Robert Russell Porter
Robert Russell Porter (November 20, 1908 – August 4, 1986) was an American actor and director of radio, television, and theater.
Early life and education
Robert Russell Porter was born in Sterling, Kansas, on November 20, 1908. His mother, Catherine (Cassie) Wiggins Porter, was a country schoolteacher, and his father, Ellis Kenneth Porter, was a photographer and part-time farmer. They raised five sons. The eldest, Kenneth Wiggins Porter (1905–1981), was a well-known historian and poet.
Russell Porter earned a B.S. in education from Emporia State Teachers College, in Emporia, Kansas, and an M.S. in speech from Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois.
Career
From 1931 until his retirement, Porter was a teacher and practitioner of radio, television, and theater arts. He wrote, performed, produced, and directed countless plays, operas, and narrative poems.
Porter received many honors from the University of Denver, the community, and international theater organizations. Some of the most prestigious were his election as the seventh University of Denver Lecturer, an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Denver, and the Colorado Governor's Award for Distinguished Service in Arts and Humanities.
Personal life
He married Miriam (Mimi) Gilson Porter in 1932, and together they raised one daughter, Phyllida Teresa Porter, who was born in 1934. Miriam was also active in the radio and theater world as an actress.
Death
Robert Russell Porter died on August 4, 1986. Miriam Porter continued living in Denver until her death in 1995.[1]
References
- ↑ "A guide to the R. Russell Porter Papers, 1933–1986". Digital.library.du.edu. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
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- 1908 births
- 1986 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- American male radio actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- American theatre directors
- Emporia State University alumni
- Male actors from Denver
- Male actors from Kansas
- Northwestern University School of Communication alumni
- People from Sterling, Kansas
