Kevin Chamberlin originated the role of Horton on Broadway.

Horton is also a principal character in Seussical (2000), which uses most of the two Horton books as its primary plot. Generations of children have fallen in love with Horton the elephant Horton is kind and trustworthy, but unfortunately. Horton is also a character in the TV series The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss books, Horton Hatches the Egg & Horton Hears a Who, as well as in the feature length play Seussical the Musical. Carrey had previously voiced The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, another Seuss adaptation involving the Whos. Horton the Elephant, or just Horton, is the titular main protagonist in two of Dr. Coincidentally, Maisie happen to fly by just as the egg is about to hatch and demands. Much later, after standing (and sitting) guard 100-percent faith-fully through rain and snow, Horton and the egg are captured by three hunters and put in a circus. Horton is voiced by Jim Carrey in the 2008 computer-animated adaptation of Horton Hears A Who!, where he is shown as being eccentric and imaginative, and sort of absent-minded. Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie birds egg while she vacations. Horton is voiced by Hans Conried, who also lends his voice as the narrator. In 1970, MGM Animation/Visual Arts made a 30-minute TV special of Horton Hears a Who!. made the animated short film, Horton Hatches the Egg, in which Horton is voiced by Kent Rogers. Morton the Elephant-Bird (adoptive stepson and adoptive son)

John Kennedy ( The Wubbulous World of Dr. Horton the Elephant is a fictional character from the 1940 book Horton Hatches the Egg and 1954 book Horton Hears a Who, both by Dr.

Horton the elephant hatches an egg