Donald O'Connor

ActorDirector Aug 28 (died age 78) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1937–2022 (85 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Singin' in the Rain

Cosmo Brown

Film

Ragtime

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Film

Toys

Kenneth Zevo

Film

Beau Geste

Beau Geste (as a Child)

Film

That's Entertainment!

Self - Host / Narrator

Film

There's No Business Like Show Business

Tim Donahue

Film

Out to Sea

Jonathan Devereaux

Film

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (79)

Becoming Marilyn

2022

7.6

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

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

2002

as Self

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

2000

as Self

Out to Sea

1997

as Jonathan Devereaux

5.7

Father Frost

1996

as Baba Yaga

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

as Uncle Cyrus

Toys

as Kenneth Zevo

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

1988

as Self

6.0

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me

1987

as Alex the Mouse (voice)

6.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

A Time to Remember

as Father Walsh

That's Dancing!

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Alice in Wonderland

as Mock Turtle

Pandemonium

as Glenn's Dad

Ragtime

as Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Lucy Moves to NBC

as Self

The Big Fix

as Francis Joins The Navy

5.7

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

It's Showtime

1976

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self (archive footage)

The Lion Roars Again

1975

as Self (uncredited)

That's Entertainment!

1974

as Self - Host / Narrator

That Funny Feeling

as Harvey Granson

Marilyn

as archive footage

Cry for Happy

as Murray Prince

The Wonders of Aladdin

1961

as Aladdin

4.9

The Buster Keaton Story

as Buster Keaton

Anything Goes

as Ted Adams

Francis in the Navy

as Peter Stirling

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954

as Tim Donahue

6.1

Francis Joins the WACS

as Peter Stirling

I Love Melvin

as Melvin Hoover

Walking My Baby Back Home

1953

as Clarence "Jigger" Millard

9.0

Call Me Madam

1953

as Kenneth Gibson

6.2

Francis Covers the Big Town

as Peter Stirling

Singin' in the Rain

as Cosmo Brown

Francis Goes to West Point

as Peter Stirling

Double Crossbones

as Davey Crandall

Francis Goes to the Races

1951

as Peter Stirling

6.5

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

as Edward Timmons

Francis

as Peter Stirling

The Milkman

as Roger Bradley

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

1949

as William Waldo Winfield

4.0

Are You With It?

1948

as Milton Haskins

3.8

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

1948

as Wilbur McMurty

6.5

Something in the Wind

as Charlie Read

Patrick the Great

as Pat Donahue Jr.

Follow the Boys

as Donald O'Connor

Chip Off the Old Block

1944

as Donald Corrigan

4.0

Bowery to Broadway

1944

as Specialty dancer

The Merry Monahans

as Jimmy Monahan

This Is the Life

as Jimmy Plum

It Comes Up Love

as Ricky Ives

Mister Big

as Donald J. O'Connor

2.2

Top Man

1943

as Don Warren

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

Boy Trouble

as Butch

Death of a Champion

as Small Fry

Night Work

1939

as Butch Smiley

7.0

Beau Geste

1939

as Beau Geste (as a Child)

6.9

Unmarried

1939

as Ted Streaver (age 12)

On Your Toes

as Phil Jr. as a Boy

Million Dollar Legs

as Sticky Boone

Men with Wings

as Young Pat Falconer

5.0

Sing, You Sinners

1938

as Mike Beebe

6.7

Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Huckleberry Finn

Sons of the Legion

as Butch Baker

Melody for Two

as Specialty Act

It Can't Last Forever

1937

as Kid Dancer (uncredited)

5.3

Television (45)

The Nanny

as Fred

Frasier

as Harlow Safford

Vicki!

as Self

Tales from the Crypt

as Joseph Renfield

Alice in Wonderland

as Lory Bird

Murder, She Wrote

as Barry Barnes

Highway to Heaven

as Jackie Clark

Hotel

as David Connelly

Simon & Simon

as George Decova / Barnaby the Great

6.7

The Big Show

1980

as Self

The Love Boat

as Oscar Tilton

Hunter

The Bionic Woman

Ellery Queen

as Kenny Freeman

Dinah!

as Self

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

Police Story

as Holly Connor

The Bobby Darin Show

The Julie Andrews Hour

as Self

Great Performances

as Mock Turtle

Columbo

as Clarence Millard (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Pet Set

as Self

The Don Knotts Show

as Self

The Donald O'Connor Show

1968

as Host

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self / Various Characters

7.7

ABC Stage 67

1966

as Hermes

6.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Benjamin Boggs

Vacation Playhouse

as Donald Dugan

The Judy Garland Show

1963

as Self

8.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Startime

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self - Guest Host

7.0

DuPont Show of the Month

as Johnny Shaw

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

The Jimmy Durante Show

1954

as Self

The Donald O'Connor Show

as Donald O'Connor

The Oscars

as Self

The Red Skelton Show

as Self

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self - Guest Host

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Petticoat Junction

1963

Director

5.7