- Uncle of George Stevens and Jack Stevens.
- Best remembered for his direction of Charley Chase, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedies for Hal Roach, Horne helmed a single "Our Gang" feature, When the Wind Blows (1930). One of the children in the cast would have been Horne's son-in-law, had he lived: In 1944, two years after his death, Horne's daughter June Harris married Jackie Cooper.
- Great-uncle of George Stevens Jr..
- Director of Big Business (1929), one of the first 100 films selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry.
- Nephew of Georgia Woodthorpe.
- Twin children: June Harris and James Horne Jr. (b. 28 March 1917).
- Worked at Kalem, Biograph and for Hal Roach. Best known for directing the classic Laurel & Hardy comedy Big Business (1929). Ended his career as director of serials and second features at Columbia.
- While other directors worked on some of Laurel & Hardy's English-language films, producer Hal Roach preferred Horne to work on the German, Spanish and French versions.
- Joined Hal Roach Studios in 1928, directing his first film there the following year--Big Business (1929), which is regarded as a silent classic. He left Roach in 1932, returning in 1935 and the following year directed the Laurel & Hardy classic Way Out West (1937).
- Unable to find an actor he thought suitable to play an Arabian Riff chieftain in the Laurel & Hardy comedy Beau Hunks (1931), he played the part himself.
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