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.
Cosmo Brown
Singin' in the Rain
Tim Donahue
There's No Business Like Show Business
Kenneth Zevo
Toys
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
Ragtime
Kid Dancer (uncredited)
It Can't Last Forever
Donald O'Connor
Follow the Boys
Beau Geste (as a Child)
Beau Geste
Peter Stirling
Francis
Peter Stirling
Francis in the Navy
Harvey Granson
That Funny Feeling
Charlie Read
Something in the Wind
Ted Adams
Anything Goes
Kenneth Gibson
Call Me Madam
Jonathan Devereaux
Out to Sea
Melvin Hoover
I Love Melvin
Peter Stirling
Francis Goes to the Races
Uncle Cyrus
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Davey Crandall
Double Crossbones
Peter Stirling
Francis Covers the Big Town
Peter Stirling
Francis Goes to West Point
Peter Stirling
Francis Joins the WACS
Phil Jr. as a Boy
On Your Toes
Jimmy Arnold
Get Hep to Love
Wilbur McMurty
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Mike Beebe
Sing, You Sinners
Murray Prince
Cry for Happy
Roger Bradley
The Milkman
Buster Keaton
The Buster Keaton Story
Pat Donahue Jr.
Patrick the Great
Edward Timmons
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Donald J. O'Connor
Mister Big
Jimmy Monahan
The Merry Monahans
Clarence "Jigger" Millard
Walking My Baby Back Home
Butch
Boy Trouble
Young Pat Falconer
Men with Wings
Don Warren
Top Man
Butch Baker
Sons of the Legion
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Ricky Ives
It Comes Up Love
Mock Turtle
Alice in Wonderland
Donald Corrigan
Chip Off the Old Block
Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Aladdin
Le Meraviglie di Aladino
Specialty Act
Melody for Two
Self - Host / Narrator
That's Entertainment!
William Waldo Winfield
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Alex the Mouse
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
Jimmy Plum
This Is the Life
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Ted Streaver (age 12)
Unmarried
Baba Yaga
Father Frost
Sticky Boone
Million Dollar Legs
Tommy
What's Cookin'?
Don
Give Out, Sisters
Frankie Flanagan
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Donny
Private Buckaroo
Specialty dancer
Bowery to Broadway
Glenn's Dad
Pandemonium
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Father Walsh
A Time to Remember
Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Milton Haskins
Are You With It?
Self
Lucy Moves to NBC
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn
Butch Smiley
Night Work
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Small Fry
Death of a Champion
That's Dancing!
Francis Joins The Navy
The Big Fix
Self (uncredited)
The Lion Roars Again
Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
77
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-08-28
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor