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Forrest Compton is an American actor. He is known for portraying attorney Mike Karr, the central character on the long-running soap opera The Edge of Night, on which he appeared from 1970–1984, and stern but fair battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gray on the 1960s sitcom Gomer Pyle, USMC. He had a recurring role in 1959–1960 in the NBC series The Troubleshooters with Keenan Wynn, Bob Mathias, and Chet Allen. His other television credits include The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip, My Three Sons, Mayberry RFD, Mannix, Hogan's Heroes, That Girl, Another World, Loving, One Life to Live, As the World Turns and Ed. He also portrayed President Flynn in the 1991 Christopher Walken film McBain. Married to the former Jeanne Sementini on September 28, 1975, Compton has not acted since 2002.
Birth Name
Forrest Starr Compton
Born
Tuesday, 15 September 1925
Died
Saturday, 04 April 2020
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ed | Mr. Emerson / Mr. Stackhouse | 2000 |
McBain | President Flynn | 1991 |
Tattinger's | Man | 1988 |
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | 1986 | |
Loving | Dr. Godsham | 1983 |
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | (archive footage) | 1980 |
Dan August | Mr. Colter | 1970 |
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour | Doctor | 1970 |
The Queen and I | Dr. Reynolds | 1969 |
Mayberry R.F.D. | Biddleton | 1968 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ed | Mr. Emerson / Mr. Stackhouse | 2000 |
McBain | President Flynn | 1991 |
Tattinger's | Man | 1988 |
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | 1986 | |
Loving | Dr. Godsham | 1983 |
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | (archive footage) | 1980 |
Dan August | Mr. Colter | 1970 |
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour | Doctor | 1970 |
The Queen and I | Dr. Reynolds | 1969 |
Mayberry R.F.D. | Biddleton | 1968 |
Mannix | Elgin Bonning | 1967 |
The Invaders | Capt. Chester Albertson | 1967 |
That Girl | George Phillips / Jonathan Adams | 1966 |
Hogan's Heroes | Captain Geissler / Captain / First Officer / Major Krantz / Major Zimmer / Pilot | 1965 |
The F.B.I. | Glenn Orland / Special Agent Henry Andover / SAC Edgar Brocton / SAC Anthony Harper / RA Martin Boles / George Lith / Dale Newton / Bernard Stoddard / Agent Roy McAdams | 1965 |
Gomer Pyle: USMC | Col. Edward Gray / Captain Brinson / Colonel / Lieutenant Colonel | 1964 |
12 O'Clock High | Captain Dirksen | 1964 |
Arrest and Trial | Dr. Harmon | 1963 |
The Outsider | John Bradley | 1961 |
The Roaring 20's | Ben | 1960 |
Route 66 | Jeff Stevens | 1960 |
My Three Sons | Major Lodge | 1960 |
Checkmate | Bernard Milroy | 1960 |
Hawaiian Eye | Robin Flynn | 1959 |
The Twilight Zone | ASW Officer | 1959 |
Johnny Ringo | Silas | 1959 |
Hennesey | Dr. McIntosh / Lieutenant Hillman | 1959 |
Troubleshooters | Davis | 1959 |
Black Saddle | Charles Beacroft | 1959 |
Flight | Capt. Fleischer | 1958 |
77 Sunset Strip | Harry Tiburon / Owen Frazer / Steve Culver | 1958 |
The Gray Ghost | Bowie | 1957 |
The Edge of Night | Mike Karr | 1956 |
Fury | Ed Martin | 1955 |
Navy Log | Connell | 1955 |
General Electric Theater | Charles Peake | 1953 |
Death Valley Days | Lt. Reardon | 1952 |