Don Porter
Birthday
1912/09/24
Day of death
1997/02/11 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Miami, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
Donald Porter, Donald Cecil Porter
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 f...Read more
Acting
(1972) The Candidate
as Senator Crocker Jarmon
(1951) The Racket
as R. G. Connolly
(1947) Buck Privates Come Home
as Capt. Christie
(1975) White Line Fever
as Cutler
(1950) 711 Ocean Drive
as Larry Mason
(1952) The Turning Point
as Joe Silbray
(1946) She-Wolf of London
as Barry Lanfield
(1942) Who Done It?
as 'Murder at Midnight' program manager
(1973) The Norliss Tapes
as Sanford T. Evans
(1968) Live a Little, Love a Little
as Mike Lansdown
(1961) Bachelor in Paradise
as Thomas W. Jynson
(1946) Danger Woman
as Professor Claude Ruppert
(1956) Our Miss Brooks
as Lawrence Nolan
(1942) Eyes of the Underworld
as Edward Jason
(1942) Night Monster
as Dick Baldwin
(1964) Youngblood Hawke
as Ferdie Lax
(1944) Resisting Enemy Interrogation
as Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot
(1957) Desk Set
as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1952) Cripple Creek
as Denver Jones
(1974) The Morning After
as Rudy King
(1946) Cuban Pete
as Roberts
(1952) The Savage
as Running Dog
(1975) Last Hours Before Morning
as Mr. Pace
(1980) The Murder That Wouldn't Die
as Gen. Rocky Jensen
(1975) The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as George Robinson
(1974) Murder or Mercy
as Henry Balin
(1974) Mame
as Mr. Upson
(1980) The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
as Judge Oliver Haynes
(1946) Wild Beauty
as Dr. Dave Morrow
(1942) Eagle Squadron
as Ramsey
(1942) Top Sergeant
as Al Bennett
(1979) Tropic of Desire
as Commodore Phillips
(1980) Interview with Pontius Pilate
as Theodore Michael
(1942) Madame Spy
as David Bannister
(1978) The President's Mistress
as Craig
(1950) Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Myron Brynk
(1943) Keep 'Em Slugging
as Jerry
(1950) My Friend Irma Goes West
as Mr. Brent
(1975) A Woman for All Men
as Barney
(1973) 40 Carats
as Mr. Latham
(1939) Mystery of the White Room
as Dr. Donald Fox
(1963) Gidget Goes to Rome
as Russell Lawrence
(1943) Reconnaissance Pilot
as Camera Instructor
(1944) How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
as Captain Dick
(1980) The Last Song
as Philip Brockhurst
(1952) Because You're Mine
as Captain Burton Nordell Loring
(1952) The Fallbrook Story
as Narrator
(1977) Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
as Caufield
(1974) Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
as Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1965) Green Acres
as ---
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Ken Richards
(1965) Gidget
as Professor Russell Lawrence
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Mason Hammond
(1977) The Love Boat
as Slade Summerhill
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1986) Matlock
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Jonathan Cavel
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1977) Three's Company
as ---
(1978) Dallas
as Matt Devlin
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1975) Switch
as Paul Lorimer
(1976) City of Angels
as ---
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1953) Private Secretary
as ---
(1975) Ellery Queen
as ---
(1978) The Paper Chase
as ---
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Battersea, The Housekeeper
(1975) Archer
as ---
(1969) Love, American Style
as ---
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Stanley Bacon
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Alex Kelsey
(1975) Switch
as Salvensen
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Jeremy Markham