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