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 ... om 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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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Gidget
as Professor Russell Lawrence
Episodes: 32
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
Dallas
as Matt Devlin
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Apr 02, 1978
Here's Lucy
as Ken Richards
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
The F.B.I.
as Mason Hammond
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The Love Boat
as Slade Summerhill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Hawaii Five-O
as Jonathan Cavel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Switch
as Paul Lorimer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1975
Vacation Playhouse
as Battersea, The Housekeeper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1963
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Stanley Bacon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1974
Hawaii Five-O
as Alex Kelsey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Switch
as Salvensen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1975
Barnaby Jones
as Jeremy Markham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1973
Private Secretary
Episodes: 104
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
The Bionic Woman
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 14, 1976
The Mod Squad
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Love, American Style
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
The Rookies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
Green Acres
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
Matlock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 1986
Hotel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1982
Three's Company
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 15, 1977
Vega$
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1978
City of Angels
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 03, 1976
Judd for the Defense
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
Ellery Queen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1975
The Paper Chase
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1978
Archer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1975
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