips)
Sharon (re: Scottsdale in March)
And, Rebecca K from Oregon
You all know who you are and why I think you're all special!
Sincerely,
Robert
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Dear Robert and Marilyn,
Aloha from Hawaii - across the years (in excess of 30).

Kerry Ovaitt

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As a child Robert Horton was my hero.  I'm glad to see him still alive and well.
Excellent actor, and last picture I saw showed him to be still a handsome guy to boot.  A 40th Wedding Anniversary is something to be proud of.
Thanks for the great memories, Bob!!
Jim Gibson
Tampa, FL.
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Dear Mr. Horton,

I want to add to what's already been said from some of the women that have sent you emails.  I was 8 when Wagon Train began and right from the beginning I was in love with you - as much as an 8 year old girl can be.  As I got older, you were my fantasy man for many years.  

It's wonderful to hear that you have had a successful marriage and seem to be as nice a man as you are good-looking.  May God Bless You and keep you in the palm of HIS Hands.

Peggy Burghauser

Baltimore, Maryland  
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 Dear Mr. Horton,

I always enjoyed seeing you in Wagon Train and The Man called Shenandoah.  You played the parts well.  The song Shenandoah I especially like and would be interested in purchasing the CD "The Man called Shenandoah" if it becomes available.  I never knew what you did when you left TV until recently when I got on your website.  I admire you for your many achievements.  Your website is informative and I visit it often.  Thank you for the memories.  So glad we are able to get videos of Wagon Train and hope to be able to get them for The Man called Shenandoah.  God Bless you and Marilynn.  One of you many loyal fans.

Bernice Wiebeck

Palmyra, NE

Dear Mr. Horton,

I was very pleased to find your website.  I began watching Wagon Train in
1959 when I was 12 years of age and when I saw you as Flint, it was "love
at first sight"! And I have to say you will always be my favourite.  I would
hurry my homework on a Monday evening to see the show and would be most
peeved if you were not in an episode.  I have a lovely picture you which was
centrefold in a girls' magazine of 1959 and I really treasure it.  I often
wondered about you.  I last saw you in an episode of "Murder She Wrote" and
over the years have hoped to see you guest appearing in one of the many US
shows we get in England.

I trust that you are in good health and send my very best wishes to you and
your wife and thanks again for the many happy hours of viewing you have
given me.

Yours,
Wendy Thomson
Greater Manchester
England

Hi Alicia

I am a long time RH fan but only just found the website. Brilliant!

I live in the UK and only have tapes of the re-runs of WT on C4 in 1989 - the first three series. Can I get tapes from Columbia House or other sources? I will be writing to them any way to add my voice to get all the WT episodes out, but especially the Shenandoah tapes where I first 'met' Bob.

Best wishes

Eira

 

Hello Robert:

 I see the e-mail generation has got to you too!

Thank you for being a great guy.

 Glad to be a fan of yours

Best wishes to you and Marilynn always.

 Eira

I have just seen the message about your CD's. I would like to add my name to your list of customers if you are getting more made.

 

Hello,

    I will never forget the TV show you were in about a poker game you were playing.  Was it on Alfred Hitchcock Presents or Twilight Zone?  I'd sure appreciate knowing the title and episode number so I can purchase a copy of this wonderful show.  I've always wanted my poker playing husband to see this and would love to get a copy for us to watch.  Your acting was so realistic and genuine.  Also was a fan of Wagon Train way back when.  That was a classic TV show!

Thanks,
Kathy

Dear Mr. Horton:

I met you a couple of times back in 1960, once at Heathrow airport and
later at the Savoy Hotel.  I have a photo of you at the airport taken
with two girls, also fans, who were there.  You were a little annoyed at
my persistence to meet you then but I was only 14.  I am 56 now.  I read
when I was a kid that you believed that "You could do anything you
wanted if you tried hard enough".  Well it stuck in my mind and I have
always lived by that.  Even today as I am running my first marathon Oct.
13th.  I wanted you to know that you made an impression.  You are a
great actor also and I am pleased to know that you are in good health
and have enjoyed a long and happy marriage.

Susan
Vancouver Island, BC  Canada

Dear Mr. Horton,

I’m sending you this message to tell you how much I have enjoyed watching you in the classic TV western series Wagon Train. I thought you did an excellent job of playing your role as Flint McCullough, especially in the action scenes. I think you are a great actor and should be proud of your talents.

Thank you so much for your time, and for being the best part of my growing years.

Terry Hintz

Moses Lake, WA.

Hi

 I have been a fan of Mr Horton’s since ......sorry I don't have that many of fingers!!!

I live in the UK and remember Wagon Train and Shenandoah! I would do anything to watch these programmes again. They were both wonderful with him in and so very, very disappointing if he was only a very bit part as in some Wagon Trains. And the records he made. I made a lot of friends in his Fan Club then in the UK. Pearl, Betty and Mary in Scotland. I am so glad I put Robert Horton in my search engine. I still think he is irreplaceable - but unfortunately we don't get any thing on him now over here. I do so wish there was a lot more.  And the musicals - you are to lucky over there!! And we had the meetings like in Tombstone! Lucky you in the US!!!

 Very best wishes and thanks for being a "star"

 Jane (Morriss)

Robert,

           Having enjoyed your many achievements over the years, it is very interesting to look through your web site. I have wondered many times in viewing your movies etc., what was your Horton lineage?  After retirement, I created a very fulfilling hobby of tracing my Horton Ancestry.  Starting from only my g-grandfather, I have been able to trace my Horton lineage to about 1700 in London England.  We have about 40 Robert Horton’s plus about 2000 others so far.  My g-g-g-grandfather Robert Horton was born in London and christened at St. Sepulchure on Dec 26 1751, the son of Drayton and Ann Horton who lived on Cow Lane.  Robert came to America, in 1769, was in the Rev War in the Virginia Line from Culpeper Co and I recently found documentation that he survived the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge with General Washington.    I believe that all the Horton’s in America can be traced back to England.  We have a pretty extensive compilation of Roberts descendants.

            Again, we have enjoyed your career and now your web site and would like to extend a Thank You.  If you are ever interested in viewing our Horton site, let me know as it is on the web.  We can get you the address.

                                                     An   Old Fan, Bill Horton    

 

Dear Mr. Horton,

I particularly liked you in "110 in the Shade" and your rendition of
Melisande (even went back stage after the performance). I still have the
album from the show and need to look for it on CD -- do you think it is
available?

Karen Kier
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Dear Robert,

Wow, I just found this site tonight and what a gush of memories have rushed forth over the past two hours! I'm a writing and history teacher now, but if there was one defining television show in my life, then it would be "A Man Called Shenandoah". Great acting, stories, and supporting casts mesmerized that nine year old boy like no other television show has before or since. Having watched "Wagon Train", you became a favorite of mine, so it was with no small amount of happiness when I discovered that you would be returning to series tv in MCS. (That discovery came in August of 1965 when I first saw the ABC commercial heralding the 9/13 premier of the series; the very same commercial clip found on your website. Talk about deja vu!) To this day I can still remember anxiously awaiting the debut of the show. That first episode's opening moments when Shenandoah is discovered, rescued from a driving blizzard, and brought unconscious into town by the bounty hunters grabbed my attention and held it. Was I transfixed. Needless to say, the cancellation of the show was quite a major disappointment, as the show had become a very much anticipated and settling influence in my young life. That show deeply moved me, and has left an indelible mark on me today. Those stories fired my imagination about the West, story writing, and storytelling in general. And in some not-so-small, and lasting way, you and the show continue to have a positive effect on me and, unknowingly to them, my students. Thanks very, very much.

Sincerely,

Robert Hartshorn

Eighth Grade Teacher

Warren Middle School

Warren, NJ

 

P.S.: Please tell me how I can purchase a copy of your cd, "Man Called Shenandoah". Also, Columbia House is getting a letter from me pleading for release of the series in video. From the outpouring of fan support as evidenced on this site, Columbia should seriously consider.

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Dear Mr. Horton,

I remember watching all the Wagon Train episodes while in Jr. High.
Still have a 5x7 black and white glossy picture of you I got back then.
My husband and I love Westerns. Still watch all the old ones but wish
there were new Western series on TV.  We wish you good health and
happiness. 

Diane in Clinton

 I just want to give a very big 'thank you' to all my fans who so generously remembered my birthday again this year with such warm wishes and cards! Fans like you have truly made it all worthwhile. 

Most sincerely, Robert Horton

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I just found the web site and have been very hopeful for years that "The
Man Called Shennandoah" would be put out on CD. PLease, please, please
have more copies made!!!!!
I would also love to have videos of "A Man called Shennandoah"
especially the episode with Bruce Dern.
Thanks for all the great shows!!!!

