Don Porter
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-09-24 (85 years old)
Deathday
1997-02-11
Place of Birth
Miami, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
Donald Porter
Donald Cecil Porter
Don Porter
Biography
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...
Acting
1972
as Senator Crocker Jarmon
1951
as R. G. Connolly
1947
as Capt. Christie
1975
as Cutler
1950
as Larry Mason
1952
as Joe Silbray
1946
as Barry Lanfield
1942
as 'Murder at Midnight' program manager
1973
as Sanford T. Evans
1968
as Mike Lansdown
1961
as Thomas W. Jynson
1946
as Professor Claude Ruppert
1956
as Lawrence Nolan
1942
as Edward Jason
1942
as Dick Baldwin
1964
as Ferdie Lax
1944
as Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot
1957
as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1952
as Denver Jones
1974
as Rudy King
1946
as Roberts
1952
as Running Dog
1975
as Mr. Pace
1980
as Gen. Rocky Jensen
1975
as George Robinson
1974
as Henry Balin
1974
as Mr. Upson
1980
as Judge Oliver Haynes
1946
as Dr. Dave Morrow
1942
as Ramsey
1942
as Al Bennett
1979
as Commodore Phillips
1980
as Theodore Michael
1942
as David Bannister
1978
as Craig
1950
as Myron Brynk
1943
as Jerry
1950
as Mr. Brent
1975
as Barney
1973
as Mr. Latham
1939
as Dr. Donald Fox
1963
as Russell Lawrence
1943
as Camera Instructor
1944
as Captain Dick
1980
as Philip Brockhurst
1952
as Captain Burton Nordell Loring
1952
as Narrator
1977
as Caufield
1974
as Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy
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