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(112,153 posts) Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:20 AM Apr 2020

Gomer Pyle star Forrest Compton dies after COVID-19 battle

Gomer Pyle: USMC actor Forrest Compton has died at age 94 after losing his battle with COVID-19.

The screen star passed away from complications with the virus on Sunday according to his close friends, who confirmed his death to the Shelter Island Reporter, the local newspaper in Shelter Island, N.Y., where Compton had relocated in 2002 after ending his acting career.

Compton was arguably most famous for his role as Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gray on the CBS series Gomer Pyle: USMC, opposite Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton, which he appeared in from 1964 to 1969.

He also found success as district attorney Mike Karr on soap opera The Edge of Night, and in other popular shows such as One Life to Live, As the World Turns, and All My Children.

Read more: https://www.thewhig.com/entertainment/television/gomer-pyle-star-forrest-compton-dies-after-covid-19-battle/wcm/36992ea9-a653-4312-a01e-489de1e27706
(Kingston, Ontario Whig Standard)

Compton held numerous soap opera roles on Another World as Alfred Cory in 1987, All My Children as John in 1991, Loving as Dr. Godsham in 1992, As the World Turns as Charles DeWitt that same year, One Life to Live as Bill Whatley in 1995 and will always be remembered for his role as Mike Karr on The Edge of Night from 1971 to 1984. Compton also turned up in primetime on such shows as The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, Arrest and Trial, Divorce Court, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Pat Paulsen’s Half a Comedy Hour and Hogan’s Heroes where he played Captain Geissle for five years. His last noted credit was having played Mr. Emerson and Mr. Stackhouse on the television series Ed from 2001 to 2002.

https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/562847/obituary-forrest-compton-dead-94/