Mario Licu, CMT, LMT

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Bonjour!  We are your fabulous nieces, (Eve’s Daughter’s Katie and Carlan.)  We were thoroughly impressed by this phenomenal website.  It was enlightening to see the vast accomplishments of you both.  We adore the both of you, and anticipate continuing our growing relationship.   We wanted to drop you a quick hello and let you know that we were thinking about you. 

 Au revoir,

       Katie and Carlan

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Many thanks Mr. Horton for Flint and all the rest, also a belated happy birthday!

Miri

II I can only add you are a wonderful actor and gentleman, I wish you belated greetings on your birthday.  Thanks to your character of Flint I am returning back to  school and studying to be a legal assistant. ECC

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For years and years I have had the same dream.  Some handsome, raven haired
fellow was dragging himself through wilderness and the look on his face was
positively heart breaking!  The same dream has haunted me since I was a
small child.  I knew that it was from some television show I'd once seen,
but could no more remember names or circumstances to save my life.  I sent
query after query to every station, trying to glean the name of this show! 
No one could help me.  Then, a few weeks ago, I just happened to mention all
of this to my older sister.  Immediately, she recalled that the show was "A
Man Called Shenandoah"!
I looked it up on the web and came across your site, and a very comforting
piece of lost childhood puzzle fell into place.  That a child of 4 could
remember a TV show for so many years, and actually dream about it!  Then, I
heard Mr. Horton sing the title song, and I literally wept, as I sat at my
PC at work.  Why isn't this show on video???  I have checked all the sites I
know!  My younger sister mentioned that she understood why I would have
loved it so much if Mr. Horton played the role with such a lost look in his
eyes as he indicated.  We just wish the networks had written and produced a
final episode where Shenandoah finds himself again, or at least release the
series on video.  Otherwise, in my heart, I will always feel somewhat lost,
along with the man called Shenandoah.
Mr. Horton, you tugged at the heartstrings of a small child, and obviously,
the world as well.  Your singing voice is as familiar to me as that of my
mother or father.  I feel as if you are family.  Thank you for your work.

Kind regards,
Jenny Elliott
New York, NY

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DEAR MR. HORTON, MY SISTER AND I USED TO WATCH YOU ON T.V. WE NEVER MISSED. WE ALSO PLAYED BY THE HOURS DOLLS. WE HAD A FLINT MCCULLOUGH DOLL. I REALLY THINK WE WERE IN LOVE WITH YOU. I'M NOW ALMOST 55 AND MY SISTER IS 52. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. I JUST TOOK A CHANCE TO FIND YOU AND HERE YOU ARE.  I THINK I WILL GET SOME OF THE MOVIES OF THE WAGON TRAIN.

THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES.

LOVE, REBECCA PIGHINI OF SCOTTSDALE AZ.    

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Hello Bob, I honesty never thought I'd  have the opportunity to speak with you. Isn't Email wonderful? I've loved westerns all my life and Wagon Train was the best. I remember oh so well, as a little girl, taking one look at Flint and kissing my childhood goodbye!!!!!!!!! . It was never easy though.  Mum and Dad were VERY strict about bedtime.  But kids have their ways and I got hold of a pair of binoculars and whilst listening to the sound track from my parents TV, I watched the action through my bedroom window and into the neighbours house over the road.  Through their window and TV,  via the binoculars I could see everything perfectly. Have a happy life Bob and thank you for making mine better for knowing you.   
                                                              June Bennett

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DEAR MR. HORTON, 

MY SISTER AND I USED TO WATCH YOU ON TV, WE NEVER MISSED. WE ALSO PLAYED BY THE HOURS DOLLS. WE HAD A FLINT MCCULLOUGH DOLL. I REALLY THINK WE WERE IN LOVE WITH YOU. I'M NOW ALMOST 55 AND MY SISTER IS 52. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. I JUST TOOK A CHANCE TO FIND YOU AND HERE YOU ARE. I THINK I WILL GET SOME OF THE MOVIES OF THE WAGON TRAIN. 
THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES. 

LOVE, REBECCA PIGHINI, OF SCOTTSDALE AZ. 
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Happy birthday - a few days late!!!! I remember when I first saw you in "Wagon Train."  Wow! I thought - what a good looking man!  I grew up in upstate NY, and me and my friends were crazy about horses and westerns. Needless to say, your show was one we NEVER missed!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

Nora

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Robert!!
             Happy Birthday!! I really wanted to meet you in Tombstone
             I had the tickets and everything then unexpected problems
            at home came up, I can't thank you enough for taking the
            time that evening a couple of months ago to talk with me on
            the phone! I really enjoyed hearing about your days on my
            favorite show "WAGON TRAIN".
               I know after talking with you that the reason "Flint McCullough"
            was such a success is because you and he are One and the Same!
            NOBODY else could have played that role because you put so much of
            yourself and your values, honesty and integrity into it!
                If you still have my phone number I would love to talk with you
           again and if you ever get to Plymouth, Ma Please look me up and
           I will show you all the sights! Its a Great place to vacation!
           Once again: Thank you!!!!! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
              Your Friend from Plymouth
               Joe Mc Millan

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Dear Robert,

                     
                  It's Saturday afternoon, here in Perth, Western Australia, and we're remembering all those fantastic old 50's shows. Of course, Wagon Train was one of the first ones we thought of.
                 Good on you, mate, great show, great memories.
                                                   
                            Regards,
                                         Lorraine and Peter.

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Mr. Horton,
I have enjoyed your role as Flint McCullough ever since I began watching Wagon Train as a young girl. You really gave personality to the character Flint.
After reading your biographical sketch of Flint McCullough, I now understand why, and how. No other actor has done this as far as I know. I also enjoyed watching you in the role of Whit McCall on As The World Turns.
When Nick At Nite paid homage to "Sir" Alfred Hitchcock, I enjoyed watching you as an actor portraying different degrees of a character ranging from a tolerant husband of a busy body, to an unfaithful husband who lost both his wife and his lover.
I also saw your cameo role in Murder She Wrote.
Hopefully you will  make a guest appearance once again in the land of Television.
Congratulations to you and your lovely wife Marilynn. It takes a lot to maintain a marriage in Hollywood. Of course, as we all know, behind a successful man stands a hell of a good wife.
Sincerely,
Marian Shackleford-Horton

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Happy Birthday!
I think of you often.
It's so wonderful to have you on video!
Best wishes and deep affection,

Cindy Little
Santa Maria, CA

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   Happy Birthday, Robert! I am a most loyal fan of yours. When I was little, I staged "Wagon Train" episodes in our backyard in Pennsylvania and I always played Flint McCullough - relegating the damsel in distress parts to my little sister. I also loved "Shenandoah".
I think it's high time for a new Wagon Train series, don't you?
    I hope that someday you grant me an interview.
Dianne Bates
Regular contributor to LA TIMES, WHERE LA Magazine and CITY AND SHORE Magazine.
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Have enjoyed your work so much.  Thank you!  And I hope this is a great birthday for you.

Sincerely,

Virginia Hektor aka MsD

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Happy Birthday Robert!!
I wanted to wish you all the best for a happy and healthy birthday.  I hope you are planning on doing something fun!  I hope you received my birthday card.  Hey, when are you planning on taking a trip here to Jacksonville, FL????  Well, again, have a wonderful birthday.  All my best, Lynne Russert

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Happy Birthday Bob!

Having been a fan since the 50's, I first tracked you down in Wichita Kansas when you were in 'Girl in My Soup' in 1969. I was 21 and traveled over from England to meet you. You were wonderful to me, giving, as you always do, so much more time and attention to me than I could ever have hoped. We met in London at the Ritz a couple of times in the 70's and when you moved from New York and I left home, we lost touch.

It's GREAT to find this website and to know you're well and happy. I'm 54 now and living in Suffolk on England's east coast. I still sleep with your photo over my bed and I still keep the 'London Palladium' EP by my bedside. Now I've got the most recent photo of you as wallpaper on my computer too!

You are a truly great man and I still love you very much....and lots of love to you too, Marilynn.

And thank you Alicia for setting up this site. It's great to know that all us Horton fans have a home at last.....it's an itinerant life being a wagon scout <g>..it's good to have somewhere to take your boots off, eat a plate of Charlie's stew and talk about our favourite subject...Robert Horton!

