1912-09-24 Miami, Oklahoma, USA
Donald "Don" Porter (September 24, 1912 –February 11, 1997) was an American actor who appeared in a number of films since 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 Ghosts of Buxley Hall | Judge Oliver Haynes | 1980-12-21 |
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Interview with Pontius Pilate | Theodore Michael | 1980-01-01 |
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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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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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A Woman for All Men | Barney | 1975-08-01 |
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Last Hours Before Morning | Mr. Pace | 1975-04-19 |
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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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Mame | Mr. Upson | 1974-03-07 |
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The Morning After | Rudy King | 1974-02-13 |
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Murder or Mercy | Henry Balin | 1974-04-10 |
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Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy | 1974-11-19 |
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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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The Turning Point | Joe Silbray | 1952-07-12 |
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Because You're Mine | Captain Burton Nordell Loring | 1952-10-01 |
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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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Cripple Creek | Denver Jones | 1952-06-30 |
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The Racket | R. G. Connolly | 1951-10-25 |
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | Myron Brynk | 1950-12-08 |
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My Friend Irma Goes West | Mr. Brent | 1950-06-25 |
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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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Wild Beauty | Dr. Dave Morrow | 1946-08-08 |
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She-Wolf of London | Barry Lanfield | 1946-05-17 |
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Cuban Pete | Roberts | 1946-06-26 |
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Danger Woman | Professor Claude Ruppert | 1946-07-12 |
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot | 1944-08-01 |
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How to Fly the B-26 Airplane | Captain Dick | 1944-03-14 |
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Reconnaissance Pilot | Camera Instructor | 1943-01-25 |
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Keep 'Em Slugging | Jerry | 1943-03-01 |
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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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Eyes of the Underworld | Edward Jason | 1942-10-02 |
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Who Done It? | 'Murder at Midnight' program manager | 1942-10-30 |
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Top Sergeant | Al Bennett | 1942-06-14 |
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Madame Spy | David Bannister | 1942-12-11 |
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Mystery of the White Room | Dr. Donald Fox | 1939-03-17 |
