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  • BIRTH 24/09/1912
  • DEATH 11/02/1997
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 7
  • MOVIES 10

Don Porter

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.

Don Porter

Shows (7)

Dallas
Dallas
Matt Devlin
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Stanley Bacon
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
Slade Summerhill
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
Alex Kelsey / Jonathan Cavel
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
Mason Hammond
Switch
Switch
Paul Lorimer / Salvensen
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
Jeremy Markham

Movies (10)

The Candidate
The Candidate
Senator Crocker Jarmon
The Savage
The Savage
Running Dog
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Caufield
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Judge Oliver Haynes
711 Ocean Drive
711 Ocean Drive
Larry Mason
The President's Mistress
The President's Mistress
Craig
Who Done It?
Who Done It?
'Murder at Midnight' program manager
The Turning Point
The Turning Point
Joe Silbray
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
George Robinson
She-Wolf of London
She-Wolf of London
Barry Lanfield