Jan Swanton

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Dear Mr. Horton,

I wrote to you the first time when I was in the sixth grade.  '58/'59?
Getting to meet you after the play at Chicago's Drury Lane on 95th street
was one of the big moments of my girlhood.  Still have the autographed
playbill.  I was there the night the air-conditioning for the stage went out
and everyone was melting in their shoes, but persevered!!

My own daughter is grown now and the only film I had to show her was THE
GREEN SLIME.  But we have great fun watching it and she became a second
generation fan!  We were delighted to catch you on Murder She Wrote.

It was so wonderful to find you are now on the web!!  I've searched for news
often.  I am so happy to hear you are still enjoying the ride.

Hope you have a great birthday and many many more!!

Joyfully,
Theodora Boyd
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Hi Robert,

I wish you a very happy birthday and hope you will have many years to come and good health to you and your wife Marilynn.

 I hope to meet you and your wife Marilynn next year in Scottsdale.

Have a great Birthday and I will be thinking of you tomorrow.

Your devoted fan from Solihull, England, Toni.

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To Robert: Many happy returns from a Scottish fan who has just discovered your website!  I use to be an avid fan of Wagon Train in the 1950`s, and particularly loved Flint.  Love from Kathy

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Hello Bob,  I just wanted to say happy birthday for the 29th. I hope you and Marilynn are well. Hope you enjoyed your visit to Tombstone and meeting all your fans as well. I'm not so lucky as I am in the UK.

Think of you often, please take care

Diana

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Robert: A very happy birthday to you.  This wish comes from the biggest Wagon Train fan in Ohio!  I subscribe to and receive the WT tapes from Columbia House regularly and watch those tapes over and over again.  You certainly were a valuable asset to that program and your interaction with the other characters/cast members is superb, if not actually legendary.  I'm sure it was lots of fun to work with Ward, Frank, and Terry.  It makes me wish i could ride on your train with you and the other guys!  The episodes that centered around your character are excellent!  I'm curious, what was your favorite episode and why?  Again, a very happy birthday to you and may you have many more!!  Doug Hendricks

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When I was a boy in the late 1950s my family would gather around the TV to watch Wagon Train. The family values and, at times the religious values, left an imprint on my life. Just in the last few    years I have been able to see reruns of Wagon Train with my family, which we enjoyed very much. I wish you a happy birthday and good health into the future. God bless you and your wife. 

W. David Porter
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Hi Robert. I'm a big fan of "A Man Called Shenandoah". Have a great and happy birthday! All the best to you and your wife always. Richard Campbell.

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  Happy Birthday Mr. Horton, July 29th is a special day, because  it is my birthday too!  May you have many more, and may you stay in good health.  With great appreciation and Thanks for your Western starring contributions, Flint and Shenandoah are my favorite western characters.  God Bless.  Russ Bilodeau

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Happy Birthday, Bob.  Know you and Marilynn have wonderful plans for your "special" day and I hope that day will be special for you in every way possible.

                                                                     Your friend always,
 
                                                                     Betty in Denver             

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Dear Mr. Horton,

    Happy Birthday!  That quote you shared by George Bernard Shaw on the home page most certainly applies to you.  May each candle on your birthday cake further remind you of just how much you have brightened so many lives.

                     Warmly,

                Pat, Michigan

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Mr. Horton,
        Hi!  Will you be doing something this September?  I would love to
stop by and say hello.  I live in the Reseda area of the S.F. Valley.

                        Lisa Betty
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Hi Bob, just to wish you a very happy birthday on the 29th, I heard all about your visit to Tombstone wish I was there but living in the Lake district UK it's not easy. I think of you as Flint often and how you filled my childhood with joy and happiness, and now when I visit your web site I am still filled with the warmth of memories of long gone days.

I play your records every day, mostly when I'm on my computer,  they keep me happy and refreshed even after hours on the key board, your voice has a calming and tranquil effect on me, when it comes to Flint McCullough I forget the real world.

 I am still trying to find my long lost friend Joyce Reed from  Burradon  Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK. we loved Wagon Train, and she would be delighted if she found your web site.

Always think about you and the beautiful Marilynn, and hope you are both well.

Have a lovely birthday. Take care and lot's of love

Diana  (The Lake District  UK)   

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Dear Robert:

Just wanted to take a moment to wish you a wonderful birthday.
You are a wonderful person and you deserve to have a most happy and pleasant day on your birthday and here hoping you have many more to come.

