Donald O'Connor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-08-28 (78 years old)

Deathday

2003-09-27

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Donald 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.

Acting

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Cosmo Brown

1992

Toys

as Kenneth Zevo

1981

Ragtime

as Evelyn's Dance Instructor

1937

It Can't Last Forever

as Kid Dancer (uncredited)

1944

Follow the Boys

as Donald O'Connor

1939

Beau Geste

as Beau Geste (as a Child)

1950

Francis

as Peter Stirling

1955

Francis in the Navy

as Peter Stirling

1965

That Funny Feeling

as Harvey Granson

1947

Something in the Wind

as Charlie Read

1956

Anything Goes

as Ted Adams

1953

Call Me Madam

as Kenneth Gibson

1997

Out to Sea

as Jonathan Devereaux

1953

I Love Melvin

as Melvin Hoover

1951

Francis Goes to the Races

as Peter Stirling

1951

Double Crossbones

as Davey Crandall

1953

1952

1954

Francis Joins the WACS

as Peter Stirling

1939

On Your Toes

as Phil Jr. as a Boy

1942

Get Hep to Love

as Jimmy Arnold

1948

1938

Sing, You Sinners

as Mike Beebe

1961

Cry for Happy

as Murray Prince

1950

The Milkman

as Roger Bradley

1957

The Buster Keaton Story

as Buster Keaton

1945

Patrick the Great

as Pat Donahue Jr.

1950

1943

Mister Big

as Donald J. O'Connor

1944

The Merry Monahans

as Jimmy Monahan

1953

Walking My Baby Back Home

as Clarence "Jigger" Millard

1939

Boy Trouble

as Butch

1938

Men with Wings

as Young Pat Falconer

1943

Top Man

as Don Warren

1938

Sons of the Legion

as Butch Baker

1938

Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Huckleberry Finn

1943

It Comes Up Love

as Ricky Ives

1983

Alice in Wonderland

as Mock Turtle

1944

Chip Off the Old Block

as Donald Corrigan

2005

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

as Self (archive footage)

1937

Melody for Two

as Specialty Act

1974

That's Entertainment!

as Self - Host / Narrator

1949

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

as William Waldo Winfield

1987

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me

as Alex the Mouse

1944

This Is the Life

as Jimmy Plum

1939

Unmarried

as Ted Streaver (age 12)

1996

Father Frost

as Baba Yaga

1939

Million Dollar Legs

as Sticky Boone

1942

1942

1942

1944

Bowery to Broadway

as Specialty dancer

1982

Pandemonium

as Glenn's Dad

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1987

A Time to Remember

as Father Walsh

1948

Are You With It?

as Milton Haskins

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1963

Marilyn

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

1939

Night Work

as Butch Smiley

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

as Self (archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1939

1978

The Big Fix

as Francis Joins The Navy

1975

The Lion Roars Again

as Self (uncredited)

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