Porter as Russell Lawrence on the 1965 sitcom Gidget
Born
Donald Cecil Porter
(1912-09-24)September 24, 1912
Miami, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died
February 11, 1997(1997-02-11) (aged 84)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1929 – 1988
Spouse
Peggy Converse
(m. 1944)
Donald Cecil Porter (September 24, 1912 – February 11, 1997) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
On television, he played Peter Sands, the boss of Ann Sothern's character on Private Secretary,[1]: 857 and Russell Lawrence, the widowed father of 15-year-old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence (Sally Field) in the 1965 ABC sitcom Gidget.[1]
^ abTerrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
8, 2015. "Martin. Milner also starred in Gidget with Sally Field and DonPorter, as the 'Big Kahuna' in an early episode by the same name. Milner". The...
Al Lewis, Gordon Jump, Bernie Kopell, Len Lesser, Bob Hastings, Don Keefer, DonPorter, Alan Hale Jr., Melody Patterson, Rusty Hamer, Regis Toomey, Heather...
in Springfield. He often appeared on the show as part of the Porter Wagoner Trio with Don Warden and Speedy Haworth. Warden, on steel guitar, became Wagoner's...
United States and Canada, often with her second husband, fellow actor DonPorter. Her film career started in 1942, with an uncredited part in My Sister...
Look up Porter or porter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Porter may refer to: Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto Porter Chemical Company...
hotel The Bartley House. Co-stars for the series included Ann Tyrrell, DonPorter and Jesse White who had also co-starred with her in Private Secretary...
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty...
Atwill, but the lead roles were played by Ralph Morgan, Irene Hervey and DonPorter, with Atwill in a character role as a pompous doctor who becomes a victim...
Sothern's co-star from Private Secretary, DonPorter, signed on as Katy's boss James Devery. The addition of Porter added romantic tension to the series and...
encounters architectural student DonPorter (Troy Donahue), one of several Americans also rooming at the villa. Don is recovering from a failed relationship...
Kenneth Mars Roddy McDowall Claudette Nevins Leslie Nielsen Nick Nolte DonPorter Stefanie Powers Robert Reed Janice Rule Wayne Rogers William Shatner Joan...
television in the Screen Gems sitcom series Gidget, starring Sally Field. DonPorter, who had played Gidget's father in "Gidget Goes to Rome", reprised the...
Nick Nolte Glynnis O'Connor Michael Parks Larry Pennell Albert Popwell DonPorter Stefanie Powers (billed as Stephanie Powers) Dack Rambo Della Reese John...
Malcolm Michaels Nanette Fabray as Fay Peter Marshall as Greg Carter DonPorter as Ed "Mad Dog" Murphy Arnold Schwarzenegger appears briefly as massage...
origins in the Anaheim Explorer Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, founded by DonPorter in 1958. Practicing on military installations, the corps and its members...
the proposed sitcom titled Pam, which would have featured Franklin and DonPorter as a father and daughter operating the Moana Rexford hotel in Hawaii....
Feather and Father Gang in 1977. In the late 1970s, Mitchell appeared with DonPorter in an episode of Three's Company. She became engaged to Dr. Julian H....
" Later in the run, they were replaced by Dan Dailey, E. G. Marshall, DonPorter, Nicol Williamson, Barbara Baxley, and Peggy Cass. The play was profiled...
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