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Donald "Don" Porter was an American actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant and Eagle Squadron, but is perhaps best known for his television roles as Peter Sands, the boss of Ann Sothern's character on Private Secretary, and as Russell Lawrence, the widowed father of 15-year-old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence, in the 1965 ABC sitcom Gidget.
Birth Name
Don Cecil Porter
Born
Tuesday, 24 September 1912
Died
Tuesday, 11 February 1997
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Sixties | Prof. Russell Lawrence | 2013 |
CBS Summer Playhouse | Charles Porter | 1987 |
Matlock | Prof. Erskine Tate | 1986 |
Hotel | Jonathan Corry | 1982 |
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall | Judge Oliver Haynes | 1980 |
The Last Song | Philip Brockhurst | 1980 |
Butterflies in Heat | Commodore Phillips | 1979 |
Turnabout | Ed | 1979 |
Sword of Justice | Judge Addams | 1978 |
The Paper Chase | Franklin Ford II | 1978 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Sixties | Prof. Russell Lawrence | 2013 |
CBS Summer Playhouse | Charles Porter | 1987 |
Matlock | Prof. Erskine Tate | 1986 |
Hotel | Jonathan Corry | 1982 |
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall | Judge Oliver Haynes | 1980 |
The Last Song | Philip Brockhurst | 1980 |
Butterflies in Heat | Commodore Phillips | 1979 |
Turnabout | Ed | 1979 |
Sword of Justice | Judge Addams | 1978 |
The Paper Chase | Franklin Ford II | 1978 |
Vega$ | Senator William Mitchell | 1978 |
Dallas | Matt Devlin | 1978 |
The President's Mistress | Craig | 1978 |
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | Caufield | 1977 |
The Love Boat | George Cowens / Slade Summerhill | 1977 |
Three's Company | Uncle Fremont | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Emmett Latham | 1977 |
City of Angels | Manning | 1976 |
The Bionic Woman | Dr. James Courtney | 1976 |
Phyllis | Jack | 1975 |
A Woman for All Men | Barney | 1975 |
White Line Fever | Cutler | 1975 |
Ellery Queen | Gregory Layton | 1975 |
Switch | Salvensen / Paul Lorimer | 1975 |
The Legend of Lizzie Borden | George Robinson | 1975 |
Archer | Robert Lawrence | 1975 |
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Ed "Mad Dog" Murphy / 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 | 1974 |
The New Perry Mason | Otis Temple | 1973 |
40 Carats | Mr. Latham | 1973 |
Chase | Miller | 1973 |
The Norliss Tapes | Sanford T. Evans | 1973 |
Tenafly | Miles | 1973 |
Barnaby Jones | Adam Montgomery / Jeremy Markham | 1973 |
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | George Owens | 1972 |
The Candidate | Senator Crocker Jarmon | 1972 |
Banacek | Arnold Leeland | 1972 |
The Rookies | Gen. Brooker | 1972 |
Cade's County | Martin Russell | 1971 |
McMillan & Wife | Adrian Danzinger | 1971 |
Love, American Style | (segment "Love and the Teddy Bear") / Owen Walker (segment "Love and the Single Couple") | 1969 |
Live a Little, Love a Little | Mike Lansdown | 1968 |
Mod Squad | Walter Ryan / Dean Prentiss Markham | 1968 |
Here's Lucy | Ken Richards | 1968 |
Hawaii Five-O | Jonathan Cavel / Alex Kelsey | 1968 |
Judd for the Defense | Frank Vinton | 1967 |
Love on a Rooftop | Narrator | 1966 |
The F.B.I. | Mason Hammond | 1965 |
Gidget | Professor Russell Lawrence | 1965 |
Green Acres | Bob Carter | 1965 |
Youngblood Hawke | Ferdie Lax | 1964 |
Gidget Goes to Rome | Russell Lawrence | 1963 |
Vacation Playhouse | Battersea, The Housekeeper | 1963 |
Bachelor in Paradise | Thomas W. Jynson | 1961 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
The Ann Sothern Show | James Devery | 1958 |
Desk Set | Elevator Operator Don | 1957 |
Our Miss Brooks | Lawrence Nolan | 1956 |
The Magical World of Disney | Judge Oliver Haynes | 1954 |
Private Secretary | Peter Sands | 1953 |
The Turning Point | Joe Silbray | 1952 |
Because You're Mine | Captain Burton Nordell Loring / Capt. Burton Nordell Loring | 1952 |
The Savage | Running Dog | 1952 |
Cripple Creek | Denver Jones | 1952 |
The Racket | R.G. Connolly / R. G. Connolly | 1951 |
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | Myron Brynk | 1950 |
711 Ocean Drive | Larry Mason | 1950 |
My Friend Irma Goes West | Mr. Brent | 1950 |
Buck Privates Come Home | Captain Christie / Capt. Christie | 1947 |
Wild Beauty | Dr. Dave Morrow | 1946 |
Danger Woman | Prof. Claude Ruppert / Professor Claude Ruppert | 1946 |
Cuban Pete | Roberts | 1946 |
She-Wolf of London | Barry Lanfield | 1946 |
Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot | 1944 |
Keep 'Em Slugging | Jerry | 1943 |
Madame Spy | David Bannister | 1942 |
Who Done It? | Art Fraser | 1942 |
Night Monster | Dick Baldwin | 1942 |
Eyes of the Underworld | Edward Jason | 1942 |
Eagle Squadron | Ramsey | 1942 |
Top Sergeant | Al Bennett | 1942 |
Sing for Your Supper | Tim | 1941 |
Mystery of the White Room | Dr. Donald Fox | 1939 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Gidget | 1965 |