Personal Info
Known Credits
49
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1912-09-24 (113 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Miami, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known For
Donald PorterDonald Cecil Porter
Don Porter
Biography
Donald "Don" Porter was an American actor who appeared in a number of films in 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 o ...
Known For
Acting
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 --
The President's Mistress
| Craig
1977 --
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
| Caufield
1975 --
A Woman for All Men
| Barney
1975 --
White Line Fever
| Cutler
1975 --
Last Hours Before Morning
| Mr. Pace
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
1973 --
40 Carats
| Mr. Latham
1973 --
The Norliss Tapes
| Sanford T. Evans
1972 --
The Candidate
| Senator Crocker Jarmon
1968 --
Live a Little, Love a Little
| Mike Lansdown
1964 --
Youngblood Hawke
| Ferdie Lax
1963 --
Gidget Goes to Rome
| Russell Lawrence
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 --
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
| Myron Brynk
1950 --
711 Ocean Drive
| Larry Mason
1950 --
My Friend Irma Goes West
| Mr. Brent
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
1944 --
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
| Captain Dick
1943 --
Keep 'Em Slugging
| Jerry
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