Don Porter
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday24 September 1912
Died11 February 1997 (age 84)
Place of birthMiami, Oklahoma, USA
Known credits74
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 S…
Matlock
1986 · Erskine Tate
Hotel
1982 · Jonathan Corry
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980 · Judge Oliver Haynes
The Last Song
1980 · Philip Brockhurst
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980 · Gen. Rocky Jensen
Interview with Pontius Pilate
1980 · Theodore Michael
Tropic of Desire
1979 · Commodore Phillips
Vega$
1978
The Paper Chase
1978
Dallas
1978 · Matt Devlin
The President's Mistress
1978 · Craig
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977 · Caufield
The Love Boat
1977 · Slade Summerhill
The Love Boat
1977 · George Cowens
Three's Company
1977
City of Angels
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Ellery Queen
1975
Switch
1975 · Paul Lorimer
Switch
1975 · Salvensen
A Woman for All Men
1975 · Barney
White Line Fever
1975 · Cutler
Last Hours Before Morning
1975 · Mr. Pace
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975 · George Robinson
Archer
1975
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974 · Ed Murphy
Murder or Mercy
1974 · Henry Balin
Mame
1974 · Mr. Upson
The Morning After
1974 · Rudy King
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Dr. Stanley Bacon
40 Carats
1973 · Mr. Latham
The Norliss Tapes
1973 · Sanford T. Evans
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Jeremy Markham
The Rookies
1972
The Candidate
1972 · Senator Crocker Jarmon
Love, American Style
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Jonathan Cavel
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Alex Kelsey
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968 · Mike Lansdown
The Mod Squad
1968
Here's Lucy
1968 · Ken Richards
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The F.B.I.
1965 · Mason Hammond
Green Acres
1965
Gidget
1965 · Professor Russell Lawrence
Gidget
1965 · Director
Youngblood Hawke
1964 · Ferdie Lax
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963 · Russell Lawrence
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