Doug Salter

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Doug Salter is the closeted middle-aged father in the groundbreaking 1972 TV movie "That Certain Summer," struggling to reconcile his homosexuality with his responsibilities to his teenage son.

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Doug Salter canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
age middle-aged ⓘ
appearsIn That Certain Summer ⓘ
createdFor ABC Movie of the Week ⓘ
exSpouse Cindy Salter ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1972 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasChild Nick Salter ⓘ
hasRomanticPartner Gary McClain ⓘ
maritalStatus divorced ⓘ
medium television film ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
networkOfOriginalBroadcast ABC ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first sympathetic gay father characters on American television ⓘ
occupation schoolteacher ⓘ
parentOf Nick Salter ⓘ
portrayedBy Hal Holbrook ⓘ
relationshipToGaryMcClain long-term same-sex partner ⓘ
residence San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
strugglesWith accepting his homosexuality ⓘ
coming out to his son ⓘ
social stigma around homosexuality ⓘ
themeAssociation LGBT representation on television ⓘ
coming out ⓘ
father–son relationship ⓘ
internalized homophobia ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory early 1970s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

That Certain Summer → mainCharacter → Doug Salter ⓘ
Janet Salter → hasSpouse → Doug Salter ⓘ
subject linked to: Janet Salter – Hope Lange
Janet Salter → helpsCharacter → Doug Salter ⓘ
subject linked to: Janet Salter – Hope Lange