- Born
- Birth nameDonald James Burnett
- Not unlike Don Burnett's father Albert John Burnett who served in World War I in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Don also became involved with the military, the American forces, graduating from the Army Officer Candidate Division on November 8, 1952, Class No. 52, Commissioned at Fort Riley, Kansas, as Lt. Donald J. Burnett.
- IMDb mini biography by: Parhelion House
- SpousesBarbara Anderson(February 14, 1971 - present)Gia Scala(August 21, 1959 - September 1, 1970) (divorced)
- ParentsAlbert John BurnettRosina Kathleen Forhan
- RelativesMary Ruth Burnett(Sibling)Norman Stanley Burnett(Sibling)
- Burnett met Rock Hudson in Malibu. Later, they became good friends. They liked to swim and sail.
- After several separations and reconciliations, he broke up with actress wife Gia Scala on grounds of incompatibility and divorced her in September of 1970. The following year he had to obtain a restraining order against his clinically-depressed wife in order to prevent her from harassing and striking him.
- Married actress Gia Scala (whom he met while filming Don't Go Near the Water (1957)) in 1957. They divorced in 1970. In 1971, he married actress Barbara Anderson who played the blonde cop on TV's Ironside (1967) series.
- Later became a successful stockbroker.
- After his ex-wife Gia Scala died from a drug overdose in 1972; he was one of the pallbearers at her funeral. Don's father also attended with his second wife. Don's mother, Rose, had passed away April 6, 1959.
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