
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

Ragtime (1981)
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Beau Geste (1939)
as Beau Geste (as a Child)

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
as Tim Donahue

The Big Fix (1978)
as Francis Joins The Navy

Out to Sea (1997)
as Jonathan Devereaux

That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor

That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator

Pandemonium (1982)
as Glenn's Dad

Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self

That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)

Francis (1950)
as Peter Stirling

Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
as Clarence "Jigger" Millard

Cry for Happy (1961)
as Murray Prince

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

The Milkman (1950)
as Roger Bradley

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)

Call Me Madam (1953)
as Kenneth Gibson

It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
as Aladdin

Becoming Marilyn (2022)
Actor

Marilyn (1963)
as archive footage

Anything Goes (1956)
as Ted Adams

I Love Melvin (1953)
as Melvin Hoover

Top Man (1943)
as Don Warren

Follow the Boys (1944)
as Donald O'Connor

Francis in the Navy (1955)
as Peter Stirling

Men with Wings (1938)
as Young Pat Falconer
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Mock Turtle

That Funny Feeling (1965)
as Harvey Granson

Boy Trouble (1939)
as Butch

Unmarried (1939)
as Ted Streaver (age 12)

Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
as Peter Stirling

What's Cookin'? (1942)
as Tommy

The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
as Buster Keaton

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)
as Uncle Cyrus

The Merry Monahans (1944)
as Jimmy Monahan

Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
as Donald Corrigan

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
as William Waldo Winfield

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
as Edward Timmons

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self

Something in the Wind (1947)
as Charlie Read

Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
as Peter Stirling

Mister Big (1943)
as Donald J. O'Connor

Double Crossbones (1951)
as Davey Crandall

Sons of the Legion (1938)
as Butch Baker

Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
as Peter Stirling

Bowery to Broadway (1944)
as Specialty dancer

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self (uncredited)

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)
as Self

Sing, You Sinners (1938)
as Mike Beebe

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1987)
as Alex the Mouse (voice)

On Your Toes (1939)
as Phil Jr. as a Boy

Private Buckaroo (1942)
as Donny

Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
as Peter Stirling

Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Jimmy Arnold

It Comes Up Love (1943)
as Ricky Ives

Million Dollar Legs (1939)
as Sticky Boone

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
as Wilbur McMurty

Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
as Self

Patrick the Great (1945)
as Pat Donahue Jr.

Death of a Champion (1939)
as Small Fry

Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
as Huckleberry Finn
Father Frost (1996)
as Baba Yaga

This Is the Life (1944)
as Jimmy Plum

It Can't Last Forever (1937)
as Kid Dancer (uncredited)

When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
as Frankie Flanagan

Are You With It? (1948)
as Milton Haskins

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
as Self

A Time to Remember (1987)
as Father Walsh

Give Out, Sisters (1942)
as Don

Melody for Two (1937)
as Specialty Act

Night Work (1939)
as Butch Smiley
The Clouded Image (1957)
as Self - Host

Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor





