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