Don Porter
Acting
Born 1912-09-24
Died 1997-02-11
Miami, Oklahoma, USA
74 credits
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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 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.
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Filmography
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Dallas
The Love Boat
Hawaii Five-O
Love, American Style
Matlock
The Six Million Dollar Man
Green Acres
The F.B.I.
Hotel
The Bionic Woman
Three's Company
Here's Lucy
Barnaby Jones
Vega$
The Rookies
Switch
The Mod Squad
Ellery Queen
Judd, for the Defense
Gidget
Private Secretary
Vacation Playhouse
The Paper Chase
40 Carats
City of Angels
Tropic of Desire
The Candidate
Mame
White Line Fever
Desk Set
The Racket
The Savage
Live a Little, Love a Little
Bachelor in Paradise
Archer
Buck Privates Come Home
She-Wolf of London
Reconnaissance Pilot
Our Miss Brooks
The Norliss Tapes
My Friend Irma Goes West
Gidget Goes to Rome
Who Done It?
Mystery of the White Room
711 Ocean Drive
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Youngblood Hawke
Eagle Squadron
A Woman for All Men
Cripple Creek
Because You're Mine
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Night Monster
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
The Turning Point
Danger Woman
Madame Spy
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