Don Porter
Age: 84 | From: Miami, Oklahoma, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1912-09-24 21:08:45
Death: 1997-02-11 21:08:45
Aliases: Donald Porter
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Miami, Oklahoma, USA
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Dallas
(1978) Matt Devlin
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Alex Kelsey
The Six Million Dollar Man
(1974) Dr. Stanley Bacon
Barnaby Jones
(1973) Jeremy Markham
The F.B.I.
(1965) Mason Hammond
Switch
(1975) Salvensen
White Line Fever
(1975) Cutler
Tropic of Desire
(1979) Commodore PhillipsActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | N/A | |
| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1980 | Judge Oliver Haynes | |
| Philip Brockhurst | ||
| Gen. Rocky Jensen | ||
| 1979 | Commodore Phillips | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Matt Devlin | ||
| Craig | ||
| 1977 | Caufield | |
| Slade Summerhill | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | N/A | |
| Salvensen | ||
| Paul Lorimer | ||
| Barney | ||
| Cutler | ||
| Mr. Pace | ||
| George Robinson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy | |
| Henry Balin | ||
| Mr. Upson | ||
| Rudy King | ||
| Dr. Stanley Bacon | ||
| 1973 | Mr. Latham | |
| Sanford T. Evans | ||
| Jeremy Markham | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Senator Crocker Jarmon | ||
| 1968 | Mike Lansdown | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Alex Kelsey | ||
| Jonathan Cavel | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1965 | Mason Hammond | |
| N/A | ||
| Professor Russell Lawrence | ||
| 1964 | Ferdie Lax | |
| 1963 | Russell Lawrence | |
| Battersea, The Housekeeper | ||
| 1961 | Thomas W. Jynson | |
| 1958 | James Devery | |
| 1957 | Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Lawrence Nolan | |
| 1953 | N/A | |
| 1952 | Captain Burton Nordell Loring | |
| Running Dog | ||
| Joe Silbray | ||
| Denver Jones | ||
| 1951 | R. G. Connolly | |
| 1950 | Myron Brynk | |
| Larry Mason | ||
| Mr. Brent | ||
| 1947 | Capt. Christie | |
| 1946 | Dr. Dave Morrow | |
| Professor Claude Ruppert | ||
| Roberts | ||
| Barry Lanfield | ||
| 1944 | Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot | |
| Captain Dick | ||
| 1943 | Jerry | |
| Camera Instructor | ||
| 1942 | David Bannister | |
| 'Murder at Midnight' program manager | ||
| Dick Baldwin | ||
| Edward Jason | ||
| Ramsey | ||
| Al Bennett | ||
| 1939 | Dr. Donald Fox | |
| Narrator | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
