Don Porter [94294] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.5711 Birthplace: Miami, Oklahoma, USA Birthday: 1912-09-24 Deathday: 1997-02-11 Age: 84 years Movies: 49 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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 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. The Ghosts of Bu1980-12-21 The Last Song1980-10-23 The Murder That 1980-03-09 Interview with P1980-01-01 Tropic of Desire1979-06-15 The President's 1978-02-10 Christmas Miracl1977-12-26 A Woman for All 1975-08-01 White Line Fever1975-07-16 Last Hours Befor1975-04-19 The Legend of Li1975-02-10 Happy Anniversar1974-11-19 Murder or Mercy1974-04-10 Mame1974-03-07 The Morning Afte1974-02-13 40 Carats1973-06-28 The Norliss Tape1973-02-21 The Candidate1972-06-29 Live a Little, L1968-10-23 Youngblood Hawke1964-11-04 Gidget Goes to R1963-08-07 Bachelor in Para1961-11-01 Desk Set1957-08-02 Our Miss Brooks1956-04-24 Because You're M1952-10-01 The Savage1952-09-01 The Turning Poin1952-07-12 Cripple Creek1952-06-30 The Fallbrook St1952-01-01 The Racket1951-10-25 Mrs. O'Malley an1950-12-08 711 Ocean Drive1950-07-01 My Friend Irma G1950-06-25 Buck Privates Co1947-04-04 Wild Beauty1946-08-08 Danger Woman1946-07-12 Cuban Pete1946-06-26 She-Wolf of Lond1946-05-17 Resisting Enemy 1944-08-01 How to Fly the B1944-03-14 Keep 'Em Sluggin1943-03-01 Reconnaissance P1943-01-25 Madame Spy1942-12-11 Who Done It?1942-10-30 Night Monster1942-10-20 Eyes of the Unde1942-10-02 Eagle Squadron1942-06-16 Top Sergeant1942-06-14 Mystery of the W1939-03-17