Don Oreck

{{short description|American actor}}

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|name=Don Oreck

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|birth_name=Donald Allen Oreck

|birth_date={{birth date|1930|8|31}}

|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, US

|death_date={{death date and age|2006|3|5|1930|8|31}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California, US

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|children=2

|occupation=Film, television actor

|spouse={{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Joanna Moore|1956|1957|end=divorced}}
• {{marriage|Mary Ann Powell|1958|1971|end=divorced}}

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Donald Allen Oreck (August 31, 1930{{Citation needed |date=September 2022}} — March 5, 2006) was an American actor who, between 1955 and 1961, played supporting roles in numerous television series and made uncredited appearances in a few feature films.

A native of Los Angeles, California, Oreck became a member of the Los Angeles Police Department following a stint in the United States Army. While continuing his service with law enforcement, he began taking small acting assignments, which gradually increased in importance until, in the late 1950s, he could be spotted in various installments of television programs.{{Citation needed |date=September 2022}}

In 1959, Oreck and his wife invested in the film You Hurt, I Cry. He also acted in the film, and she was the producing coordinator.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Erskine |title=Hollywood Today! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78967681/the-plain-speaker/ |access-date=June 5, 2021 |work=The Plain Speaker |agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association |date=January 21, 1959 |location=Pennsylvania, Hazleton |page=13|via = Newspapers.com}} Also in 1959, Oreck portrayed the lead in the episode "Gringo Pete" of Rex Allen's syndicated western series Frontier Doctor.