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Actor Born: 1912 in Miami, OK Death: February 11, 1997 Biography:After a few seasons of stage work, "Don Porter" signed a Universal Pictures contract in 1939. Porter spent most of his screen time at Universal as a general-purpose actor: he was most interestingly cast in Abbott and Costello's "Who Done It?" (1942), energetically participating in the film's slapstick climax. In the postwar years, Porter played many a stuffed-shirt businessman, often with a few illegal irons in the fire. On television, he played "Ann Sothern"'s eternally flummoxed boss, theatrical agent Peter Sands, in the long-running (1953-57) sitcom "Private Secretary" (aka "Susie"). When Sothern decided to make a few alterations in her subsequent "Ann Sothern Show"(1958-61), she brought in her old friend and colleague Porter to play another boss, hotelier James Devery. In 1963, Porter was cast as Gidget's dad Mr. Lawrence in the theatrical feature "Gidget Goes to Rome" (1963); this led to his... Full Biography
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