He joined the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity in 1940. He majored in physical education, with a minor in education. Compton was later inducted into the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame. Among his baseball teammates was Jackie Robinson. He was an athlete at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), being named an all-conference catcher and All-American selection in 1942. He was thrown off the set of Modern Times after angering the film's star Charlie Chaplin.
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His mother Ethel worked for movie studios and a young Compton worked as an extra in films. Early on, he gave himself the nickname "Buck" due to feeling that Lynn was a name better suited to a girl. Early life Ĭompton was born in Los Angeles, California. Compton was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Neal McDonough. During World War II, he was a commissioned officer with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army. Previously, he served with the Los Angeles Police Department. In his legal career, he served as a prosecutor and California Court of Appeal judge, and is most notable as having been the lead prosecutor in Sirhan Sirhan's trial for the assassination of Robert F. Lynn Davis Compton (December 31, 1921 – February 25, 2012), known as Buck Compton, was an American jurist, police officer, and soldier. District Attorney, judge, LAPD detective, radio commentator, author
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