Don Porter
- Schauspiel
- 24. September 1912 · Miami, Oklahoma, USA
- 11. Februar 1997
Biografie
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 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.
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Filmografie
- Matlock · Erskine Tate
- Hotel · Jonathan Corry
- Die Geister von Huxley Hall · Judge Oliver Haynes
- Hauch des Todes · Philip Brockhurst
- The Murder That Wouldn't Die · Gen. Rocky Jensen
- Interview with Pontius Pilate · Theodore Michael
- Paradies der Leidenschaften · Commodore Phillips
- Vegas
- The Paper Chase
- Dallas · Matt Devlin
- Die Geliebte des Präsidenten · Craig
- Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. · Caufield
- Love Boat · Slade Summerhill, George Cowens
- Herzbube mit zwei Damen
- City of Angels
- Die Sieben-Millionen-Dollar-Frau
- Ellery Queen
- Die Zwei mit dem Dreh · Paul Lorimer, Salvensen
- A Woman for All Men · Barney
- Straße der Gewalt · Cutler
- Last Hours Before Morning · Mr. Pace
- The Legend of Lizzie Borden · George Robinson
- Archer
- Happy Anniversary and Goodbye · Ed Murphy
- Murder or Mercy · Henry Balin
- Mame · Mr. Upson
- The Morning After · Rudy King
- Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann · Dr. Stanley Bacon
- Vierzig Karat · Mr. Latham
- The Norliss Tapes · Sanford T. Evans
- Barnaby Jones · Jeremy Markham
- California Cops - Neu im Einsatz
- Bill McKay - Der Kandidat · Senator Crocker Jarmon
- Wo die Liebe hinfällt
- Hawaii Fünf-Null · Jonathan Cavel, Alex Kelsey
- Liebling, lass das Lügen · Mike Lansdown
- Twen-Police
- Here's Lucy · Ken Richards
- Der Strafverteidiger
- F.B.I. · Mason Hammond
- Green Acres
- Gidget · Professor Russell Lawrence, Regie
- Ein Mann kam nach New York · Ferdie Lax
- April entdeckt Rom · Russell Lawrence
- Vacation Playhouse · Battersea, The Housekeeper
- Junggeselle im Paradies · Thomas W. Jynson
- Eine Frau, die alles weiß · Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Our Miss Brooks · Lawrence Nolan
- Private Secretary
- Mein Herz singt nur für Dich · Captain Burton Nordell Loring
- Der weiße Sohn der Sioux · Running Dog
- The Turning Point · Joe Silbray
- Zwei räumen auf · Denver Jones
- The Fallbrook Story · Narrator
- Gangster · R. G. Connolly
- Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone · Myron Brynk
- Der Henker saß am Tisch · Larry Mason
- Irma im goldenen Westen · Mr. Brent
- Zwei trübe Tassen – vom Militär entlassen · Capt. Christie
- Wild Beauty · Dr. Dave Morrow
- Danger Woman · Professor Claude Ruppert
- Cuban Pete · Roberts
- Die Werwölfin von London · Barry Lanfield
- Resisting Enemy Interrogation · Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot
- How to Fly the B-26 Airplane · Captain Dick
- Keep 'Em Slugging · Jerry
- Reconnaissance Pilot · Camera Instructor
- Madame Spy · David Bannister
- Who Done It? · 'Murder at Midnight' program manager
- Night Monster · Dick Baldwin
- Eyes of the Underworld · Edward Jason
- Eagle Squadron · Ramsey
- Top Sergeant · Al Bennett
- Mystery of the White Room · Dr. Donald Fox