Younger chose him as his chief deputy in 1966. He was assistant district attorney when Dist. He was a detective in the Central Burglary Division before joining the district attorney’s office in 1951. He also participated in the ROTC program and entered active service in February 1943 at age 21.Īfter the war, he became a Los Angeles police officer and worked his way through Loyola Law School. (Jackie Robinson was a teammate in both sports.) Compton started at guard in the 1943 Rose Bowl game against Georgia and was selected all-conference catcher while captain of the baseball team in 1942. He majored in physical education and minored in education at UCLA, where he lettered in both football and baseball. Tracy Compton said her father thought McDonough “did a wonderful job” portraying him and that “he laughed and said Neal was better-looking than he ever was.”Ĭompton was born in Los Angeles on Dec. “He did extraordinary things in his life and never took credit for it.” “He’d say that’s what soldiers do,” said McDonough, who kept in touch with Compton and nicknamed his 6-year-old son Morgan “Little Buck” in his honor.
“When you play a historical figure, you have to do it right and tell the truth,” McDonough told The Times this week, recalling that Compton would tell him, “I didn’t really do anything I was just doing my job.” McDonough recalled meeting with Compton in Burlington the day before he flew to London to begin filming “Band of Brothers” and later peppering him with “phone calls at all hours” with more questions about his time during the war. and Neal McDonough, who portrayed Compton in the miniseries. The crowd included four actors from “Band of Brothers”: Michael Cudlitz, James Madio, Richard Speight Jr. We’re celebrating longevity more than anything.” “We didn’t expect anything more than those other guys. “All I can say is it’s flattering - and kind of embarrassing,” the Skagit Valley Herald reported Compton as saying. His family estimated that nearly 400 people showed up in January for a 90th birthday celebration for Compton at the Skagit Regional Airport in Burlington, including children of other “Band of Brothers” veterans.
He also continued to receive fan mail from around the world. In the years after “Band of Brothers,” Compton was asked to speak at local schools and at military bases in Germany and South Korea. “I don’t think any of them in their wildest dreams thought at 80 years of age they’d be getting this attention.” “I think it probably shocked all of them,” she said. Syndee Compton said her father was surprised by suddenly being in the spotlight.
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