Donald O'Connor

Personal Info

Birthday

August 28, 1925

Day of Death

2003-09-27

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor

دونالد اوکانر

Donald O'Connor

Biography

Donald O’Connor was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. He is best known today for his role in Singin' in the Rain.

Known For

Columbo

Frasier

Murder, She Wrote

The Nanny

The Love Boat

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Great Performances

Simon & Simon

Filmography

2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
as Self
2000
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
1997
Out to Sea
as Jonathan Devereaux
1996
Father Frost
as Baba Yaga
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
as Uncle Cyrus
1992
Toys
as Kenneth Zevo
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1987
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
as Alex the Mouse
A Time to Remember
as Father Walsh
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1982
Pandemonium
as Glenn's Dad
1981
Ragtime
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
1980
Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self
1978
The Big Fix
as Francis Joins The Navy
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Lion Roars Again
as Self (uncredited)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
1965
That Funny Feeling
as Harvey Granson
1963
Marilyn
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
The Wonders of Aladdin
as Aladdin
Cry for Happy
as Murray Prince
1957
The Buster Keaton Story
as Buster Keaton
1956
Anything Goes
as Ted Adams
1955
Francis in the Navy
as Peter Stirling
1954
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Tim Donahue
Francis Joins the WACS
as Peter Stirling
1953
Walking My Baby Back Home
as Clarence "Jigger" Millard
Francis Covers the Big Town
as Peter Stirling
Call Me Madam
as Kenneth Gibson
I Love Melvin
as Melvin Hoover
1952
Francis Goes to West Point
as Peter Stirling
Singin' in the Rain
as Cosmo Brown
1951
Francis Goes to the Races
as Peter Stirling
Double Crossbones
as Davey Crandall
1950
The Milkman
as Roger Bradley
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Edward Timmons
Francis
as Peter Stirling
1949
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
as William Waldo Winfield
1948
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Wilbur McMurty
Are You With It?
as Milton Haskins
1947
Something in the Wind
as Charlie Read
1945
Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Jr.
1944
Bowery to Broadway
as Specialty dancer
The Merry Monahans
as Jimmy Monahan
This Is the Life
as Jimmy Plum
Follow the Boys
as Donald O'Connor
Chip Off the Old Block
as Donald Corrigan
1943
Top Man
as Don Warren
Mister Big
as Donald J. O'Connor
It Comes Up Love
as Ricky Ives
1942
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
as Frankie Flanagan
Get Hep to Love
as Jimmy Arnold
Give Out, Sisters
as Don
Private Buckaroo
as Donny
What's Cookin'?
as Tommy
1939
On Your Toes
as Phil Jr. as a Boy
Death of a Champion
as Small Fry
Night Work
as Butch Smiley
Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (as a Child)
Million Dollar Legs
as Sticky Boone
Unmarried
as Ted Streaver (age 12)
Boy Trouble
as Butch
1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Huckleberry Finn
Sons of the Legion
as Butch Baker
Sing, You Sinners
as Mike Beebe
Men with Wings
as Young Pat Falconer
1937
It Can't Last Forever
as Kid Dancer (uncredited)
Melody for Two
as Specialty Act