Michael Horton (actor)

Michael Horton (born September 5, 1952) is an American actor and voiceover artist whose best known and longest-running role was as Jessica Fletcher's nephew Grady Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote.^[1]

Michael Horton
Born	(1952-09-05) September 5, 1952 (age 72)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–2005
Spouse	Debbie Zipp ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	2

Career

Horton appeared in such films and television series as Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager, ER, Dances with Wolves, Taxi, M*A*S*H, 21 Jump Street, Baywatch, and The Eddie Capra Mysteries. He played the recurring role of Enterprise Security Chief Lt. Daniels in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), credited as Security Officer in the former and Lieutenant Daniels in the latter.^[2]

His voiceover work in animation includes Rick Jones in The Incredible Hulk, Chip Chase in The Transformers, Hollywood stuntman Jeff Wright and Stormer's brother Craig Phillips on Jem, the younger brother Tommy Talltree of Airborne in the G.I. Joe episode "Operation Mind Menace", and Arn in The Legend of Prince Valiant.^[3] Horton also voiced The Prince in the 1989 animated film, Happily Ever After. His last credited acting role was in an episode of Judging Amy as Alvin Harvey in 2002.

Horton is also a producer, director, and editor. He is the co-host of the podcast Digital Production Buzz, and a founder of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group.^[4]

Personal life

Horton is married to actress Debbie Zipp, who played his onscreen girlfriend and wife Donna Mayberry in Murder, She Wrote. They have two children.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Lords of Discipline	Bobby Bentley
1987	Like Father Like Son	Mike O'Donald
1989	Happily Ever After	Prince (voice)	[5]
1990	Dances with Wolves	Captain Cargill
1996	Star Trek: First Contact	Security Officer
1997	The Beautician and the Beast	Fairytale Prince (voice)
1998	Star Trek: Insurrection	Lt. Daniels
1999	California Myth	Cop
2001	The Learning Curve	Councilman Nolan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Columbo	Kerry Malone	Episode: "The Conspirators"
1979	Taxi	Steve Jensen	Episode: "Wherefore Art Thou, Bobby?"
1982–1983	The Incredible Hulk	Rick Jones (voice)	Main cast
1983	M*A*S*H	Curt Collins	Episode: "Say No More"
1983	Hill Street Blues	Nicky Kasner	Episode: "Praise Dilaudid"
1984	Newhart	John Payne	Episode: "Best Friends"
1984–1995	Murder, She Wrote	Grady Fletcher	12 episodes
1984–1985	The Transformers	Chip Chase (voice)	10 episodes
1986	Remington Steele	Wally Donovan	Episode: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Steele"
1986	L.A. Law	Tom Locklin	Episode: "The House of the Rising Flan"
1987	21 Jump Street	Brent Styles	Episode: "Higher Education"
1988	Mr. Belvedere	Perry	Episode: "The Counselor"
1989	Freddy's Nightmares	Doug Wodehouse	Episode: "Welcome to Springwood"
1989	In the Heat of the Night	Jody Ware	Episode: "The Pig Woman of Sparta"
1989	Baywatch	Tony	Episode: "The Reunion"
1990–1991	Zazoo U	Boink (voice)	Main cast
1991–1993	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Arn (voice)	Main cast[5]
1995	Spider-Man	John Jameson (voice)	Episode: "The Alien Costume"[5]
1997	ER	Tom Angevine	Episode: "Good Touch, Bad Touch"
1997	Pacific Palisades	Richard Hughes	3 episodes
1998	Star Trek: Voyager	Kovin	Episode: "Retrospect"
2000	Titans	Ted	2 episodes