Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Birthday: 1925-08-28
Deathday: 2003-09-27
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as: Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor

Biography

Donald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 - September 27, 2003) 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.

Filmography

Singin' in the Rain

1952

As Cosmo Brown

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954

As Tim Donahue

Toys

1992

As Kenneth Zevo

Ragtime

1981

As Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Follow the Boys

1944

As Donald O'Connor

Beau Geste

1939

As Beau Geste (as a Child)

Francis

1950

As Peter Stirling

That Funny Feeling

1965

As Harvey Granson

Something in the Wind

1947

As Charlie Read

Francis in the Navy

1955

As Peter Stirling

Anything Goes

1956

As Ted Adams

Call Me Madam

1953

As Kenneth Gibson

Out to Sea

1997

As Jonathan Devereaux

I Love Melvin

1953

As Melvin Hoover

Bandit's Silver Angel

1994

As Uncle Cyrus

Francis Goes to the Races

1951

As Peter Stirling

Double Crossbones

1951

As Davey Crandall

Francis Goes to West Point

1952

As Peter Stirling

Francis Joins the WACS

1954

As Peter Stirling

Francis Covers the Big Town

1953

As Peter Stirling

Get Hep to Love

1942

As Jimmy Arnold

On Your Toes

1939

As Phil Jr. as a Boy

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

1948

As Wilbur McMurty

Sing, You Sinners

1938

As Mike Beebe

Cry for Happy

1961

As Murray Prince

The Buster Keaton Story

1957

As Buster Keaton

The Milkman

1950

As Roger Bradley

Patrick the Great

1945

As Pat Donahue Jr.

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950

As Edward Timmons

Mister Big

1943

As Donald J. O'Connor

The Merry Monahans

1944

As Jimmy Monahan

Walking My Baby Back Home

1953

As Clarence "Jigger" Millard

Boy Trouble

1939

As Butch

Men with Wings

1938

As Young Pat Falconer

Tom Sawyer, Detective

1938

As Huckleberry Finn

Sons of the Legion

1938

As Butch Baker

It Comes Up Love

1943

As Ricky Ives

Top Man

1943

As Don Warren

Chip Off the Old Block

1944

As Donald Corrigan

The Wonders of Aladdin

1961

As Aladdin

Melody for Two

1937

As Specialty Act

That's Entertainment!

1974

As Self - Host / Narrator

Give Out, Sisters

1942

As Don

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

1949

As William Waldo Winfield

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me

1987

As Alex the Mouse

This Is the Life

1944

As Jimmy Plum

Unmarried

1939

As Ted Streaver (age 12)

Million Dollar Legs

1939

As Sticky Boone

What's Cookin'?

1942

As Tommy

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

1942

As Frankie Flanagan

Private Buckaroo

1942

As Donny

Bowery to Broadway

1944

As Specialty dancer

Pandemonium

1982

As Glenn's Dad

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

As Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

As (archive footage)

A Time to Remember

1987

As Father Walsh

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'

2002

As Self

Are You With It?

1948

As Milton Haskins

Lucy Moves to NBC

1980

As Self

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

As (archive footage)

Marilyn

1963

As Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)

Night Work

1939

As Butch Smiley

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

2014

As Self (archive footage)

It's Showtime

1976

As Self (archive footage)

Death of a Champion

1939

As Small Fry

That's Dancing!

1985

As

The Big Fix

1978

As Francis Joins The Navy

The Lion Roars Again

1975

As Self (uncredited)

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

2000

As Self

It Can't Last Forever

1937

As Kid Dancer (uncredited)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988

As Self

Alice in Wonderland

1983

As Mock Turtle

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005

As Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

As Self

Father Frost

1996

As Baba Yaga