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person_profile-Don Porter

Don Porter Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Don Porter

Date of Birth:

Sep 24, 1912

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 11, 1997

Biography of

Don Porter

    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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Filmography of

Don Porter

Found 46 Movies in total

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

Judge Oliver Haynes ( Actor )

... 1980

The Last Song

Philip Brockhurst ( Actor )

... 1980

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

Gen. Rocky Jensen ( Actor )

... 1980

Tropic of Desire

Commodore Phillips ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1978

... 1977

A Woman for All Men

Barney ( Actor )

... 1975

White Line Fever

Cutler ( Actor )

... 1975

Last Hours Before Morning

Mr. Pace ( Actor )

... 1975

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

George Robinson ( Actor )

... 1975

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy ( Actor )

... 1974

Murder or Mercy

Henry Balin ( Actor )

... 1974

Mame

Mr. Upson ( Actor )

... 1974

The Morning After

Rudy King ( Actor )

... 1974

40 Carats

Mr. Latham ( Actor )

... 1973

The Norliss Tapes

Sanford T. Evans ( Actor )

... 1973

The Candidate

Senator Crocker Jarmon ( Actor )

... 1972

Live a Little, Love a Little

Mike Lansdown ( Actor )

... 1968

Youngblood Hawke

Ferdie Lax ( Actor )

... 1964

Gidget Goes to Rome

Russell Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1963

Bachelor in Paradise

Thomas W. Jynson ( Actor )

... 1961

Desk Set

Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

Our Miss Brooks

Lawrence Nolan ( Actor )

... 1956

Because You're Mine

Captain Burton Nordell Loring ( Actor )

... 1952

The Savage

Running Dog ( Actor )

... 1952

The Turning Point

Joe Silbray ( Actor )

... 1952

Cripple Creek

Denver Jones ( Actor )

... 1952

The Racket

R. G. Connolly ( Actor )

... 1951

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Myron Brynk ( Actor )

... 1950

711 Ocean Drive

Larry Mason ( Actor )

... 1950

My Friend Irma Goes West

Mr. Brent ( Actor )

... 1950

Buck Privates Come Home

Capt. Christie ( Actor )

... 1947

Wild Beauty

Dr. Dave Morrow ( Actor )

... 1946

Danger Woman

Professor Claude Ruppert ( Actor )

... 1946

Cuban Pete

Roberts ( Actor )

... 1946

She-Wolf of London

Barry Lanfield ( Actor )

... 1946

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot ( Actor )

... 1944

How to Fly the B-26 Airplane

Captain Dick ( Actor )

... 1944

Keep 'Em Slugging

Jerry ( Actor )

... 1943

Madame Spy

David Bannister ( Actor )

... 1942

Who Done It?

'Murder at Midnight' program manager ( Actor )

... 1942

Night Monster

Dick Baldwin ( Actor )

... 1942

Eyes of the Underworld

Edward Jason ( Actor )

... 1942

Eagle Squadron

Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1942

Top Sergeant

Al Bennett ( Actor )

... 1942

Mystery of the White Room

Dr. Donald Fox ( Actor )

... 1939