1912-09-24 Miami, Oklahoma, USA
Donald "Don" Porter was an American actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant and Eagle Squadron. On television, he portrayed the widowed father of 15-year-old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence (Sally Field) in the 1965 ABC sitcom Gidget. Besides his work in film and television, Porter was active on stage, as he acted in more than 200 plays, including The Front Page, Plaza Suite, and Any Wednesday. He appeared in various films in the 1940s before landing the role of Peter Sands, the boss of Susan Camille MacNamara (Ann Sothern), on the 1950s sitcom Private Secretary. A retooled version of the series appeared later, titled The Ann Sothern Show. It featured many of the same actors, including Porter as hotel manager James Devery in the venue of a fashionable New York City hotel. He later guest starred on episodes of Green Acres, Love, American Style, The Mod Squad, Barnaby Jones, The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, Three's Company (on which he played Jack Tripper's uncle), and Switch.
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The Last Song | Philip Brockhurst | 1980-10-23 |
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The Murder That Wouldn't Die | Gen. Rocky Jensen | 1980-03-09 |
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The Ghosts of Buxley Hall | Judge Oliver Haynes | 1980-12-21 |
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Tropic of Desire | Commodore Phillips | 1979-06-15 |
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The President's Mistress | Craig | 1978-02-10 |
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | Caufield | 1977-12-26 |
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden | George Robinson | 1975-02-10 |
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White Line Fever | Cutler | 1975-07-16 |
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Last Hours Before Morning | Mr. Pace | 1975-04-19 |
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A Woman for All Men | Barney | 1975-08-01 |
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Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy | 1974-11-19 |
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Murder or Mercy | Henry Balin | 1974-04-10 |
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The Morning After | Rudy King | 1974-02-13 |
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Mame | Mr. Upson | 1974-03-07 |
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The Norliss Tapes | Sanford T. Evans | 1973-02-21 |
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40 Carats | Mr. Latham | 1973-06-28 |
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The Candidate | Senator Crocker Jarmon | 1972-06-29 |
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Live a Little, Love a Little | Mike Lansdown | 1968-10-23 |
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Youngblood Hawke | Ferdie Lax | 1964-11-04 |
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Gidget Goes to Rome | Russell Lawrence | 1963-08-07 |
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Bachelor in Paradise | Thomas W. Jynson | 1961-11-01 |
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Desk Set | Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1957-08-02 |
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Our Miss Brooks | Lawrence Nolan | 1956-04-24 |
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Because You're Mine | Captain Burton Nordell Loring | 1952-10-01 |
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The Turning Point | Joe Silbray | 1952-07-12 |
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Cripple Creek | Denver Jones | 1952-06-30 |
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The Fallbrook Story | Narrator | 1952-01-01 |
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The Savage | Running Dog | 1952-09-01 |
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The Racket | R. G. Connolly | 1951-10-25 |
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My Friend Irma Goes West | Mr. Brent | 1950-06-25 |
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | Myron Brynk | 1950-12-08 |
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711 Ocean Drive | Larry Mason | 1950-07-01 |
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Buck Privates Come Home | Capt. Christie | 1947-04-04 |
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Danger Woman | Professor Claude Ruppert | 1946-07-12 |
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Cuban Pete | Roberts | 1946-06-26 |
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She-Wolf of London | Barry Lanfield | 1946-05-17 |
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Wild Beauty | Dr. Dave Morrow | 1946-08-08 |
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How to Fly the B-26 Airplane | Captain Dick | 1944-03-14 |
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot | 1944-08-01 |
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Keep 'Em Slugging | Jerry | 1943-03-01 |
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Reconnaissance Pilot | Camera Instructor | 1943-01-25 |
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Eagle Squadron | Ramsey | 1942-06-16 |
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Night Monster | Dick Baldwin | 1942-10-20 |
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Top Sergeant | Al Bennett | 1942-06-14 |
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Eyes of the Underworld | Edward Jason | 1942-10-02 |
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Madame Spy | David Bannister | 1942-12-11 |
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Who Done It? | 'Murder at Midnight' program manager | 1942-10-30 |
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Mystery of the White Room | Dr. Donald Fox | 1939-03-17 |
