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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Murder Pro Bono
- Jailbird's Daughter
- Murder Pro Bono EBook
- Dealership EBook
- Jailbird's Daughter Ebook
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Film & TV
Miami, Oklahoma, USA
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…
Known for
- Matlock — Erskine Tate1986
- Hotel — Jonathan Corry1982
- The Murder That Wouldn't Die — Gen. Rocky Jensen1980
- The Ghosts of Buxley Hall — Judge Oliver Haynes1980
- Interview with Pontius Pilate — Theodore Michael1980
- The Last Song — Philip Brockhurst1980
- Tropic of Desire — Commodore Phillips1979
- The President's Mistress — Craig1978
- Dallas — Matt Devlin1978
- Vega$1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 16
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Don
- Family name
- Porter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Don Porter Gidget 1968.JPG
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- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Don Porter
- date of death
- 1997-02-11
- date of birth
- 1912-09-24
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