Donald O'Connor
Born: 1925-08-28 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2003-09-27
Known For: Acting
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
2014
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' as Self (archive footage)
- Pioneers of Primetime
2002
- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)
- What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' as Self
1997
- Out to Sea as Jonathan Devereaux
1996
- Father Frost as Baba Yaga
1994
- Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel as Uncle Cyrus
- That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Joseph Renfield
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- A Mouse, a Mystery and Me as Alex the Mouse
- A Time to Remember as Father Walsh
1985
- Alice in Wonderland as Lory Bird
- That's Dancing!
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Barry Barnes
- Highway to Heaven as Jackie Clark
1983
- Alice in Wonderland as Mock Turtle
1982
- Hotel as David Connelly
- Pandemonium as Glenn's Dad
1981
- Simon & Simon as George Decova / Barnaby the Great
- Ragtime as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
1980
- Lucy Moves to NBC as Self
- The Big Show as Self
1978
- The Big Fix as Francis Joins The Navy
1977
- The Love Boat as Oscar Tilton
- Hunter
1976
- The Bionic Woman
- It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1975
- Ellery Queen as Kenny Freeman
- The Lion Roars Again as Self (uncredited)
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Tony Orlando and Dawn as Self
- That's Entertainment! as Self - Host / Narrator
1973
- Police Story as Holly Connor
- The Bobby Darin Show
1972
- The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
1971
- Columbo as Clarence Millard (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Great Performances as Mock Turtle
- The Pet Set as Self
1970
- The Don Knotts Show as Self
1968
- The Donald O'Connor Show as Host
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self / Various Characters
1966
- ABC Stage 67 as Hermes
1965
- That Funny Feeling as Harvey Granson
1963
- Petticoat Junction ... (Director)
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Benjamin Boggs
- Marilyn as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Vacation Playhouse as Donald Dugan
- The Judy Garland Show as Self
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- Cry for Happy as Murray Prince
- The Wonders of Aladdin as Aladdin
1959
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self - Guest Host
- DuPont Show of the Month as Johnny Shaw
- The Buster Keaton Story as Buster Keaton
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 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
- The Jimmy Durante Show as Self
- The Donald O'Connor Show as Donald O'Connor
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Francis Covers the Big Town as Peter Stirling
- Walking My Baby Back Home as Clarence "Jigger" Millard
- I Love Melvin as Melvin Hoover
- Call Me Madam as Kenneth Gibson
1952
- Singin' in the Rain as Cosmo Brown
- Francis Goes to West Point as Peter Stirling
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Self
- Double Crossbones as Davey Crandall
- Francis Goes to the Races as Peter Stirling
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- Francis as Peter Stirling
- The Milkman as Roger Bradley
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek as Edward Timmons
1949
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby as William Waldo Winfield
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Are You With It? as Milton Haskins
- Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' as Wilbur McMurty
1947
- Something in the Wind as Charlie Read
1945
- Patrick the Great as Pat Donahue Jr.
1944
- Chip Off the Old Block as Donald Corrigan
- Follow the Boys as Donald O'Connor
- The Merry Monahans as Jimmy Monahan
- Bowery to Broadway as Specialty dancer
- This Is the Life as Jimmy Plum
1943
- Mister Big as Donald J. O'Connor
- It Comes Up Love as Ricky Ives
- Top Man as Don Warren
1942
- Private Buckaroo as Donny
- Give Out, Sisters as Don
- Get Hep to Love as Jimmy Arnold
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home as Frankie Flanagan
- What's Cookin'? as Tommy
1939
- Beau Geste as Beau Geste (as a Child)
- Boy Trouble as Butch
- Night Work as Butch Smiley
- On Your Toes as Phil Jr. as a Boy
- Unmarried as Ted Streaver (age 12)
- Million Dollar Legs as Sticky Boone
- Death of a Champion as Small Fry
1938
- Sing, You Sinners as Mike Beebe
- Tom Sawyer, Detective as Huckleberry Finn
- Men with Wings as Young Pat Falconer
- Sons of the Legion as Butch Baker
1937
- Melody for Two as Specialty Act
- It Can't Last Forever as Kid Dancer (uncredited)