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