John Compton Biography

Fast Facts

• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Pride of the Marines" in 1945
• Began his acting career in his early 20s, when he moved to New York and appeared on Broadway in 1945's "The Ryan Girl․"
• Best known for playing Shannon in "The D․A․'s Man" and Theodore "Ted" Ellison Forrester in "Mildred Pierce․"
• Left acting in the 1960s to become a real estate developer in Hollywood Hills
• Appeared in the very first film adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play, 1950's "The Glass Menagerie․"