Don Porter

Donald "Don" 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.

Life and career

Born in Miami, Oklahoma, Porter began his acting career in the late 1930s. He appeared in various films in the 1940s before landing the role of Peter Sands, the boss of Susan Camille MacNamara (Ann Sothern) on the 1950s situation comedy Private Secretary. A retooled version of the series appeared later, titled The Ann Sothern Show. It featured many of the same actors, including Porter, in the venue of a fashionable New York City hotel. He later guest starred on episodes of Green Acres, Love, American Style, The Mod Squad, Barnaby Jones, The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, Three's Company (on which he played Jack Tripper's uncle), and Switch. Porter also had a lucrative stage career that included the long-running hit Any Wednesday (1964) opposite Sandy Dennis and Gene Hackman.

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Darren Cooper's first 'Scoops on Softball' blog of 2025: Everything to know for the season

northjersey.com 22 Mar 2025
I start my list at 50 wins and I am sure there are probably a few players the last couple of years who belong on here (Kayla Porter from Bergenfield, Arianna Barrett from IHA), but I don’t have their numbers.
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Can downward gun violence trends in north Minneapolis curb a perception that it’s unsafe?

MinnPost 21 Mar 2025
Outsiders’ perception of north Minneapolis is often driven by racism, said Kristel Porter, lifelong north Minneapolis resident and executive director of the West Broadway Business and Area Coalition. “We need to call a spade a spade,” Porter said.
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Maryland’s March Madness hopes rest with the ‘Crab Five’

Wtop 21 Mar 2025
“I don’t think it’s talking about it so much, it’s just the way that those guys go about their business,” Rams coach Niko Medved said ... “We don’t have this huge pressure of expectations.
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Gary airport authority board updates minimum standards, hears comments on House bill

Chicago Tribune 20 Mar 2025
Four board members are currently appointed by the Gary mayor and governor, and Lake and Porter counties both appoint one person each. Residents are concerned that Gary will lose representation and don’t believe it’s fair for the city.
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Maryland's March Madness hopes rest with the 'Crab Five'

Newsday 20 Mar 2025
“I don’t think it’s talking about it so much, it’s just the way that those guys go about their business,” Rams coach Niko Medved said ... “We don’t have this huge pressure of expectations.
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After 'heavy year,' reigning champ UConn takes aim at Oklahoma

Coppell Gazette 20 Mar 2025
RALEIGH, N.C ... "It can change your life." ... 1 seed Florida in the second round ... "I don't know if anybody knows how to win more in recent years than UConn," said Oklahoma coach Porter Moser, who pointed out that the challenge can be embraced ... ....
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'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away

Gulf News 20 Mar 2025
Meru, Kenya ... "It was very beautiful," he told AFP mournfully on a recent ascent.  ... "If they don't have that, they will just melt away," he said. Porter and guide Godfrey Mwangi, 28, said he has already seen many glaciers disappear.  ... .
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Dan Burn buzz hits his former Asda store as staff to retire 33 porter jacket

Yahoo Daily News 19 Mar 2025
Asda staff have been living and breathing the Burn buzz this week after the Magpies ended their 70-year wait for domestic silverware - all thanks to the help of their ex-trolley porter ... porter jacket.
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‘80s movie star denies rumors he’s squatting in multimillion-dollar home: Buzz

The Post-Standard 19 Mar 2025
Yahoo Serious, an Australian actor and filmmaker best known for the 1988 filmYoung Einstein,” was reportedly living illegally in a “granny flat” beneath a Sydney property owned by Charles Phillip Porter, who has since been moved to a nursing home.
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No compensation for care assistant sexually harassed by Rotunda porter

RTE 18 Mar 2025
A maternity hospital will not have to pay compensation to a female care assistant who claimed she was forced to quit because its management let a porter who sexually harassed her stay on staff.
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Former Brasserie Brixton chefs taking Osaka Ramen space in RiNo

Denver Post 18 Mar 2025
Nearly a decade ago, chefs Harrison Porter and Rema Maaliki met while cooking at Mercantile, the Union Station joint started by James Beard-winner Alex Seidel ... Porter and Maaliki said Bear Leek, which ...
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Nuggets could swap Michael Porter Jr. for ex-Warriors All-Star forward this summer

Sportingnews 16 Mar 2025
“If Denver doesn't win this year, should it look to add another high-level, expensive star at the cost of depth—like (Kevin) Durant for (Michael) Porter, (Julian) Strawther, (Zeke) Nnaji, (Dario) Šarić and others?”.
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Suns' Devin Booker could leave Phoenix for Nuggets this summer to assist Nikola Jokic

Sportingnews 13 Mar 2025
Saenz noted that although Jamal Murray and/or Michael Porter Jr ... “If the Suns don't have much interest in retooling around the likes of Jamal Murray and/or Michael Porter Jr., there would have to be three or four teams involved,” Saenz stated ... .
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Tax relief, road projects competing for dollars in Lansing

Detroit news 13 Mar 2025
... you, not people who don't need them," McMorrow said. However, Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, said the state budget had "exploded" while family budgets shrunk under Democrats.
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Throwback: When Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested for alleged assault on his girlfriend, but she later refuted the claims

The Times of India 12 Mar 2025
This had caused a huge uproar among his fans, and Kevin Porter Jr ... However, a few months later, all charges against him were dropped.Kevin Porter Jr ... Kevin Porter Jr ... While Kevin Porter Jr ... I don’t have any injuries to support that.”Kevin Porter Jr.
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