Your Friend and Fan,
Nancy Platzer
Laurel, Maryland

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Especially on your birthday,

May happiness welcome you

where ever you go.

Joann Lassiter, North Carolina

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Dear Robert,

 Happy, Happy Birthday!  The first part of this message is to say that I hope you and Marilynn will be able to celebrate your birthday in some happy way.  May the next year of your life be a good one, with more excellent years following. 

Second, I want to thank you for helping me have a joyous weekend at the Tombstone Film Festival.  I traveled to Tombstone for the opportunity to meet you (my favorite entertainer) and to chat with you sometime.  Whenever I interacted with you or observed you in Tombstone your manner was always polite (about being considerate, not about using correct fork), gracious, and congenial.  In particular, at the OK Corral reception, you were very good about letting people take your picture, and helping people get their picture taken next to you. I came home from Tombstone with a great picture of you and me standing next to each other -- a wonderful souvenir of this trip.  You were conscientious about showing up, on-time, with a cheerful disposition, for whatever the festival organizers had put on your schedule.  With absolutely no inside connections,  I was able to sit at the same table as you at the Friday dinner simply by noticing an empty seat and asking to sit in it.  Some of my friends are surprised that I was brave or assertive enough to walk up and make this request, but I couldn't let such a good opportunity just  pass me by.  Your actions showed consideration for other people's feelings. (A Wagon Train parallel is how Flint talked to Andy Devine's five daughters in the Jess McAbbee Story, one of my favorite light episodes.)  

Part Three:  You do look somewhat older than you did forty years ago, but you are still good looking. 

Happy Birthday

Virginia  (Austin, TX)  

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Mr. Horton,
Looking through your fine site, I found myself wishing
that I had been around back during the Wagon Train
days.  I'll be sure to post a link to the "original"
Robert Horton from my own site.  Best wishes from yet
another namesake!

Sincerely,
Robert Horton 
Glencoe, Illinois

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Dear Robert:

I hope that you have a wonderful birthday with good health and peace for the coming years.  In this time of such terrible tension and stress, it is nice to look back on the many, many hours of entertainment you provided in a time when television and films were not so violent and crude. 

The many hours I spent watching your performance on TV, film and on the stage were some of the happiest times I can recall. 

It is nice to know that you have been rewarded for that with a long, happy marriage, many devoted fans and friends and the time to enjoy all of them. 

Living here in England we do not get a chance to see your performances very often, but I do play your albums and reflect on your career as my favorite entertainer.  From the first time I saw you in a live performance on television back in the 50's (Tongue of Silver, remember that?) and meeting you backstage at 110 In the Shade in New York, you have never disappointed in providing pleasure every time.

I hope your lovely wife has recovered from her auto accident and that you and she are able to celebrate your birthday with much joy.

 Sincerely, Toby, North Yorkshire, UK

 

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Just wanted to let you know I got to see the site today. VERY impressive! Let me know when you need another hair cut.   

  See ya soon,

   Bryan  Russo

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To Robert Horton:

I always remember you because in Spring of 1959, I was working at the Sahara Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. You used to have rooms there when you were filming in the area. I was a student at Arizona State University. You were great in Wagon Train. I always wondered what you did after that period. I was in the military then and with the war in "NAM going on,  I lost contact on your endeavors. I am also retired in Southern California and have been married to a wonderful person for 41 years.

Woody Nold

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Dear Mr. Horton,

    This is such an honor for me to be able to email you. I’m new on the computer, and I always wondered what you were doing, as I am a 47 year-old male, and as a child you were my favorite western star. I have all the Wagon Train videos, and the ones without you are not as exciting. I am an antique toy collector. I have all the Wagon Train guns, holsters and lunch boxes. The only thing I do not have is a Wagon Train rifle that I had when I was a little kid, maybe some day it will pop up on Ebay and I will grab it. As a child I came from an abusive alcoholic father, so to escape from him I would go into my room, strap on the guns and holsters and pretend I was you. Today I council alcoholics and drug addicts. I am very happy to hear that you are well, and I will always be your biggest fan, the biggest thrill of my life would be if you ever did write back. But I know you must be a busy man and would understand if you didn’t. Thanks for being there for me as a child and protecting me. 

Gary Mason

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Dear Mr. Horton,

I'm eagerly looking forward to meeting you at the Tombstone Film Festival next weekend.

It is my opportunity to personally thank you for enriching my teen-age years and my older years, too, thanks to VCR's and the internet.

