John Compton
Birthday: 1923-06-21
Place of Birth: Lynchburg, Tennessee, USA
Biography: John Compton (born John Compton Tolley; June 21, 1923 – May 12, 2015) was an American actor. Compton starred in the television series The D.A.'s Man (1959). He appeared in the films Mildred Pierce, Cheyenne, Jesse James Rides Again, Oh! Susanna, Thunder Over Arizona and Spoilers of the Forest, among others.
Movies
Cheyenne
Slick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence ...
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Thunder Over Arizona
Ervin Plummer-played by the estimable George Macready, who like his good friend Vincent Price was a ...
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Navy Bound
A sailor who is a champion boxer in the Navy is forced to leave the service because his family's bus...
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Jesse James Rides Again
Jesse James wants to start a new life in a new location, but quickly finds himself wrapped-up in pro...
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Spoilers of the Forest
Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with...
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Mildred Pierce
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful re...
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Oh! Susanna
Unable to keep peace between frontier Indians and the US Cavalry, a heroic Captain risks court-marti...
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Friendly Persuasion
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio...
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The Glass Menagerie
An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of h...
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California Passage
A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his part...
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Rock Island Trail
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area....
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Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the fr...
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Nora Prentiss
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a stree...
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