Donald O'Connor

Known for: Acting
Born: August 28, 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: September 27, 2003
Movies: 81

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.1

Singin' in the Rain

1952

5.3

Toys

1992

7.0

Ragtime

1981

5.8

Out to Sea

1997

6.1

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954

7.0

Beau Geste

1939

7.4

That's Entertainment!

1974

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

7.1

That's Entertainment! III

1994

5.9

The Big Fix

1978

Filmography

2022	Becoming Marilyn	(archive footage)
2014	Bing Crosby: Rediscovered	Self (archive footage)
2005	Pioneers of Primetime
2005	Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'	Self (archive footage)
2002	Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer	Self (archive footage)
2002	What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'	Self
2000	Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints	Self
1997	Out to Sea	Jonathan
1996	Father Frost	Baba Yaga
1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994	Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel	Uncle Cyrus
1992	Toys	Kenneth Zevo
1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self
1987	A Mouse, a Mystery and Me	Alex the Mouse (voice)
1987	A Time to Remember	Father Walsh
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1985	That's Dancing!
1983	Alice in Wonderland	Mock Turtle
1982	Pandemonium	Glenn's Dad
1981	Ragtime	Evelyn's Dance Instructor
1980	Lucy Moves to NBC	Self
1978	The Big Fix	Francis Joins The Navy
1976	Bob Hope's World of Comedy	(archive footage)
1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)
1976	It's Showtime	Self (archive footage)
1975	The Lion Roars Again	Self (uncredited)
1974	That's Entertainment!	Self - Host / Narrator
1965	That Funny Feeling	Harvey Granson
1963	Marilyn	archive footage
1961	The Wonders of Aladdin	Aladdin
1961	Cry for Happy	Murray Prince
1957	The Jet-Propelled Couch	Dr. Robert Harrison
1957	The Clouded Image	Self - Host
1957	The Buster Keaton Story	Buster Keaton
1956	Anything Goes	Ted Adams
1955	Francis in the Navy	Peter Stirling / Slicker Donevan
1954	There's No Business Like Show Business	Tim Donahue
1954	Francis Joins the WACS	Peter Stirling
1953	Walking My Baby Back Home	Jigger Millard
1953	Francis Covers the Big Town	Peter Stirling
1953	Call Me Madam	Kenneth Gibson
1953	I Love Melvin	Melvin Hoover
1952	Francis Goes to West Point	Peter Stirling
1952	Singin' in the Rain	Cosmo Brown
1951	Francis Goes to the Races	Peter Stirling
1951	Double Crossbones	Davey Crandall
1950	The Milkman	Roger Bradley
1950	Curtain Call at Cactus Creek	Edward Timmons
1950	Francis	Peter Stirling
1949	Yes Sir, That's My Baby	William Waldo Winfield
1948	Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'	Wilbur McMurty
1948	Are You With It?	Milton Haskins
1947	Something in the Wind	Charlie Read
1945	Patrick the Great	Pat Donahue Jr.
1944	Bowery to Broadway	Specialty dancer
1944	The Merry Monahans	Jimmy Monahan
1944	This Is the Life	Jimmy
1944	Follow the Boys	Donald O'Connor
1944	Chip Off the Old Block	Donald Corrigan
1943	Top Man	Don Warren
1943	Mister Big	Donald J. O'Connor
1943	It Comes Up Love	Ricky Ives
1942	When Johnny Comes Marching Home	Frankie
1942	Get Hep to Love	Jimmy Arnold
1942	Give Out, Sisters	Don
1942	Private Buckaroo	Donny
1942	What's Cookin'?	Tommy
1939	On Your Toes	Phil Jr. as a Boy
1939	Death of a Champion	Small Fry
1939	Night Work	Butch Smiley
1939	Beau Geste	Beau Geste (as a Child)
1939	Million Dollar Legs	Sticky Boone
1939	Unmarried	Ted Streaver (age 12)
1939	Boy Trouble	Butch
1938	Tom Sawyer, Detective	Huckleberry Finn
1938	Sons of the Legion	Butch Baker
1938	Sing, You Sinners	Mike Beebe
1938	Men with Wings	Young Pat Falconer
1937	It Can't Last Forever	Kid Dancer (uncredited)
1937	Melody for Two	Specialty Act

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