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Don Porter Net Worth

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Don Porter net worth is
$1.9 Million

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Donald Porter (September 24, 1912 – February 11, 1997) was an American actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant and Eagle Squadron, but is perhaps best known for his role as Russell Lawrence, the widowed father of 15-year old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence (Sally Field) in the 1965 ABC situation comedy Gidget. 

Net Worth$1.9 Million
Date Of BirthSeptember 24, 1912
Died1997-02-11
Place Of BirthMiami, Oklahoma, USA
Height5' 10½" (1.79 m)
OccupationActor
ProfessionActor, Director, Sound Department
SpousePeggy Converse
NicknamesDon Porter, Porter, Don
Star SignLibra
#Trademark
1Deep baritone voice

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tenafly1973TV SeriesMiles
The New Perry Mason1973TV SeriesOtis Temple
40 Carats1973Mr. Latham
The Fuzz Brothers1973TV MovieFlowers
The Norliss Tapes1973TV MovieSanford T. Evans
Mod Squad1970-1973TV SeriesWalter Ryan / Dean Prentiss Markham
The Rookies1972TV SeriesGen. Brooker
Banacek1972TV SeriesArnold Leeland
The Candidate1972Senator Crocker Jarmon
Cade's County1972TV SeriesMartin Russell
Green Acres1971TV SeriesBob Carter
Love, American Style1969-1971TV Series segment "Love and the Teddy Bear" / Owen Walker segment "Love and the Single Couple"

- Love and the Heist/Love and the Love Potion/Love and the Teddy Bear 1971 ... segment "Love and the Teddy Bear"

Judd for the Defense1969TV SeriesFrank Vinton
Live a Little, Love a Little1968Mike Lansdown
Love on a Rooftop1966TV SeriesNarrator
Gidget1965-1966TV SeriesProfessor Russell Lawrence
Vacation Playhouse1965TV SeriesBattersea, The Housekeeper
Youngblood Hawke1964Ferdie Lax
Gidget Goes to Rome1963Russell Lawrence
I Love My Doctor1962TV MovieDr. Jim Barkley
Bachelor in Paradise1961Thomas W. Jynson
The Ann Sothern Show1959-1961TV SeriesJames Devery
Desk Set1957Elevator Operator Don (uncredited)
Private Secretary1953-1957TV SeriesPeter Sands
Our Miss Brooks1956Lawrence Nolan
The Turning Point1952Joe Silbray
Because You're Mine1952Captain Burton Nordell Loring
The Savage1952Running Dog (as Donald Porter)
Cripple Creek1952Denver Jones
The Racket1951R.G. Connolly
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone1950Myron Brynk
711 Ocean Drive1950Larry Mason (as Donald Porter)
My Friend Irma Goes West1950Mr. Brent
Buck Privates Come Home1947Captain Christie
Wild Beauty1946Dr. Dave Morrow
Danger Woman1946Prof. Claude Ruppert
Cuban Pete1946Roberts
She-Wolf of London1946Barry Lanfield
Resisting Enemy Interrogation1944Lt. Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Slugging1943Jerry
Madame Spy1942David Bannister
Who Done It?1942Art Fraser
Keeping Fit1942ShortCo-worker
Night Monster1942Dick Baldwin
Eyes of the Underworld1942Edward Jason
Eagle Squadron1942Ramsey
Top Sergeant1942Al Bennett
Sing for Your Supper1941Tim (uncredited)
Mystery of the White Room1939Dr. Donald Fox
CBS Summer Playhouse1988TV SeriesCharles Porter
Matlock1986TV SeriesProf. Erskine Tate
All Together Now1984TV MovieGrandpa Ed Parker
Hotel1983TV SeriesJonathan Corry
The Love Boat1978-1983TV SeriesGeorge Cowens / Slade Summerhill
Fantasy Island1981TV SeriesEmmett Latham
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1980TV SeriesJudge Oliver Haynes
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall1980TV MovieJudge Oliver Haynes
The Last Song1980TV MoviePhilip Brockhurst
Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die1980TV MovieGen. Rocky Jensen
Dallas1980TV SeriesMatt Devlin
Turnabout1979TV SeriesEd
Butterflies in Heat1979Commodore Phillips
Sword of Justice1978TV SeriesJudge Addams
Frankie and Annette: The Second Time Around1978TV MovieThe Dean
Vega$1978TV SeriesSenator William Mitchell
The Paper Chase1978TV SeriesFranklin Ford II
The President's Mistress1978TV MovieCraig
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.1977TV MovieCaufield
Switch1975-1977TV SeriesSalvensen / Paul Lorimer
Three's Company1977TV SeriesUncle Fremont
The Bionic Woman1976-1977TV SeriesDr. James Courtney
Phyllis1977TV SeriesJack
City of Angels1976TV Series
Hawaii Five-O1973-1976TV SeriesAlex Kelsey / Jonathan Cavel
McMillan & Wife1975TV SeriesAdrian Danzinger
Ellery Queen1975TV SeriesGregory Layton
A Woman for All Men1975Barney
White Line Fever1975Cutler
Last Hours Before Morning1975TV MovieMr. Pace
Archer1975TV SeriesRobert Lawrence
The Legend of Lizzie Borden1975TV MovieGeorge Robinson
Insight1975TV SeriesJim Hinds
Barnaby Jones1973-1974TV SeriesAdam Montgomery / Jeremy Markham
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye1974TV MovieEd "Mad Dog" Murphy
Murder or Mercy1974TV MovieHenry Balin
The F.B.I.1974TV SeriesMason Hammond
Mame1974Mr. Upson
Chase1974TV SeriesMiller
The Morning After1974TV MovieRudy King
The Six Million Dollar Man1974TV SeriesDr. Stanley Bacon
Here's Lucy1974TV SeriesKen Richards
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak1974TV SeriesGeorge Owens

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Gidget1966TV Series 1 episode

Sound Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
In Search of...1976TV Series documentary re-recording mixer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Here's Hollywood1961TV SeriesHimself
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane1944DocumentaryCaptain Dick (uncredited)

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Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1974Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsBest Actor in Daytime Drama - For a Special ProgramThe ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)

Known for movies

James Devery

The Ann Sothern Show (1959-1961)
as James Devery

Professor Russell Lawrence

Gidget (1965-1966)
as Professor Russell Lawrence

Senator Crocker Jarmon

The Candidate (1972)
as Senator Crocker Jarmon

Peter Sands

Private Secretary (1953-1957)
as Peter Sands

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