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Forrest Compton (born September 15, 1925) 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 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.
Edge's Forrest Compton (Mike) in The Twilight Zone & Hogan's Heroes, Gomer Pyle etc.
Edge's Forrest Compton (Mike) in Mayberry RFD, That Girl and Pat Paulsen's Half A Comedy Hour
Edge's Forrest Compton (Mike) from "McBain" (1991)
Edge's Forrest Compton (Mike) in Arrest & Trial (1964), The F.B.I. (1965) and Mannix (1970)
'The F B I ' Season 1 Episdoe 14 'Pound of Flesh'
FOREST - Movie [New Song]
Arrest & Trial 1964 Season 1 Episode 15
2011 JPC Presentation Competition Winner: Grand Aids Program in Inner Mongolia
BOUNTY & THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Dir JOHN SEDWICK
DiFilm - TV Serie The Roaring 20's "Dance Marathon" (1961)
These are clips of Edge of Night's Forrest Compton (Mike Karr) from other tv shows. He plays a military character in each one. The firs is from "Flight" (1959). The episode is titled "Chopper Four". In this episode based on events in February of 1945, the R-4 helicopter piloted by James A. Brown is used to rescue an injured soldier in the Philippines. Forrest plays an army medic. You can see the full episode here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-6_DX6I_Jc "The Twilight Zone (1963) episode is titled The Thirty-Fathom Grave. In the early 1960's, as a U.S. Navy ship cruises near Guadalcanal in the South Pacific, its sonar detects muted hammering on metal undersea. Forrest plays an ASW Officer. You can view the full episode here http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi2698749721/?ref_=tt...
These are clips of Edge's Forrest Compton (Mike) in other tv series. The clips include: "Mayberry RFD" (1969)-Season 2, Episode 5 "Millie the Model". Forrest plays a stockbroker. For the full episode (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1gdzxf_mayberry-rfd-s02e05-millie-the-model_shortfilms) "That Girl" (1969)-Season 4 Episode 8 "Write is Wrong". He plays Donald's boss who comes to Ann's apartment to see a television program that Donald wrote. Ann hasn't told them that everything Donald wrote was changed. Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970) -Season 1 Episode 8. He plays a doctor in a sketch with Don RIckles. "That Girl" (1970)-Season 5, Episode 12 "That Senorita". He plays a broadway producer who refuses to cut a sketch that Ann is that Mexicans find offensive. For the full epis...
These are scenes from the movie "McBain" (1991). Forrest Compton (Edge of Night's Mike Karr) plays President Flynn. The movie which stars Christopher Walken is about a people's revolt in Columbia. This clip is brought to you by the Monticello Times. The place to keep up with all the trials and tribulations of the residents of present day Monticello. https://monticellotimes.wordpress.com/
These are clips of Edge of Night's Forrest Compton (Mike) in other tv series. The first clip is from "Arrest & Trial" (1964)-Season 1 Episode 15-"Funny Man WIth A Monkey". He plays a murdered doctor. The second clip is from "The F.B.I. (1965)-Season 1 Episode 14-"Pound of Flesh). The episode is about the murder of a military chaplain's wife. It also features Leslie Nielsen and Bruce Dern. Full Episode is here https://youtu.be/HS1sPqTc44E The third clip is from "Mannix" (1970)-Season 4 Episode 2-"One for the Lady". Forrest actually plays a thief in this one. For full episode https://youtu.be/2eiZ8T2fCiM These clips are brought to you by the Monticello Times. The place for the original Edge of Night Mystery series "Return to Monticello". https://monticellotimes.wordpress.com/
Guest Stars Forrest Compton (Edge of Night's Mike Karr) "The F.B.I." Season 1 Episdoe 14 "Pound of Flesh" The wife of a U.S. military chaplain is murdered. The accused is a solider with a shaky record. The town surrounding the base is on edge, complicating the investigation of Erskine and Rhodes. Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks. Guest Stars Leslie Nielsen, Bruce Dern, Forrest Compton (Edge of Night)
Compton has always been rap hotbed, but with the release of Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre and The Game's new albums, and the success of Kendrick Lamar and YG, the conversation around the region is bigger than ever. The latest talent to emerge from the home of N.W.A. is FOREST, and while he's a part of the lineage of great artists from the area, he has a sound all his own. His latest track, "Movie" arrives in multiple movements. Always delivering his rhymes with a gritty West Coast edge, FOREST favours adventurous, shape-shifting production that challenges him throughout. Look out for his debut project, UNDRWATER, to arrive soon. Quotable Lyrics: I do it for killers who died in the set All of my niggas who call me collect So don't call me up 'less you cuttin' a check Keep it less than a...
Guest Stars Forrest Compton (Edge of Night's Mike Karr Arrest & Trial (1964) Season 1 Episode 15 -"Funny Man with a Monkey" A heroin-addicted nightclub comic is arrested on a drug-related homicide, and at his trial he intends to challenge the state's anti-narcotic laws. Stars: Ben Gazzara, Chuck Connors, John Larch , Forrest Compton (The Edge of Night) and Mickey Rooney.
JPC Group: Christiana White, Elizabeth (Lily) Bowles, Gordon Carver, Forrest Compton, Thomas (Alex) Eschenroeder, Mary Van Meter Faculty Advisor: Dr. Arthur Garson Graduate Mentor: Michael Marquardt Community Partner: Inner Mongolia Medical College
1975. Written by HENRY SLESAR. CAST: The Karrs (ANN FLOOD, FORREST COMPTON & LINDA COOK), Bill Marceau (MANDEL KRAMER) and the Mob... Adam (DONALD MAY), Brandy (DIXIE CARTER) and the Whitney Mansion (LOIS KIBBEE)... COMMERCIAL: Bounty, "the quick picker upper" w/NANCY WALKER.
The Roaring 20's (Los fabulosos 20) Episode: Dance Marathon (Maraton de baile) Cast: Rex Reason, Donald May, Dorothy Provine, Gary Vinson, Mike Road, Peggy McCay, Claude Akins, Joe De Santis, Tommy Farrell, James Flavin, Wally Brown, Ruth Price, Forrest Compton, Dick Patterson, John Close, Ronnie Dapo Director: Robert Altman Teleplay: Ardel Gras and Lee Loeb Story: Lee Loeb Produced: Boris Ingster Producer Executive: William T. Orr Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley Film Editing: Carl Pingitore Art Direction: Leroy Deane Sound Department: Francis E. Stahl Composer Theme Music: Mack David and Jerry Livingston Music Editor: Joe Inge Music Supervisor: Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter (USA/Blanco y negro/Idioma español) Fecha: 14/1/1961 Duración: 45 minutos 7 segundos Código del film: H-00050 Co...