John E. Horton was born on 3 January 1919 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. John E. was a producer, known for Wild Heritage (1958). John E. died on 4 June 2006 in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, USA.
He was the liaison between producers and the Pentagon on hundreds of
movies, including "The Hunt for the Red October," "In the Line of
Fire," "The Glenn Miller Story," the "Airport" movies, "The Winds of
War," "MacArthur," "Clear and Present Danger," "A Few Good Men," "Top
Gun," and a number of movies featuring his next-door neighbor in Los
Angeles, soldier-turned-actor Audie Murphy.