Don Porter
Biography: 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 200 plays, including The Front Page, Plaza Suite, and Any Wednesday. 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 sitcom Private Secretary. A retooled version of the series appeared later, titled The Ann Sothern Show. It featured many of the same actors, including Porter as hotel manager James Devery 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 24, 1912
Deathday: February 11, 1997
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The Candidate
1972-06-29
The Candidate
Overview: Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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The Racket
1951-10-25
The Racket
Overview: The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
Buck Privates Come Home
Overview: Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Genres: Comedy Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-04
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White Line Fever
1975-07-16
White Line Fever
Overview: An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.
Genres: Romance Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-16
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711 Ocean Drive
1950-07-01
711 Ocean Drive
Overview: A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-01
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The Turning Point
1952-07-12
The Turning Point
Overview: Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-12
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She-Wolf of London
1946-05-17
She-Wolf of London
Overview: A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-17
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Who Done It?
1942-10-30
Who Done It?
Overview: Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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The Norliss Tapes
1973-02-21
The Norliss Tapes
Overview: A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-21
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Live a Little, Love a Little
1968-10-23
Live a Little, Love a Little
Overview: Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-23
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Bachelor in Paradise
1961-11-01
Bachelor in Paradise
Overview: A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-01
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Danger Woman
1946-07-12
Danger Woman
Overview: A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-12
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Our Miss Brooks
1956-04-24
Our Miss Brooks
Overview: The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher Philip Boynton (Robert Rockwell).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-24
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Eyes of the Underworld
1942-10-02
Eyes of the Underworld
Overview: Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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Night Monster
1942-10-20
Night Monster
Overview: Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-20
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Youngblood Hawke
1964-11-04
Youngblood Hawke
Overview: An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944-08-01
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Overview: A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-01
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Desk Set
1957-08-02
Desk Set
Overview: A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-02
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Cripple Creek
1952-06-30
Cripple Creek
Overview: It's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the outlaws are stealing high grade ore, having it smelted, and then having it plated to look like lead. The Government sends agents Bret and Larry who arrive in Cripple Creek posing as Texas gunfighters. Bret finds the smelting operation and Larry learns of the payoff. But the crooked town Marshal is suspicious of the two men and the reply of his inquiry to Texas exposes them putting their lives in danger.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-30
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The Morning After
1974-02-13
The Morning After
Overview: A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life. ABC Movie of the Week.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-13
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Cuban Pete
1946-06-26
Cuban Pete
Overview: Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to an American radio program. Attracted to Ann, Arnaz and his band come to New York but complications arise when the squeaky-voiced, addle-brained sponsor of the program decides she wants to be the vocalist on the program.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-26
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The Savage
1952-09-01
The Savage
Overview: The only white survivor of a Crow Indian raid on a wagon train is a young boy. He is rescued by the Sioux, and the Sioux chief raises him as an Indian in very way. Years later, the white men and the Sioux threaten to go to war and the Indian-raised white man is torn between his racial loyalties and his adopted tribe.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-01
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Last Hours Before Morning
1975-04-19
Last Hours Before Morning
Overview: An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-19
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The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980-03-09
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Overview: William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as a college security chief and assistant football coach in this pilot to a post-"Cannon" series to have been called "Battles." With the aid of his niece, the school's star football player, a local tough-turned-college student, and the college dean, he investigates two related murders that occurred nearly 40 years apart.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-09
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975-02-10
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Overview: A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-10
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Murder or Mercy
1974-04-10
Murder or Mercy
Overview: An attorney comes out of retirement to defend a prominent doctor, who has been accused of the mercy killing of his wife.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-10
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Mame
1974-03-07
Mame
Overview: The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-07
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The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
1980-12-21
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Overview: Ghosts and a young cadet try to save a military academy from being closed.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-21
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Wild Beauty
1946-08-08
Wild Beauty
