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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 28, 1925
Died
September 27, 2003
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor
- دونالد اوکانر
Donald O'Connor
0.7 Popularity
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
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
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Pioneers of Primetime
2005
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Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
0.0
Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002
0.0
Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
5.7
Jonathan Devereaux
Out to Sea
1997
🎬
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Baba Yaga
Father Frost
1996
7.0
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
4.5
Uncle Cyrus
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994
Credits
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
0.0
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
2002
7.7
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
as Self
2002
0.0
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
2000
0.0
Out to Sea
as Jonathan Devereaux
1997
5.7
🎬
Father Frost
as Baba Yaga
1996
0.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
as Uncle Cyrus
1994
4.5
The Nanny
as Fred
1993
8.1
Frasier
as Harlow Safford
1993
7.7
Toys
as Kenneth Zevo
1992
5.3
🎬
Vicki!
as Self
1992
5.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Joseph Renfield
1989
8.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
6.0
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
as Alex the Mouse (voice)
1987
6.0
A Time to Remember
as Father Walsh
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Alice in Wonderland
as Lory Bird
1985
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
That's Dancing!
1985
7.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Barry Barnes
1984
7.5
Highway to Heaven
as Jackie Clark
1984
7.4
Alice in Wonderland
as Mock Turtle
1983
6.8
Hotel
as David Connelly
1982
6.8
Pandemonium
as Glenn's Dad
1982
4.5
Simon & Simon
as George Decova / Barnaby the Great
1981
6.7
Ragtime
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
1981
7.0
The Big Show
as Self
1980
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Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self
1980
1.0
The Big Fix
as Francis Joins The Navy
1978
5.7
The Love Boat
as Oscar Tilton
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Howard Enicker
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Leo Halbert
1977
6.3
Hunter
1977
8.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Ellery Queen
as Kenny Freeman
1975
7.4
🎬
The Lion Roars Again
as Self (uncredited)
1975
0.0
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
1974
7.4
Police Story
as Holly Connor
1973
6.9
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
0.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
1972
6.0
Columbo
as Clarence Millard (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971
8.1
Great Performances
as Mock Turtle
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
🎬
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970
0.0
🎬
The Donald O'Connor Show
as Host
1968
0.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self / Various Characters
1967
7.7
ABC Stage 67
as Hermes
1966
6.2
That Funny Feeling
as Harvey Granson
1965
6.1
The Judy Garland Show
as Self
1963
8.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Benjamin Boggs
1963
5.7
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Donald Dugan
1963
7.0
Marilyn
as Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Wonders of Aladdin
as Aladdin
1961
4.9
Cry for Happy
as Murray Prince
1961
5.0
Startime
1959
6.0
DuPont Show of the Month
as Johnny Shaw
1957
6.8
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Guest Host
1957
7.0
The Buster Keaton Story
as Buster Keaton
1957
4.9
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Anything Goes
as Ted Adams
1956
6.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Francis in the Navy
as Peter Stirling
1955
5.4
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Tim Donahue
1954
6.1
🎬
The Donald O'Connor Show
as Donald O'Connor
1954
8.0
🎬
The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
1954
0.0
Francis Joins the WACS
as Peter Stirling
1954
5.8
Walking My Baby Back Home
as Clarence "Jigger" Millard
1953
9.0
Francis Covers the Big Town
as Peter Stirling
1953
4.8
Call Me Madam
as Kenneth Gibson
1953
6.2
I Love Melvin
as Melvin Hoover
1953
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Francis Goes to West Point
as Peter Stirling
1952
5.8
Singin' in the Rain
as Cosmo Brown
1952
8.1
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1951
7.4
Francis Goes to the Races
as Peter Stirling
1951
6.5
Double Crossbones
as Davey Crandall
1951
5.4
The Milkman
as Roger Bradley
1950
8.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Guest Host
1950
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1950
6.8
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Edward Timmons
1950
6.3
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
Francis
as Peter Stirling
1950
5.6
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
as William Waldo Winfield
1949
4.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Wilbur McMurty
1948
6.5
Are You With It?
as Milton Haskins
1948
3.8
Something in the Wind
as Charlie Read
1947
6.3
Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Jr.
1945
4.0
Bowery to Broadway
as Specialty dancer
1944
0.0
The Merry Monahans
as Jimmy Monahan
1944
5.0
This Is the Life
as Jimmy Plum
1944
5.0
Follow the Boys
as Donald O'Connor
1944
5.3
Chip Off the Old Block
as Donald Corrigan
1944
4.0
Top Man
as Don Warren
1943
0.0
Mister Big
as Donald J. O'Connor
1943
2.2
It Comes Up Love
as Ricky Ives
1943
2.3
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
as Frankie Flanagan
1942
4.0
Get Hep to Love
as Jimmy Arnold
1942
4.0
Give Out, Sisters
as Don
1942
5.0
Private Buckaroo
as Donny
1942
4.6
What's Cookin'?
as Tommy
1942
5.5
On Your Toes
as Phil Jr. as a Boy
1939
3.9
Death of a Champion
as Small Fry
1939
0.0
Night Work
as Butch Smiley
1939
7.0
Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (as a Child)
1939
6.9
Million Dollar Legs
as Sticky Boone
1939
5.0
Unmarried
as Ted Streaver (age 12)
1939
3.0
Boy Trouble
as Butch
1939
5.0
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Huckleberry Finn
1938
5.2
Sons of the Legion
as Butch Baker
1938
5.0
Sing, You Sinners
as Mike Beebe
1938
6.7
Men with Wings
as Young Pat Falconer
1938
5.0
It Can't Last Forever
as Kid Dancer (uncredited)
1937
5.3
Melody for Two
as Specialty Act
1937
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