Virginia

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Just wanted to let you know i got to see the site today. VERY impressive ! Let me know when you need another hair cut.

                    See ya soon,

                       Bryan  Russo

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  It was wonderful reading about you and seeing your pictures again.  As a young boy, I grew up watching Wagon Train and when I was a young man driving a truck, I took the handle Wagon Master because of you and Mr. Ward Bond. 
   Wishing you and your wife well.

    Harold Walker

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Dear Mr. Horton:

Just a short note of thanks for all the pleasure you (and a guy named Flint McCullough) gave me as a kid growing up in the fifties.  The westerns of those times were among the best shows that have ever appeared on television.  They embodied the finest human ideals and at the same time gave us a hell of a good time.  We have not seen their like since, nor, I suspect, will we again. 

I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Tombstone Film Festival next month.

My very best wishes,

Bill Altimari, Tucson, Arizona

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To Robert Horton

Howdy, I just wanted to wish you a Happy Father's Day. I don't know if you
have children. However, you should know that you have been a Father figure
to many of us who were children when Wagon Train was on TV. You were
certainly that to me as a 7 year old who wanted to write a letter to you
asking you to adopt me. Never could find your address back then. Anyway, I
hope to meet you in person one day. My best to you and Marilynn. 

From Mae Augustine, Gilbert, SC 

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Dear Mr. Horton,

I thought I would let you know that we are related through Rachel
Christobel Frazier and Elijah Edmund Horton. I live in Salt Lake City,
Utah.

I remember watching you as Flint McCullough on Wagon Train. My mother
always referred to you as her "kissing cousin". Imagine that!

(NOTE From Editor: For the genealogists out there: Elijah Edmund Horton was Robert's great-grandfather. He was born in England, the son of Edmond [born Leamington, England, 1807], and came to Utah in 1860.) 

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Mr. Horton,
I have always enjoyed your characters on television and had the pleasure of looking at some of the last new 300SL's available, which were purchased by the Winston Salem, N. C. authorized dealer and sold over a period of months.  The dealer advised that you had personally bought one of these treasures.  Having been only a college student at the time, I , alas, missed out. Again, many thanks for the quality entertainment provided by your television work.
Charles Creech, Jr.
Charlotte, N. C. 

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Mr. Horton,

 I believe I appreciate your character more now than I did at the time Wagon Train was on.  I was a little kid and I only know that I liked western things.  I have, however, come to appreciate your honesty and strength of character.  After enduring the 8 miserable scandal laden years of our former president Clinton, I love the thought that your kind of character and honesty remains in the world.  You were (as I've heard it quoted) simply, the "greatest".
Michael Cooke

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Dear Mr. Horton:
As a long time fan I am delighted to see that you are still keeping in touch
with all of us who have had great pleasure from your performances.  Living
in the UK as I have for the past 16 years, I have not had the opportunity to
see any of the reruns of Wagon Train or Shenandoah.  And much to my regret,
we will not be seeing you on May 5th when you appear on the NBC 75th
anniversary.

However, keeping up with your activities on the website is nearly as good as
being able to relive the pleasure of your television performances.  I still
treasure my copies of The Very Thought of You and 110 In The Shade, which I
saw five times.

Best of luck in the future.

Toby W.
North Yorkshire, UK
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I have been in love with Flint since the first day I laid eyes on him.

I am so thrilled to have found this information about him. I had a difficult childhood, but Wagon Train and Flint always gave me something to look forward to. At least I had my Friday nights with Flint and nobody could ever take those away.

I still love Flint and I always will. (Anonymous) 

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As I'm writing this note, I'm listening to a CD that has your rendition of
the song, "Shenandoah" and I must say that it's a really good one.  I must
apologize because I never realized what a talented singer you are.  I
remember that you sang the title song for your TV program "A Man Called
Shenandoah" but I never investigated any further.  By reading the
information in your Web site, I began to understand your multi-faceted
entertainment background.

I'm writing this letter to you as a person who values your beneficial
portrayal of honest and upstanding characters in your movies and TV
programs.  You are the sort of person who served as a real role model for
me.  I grew up in a poor household but my father was a very honest and
honorable man.  He was a very hard working father who tried his best to take
care of me.  I like to think that he had the same honest and honorable
qualities that you portrayed in your Western characters.  My father was
pretty old when I was born and he h