Overview: In this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle doctor who helps the boy save his beloved steed from the cruel industrialist who has been slaughtering horses and using their hides for making shoes. Read more at http://www.allmovie.com/movie/wild-beauty-v117011#MPOP1dAiWrjP7tqA.99
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-08
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Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
Eagle Squadron
Overview: An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Genres: Romance War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-16
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Top Sergeant
1942-06-14
Top Sergeant
Overview: An army sergeant recognises a young recruit as the man responsible for his brother's death, while attempting a robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-14
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Tropic of Desire
1979-06-15
Tropic of Desire
Overview: A male hustler drifts into Key West, where he becomes involved in a series of steamy interludes with disreputable locals intertwined in various political intrigues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-15
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Interview with Pontius Pilate
1980-01-01
Interview with Pontius Pilate
Overview: A twentieth century TV journalist conducts an exclusive first century interview with Pontius Pilate thirty years after Christ's death. Go back in time to 64 A.D. with interviewer newsman Theodore Michael (Don Porter). As he speaks with Pontius Pilate (Guy Stockwell) and his wife Claudia Procula (Lesley Woods), Pilate reveals his innermost thoughts about Jesus' trial and the Good Friday judgment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Madame Spy
1942-12-11
Madame Spy
Overview: Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-11
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The President's Mistress
1978-02-10
The President's Mistress
Overview: A government courier is caught in a deadly cover-up after discovering that his murdered sister was not only the mistress of a U.S. president, but also a Soviet spy.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-10
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950-12-08
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Overview: Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-08
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Keep 'Em Slugging
1943-03-01
Keep 'Em Slugging
Overview: A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-01
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My Friend Irma Goes West
1950-06-25
My Friend Irma Goes West
Overview: Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-25
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A Woman for All Men
1975-08-01
A Woman for All Men
Overview: Irascible and domineering millionaire Walter McCoy marries the beautiful, but shady and duplicitous Karen Petrie. Walter's son Steve automatically becomes smitten with Karen while both Walter's daughter Cynthia and loyal housekeeper Sarah suspect that something is up. This provokes a tangled web of deception, infidelity, and even murder.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-01
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40 Carats
1973-06-28
40 Carats
Overview: After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Peter Latham again. Until, that is, he shows up on her doorstep to take her daughter to a party. Despite her yearning for Peter and the encouragement of her friends and family, Ann initially rebuffs him when he pursues her, but slowly she yields to his charm and her own stifled emotions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-28
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Mystery of the White Room
1939-03-17
Mystery of the White Room
Overview: A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-17
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Gidget Goes to Rome
1963-08-07
Gidget Goes to Rome
Overview: Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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Reconnaissance Pilot
1943-01-25
Reconnaissance Pilot
Overview: Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-25
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How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
1944-03-14
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
Overview: Documentary feature film depicting the training of young Lieutenant Jim Anthony as a pilot of the B-26 Marauder bomber. Dick, the captain charged with pilot instruction, leads Jim through every aspect of preparation to fly the bomber, going through a detailed checklist of pre-flight procedures, long before he allows Jim to turn an engine over. Once preparations are completed, Dick shows Jim the process of starting the engines, followed by take-off. In the air, further instruction helps Jim understand the various limits and capabilities of the aircraft. When one engine fails, Dick must simultaneously guide the limping plane back to a safe landing and explain to Jim each step of the procedure.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-14
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The Last Song
1980-10-23
The Last Song
Overview: An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner, in their electronic eavesdropping business, were murdered, and discovers that she and her daughter are now being stalked by the killers.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-23
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Because You're Mine
1952-10-01
Because You're Mine
Overview: A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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The Fallbrook Story
1952-01-01
The Fallbrook Story
Overview: “The Fallbrook Story,” is a 20-minute film of Cold War-era uneasiness in which director Frank Capra rails against what he calls the evils of Big Bureaucracy. In 1951, Capra lived in Fallbrook, California on his 1,000-acre Red Mountain Ranch farm filled with olive groves. The federal government, which had purchased the old Rancho Santa Margarita land in 1941 to build Camp Pendleton, was concerned that ranchers upstream would take or pollute the Santa Margarita River, which ran through Camp Pendleton. Capra’s film documents how Fallbrook residents fought back against the federal government.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977-12-26
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Overview: Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-26
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Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974-11-19
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Overview: As her 25th anniversary approaches, Norma Michaels realizes that her marriage to her dentist husband Malcolm has become boring. Seeking independence, Norma turns to her friend Fay while Malcolm receives advice from his swinging associate Greg.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-19
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