Reginald Crompton

Reginald Crompton (14 July 1870 – 10 September 1945) was a British solicitor, stage actor and silent film screenwriter.

After a period practising as a solicitor in Exeter[4] he was once again at the Savoy in the roles of Sergeant Pincher in The Emerald Isle (April 1901); So Hi in The Willow Pattern (November 1901)[5] and Private Willis in the first London revival of Iolanthe (December 1901) after which he left D'Oyly Carte to appear in the children's farce Shock-headed Peter at the Garrick Theatre (December 1901 to February 1902).

Crompton returned to the Savoy to play Ben in Merrie England (April 1902), and Mr. Reddish in A Princess of Kensington (January 1903).

He was in D'Oyly Carte's tour of Merrie England (July to November 1902) and A Princess of Kensington (May to September 1903)[6] following which the London Company was dispersed.

It would appear that in between his theatre work Crompton would return to his legal profession, as the 1911 Census lists him as a solicitor boarding with a family in Hammersmith, London.

Reginald Crompton as Private Willis in the first revival of Iolanthe (1901) at the Savoy Theatre
The Two Wooden Soldiers in Little Hans Andersen (1903): Ernest Torrence (left) and Crompton