Horton Foote Jr. is the second oldest of playwright/novelist Horton Foote's children. Like his older sister Hallie Foote Horton Jr. became an actor--and, like Hallie, he made his first professional appearances in films adapted from his father's works. Specifically, he was co-featured with Hallie in 1918 (1984) and On Valentine's Day (1986), which ran briefly in theaters before being incorporated into a "Horton Foote trilogy." Horton Foote Jr.'s subsequent credits include the 1992 cable-TV adaptation of David Mamet's The Water Engine.