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