# Edward Compton

> Edward Compton was an actor and actor-manager of the Victorian era who enjoyed considerable success in touring the English provinces with plays by Shakespeare, Sheridan and Goldsmith but who met with failure while trying to break into the West End theatre.

*British actor and theatre manager (1854-1918)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/edward-compton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Born:** 1854
- **Died:** 1918
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 54.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Edward Compton (actor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Compton_(actor))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18810671)

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