Donald O'Connor

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

28 August 1925, 100 years old

Known For

Singin' in the Rain

Toys

Ragtime

Out to Sea

Beau Geste

There's No Business Like Show Business

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment! III

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

Self (archive footage)

2014

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

Self (archive footage)

2005

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Self (archive footage)

2002

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

Self

2002

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

Self

2000

Out to Sea

Jonathan Devereaux

1997

Father Frost

Baba Yaga

1996

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

1994

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

Uncle Cyrus

1994

Toys

Kenneth Zevo

1992

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

Self

1988

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me

Alex the Mouse

1987

A Time to Remember

Father Walsh

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

1987

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

1985

That's Dancing!

1985

Alice in Wonderland

Mock Turtle

1983

Pandemonium

Glenn's Dad

1982

Ragtime

Evelyn's Dance Instructor

1981

Lucy Moves to NBC

Self

1980

The Big Fix

Francis Joins The Navy

1978

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

Self (archive footage)

1976

The Lion Roars Again

Self (uncredited)

1975

That's Entertainment!

Self - Host / Narrator

1974

That Funny Feeling

Harvey Granson

1965

Marilyn

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

1963

The Wonders of Aladdin

Aladdin

1961

Cry for Happy

Murray Prince

1961

The Buster Keaton Story

Buster Keaton

1957

Anything Goes

Ted Adams

1956

Francis in the Navy

Peter Stirling

1955

There's No Business Like Show Business

Tim Donahue

1954

Francis Joins the WACS

Peter Stirling

1954

Walking My Baby Back Home

Clarence "Jigger" Millard

1953

Francis Covers the Big Town

Peter Stirling

1953

Call Me Madam

Kenneth Gibson

1953

I Love Melvin

Melvin Hoover

1953

Francis Goes to West Point

Peter Stirling

1952

Singin' in the Rain

Cosmo Brown

1952

Francis Goes to the Races

Peter Stirling

1951

Double Crossbones

Davey Crandall

1951

The Milkman

Roger Bradley

1950

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Edward Timmons

1950

Francis

Peter Stirling

1950

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

William Waldo Winfield

1949

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Wilbur McMurty

1948

Are You With It?

Milton Haskins

1948

Something in the Wind

Charlie Read

1947

Patrick the Great

Pat Donahue Jr.

1945

Bowery to Broadway

Specialty dancer

1944

The Merry Monahans

Jimmy Monahan

1944

This Is the Life

Jimmy Plum

1944

Follow the Boys

Donald O'Connor

1944

Chip Off the Old Block

Donald Corrigan

1944

Top Man

Don Warren

1943

Mister Big

Donald J. O'Connor

1943

It Comes Up Love

Ricky Ives

1943

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Frankie Flanagan

1942

Get Hep to Love

Jimmy Arnold

1942

Give Out, Sisters

Don

1942

Private Buckaroo

Donny

1942

What's Cookin'?

Tommy

1942

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

1939

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

1938

It Can't Last Forever

Kid Dancer (uncredited)

1937

Melody for Two

Specialty Act

1937