27 Facts About Mickey Horton

Mickey Horton is a fictional character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, played from the show's debut episode in 1965 until January 2004 by John Clarke, spanning 3,500 episodes.

Mickey Horton was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1979 for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Mickey.

Mickey was the middle son of Tom and Alice Horton and had four siblings: Tommy, Addie, Marie and, possibly his biggest rival, Bill.

Wary that there might be legal repercussions, Tom and Mickey Horton went to the police station to talk to the chief of police and Julie.

In 1965, Mickey Horton started a relationship with Diane Hunter, whose divorce case Mickey Horton was handling, and helped her to deal with her teenage daughter Susan.

Mickey Horton was initially engaged to Mickey's brother Bill, but she and Mickey got together after Bill called off the wedding and left town.

Mickey Horton took a sterility test, revealing that he was unable to have children; he forgot to review the results in the face of Laura announcing her pregnancy.

Michael William Horton was born in November 1968, with Mickey still believing he was the biological father.

In 1970, Mickey Horton had an affair with his secretary Linda Patterson.

Not long after, Mickey Horton suffered a stroke and developed amnesia.

Mickey Horton left Salem and adopted the name Marty Hanson.

Later, after Mickey Horton's picture appeared in the paper, he was reunited with his family despite Maggie's best efforts.

Mickey Horton suffered a mental breakdown in the aftermath and was sent to the Bayview Sanitarium for a year.

Maggie began drinking and she and Mickey Horton lost custody of Janice to Joanna the following year.

Mickey Horton discovered that the anonymous donor was Evan Whyland but Maggie wanted to keep the baby regardless.

Mickey Horton was kidnapped by Stefano DiMera after Mickey Horton discovered that Stefano was blackmailing Evan and that Stefano caused Maggie's car accident.

In 1983, Mickey Horton escaped the DiMera island and arrived back in Salem to find that Maggie, believing Mickey Horton was dead, was in a relationship with attorney Don Craig.

Mickey Horton left Salem for New York for a year and returned in 1985, having missed Linda's plot to steal Anderson Manufacturing stock from Melissa under the guise of repairing their relationship.

Mickey Horton's rival was Jack Deveraux, who was dating Melissa.

Meanwhile, Maggie and Mickey Horton's relationship had become strained due to the long hours Mickey Horton worked.

Mickey Horton was stabbed with a scalpel and Maggie was killed with a blow to the head from a wine bottle.

Mickey Horton appeared in the 2008 and 2009 Christmas episodes, watching movies and sitting in the kitchen with his mother.

Mickey Horton died from a heart attack while packing to go on a cruise with Maggie on January 8,2010.

Hope arrived at the house while Maggie was still in shock; she went upstairs to check on Mickey Horton and called 911.

Mickey Horton was usually seen whenever a Salem character had legal problems and needed an attorney.

Mickey Horton represented the defendant unless otherwise stated in the table below; his role in the cases are listed.

Mickey Horton spent a few years as assistant district attorney in the late 1980s.