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name: "Don Porter"
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born: "24 September 1912"
died: "11 February 1997"
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# Don Porter

Actor. Born 24 September 1912 in Miami, Oklahoma, USA. Died 11 February 1997.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 September 1912, Miami, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 11 February 1997
- **Also known as:** Donald Porter, Donald Cecil Porter
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Porter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5293332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94294

## Biography

Don Porter (born Donald Cecil Porter) was an American stage, film and television actor. He was born on 24 September 1912 in Miami, Oklahoma, and died on 11 February 1997 in Beverly Hills, California.

Porter began acting on radio and stage in the 1930s. He appeared in more than 200 plays, with Broadway credits including *Any Wednesday* (1964), *Plaza Suite* (1968) and *The Front Page* (1969). His film roles included R. G. Connolly in *The Racket* (1951), a part in *The Candidate* (1972) and an uncredited appearance in *Desk Set* (1957).

On television he played Peter Sands in the sitcom *Private Secretary* (1950s) and Russell Lawrence, the father of the title character, in *Gidget* (1965). He made guest appearances in series including *The Six Million Dollar Man*, *Hawaii Five-O*, *Three's Company* and *Matlock*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Racket* (1951), Fi1m 60, as R. G. Connolly — [page](https://film.one/film/the-racket.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Erskine Tate
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Jonathan Corry
- *The Ghosts of Buxley Hall* (1980), as Judge Oliver Haynes
- *The Last Song* (1980), as Philip Brockhurst
- *The Murder That Wouldn't Die* (1980), as Gen. Rocky Jensen
- *Interview with Pontius Pilate* (1980), as Theodore Michael
- *Tropic of Desire* (1979), as Commodore Phillips
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor
- *The Paper Chase* (1978), series, Actor
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Matt Devlin
- *The President's Mistress* (1978), as Craig
- *Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.* (1977), as Caufield
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Slade Summerhill, George Cowens
- *Three's Company* (1977), series, Actor
- *City of Angels* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, Actor
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Paul Lorimer, Salvensen
- *A Woman for All Men* (1975), as Barney
- *White Line Fever* (1975), as Cutler
- *Last Hours Before Morning* (1975), as Mr. Pace
- *The Legend of Lizzie Borden* (1975), as George Robinson
- *Archer* (1975), series, Actor
- *Happy Anniversary and Goodbye* (1974), as Ed Murphy
- *Murder or Mercy* (1974), as Henry Balin
- *Mame* (1974), as Mr. Upson
- *The Morning After* (1974), as Rudy King
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Dr. Stanley Bacon
- *40 Carats* (1973), as Mr. Latham
- *The Norliss Tapes* (1973), as Sanford T. Evans
- *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Jeremy Markham
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Candidate* (1972), as Senator Crocker Jarmon
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, Actor
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Jonathan Cavel, Alex Kelsey
- *Live a Little, Love a Little* (1968), as Mike Lansdown
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Ken Richards
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Mason Hammond
- *Green Acres* (1965), series, Actor
- *Gidget* (1965), series, as Professor Russell Lawrence · Director
- *Youngblood Hawke* (1964), as Ferdie Lax
- *Gidget Goes to Rome* (1963), as Russell Lawrence
- *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, as Battersea, The Housekeeper
- *Bachelor in Paradise* (1961), as Thomas W. Jynson
- *Desk Set* (1957), as Don the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- *Our Miss Brooks* (1956), as Lawrence Nolan
- *Private Secretary* (1953), series, Actor
- *Because You're Mine* (1952), as Captain Burton Nordell Loring
- *The Savage* (1952), as Running Dog
- *The Turning Point* (1952), as Joe Silbray
- *Cripple Creek* (1952), as Denver Jones
- *The Fallbrook Story* (1952), as Narrator
- *The Racket* (1951), as R. G. Connolly — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-racket.md)
- *Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone* (1950), as Myron Brynk
- *711 Ocean Drive* (1950), as Larry Mason
- *My Friend Irma Goes West* (1950), as Mr. Brent
- *Buck Privates Come Home* (1947), as Capt. Christie
- *Wild Beauty* (1946), as Dr. Dave Morrow
- *Danger Woman* (1946), as Professor Claude Ruppert
- *Cuban Pete* (1946), as Roberts
- *She-Wolf of London* (1946), as Barry Lanfield
- *Resisting Enemy Interrogation* (1944), as Lt. Frank L. Williams · Jr. - American Co-pilot
- *How to Fly the B-26 Airplane* (1944), as Captain Dick
- *Keep 'Em Slugging* (1943), as Jerry
- *Reconnaissance Pilot* (1943), as Camera Instructor
- *Madame Spy* (1942), as David Bannister
- *Who Done It?* (1942), as 'Murder at Midnight' program manager
- *Night Monster* (1942), as Dick Baldwin
- *Eyes of the Underworld* (1942), as Edward Jason
- *Eagle Squadron* (1942), as Ramsey
- *Top Sergeant* (1942), as Al Bennett
- *Mystery of the White Room* (1939), as Dr. Donald Fox

## Gallery

- ![Don Porter](https://film.one/media/person/1224134/gallery-0e46bf44dfd8.jpg) Don Porter — McFadden, Strauss, Eddy & Irwin-public relations, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Don_Porter_Gidget_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo from the made for television film The Legend of Lizzie Borden. Lizzie Borden (Elizabeth Montgomery) is shown in court with her lawyer (Don Porter) to hear (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/1224134/gallery-b20c65a5030e.jpg) Photo from the made for television film The Legend of Lizzie Borden. Lizzie Borden (Elizabeth Montgomery) is shown in court with her lawyer (Don Porter) to hear (1975) — Paramount Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Elizabeth_Montgomery_Legend_of_Lizzie_Borden_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Don Porter](https://film.one/media/person/1224134/gallery-e031c3f05462.jpg) Don Porter — Image via TMDB
- ![Don Porter](https://film.one/media/person/1224134/gallery-a53f1e9d81ae.jpg) Don Porter — Image via TMDB

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