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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Character:Judge Oliver Haynes
Release Date:21/12/1980
The Last Song
Character:Philip Brockhurst
Release Date:23/10/1980
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Character:Gen. Rocky Jensen
Release Date:09/03/1980
Interview with Pontius Pilate
Character:Theodore Michael
Release Date:01/01/1980
Tropic of Desire
Character:Commodore Phillips
Release Date:15/06/1979
The President's Mistress
Character:Craig
Release Date:10/02/1978
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Character:Caufield
Release Date:26/12/1977
A Woman for All Men
Character:Barney
Release Date:01/08/1975
White Line Fever
Character:Cutler
Release Date:16/07/1975
Last Hours Before Morning
Character:Mr. Pace
Release Date:19/04/1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Character:George Robinson
Release Date:10/02/1975
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Character:Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy
Release Date:19/11/1974
Murder or Mercy
Character:Henry Balin
Release Date:10/04/1974
Mame
Character:Mr. Upson
Release Date:07/03/1974
The Morning After
Character:Rudy King
Release Date:13/02/1974
40 Carats
Character:Mr. Latham
Release Date:28/06/1973
The Norliss Tapes
Character:Sanford T. Evans
Release Date:21/02/1973
The Candidate
Character:Senator Crocker Jarmon
Release Date:29/06/1972
Live a Little, Love a Little
Character:Mike Lansdown
Release Date:23/10/1968
Youngblood Hawke
Character:Ferdie Lax
Release Date:04/11/1964
Gidget Goes to Rome
Character:Russell Lawrence
Release Date:07/08/1963
Bachelor in Paradise
Character:Thomas W. Jynson
Release Date:01/11/1961
Desk Set
Character:Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Release Date:02/08/1957
Our Miss Brooks
Character:Lawrence Nolan
Release Date:24/04/1956
Because You're Mine
Character:Captain Burton Nordell Loring
Release Date:01/10/1952
The Savage
Character:Running Dog
Release Date:01/09/1952
The Turning Point
Character:Joe Silbray
Release Date:12/07/1952
Cripple Creek
Character:Denver Jones
Release Date:30/06/1952
The Fallbrook Story
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1952
The Racket
Character:R. G. Connolly
Release Date:25/10/1951
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Character:Myron Brynk
Release Date:08/12/1950
711 Ocean Drive
Character:Larry Mason
Release Date:01/07/1950
My Friend Irma Goes West
Character:Mr. Brent
Release Date:25/06/1950
Buck Privates Come Home
Character:Capt. Christie
Release Date:04/04/1947
Wild Beauty
Character:Dr. Dave Morrow
Release Date:08/08/1946
Danger Woman
Character:Professor Claude Ruppert
Release Date:12/07/1946
Cuban Pete
Character:Roberts
Release Date:26/06/1946
She-Wolf of London
Character:Barry Lanfield
Release Date:17/05/1946
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Character:Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot
Release Date:01/08/1944
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
Character:Captain Dick
Release Date:14/03/1944
Keep 'Em Slugging
Character:Jerry
Release Date:01/03/1943
Reconnaissance Pilot
Character:Camera Instructor
Release Date:25/01/1943
Madame Spy
Character:David Bannister
Release Date:11/12/1942
Who Done It?
Character:'Murder at Midnight' program manager
Release Date:30/10/1942
Night Monster
Character:Dick Baldwin
Release Date:23/10/1942
Eyes of the Underworld
Character:Edward Jason
Release Date:02/10/1942
Eagle Squadron
Character:Ramsey
Release Date:16/06/1942
Top Sergeant
Character:Al Bennett
Release Date:14/06/1942
Mystery of the White Room
Character:Dr. Donald Fox
Release Date:17/03/1939
Television Appearances
Matlock
Character:Erskine Tate
Hotel
Character:
Vega$
Character:
The Paper Chase
Character:
Dallas
Character:Matt Devlin
The Love Boat
Character:Slade Summerhill
Three's Company
Character:
City of Angels
Character:
The Bionic Woman
Character:
Ellery Queen
Character:
Switch
Character:Paul Lorimer
Switch
Character:Salvensen
Archer
Character:
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Dr. Stanley Bacon
Barnaby Jones
Character:Jeremy Markham
The Rookies
Character:
Love, American Style
Character:
The Mod Squad
Character:
Here's Lucy
Character:Ken Richards
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Jonathan Cavel
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Alex Kelsey
Judd for the Defense
Character:
The F.B.I.
Character:Mason Hammond
Green Acres
Character:
Gidget
Character:Professor Russell Lawrence
Vacation Playhouse
Character:Battersea, The Housekeeper
Private Secretary
Character:
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