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Don Porter

Don Porter

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

24/09/1912

Day of Death

11/02/1997
(85) years old

Place of Birth

Miami, Oklahoma, USA

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 sitc... Read More

Known For

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

The Last Song

The Last Song

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

Tropic of Desire

Tropic of Desire

The President's Mistress

The President's Mistress

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

A Woman for All Men

A Woman for All Men

White Line Fever

White Line Fever

Last Hours Before Morning

Last Hours Before Morning

Filmography

Cast

1980

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

as Judge Oliver Haynes

1980

The Last Song

as Philip Brockhurst

1980

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

as Gen. Rocky Jensen

1980

Interview with Pontius Pilate

as Theodore Michael

1979

Tropic of Desire

as Commodore Phillips

1978

The President's Mistress

as Craig

1977

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

as Caufield

1975

A Woman for All Men

as Barney

1975

White Line Fever

as Cutler

1975

Last Hours Before Morning

as Mr. Pace

1975

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

as George Robinson

1974

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

as Ed 'Mad Dog' Murphy

1974

Murder or Mercy

as Henry Balin

1974

Mame

as Mr. Upson

1974

The Morning After

as Rudy King

1973

40 Carats

as Mr. Latham

1973

The Norliss Tapes

as Sanford T. Evans

1972

The Candidate

as Senator Crocker Jarmon

1968

Live a Little, Love a Little

as Mike Lansdown

1964

Youngblood Hawke

as Ferdie Lax

1963

Gidget Goes to Rome

as Russell Lawrence

1961

Bachelor in Paradise

as Thomas W. Jynson

1957

Desk Set

as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1956

Our Miss Brooks

as Lawrence Nolan

1952

Because You're Mine

as Captain Burton Nordell Loring

1952

The Savage

as Running Dog

1952

The Turning Point

as Joe Silbray

1952

Cripple Creek

as Denver Jones

1952

The Fallbrook Story

as Narrator

1951

The Racket

as R. G. Connolly

1950

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

as Myron Brynk

1950

711 Ocean Drive

as Larry Mason

1950

My Friend Irma Goes West

as Mr. Brent

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Capt. Christie

1946

Wild Beauty

as Dr. Dave Morrow

1946

Danger Woman

as Professor Claude Ruppert

1946

Cuban Pete

as Roberts

1946

She-Wolf of London

as Barry Lanfield

1944

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

as Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co...

1944

How to Fly the B-26 Airplane

as Captain Dick

1943

Keep 'Em Slugging

as Jerry

1943

Reconnaissance Pilot

as Camera Instructor

1942

Madame Spy

as David Bannister

1942

Who Done It?

as 'Murder at Midnight' program manager

1942

Night Monster

as Dick Baldwin

1942

Eyes of the Underworld

as Edward Jason

1942

Eagle Squadron

as Ramsey

1942

Top Sergeant

as Al Bennett

1939

Mystery of the White Room

as Dr. Donald Fox