Actor
Donald O'Connor
Biography

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