Don Porter

Actor

Born: September 24, 1912
Died: February 11, 1997 (age 84)
From: 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…

Filmography (49)

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980)
Judge Oliver Haynes
The Last Song (1980)
Philip Brockhurst
The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980)
Gen. Rocky Jensen
Interview with Pontius Pilate
Interview with Pontius Pilate (1980)
Theodore Michael
Tropic of Desire (1979)
Commodore Phillips
The President's Mistress (1978)
Craig
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977)
Caufield
A Woman for All Men (1975)
Barney
White Line Fever (1975)
Cutler
Last Hours Before Morning (1975)
Mr. Pace
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
George Robinson
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
Ed Murphy
Murder or Mercy (1974)
Henry Balin
Mame (1974)
Mr. Upson
The Morning After (1974)
Rudy King
40 Carats (1973)
Mr. Latham
The Norliss Tapes (1973)
Sanford T. Evans
The Candidate (1972)
Senator Crocker Jarmon
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Mike Lansdown
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
Ferdie Lax
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Russell Lawrence
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Thomas W. Jynson
Desk Set (1957)
Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Our Miss Brooks (1956)
Lawrence Nolan
Because You're Mine (1952)
Captain Burton Nordell Loring
The Savage (1952)
Running Dog
The Turning Point (1952)
Joe Silbray
Cripple Creek (1952)
Denver Jones
The Fallbrook Story (1952)
Narrator
The Racket (1951)
R. G. Connolly