Birthday
1925/08/28
Day of death
2003/09/27 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, دونالد اوکانر
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.
(1952) Singin' in the Rain
as Cosmo Brown
(1954) There's No Business Like Show Business
as Tim Donahue
(1992) Toys
as Kenneth Zevo
(1981) Ragtime
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
(1937) It Can't Last Forever
as Kid Dancer (uncredited)
(1944) Follow the Boys
as Donald O'Connor
(1939) Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (as a Child)
(1950) Francis
as Peter Stirling
(1955) Francis in the Navy
as Peter Stirling
(1965) That Funny Feeling
as Harvey Granson
(1947) Something in the Wind
as Charlie Read
(1956) Anything Goes
as Ted Adams
(1953) Call Me Madam
as Kenneth Gibson
(1997) Out to Sea
as Jonathan Devereaux
(1953) I Love Melvin
as Melvin Hoover
(1951) Francis Goes to the Races
as Peter Stirling
(1994) Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
as Uncle Cyrus
(1951) Double Crossbones
as Davey Crandall
(1953) Francis Covers the Big Town
as Peter Stirling
(1952) Francis Goes to West Point
as Peter Stirling
(1954) Francis Joins the WACS
as Peter Stirling
(1939) On Your Toes
as Phil Jr. as a Boy
(1942) Get Hep to Love
as Jimmy Arnold
(1948) Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Wilbur McMurty
(1988) Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
(1938) Sing, You Sinners
as Mike Beebe
(1961) Cry for Happy
as Murray Prince
(1950) The Milkman
as Roger Bradley
(1957) The Buster Keaton Story
as Buster Keaton
(1945) Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Jr.
(1950) Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Edward Timmons
(1943) Mister Big
as Donald J. O'Connor
(1944) The Merry Monahans
as Jimmy Monahan
(1953) Walking My Baby Back Home
as Clarence "Jigger" Millard
(1939) Boy Trouble
as Butch
(1938) Men with Wings
as Young Pat Falconer
(1943) Top Man
as Don Warren
(1938) Sons of the Legion
as Butch Baker
(1938) Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Huckleberry Finn
(1943) It Comes Up Love
as Ricky Ives
(1983) Alice in Wonderland
as Mock Turtle
(1944) Chip Off the Old Block
as Donald Corrigan
(2005) Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) The Wonders of Aladdin
as Aladdin
(1937) Melody for Two
as Specialty Act
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
(1949) Yes Sir, That's My Baby
as William Waldo Winfield
(1987) A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
as Alex the Mouse
(1944) This Is the Life
as Jimmy Plum
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1939) Unmarried
as Ted Streaver (age 12)
(1996) Father Frost
as Baba Yaga
(1939) Million Dollar Legs
as Sticky Boone
(1942) What's Cookin'?
as Tommy
(1942) Give Out, Sisters
as Don
(1942) When Johnny Comes Marching Home
as Frankie Flanagan
(1942) Private Buckaroo
as Donny
(1944) Bowery to Broadway
as Specialty dancer
(1982) Pandemonium
as Glenn's Dad
(2002) Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1987) A Time to Remember
as Father Walsh
(2002) What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
as Self
(1948) Are You With It?
as Milton Haskins
(1980) Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1963) Marilyn
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1939) Night Work
as Butch Smiley
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) Death of a Champion
as Small Fry
(1985) That's Dancing!
as ---
(1978) The Big Fix
as Francis Joins The Navy
(1975) The Lion Roars Again
as Self (uncredited)
(2000) Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
(1987) Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Barry Barnes
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1981) Simon & Simon
as George Decova / Barnaby the Great
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Joseph Renfield
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as Jackie Clark
(1982) Hotel
as David Connelly
(1993) Frasier
as Harlow Safford
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1970) The Don Knotts Show
as Self
(1980) The Big Show
as Self
(1966) ABC Stage 67
as Hermes
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1975) Ellery Queen
as Kenny Freeman
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Donald Dugan
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1954) The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
(1977) Hunter
as ---
(1985) Alice in Wonderland
as Lory Bird
(1974) Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
(1968) The Donald O'Connor Show
as Host
(1954) The Donald O'Connor Show
as Donald O'Connor
(1959) Startime
as ---
(1993) The Nanny
as Fred
(1963) The Judy Garland Show
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Guest Host
(1971) Columbo
as Clarence Millard (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Benjamin Boggs
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1972) The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self / Various Characters
(1977) The Love Boat
as Oscar Tilton
(1971) The Pet Set
as Self
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Johnny Shaw
(1992) Vicki!
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Howard Enicker
(1977) The Love Boat
as Leo Halbert
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1967) Omnibus
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Mock Turtle
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1973) The Bobby Darin Show
as ---
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Self
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Guest Host
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host