| Compton MacKenzie  AKA Edward Morgan Compton MacKenzie
Born: 17-Jan-1883
Birthplace: West Hartlepool, Durham, England
Died: 30-Nov-1972
Location of death: Edinburgh, Scotland
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cille Barra Cemetery, Isle of Barra, Scotland
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist Nationality: Scotland
Executive summary: Carnival Father: Edward Compton (actor)
Sister: Fay Compton (actress, b. 18-Sep-1894, d. 12-Dec-1978)
Wife: (married three times)
High School: St. Pauls School
University: Magdalen College, Oxford University
Administrator: Rector, Glasgow University (1931-34)
The London Daily Mail Literary Critic (1931-35)
The Gramophone Co-Founder (1923, with Christopher Stone)
Officer of the British Empire 1919
Knighthood 1952
Converted to Catholicism
Risk Factors: Sciatica
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Chance of a Lifetime (24-Apr-1950)
Whisky Galore! (28-Nov-1949)
Author of books:
Carnival (1912)
Sinister Street (1913-14, novel series)
Guy and Pauline (1915, novel)
Poor Relations (1919, novel)
Rich Relatives (1921, novel)
Vestal Fire (1927, novel)
Extraordinary Women (1928, novel)
Greek Memories (1932)
Water on the Brain (1933)
The Monarch of the Glen (1941)
Whisky Galore (1947, novel)
My Life and Times: Octave One (1963, memoir)
My Life and Times: Octave Ten (1971, memoir)
Wrote plays:
The Gentleman in Grey (1906)
Columbine (1920)
The Lost Cause (1931)
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