People
Don Porter
- Name: Don Porter
- Birthday: 1912-09-24
- Also known as: Donald Porter,Donald Cecil Porter
- Place of birth: Miami, Oklahoma, USA
- Popularity: 4.655
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Ghosts of Buxley Hall as Judge Oliver Haynes | 1980-12-21 |
| The Last Song as Philip Brockhurst | 1980-10-23 |
| The Murder That Wouldn't Die as Gen. Rocky Jensen | 1980-03-09 |
| Interview with Pontius Pilate as Theodore Michael | 1980-01-01 |
| Tropic of Desire as Commodore Phillips | 1979-06-15 |
| The President's Mistress as Craig | 1978-02-10 |
| Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Caufield | 1977-12-26 |
| A Woman for All Men as Barney | 1975-08-01 |
| White Line Fever as Cutler | 1975-07-16 |
| Last Hours Before Morning as Mr. Pace | 1975-04-19 |
| The Legend of Lizzie Borden as George Robinson | 1975-02-10 |
| Happy Anniversary and Goodbye as Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy | 1974-11-19 |
| Murder or Mercy as Henry Balin | 1974-04-10 |
| Mame as Mr. Upson | 1974-03-07 |
| The Morning After as Rudy King | 1974-02-13 |
| 40 Carats as Mr. Latham | 1973-06-28 |
| The Norliss Tapes as Sanford T. Evans | 1973-02-21 |
| The Candidate as Senator Crocker Jarmon | 1972-06-29 |
| Live a Little, Love a Little as Mike Lansdown | 1968-10-23 |
| Youngblood Hawke as Ferdie Lax | 1964-11-04 |
| Gidget Goes to Rome as Russell Lawrence | 1963-08-07 |
| Bachelor in Paradise as Thomas W. Jynson | 1961-11-01 |
| Desk Set as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1957-08-02 |
| Our Miss Brooks as Lawrence Nolan | 1956-04-24 |
| Because You're Mine as Captain Burton Nordell Loring | 1952-10-01 |
| The Savage as Running Dog | 1952-09-01 |
| The Turning Point as Joe Silbray | 1952-07-12 |
| Cripple Creek as Denver Jones | 1952-06-30 |
| The Fallbrook Story as Narrator | 1952-01-01 |
| The Racket as R. G. Connolly | 1951-10-25 |
| Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone as Myron Brynk | 1950-12-08 |
| 711 Ocean Drive as Larry Mason | 1950-07-01 |
| My Friend Irma Goes West as Mr. Brent | 1950-06-25 |
| Buck Privates Come Home as Capt. Christie | 1947-04-04 |
| Wild Beauty as Dr. Dave Morrow | 1946-08-08 |
| Danger Woman as Professor Claude Ruppert | 1946-07-12 |
| Cuban Pete as Roberts | 1946-06-26 |
| She-Wolf of London as Barry Lanfield | 1946-05-17 |
| Resisting Enemy Interrogation as Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot | 1944-08-01 |
| How to Fly the B-26 Airplane as Captain Dick | 1944-03-14 |
| Keep 'Em Slugging as Jerry | 1943-03-01 |
| Reconnaissance Pilot as Camera Instructor | 1943-01-25 |
| Madame Spy as David Bannister | 1942-12-11 |
| Who Done It? as 'Murder at Midnight' program manager | 1942-10-30 |
| Night Monster as Dick Baldwin | 1942-10-20 |
| Eyes of the Underworld as Edward Jason | 1942-10-02 |
| Eagle Squadron as Ramsey | 1942-06-16 |
| Top Sergeant as Al Bennett | 1942-06-14 |
| Mystery of the White Room as Dr. Donald Fox | 1939-03-17 |
