
Donald O'Connor
Department: Acting
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

Singin' in the Rain
1952

There's No Business Like Show Business
1954

Toys
1992

Ragtime
1981

It Can't Last Forever
1937

Follow the Boys
1944

Beau Geste
1939

Francis
1950

Francis in the Navy
1955

Something in the Wind
1947

That Funny Feeling
1965

Call Me Madam
1953

Anything Goes
1956

Out to Sea
1997

I Love Melvin
1953

Francis Goes to the Races
1951

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994

Double Crossbones
1951

Francis Covers the Big Town
1953

Francis Joins the WACS
1954

Francis Goes to West Point
1952

On Your Toes
1939

Get Hep to Love
1942

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988

Sing, You Sinners
1938

Cry for Happy
1961

The Milkman
1950

The Buster Keaton Story
1957

Patrick the Great
1945

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950

Mister Big
1943

The Merry Monahans
1944

Walking My Baby Back Home
1953

Boy Trouble
1939

Men with Wings
1938

Top Man
1943

Sons of the Legion
1938

Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938

It Comes Up Love
1943

Alice in Wonderland
1983

Chip Off the Old Block
1944

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005

The Wonders of Aladdin
1961

Melody for Two
1937

That's Entertainment!
1974

Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
1987

This Is the Life
1944

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

Unmarried
1939

Father Frost
1996

Million Dollar Legs
1939

What's Cookin'?
1942

Give Out, Sisters
1942

When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942

Private Buckaroo
1942

Bowery to Broadway
1944

Pandemonium
1982

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002

That's Entertainment! III
1994

A Time to Remember
1987

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002

Are You With It?
1948

Lucy Moves to NBC
1980

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Night Work
1939

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014

It's Showtime
1976

Death of a Champion
1939

That's Dancing!
1985

The Big Fix
1978

The Lion Roars Again
1975

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987

Pioneers of Primetime
2005

Becoming Marilyn
2022

Marilyn
1963

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

The Bionic Woman
1976

Simon & Simon
1981

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Highway to Heaven
1984

Hotel
1982

Frasier
1993

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The Don Knotts Show
1970

The Big Show
1980

ABC Stage 67
1966

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956

Ellery Queen
1975

Vacation Playhouse
1963

The Oscars
1953

The Jimmy Durante Show
1954

Hunter
1977

Alice in Wonderland
1985

Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974

The Donald O'Connor Show
1968

The Donald O'Connor Show
1954

Startime
1959

The Nanny
1993

The Judy Garland Show
1963

The Bob Hope Show
1950

Columbo
1971

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Julie Andrews Hour
1972

The Carol Burnett Show
1967

The Love Boat
1977

The Pet Set
1971

DuPont Show of the Month
1957

Vicki!
1992

The Love Boat
1977

Dinah!
1974

The Love Boat
1977

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Great Performances
1971

Great Performances
1971

The Bobby Darin Show
1973

The Red Skelton Show
1951

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

Police Story
1973

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Tony Awards
1956