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Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Born: 1925-08-28 • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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
Becoming Marilyn poster
Becoming Marilyn
2022
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered poster
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014 • Self (archive footage)
Pioneers of Primetime poster
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' poster
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005 • Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer poster
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 • Self (archive footage)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' poster
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002 • Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints poster
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000 • Self
Out to Sea poster
Out to Sea
1997 • Jonathan Devereaux
No Image
Father Frost
1996 • Baba Yaga
That's Entertainment! III poster
That's Entertainment! III
1994 • (archive footage)
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel poster
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994 • Uncle Cyrus
Toys poster
Toys
1992 • Kenneth Zevo
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC poster
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 • Self
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me poster
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
1987 • Alex the Mouse (voice)
A Time to Remember poster
A Time to Remember
1987 • Father Walsh
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • Self
Night of 100 Stars II poster
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 • Self
That's Dancing! poster
That's Dancing!
1985
Alice in Wonderland poster
Alice in Wonderland
1983 • Mock Turtle
Pandemonium poster
Pandemonium
1982 • Glenn's Dad
Ragtime poster
Ragtime
1981 • Evelyn's Dance Instructor
Lucy Moves to NBC poster
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980 • Self
The Big Fix poster
The Big Fix
1978 • Francis Joins The Navy
That's Entertainment, Part II poster
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • (archive footage)
It's Showtime poster
It's Showtime
1976 • Self (archive footage)
No Image
The Lion Roars Again
1975 • Self (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! poster
That's Entertainment!
1974 • Self - Host / Narrator
That Funny Feeling poster
That Funny Feeling
1965 • Harvey Granson
The Wonders of Aladdin poster
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961 • Aladdin
Cry for Happy poster
Cry for Happy
1961 • Murray Prince
The Buster Keaton Story poster
The Buster Keaton Story
1957 • Buster Keaton
Anything Goes poster
Anything Goes
1956 • Ted Adams
Francis in the Navy poster
Francis in the Navy
1955 • Peter Stirling
There's No Business Like Show Business poster
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954 • Tim Donahue
Francis Joins the WACS poster
Francis Joins the WACS
1954 • Peter Stirling
Walking My Baby Back Home poster
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953 • Clarence "Jigger" Millard
Francis Covers the Big Town poster
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953 • Peter Stirling
Call Me Madam poster
Call Me Madam
1953 • Kenneth Gibson
I Love Melvin poster
I Love Melvin
1953 • Melvin Hoover
Francis Goes to West Point poster
Francis Goes to West Point
1952 • Peter Stirling
Singin' in the Rain poster
Singin' in the Rain
1952 • Cosmo Brown
Francis Goes to the Races poster
Francis Goes to the Races
1951 • Peter Stirling
Double Crossbones poster
Double Crossbones
1951 • Davey Crandall
The Milkman poster
The Milkman
1950 • Roger Bradley
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek poster
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 • Edward Timmons
Francis poster
Francis
1950 • Peter Stirling
Yes Sir, That's My Baby poster
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 • William Waldo Winfield
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' poster
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 • Wilbur McMurty
Are You With It? poster
Are You With It?
1948 • Milton Haskins
Something in the Wind poster
Something in the Wind
1947 • Charlie Read
Patrick the Great poster
Patrick the Great
1945 • Pat Donahue Jr.
Bowery to Broadway poster
Bowery to Broadway
1944 • Specialty dancer
The Merry Monahans poster
The Merry Monahans
1944 • Jimmy Monahan
This Is the Life poster
This Is the Life
1944 • Jimmy Plum
Follow the Boys poster
Follow the Boys
1944 • Donald O'Connor
Chip Off the Old Block poster
Chip Off the Old Block
1944 • Donald Corrigan
Top Man poster
Top Man
1943 • Don Warren
Mister Big poster
Mister Big
1943 • Donald J. O'Connor
It Comes Up Love poster
It Comes Up Love
1943 • Ricky Ives
When Johnny Comes Marching Home poster
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942 • Frankie Flanagan
Get Hep to Love poster
Get Hep to Love
1942 • Jimmy Arnold
Give Out, Sisters poster
Give Out, Sisters
1942 • Don
Private Buckaroo poster
Private Buckaroo
1942 • Donny
What's Cookin'? poster
What's Cookin'?
1942 • Tommy
On Your Toes poster
On Your Toes
1939 • Phil Jr. as a Boy
Death of a Champion poster
Death of a Champion
1939 • Small Fry
Night Work poster
Night Work
1939 • Butch Smiley
Beau Geste poster
Beau Geste
1939 • Beau Geste (as a Child)
Million Dollar Legs poster
Million Dollar Legs
1939 • Sticky Boone
Unmarried poster
Unmarried
1939 • Ted Streaver (age 12)
Boy Trouble poster
Boy Trouble
1939 • Butch
Tom Sawyer, Detective poster
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938 • Huckleberry Finn
Sons of the Legion poster
Sons of the Legion
1938 • Butch Baker
Sing, You Sinners poster
Sing, You Sinners
1938 • Mike Beebe
Men with Wings poster
Men with Wings
1938 • Young Pat Falconer
It Can't Last Forever poster
It Can't Last Forever
1937 • Kid Dancer (uncredited)
Melody for Two poster
Melody for Two
1937 • Specialty Act