DON PORTER
ACTING
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.
The Candidate 1972
The Racket 1951
Buck Privates Come Home 1947
White Line Fever 1975
711 Ocean Drive 1950
The Turning Point 1952
She-Wolf of London 1946
Who Done It? 1942
The Norliss Tapes 1973
Live a Little, Love a Little 1968
Bachelor in Paradise 1961
Our Miss Brooks 1956
Eyes of the Underworld 1942
Night Monster 1942
Youngblood Hawke 1964
Resisting Enemy Interrogation 1944
Desk Set 1957
Cripple Creek 1952
The Morning After 1974
Cuban Pete 1946
The Savage 1952
The Legend of Lizzie Borden 1975
Murder or Mercy 1974
Mame 1974
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall 1980
Wild Beauty 1946
Eagle Squadron 1942
Top Sergeant 1942
Madame Spy 1942
The President's Mistress 1978
Keep 'Em Slugging 1943
My Friend Irma Goes West 1950
40 Carats 1973
Mystery of the White Room 1939
Gidget Goes to Rome 1963
Because You're Mine 1952
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. 1977
Gidget 1965
The F.B.I. 1965
The Love Boat 1977
Hawaii Five-O 1968
Dallas 1978
Switch 1975
Vacation Playhouse 1963
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974
Barnaby Jones 1973