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

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

The Candidate

as Senator Crocker Jarmon

1951

The Racket

as R. G. Connolly

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Capt. Christie

1975

1950

711 Ocean Drive

as Larry Mason

1952

The Turning Point

as Joe Silbray

1946

She-Wolf of London

as Barry Lanfield

1942

Who Done It?

as 'Murder at Midnight' program manager

1973

The Norliss Tapes

as Sanford T. Evans

1968

1961

Bachelor in Paradise

as Thomas W. Jynson

1946

Danger Woman

as Professor Claude Ruppert

1956

Our Miss Brooks

as Lawrence Nolan

1942

Eyes of the Underworld

as Edward Jason

1942

Night Monster

as Dick Baldwin

1964

Youngblood Hawke

as Ferdie Lax

1944

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

as Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot

1957

Desk Set

as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1952

Cripple Creek

as Denver Jones

1974

The Morning After

as Rudy King

1946

Cuban Pete

as Roberts

1952

The Savage

as Running Dog

1980

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

as Gen. Rocky Jensen

1975

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

as George Robinson

1974

Murder or Mercy

as Henry Balin

1974

Mame

as Mr. Upson

1980

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

as Judge Oliver Haynes

1946

Wild Beauty

as Dr. Dave Morrow

1942

1942

Top Sergeant

as Al Bennett

1979

Tropic of Desire

as Commodore Phillips

1980

1942

Madame Spy

as David Bannister

1943

1950

1975

1973

40 Carats

as Mr. Latham

1939

Mystery of the White Room

as Dr. Donald Fox

1963

Gidget Goes to Rome

as Russell Lawrence

1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

as Camera Instructor

1944

1980

The Last Song

as Philip Brockhurst

1952

Because You're Mine

as Captain Burton Nordell Loring

1952

1974

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

as Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy

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