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
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⭐ 6.481The Racket
⭐ 6.3Buck Privates Come Home
⭐ 6.3White Line Fever
⭐ 6.1711 Ocean Drive
⭐ 6.3The Turning Point
⭐ 6.3She-Wolf of London
⭐ 5.6Who Done It?
⭐ 6.9The Norliss Tapes
⭐ 6Live a Little, Love a Little
⭐ 5.5Bachelor in Paradise
⭐ 6.5Danger Woman
⭐ 0Our Miss Brooks
⭐ 6.2Eyes of the Underworld
⭐ 4.75Night Monster
⭐ 6.2Youngblood Hawke
⭐ 6.1Resisting Enemy Interrogation
⭐ 6.6Desk Set
⭐ 7Cripple Creek
⭐ 5.7The Morning After
⭐ 6.5Cuban Pete
⭐ 5The Savage
⭐ 6.1Last Hours Before Morning
⭐ 2The Murder That Wouldn't Die
⭐ 2The Legend of Lizzie Borden
⭐ 6.7Murder or Mercy
⭐ 0Mame
⭐ 6.2The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
⭐ 6.3Wild Beauty
⭐ 0Eagle Squadron
⭐ 0Top Sergeant
⭐ 6Tropic of Desire
⭐ 6.8Interview with Pontius Pilate
⭐ 0Madame Spy
⭐ 6The President's Mistress
⭐ 6.7Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
⭐ 6Keep 'Em Slugging
⭐ 5.5My Friend Irma Goes West
⭐ 6.1A Woman for All Men
⭐ 5.540 Carats
⭐ 6Mystery of the White Room
⭐ 0Gidget Goes to Rome
⭐ 4.8Reconnaissance Pilot
⭐ 0How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
⭐ 0The Last Song
⭐ 6Because You're Mine
⭐ 6.7The Fallbrook Story
⭐ 0Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
⭐ 5.4Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
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