
Don Porter
Known for ActingBorn 1912-09-24Died 1997-02-11Miami, Oklahoma, USA
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Murder or Mercy
1974 · Movie
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How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
1944 · Movie
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Mystery of the White Room
1939 · Movie
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The Last Song
1980 · Movie
Vacation Playhouse
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Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Series
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Danger Woman
1946 · Movie
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Wild Beauty
1946 · Movie
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Three's Company
1977 · Series
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The Paper Chase
1978 · Series
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Judd, for the Defense
1967 · Series
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Ellery Queen
1975 · Series
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The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
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Matlock
1986 · Series
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Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
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Green Acres
1965 · Series
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The Bionic Woman
1976 · Series
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Vega$
1978 · Series
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Archer
1975 · Series
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Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975 · Movie
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Hotel
1982 · Series
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Desk Set
1957 · Movie
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The President's Mistress
1978 · Movie
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Dallas
1978 · Series
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The Rookies
1972 · Series
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 · Movie
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Switch
1975 · Series
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Reconnaissance Pilot
1943 · Movie
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Eagle Squadron
1942 · Movie
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The Morning After
1974 · Movie
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Gidget
1965 · Series
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Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
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Who Done It?
1942 · Movie
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Because You're Mine
1952 · Movie
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The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980 · Movie
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The Candidate
1972 · Movie
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Tropic of Desire
1979 · Movie
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Our Miss Brooks
1956 · Movie
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977 · Movie
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The Love Boat
1977 · Series
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944 · Movie
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Youngblood Hawke
1964 · Movie
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Bachelor in Paradise
1961 · Movie
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The Norliss Tapes
1973 · Movie
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Top Sergeant
1942 · Movie
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Madame Spy
1942 · Movie
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711 Ocean Drive
1950 · Movie
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Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · Movie