Editing Forrest Compton (section)

== Career ==
Compton was best 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 to 1984.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schemering |first1=Christopher |title=[[The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Schemering book)|The Soap Opera Encyclopedia]] |date=1987 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0-345-35344-7 |edition=2nd |pages=90–97}}</ref><ref name="SSK">{{Cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/562847/obituary-forrest-compton-dead-94/|title=''The Edge of Night'' Actor Forrest Compton Dead at 94|first=Amy|last=Mistretta|website=[[Soaps She Knows]]|date=April 6, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> He also played stern but fair [[battalion]] commander Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gray on the 1960s [[sitcom]] ''[[Gomer Pyle, USMC]]''.<ref name="SSK"/><ref name="DLH">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/forrest-compton-dies-of-covid-19-the-edge-of-night-gomer-pyle-actor-was-94-1202901116/|title=Forrest Compton Dies of COVID-19: ''The Edge of Night'', ''Gomer Pyle'' Actor Was 94|first=Dino-Ray|last=Ramos|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 6, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="SC">{{cite web|url=https://www.soapcentral.com/soapcentral/news/2020/0406-forrest_compton_eon_obit.php|title=RIP: ''The Edge of Night'' actor Forrest Compton has died|website=[[SoapCentral]]|first=Kambra|last=Clifford|date=April 6, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> He had a recurring role in 1959–1960 in the [[NBC]] series ''The Troubleshooters'' with [[Keenan Wynn]], [[Bob Mathias]], and [[Chet Allen (actor)|Chet Allen]]. His other television credits include ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'', ''[[My Three Sons]]'', ''[[Mayberry RFD]]'', ''[[Mannix]]'', ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', ''[[That Girl]]'', ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[As the World Turns]]'' and ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]''. He also portrayed President Flynn in the 1991 [[Christopher Walken]] film ''[[McBain (film)|McBain]]''.<ref name="SSK"/><ref name="DLH"/><ref name="SC"/>