Don Porter
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 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.
The Candidate
(Senator Crocker Jarmon)
The Racket
(R. G. Connolly)
Buck Privates Come Home
(Capt. Christie)
White Line Fever
(Cutler)
711 Ocean Drive
(Larry Mason)
The Turning Point
(Joe Silbray)
She-Wolf of London
(Barry Lanfield)
Who Done It?
('Murder at Midnight' program manager)
The Norliss Tapes
(Sanford T. Evans)
Live a Little, Love a Little
(Mike Lansdown)
Bachelor in Paradise
(Thomas W. Jynson)
Danger Woman
(Professor Claude Ruppert)
Our Miss Brooks
(Lawrence Nolan)
Eyes of the Underworld
(Edward Jason)
Night Monster
(Dick Baldwin)
Youngblood Hawke
(Ferdie Lax)
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
(Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot)
Desk Set
(Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited))
Cripple Creek
(Denver Jones)
The Morning After
(Rudy King)
Cuban Pete
(Roberts)
The Savage
(Running Dog)
Last Hours Before Morning
(Mr. Pace)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
(Gen. Rocky Jensen)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
(George Robinson)
Murder or Mercy
(Henry Balin)
Mame
(Mr. Upson)
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
(Judge Oliver Haynes)
Wild Beauty
(Dr. Dave Morrow)
Eagle Squadron
(Ramsey)
Top Sergeant
(Al Bennett)
Tropic of Desire
(Commodore Phillips)
Interview with Pontius Pilate
(Theodore Michael)
Madame Spy
(David Bannister)
The President's Mistress
(Craig)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
(Myron Brynk)
Keep 'Em Slugging
(Jerry)
My Friend Irma Goes West
(Mr. Brent)
A Woman for All Men
(Barney)
40 Carats
(Mr. Latham)
Mystery of the White Room
(Dr. Donald Fox)
Gidget Goes to Rome
(Russell Lawrence)
Reconnaissance Pilot
(Camera Instructor)
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
(Captain Dick)
The Last Song
(Philip Brockhurst)
Because You're Mine
(Captain Burton Nordell Loring)
The Fallbrook Story
(Narrator)
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
(Caufield)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
(Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy)
The Rookies
Green Acres
Here's Lucy
(Ken Richards)
Gidget
(Professor Russell Lawrence)
The F.B.I.
(Mason Hammond)
The Love Boat
(Slade Summerhill)
The Bionic Woman
Matlock
Hawaii Five-O
(Jonathan Cavel)
Hotel
The Mod Squad
Three's Company
Dallas
(Matt Devlin)
Vega$
Switch
(Paul Lorimer)
City of Angels
Judd for the Defense
Private Secretary
Ellery Queen
The Paper Chase
Vacation Playhouse
(Battersea, The Housekeeper)
Archer
Love, American Style
The Six Million Dollar Man
(Dr. Stanley Bacon)
Hawaii Five-O
(Alex Kelsey)
Switch
(Salvensen)
Barnaby Jones
(Jeremy Markham)