
Donald O'Connor
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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
Credits

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Cosmo Brown

Toys (1992)
as Kenneth Zevo

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
as Tim Donahue

Out to Sea (1997)
as Jonathan

That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator

Ragtime (1981)
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor

That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)

The Big Fix (1978)
as Francis Joins The Navy

The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
as Aladdin

Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)

The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
as Buster Keaton

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self

Death of a Champion (1939)
as Small Fry

Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
as Jigger Millard
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self (uncredited)

Francis in the Navy (1955)
as Peter Stirling / Slicker Donevan

That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor

Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

Beau Geste (1939)
as Beau Geste (as a Child)

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
as Wilbur McMurty

Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
as Peter Stirling

Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
as Peter Stirling

Francis (1950)
as Peter Stirling

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)
as Uncle Cyrus

Something in the Wind (1947)
as Charlie Read

Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
as William Waldo Winfield

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
as Edward Timmons
The Jet-Propelled Couch (1957)
as Dr. Robert Harrison

It Can't Last Forever (1937)
as Kid Dancer (uncredited)

It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

That Funny Feeling (1965)
as Harvey Granson

This Is the Life (1944)
as Jimmy

Pandemonium (1982)
as Glenn's Dad

Sons of the Legion (1938)
as Butch Baker

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)
as Self

Unmarried (1939)
as Ted Streaver (age 12)

Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Jimmy Arnold

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Are You With It? (1948)
as Milton Haskins

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

The Milkman (1950)
as Roger Bradley

Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
as Peter Stirling

When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
as Frankie

Double Crossbones (1951)
as Davey Crandall

Cry for Happy (1961)
as Murray Prince

Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
as Donald Corrigan

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
as Self

Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
as Peter Stirling

Marilyn (1963)
as archive footage

Call Me Madam (1953)
as Kenneth Gibson

Becoming Marilyn (2022)
as (archive footage)

Anything Goes (1956)
as Ted Adams

Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Mock Turtle

Million Dollar Legs (1939)
as Sticky Boone

Private Buckaroo (1942)
as Donny

Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor

It Comes Up Love (1943)
as Ricky Ives

I Love Melvin (1953)
as Melvin Hoover

Give Out, Sisters (1942)
as Don

A Time to Remember (1987)
as Father Walsh

Follow the Boys (1944)
as Donald O'Connor

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1987)
as Alex the Mouse (voice)

Men with Wings (1938)
as Young Pat Falconer

Mister Big (1943)
as Donald J. O'Connor

Patrick the Great (1945)
as Pat Donahue Jr.
Father Frost (1996)
as Baba Yaga

Bowery to Broadway (1944)
as Specialty dancer
The Clouded Image (1957)
as Self - Host

On Your Toes (1939)
as Phil Jr. as a Boy

Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
as Huckleberry Finn

Top Man (1943)
as Don Warren

Sing, You Sinners (1938)
as Mike Beebe

Melody for Two (1937)
as Specialty Act

The Merry Monahans (1944)
as Jimmy Monahan

Night Work (1939)
as Butch Smiley

Boy Trouble (1939)
as Butch

What's Cookin'? (1942)
as Tommy





