Donald O'Connor

Biography

Donald O’Connor 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

10 April, 1952

There's No Business Like Show Business

16 December, 1954

Toys

18 December, 1992

Ragtime

20 November, 1981

It Can't Last Forever

15 July, 1937

Follow the Boys

5 May, 1944

Beau Geste

24 July, 1939

Francis

8 February, 1950

Francis in the Navy

24 August, 1955

Something in the Wind

21 July, 1947

That Funny Feeling

14 August, 1965

Call Me Madam

25 March, 1953

Anything Goes

27 April, 1956

Out to Sea

2 July, 1997

I Love Melvin

20 March, 1953

Francis Goes to the Races

1 May, 1951

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

10 April, 1994

Double Crossbones

26 April, 1951

Francis Covers the Big Town

10 June, 1953

Francis Joins the WACS

30 July, 1954

Francis Goes to West Point

1 July, 1952

On Your Toes

14 October, 1939

Get Hep to Love

2 October, 1942

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

1 June, 1948

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

16 May, 1988

Sing, You Sinners

2 September, 1938

Cry for Happy

3 March, 1961

The Milkman

17 October, 1950

The Buster Keaton Story

1 May, 1957

Patrick the Great

4 May, 1945

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

25 May, 1950

Mister Big

28 May, 1943

The Merry Monahans

15 September, 1944

Walking My Baby Back Home

6 December, 1953

Boy Trouble

27 January, 1939

Men with Wings

16 July, 1938

Top Man

17 September, 1943

Sons of the Legion

18 September, 1938

Tom Sawyer, Detective

24 December, 1938

It Comes Up Love

9 April, 1943

Alice in Wonderland

3 October, 1983

Chip Off the Old Block

1 February, 1944

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

15 March, 2005

The Wonders of Aladdin

31 October, 1961

Melody for Two

1 May, 1937

That's Entertainment!

21 June, 1974

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

14 September, 1949

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me

13 December, 1987

This Is the Life

1 June, 1944

Night of 100 Stars II

10 March, 1985

Unmarried

20 May, 1939

Father Frost

1 January, 1996

Million Dollar Legs

13 July, 1939

What's Cookin'?

20 February, 1942

Give Out, Sisters

1 September, 1942

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

24 December, 1942

Private Buckaroo

12 June, 1942

Bowery to Broadway

3 November, 1944

Pandemonium

1 April, 1982

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

24 September, 2002

That's Entertainment! III

1 July, 1994

A Time to Remember

25 November, 1987

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

24 September, 2002

Are You With It?

19 March, 1948

Lucy Moves to NBC

8 February, 1980

That's Entertainment, Part II

16 May, 1976

Marilyn

18 April, 1963

Night Work

4 August, 1939

And the Oscar Goes To...

1 February, 2014

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

2 December, 2014

It's Showtime

31 March, 1976

Death of a Champion

24 August, 1939

That's Dancing!

18 January, 1985

The Big Fix

6 October, 1978

The Lion Roars Again

1 January, 1975

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

1 January, 2000

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

18 May, 1987

Pioneers of Primetime

9 November, 2005

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

Police Story

1973

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

Tony Awards

1956

The Bob Hope Show

1950

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

Columbo

1971

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

The Love Boat

1977

Dinah!

1974

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