Don Porter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 24, 1912
- Died
- February 11, 1997
- Birthplace
- Miami, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Filmography
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall 1980
as Judge Oliver Haynes
The Last Song 1980
as Philip Brockhurst
The Murder That Wouldn't Die 1980
as Gen. Rocky Jensen
- Interview with Pontius Pilate
Interview with Pontius Pilate 1980
as Theodore Michael
Tropic of Desire 1979
as Commodore Phillips
The President's Mistress 1978
as Craig
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. 1977
as Caufield
A Woman for All Men 1975
as Barney
White Line Fever 1975
as Cutler
Last Hours Before Morning 1975
as Mr. Pace
The Legend of Lizzie Borden 1975
as George Robinson
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye 1974
as Ed Murphy
Murder or Mercy 1974
as Henry Balin
Mame 1974
as Mr. Upson
The Morning After 1974
as Rudy King
40 Carats 1973
as Mr. Latham
The Norliss Tapes 1973
as Sanford T. Evans
The Candidate 1972
as Senator Crocker Jarmon
Live a Little, Love a Little 1968
as Mike Lansdown
Youngblood Hawke 1964
as Ferdie Lax
Gidget Goes to Rome 1963
as Russell Lawrence
Bachelor in Paradise 1961
as Thomas W. Jynson
Desk Set 1957
as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Our Miss Brooks 1956
as Lawrence Nolan
Because You're Mine 1952
as Captain Burton Nordell Loring
The Savage 1952
as Running Dog
The Turning Point 1952
as Joe Silbray
Cripple Creek 1952
as Denver Jones
The Fallbrook Story 1952
as Narrator
The Racket 1951
as R. G. Connolly
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone 1950
as Myron Brynk
711 Ocean Drive 1950
as Larry Mason
My Friend Irma Goes West 1950
as Mr. Brent
Buck Privates Come Home 1947
as Capt. Christie
Wild Beauty 1946
as Dr. Dave Morrow
Danger Woman 1946
as Professor Claude Ruppert
Cuban Pete 1946
as Roberts
She-Wolf of London 1946
as Barry Lanfield
Resisting Enemy Interrogation 1944
as Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane 1944
as Captain Dick
Keep 'Em Slugging 1943
as Jerry
Reconnaissance Pilot 1943
as Camera Instructor
Madame Spy 1942
as David Bannister
Who Done It? 1942
as 'Murder at Midnight' program manager
Night Monster 1942
as Dick Baldwin
Eyes of the Underworld 1942
as Edward Jason
Eagle Squadron 1942
as Ramsey
Top Sergeant 1942
as Al Bennett
Mystery of the White Room 1939
as Dr. Donald Fox
Credits from TMDB.