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Donald Porter
Donald Cecil Porter
Don Porter
Acting
Biography
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 S…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
as Judge Oliver Haynes
The Last Song
as Philip Brockhurst
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
as Gen. Rocky Jensen
Interview with Pontius Pilate
as Theodore Michael
Tropic of Desire
as Commodore Phillips
The President's Mistress
as Craig
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
as Caufield
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as George Robinson
White Line Fever
as Cutler
A Woman for All Men
as Barney
