Which American actor starred in both "The North Star" and "The Best Years of Our Lives?"
The North Star (1943 film) The North Star (also known as Armored Attack in the US) is a 1943 war film produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by Lewis Milestone, written by Lillian Hellman and featured production design by William Cameron Menzies. The film starred Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan and Erich von Stroheim. The music was written by Aaron Copland, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and the cinematography was by James Wong Howe. The film also marked the debut of Farley Granger.
Forrest Compton 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.