Don Porter

Don Porter

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.

Tentang

Stage Name: Don Porter

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.5075

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1912-09-24

Lokasi Lahir: Miami, Oklahoma, USA

Riwayat Perfilman

1982

Hotel

1980

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

Judge Oliver Haynes

1980

The Last Song

Philip Brockhurst

1980

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

Gen. Rocky Jensen

1980

Interview with Pontius Pilate

Theodore Michael

1979

Tropic of Desire

Commodore Phillips

1978

Vega$

1978

Dallas

Matt Devlin

1977

The Love Boat

Slade Summerhill

1975

Switch

Paul Lorimer

1975

Switch

Salvensen

1975

White Line Fever

Cutler

1975

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

George Robinson

1974

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy

1974

Murder or Mercy

Henry Balin

1974

Mame

Mr. Upson

1974

The Morning After

Rudy King

1974

The Six Million Dollar Man

Dr. Stanley Bacon

1973

40 Carats

Mr. Latham

1973

The Norliss Tapes

Sanford T. Evans

1973

Barnaby Jones

Jeremy Markham

1972

The Candidate

Senator Crocker Jarmon

1968

Here's Lucy

Ken Richards

1968

Hawaii Five-O

Jonathan Cavel

1968

Hawaii Five-O

Alex Kelsey

1965

The F.B.I.

Mason Hammond

1965

Gidget

Professor Russell Lawrence

1964

Youngblood Hawke

Ferdie Lax

1963

Gidget Goes to Rome

Russell Lawrence

1963

Vacation Playhouse

Battersea, The Housekeeper

1961

Bachelor in Paradise

Thomas W. Jynson

1957

Desk Set

Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1956

Our Miss Brooks

Lawrence Nolan

1952

Because You're Mine

Captain Burton Nordell Loring

1952

The Savage

Running Dog

1952

The Turning Point

Joe Silbray

1952

Cripple Creek

Denver Jones

1952

The Fallbrook Story

Narrator

1951

The Racket

R. G. Connolly

1950

711 Ocean Drive

Larry Mason

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

Capt. Christie

1946

Wild Beauty

Dr. Dave Morrow

1946

Danger Woman

Professor Claude Ruppert

1946

Cuban Pete

Roberts

1946

She-Wolf of London

Barry Lanfield

1944

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot

1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

Camera Instructor

1942

Madame Spy

David Bannister

1942

Who Done It?

'Murder at Midnight' program manager

1942

Night Monster

Dick Baldwin

1942

Eyes of the Underworld

Edward Jason

1942

Eagle Squadron

Ramsey

1942

Top Sergeant

Al Bennett

1939

Mystery of the White Room

Dr. Donald Fox