Donald O'Connor
Acting • Born 1925-08-28 – Died 2003-09-27
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.
Filmography
125 credits
Singin' in the Rain
Movie • 1952
Cosmo Brown
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie • 1954
Tim Donahue
Toys
Movie • 1992
Kenneth Zevo
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
It Can't Last Forever
Movie • 1937
Kid Dancer (uncredited)
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Donald O'Connor
Beau Geste
Movie • 1939
Beau Geste (as a Child)
Francis
Movie • 1950
Peter Stirling
Francis in the Navy
Movie • 1955
Peter Stirling
That Funny Feeling
Movie • 1965
Harvey Granson
Something in the Wind
Movie • 1947
Charlie Read
Anything Goes
Movie • 1956
Ted Adams
Call Me Madam
Movie • 1953
Kenneth Gibson
Out to Sea
Movie • 1997
Jonathan Devereaux
I Love Melvin
Movie • 1953
Melvin Hoover
Francis Goes to the Races
Movie • 1951
Peter Stirling
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Movie • 1994
Uncle Cyrus
Double Crossbones
Movie • 1951
Davey Crandall
Francis Covers the Big Town
Movie • 1953
Peter Stirling
Francis Goes to West Point
Movie • 1952
Peter Stirling
Francis Joins the WACS
Movie • 1954
Peter Stirling
On Your Toes
Movie • 1939
Phil Jr. as a Boy
Get Hep to Love
Movie • 1942
Jimmy Arnold
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Movie • 1948
Wilbur McMurty
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self
Sing, You Sinners
Movie • 1938
Mike Beebe
Cry for Happy
Movie • 1961
Murray Prince
The Milkman
Movie • 1950
Roger Bradley
The Buster Keaton Story
Movie • 1957
Buster Keaton
Patrick the Great
Movie • 1945
Pat Donahue Jr.
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Movie • 1950
Edward Timmons
Mister Big
Movie • 1943
Donald J. O'Connor
The Merry Monahans
Movie • 1944
Jimmy Monahan
Walking My Baby Back Home
Movie • 1953
Clarence "Jigger" Millard
Boy Trouble
Movie • 1939
Butch
Men with Wings
Movie • 1938
Young Pat Falconer
Top Man
Movie • 1943
Don Warren
Sons of the Legion
Movie • 1938
Butch Baker
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Movie • 1938
Huckleberry Finn
It Comes Up Love
Movie • 1943
Ricky Ives
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1983
Mock Turtle
Chip Off the Old Block
Movie • 1944
Donald Corrigan
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Wonders of Aladdin
Movie • 1961
Aladdin
Melody for Two
Movie • 1937
Specialty Act
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
Self - Host / Narrator
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Movie • 1949
William Waldo Winfield
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
Movie • 1987
Alex the Mouse (voice)
This Is the Life
Movie • 1944
Jimmy Plum
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Unmarried
Movie • 1939
Ted Streaver (age 12)
Father Frost
Movie • 1996
Baba Yaga
Million Dollar Legs
Movie • 1939
Sticky Boone
What's Cookin'?
Movie • 1942
Tommy
Give Out, Sisters
Movie • 1942
Don
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Movie • 1942
Frankie Flanagan
Private Buckaroo
Movie • 1942
Donny
Bowery to Broadway
Movie • 1944
Specialty dancer
Pandemonium
Movie • 1982
Glenn's Dad
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
A Time to Remember
Movie • 1987
Father Walsh
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Movie • 2002
Self
Are You With It?
Movie • 1948
Milton Haskins
Lucy Moves to NBC
Movie • 1980
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Night Work
Movie • 1939
Butch Smiley
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
Death of a Champion
Movie • 1939
Small Fry
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
The Big Fix
Movie • 1978
Francis Joins The Navy
The Lion Roars Again
Movie • 1975
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Movie • 2000
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
Pioneers of Primetime
Movie • 2005
Becoming Marilyn
Movie • 2022
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Barry Barnes
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
George Decova / Barnaby the Great
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Joseph Renfield
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Jackie Clark
Hotel
TV • 1982
David Connelly
Frasier
TV • 1993
Harlow Safford
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Don Knotts Show
TV • 1970
Self
The Big Show
TV • 1980
Self
ABC Stage 67
TV • 1966
Hermes
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Kenny Freeman
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Donald Dugan
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Jimmy Durante Show
TV • 1954
Self
Hunter
TV • 1977
Alice in Wonderland
TV • 1985
Lory Bird
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV • 1974
Self
The Donald O'Connor Show
TV • 1968
Host
The Donald O'Connor Show
TV • 1954
Donald O'Connor
Startime
TV • 1959
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Fred
The Judy Garland Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self - Guest Host
Columbo
TV • 1971
Clarence Millard (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Benjamin Boggs
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV • 1972
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self / Various Characters
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Oscar Tilton
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Johnny Shaw
Vicki!
TV • 1992
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Howard Enicker
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Leo Halbert
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Mock Turtle
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
The Bobby Darin Show
TV • 1973
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self - Guest Host
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self - Host
Police Story
TV • 1973
Holly Connor
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self