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Don Porter‌

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Birthday

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Don Porter

Miami, Oklahoma, USA

Don Porter

Miami, Oklahoma, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1912-09-24

Popularity

star3.1

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Candidate

The Candidate‌
star6.5
calendar 1972

The Racket

The Racket‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

White Line Fever

White Line Fever‌
star6.1
calendar 1975

711 Ocean Drive

711 Ocean Drive‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

The Turning Point

The Turning Point‌
star6.2
calendar 1952

She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London‌
star5.6
calendar 1946

Who Done It?

Who Done It?‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

The Norliss Tapes

The Norliss Tapes‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

Live a Little, Love a Little

Live a Little, Love a Little‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

Bachelor in Paradise

Bachelor in Paradise‌
star6.5
calendar 1961

Danger Woman

Danger Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks‌
star6.2
calendar 1956

Eyes of the Underworld

Eyes of the Underworld‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

Night Monster

Night Monster‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Youngblood Hawke

Youngblood Hawke‌
star6.1
calendar 1964

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Resisting Enemy Interrogation‌
star6.2
calendar 1944

Desk Set

Desk Set‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

The Morning After

The Morning After‌
star6.5
calendar 1974

Cuban Pete

Cuban Pete‌
star5.0
calendar 1946

The Savage

The Savage‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Last Hours Before Morning

Last Hours Before Morning‌
star2.0
calendar 1975

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

The Murder That Wouldn't Die‌
star2.0
calendar 1980

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

The Legend of Lizzie Borden‌
star6.6
calendar 1975

Murder or Mercy

Murder or Mercy‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Mame

Mame‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall‌
star6.3
calendar 1980

Wild Beauty

Wild Beauty‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Top Sergeant

Top Sergeant‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Tropic of Desire

Tropic of Desire‌
star8.0
calendar 1979

Interview with Pontius Pilate

Interview with Pontius Pilate‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Madame Spy

Madame Spy‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

The President's Mistress

The President's Mistress‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Keep 'Em Slugging

Keep 'Em Slugging‌
star5.5
calendar 1943

My Friend Irma Goes West

My Friend Irma Goes West‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

A Woman for All Men

A Woman for All Men‌
star5.5
calendar 1975

40 Carats

40 Carats‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

Mystery of the White Room

Mystery of the White Room‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Gidget Goes to Rome

Gidget Goes to Rome‌
star4.8
calendar 1963

Reconnaissance Pilot

Reconnaissance Pilot‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

How to Fly the B-26 Airplane

How to Fly the B-26 Airplane‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Last Song

The Last Song‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Because You're Mine

Because You're Mine‌
star6.7
calendar 1952

The Fallbrook Story

The Fallbrook Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.‌
star6.5
calendar 1977

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye‌
star4.8
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

Green Acres

Green Acres‌
star7.3
calendar 1965

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy‌
star6.9
calendar 1968

Gidget

Gidget‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

Matlock

Matlock‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad‌
star6.5
calendar 1968

Three's Company

Three's Company‌
star7.8
calendar 1977

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Vega$

Vega$‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

Switch

Switch‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

City of Angels

City of Angels‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

Private Secretary

Private Secretary‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen‌
star7.4
calendar 1975

The Paper Chase

The Paper Chase‌
star7.6
calendar 1978

Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Archer

Archer‌
star7.5
calendar 1975

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Switch

Switch‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1973