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
Death of a Champion (1939)
as Small Fry
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Out to Sea (1997)
as Jonathan Devereaux
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Unmarried (1939)
as Ted Streaver (age 12)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
as Buster Keaton
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Pandemonium (1982)
as Glenn's Dad
Beau Geste (1939)
as Beau Geste (as a Child)
Cry for Happy (1961)
as Murray Prince
Follow the Boys (1944)
as Donald O'Connor
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
as Peter Stirling
Ragtime (1981)
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor
The Big Fix (1978)
as Francis Joins The Navy
On Your Toes (1939)
as Phil Jr. as a Boy
Francis in the Navy (1955)
as Peter Stirling
The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
as Aladdin
Something in the Wind (1947)
as Charlie Read
Call Me Madam (1953)
as Kenneth Gibson
Double Crossbones (1951)
as Davey Crandall
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
as Tim Donahue
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
as Jigger Millard
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
as Wilbur McMurty
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
I Love Melvin (1953)
as Melvin Hoover
Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
as Peter Stirling
Francis (1950)
as Peter Stirling
That Funny Feeling (1965)
as Harvey Granson
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
as Donald Corrigan
The Milkman (1950)
as Roger Bradley
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)
as Uncle Cyrus
Men with Wings (1938)
as Young Pat Falconer
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
as Peter Stirling
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self (uncredited)
Private Buckaroo (1942)
as Donny
The Clouded Image (1957)
as Self - Host
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Mock Turtle
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
as Specialty dancer
Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
as Peter Stirling
Sing, You Sinners (1938)
as Mike Beebe
Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Jimmy Arnold
What's Cookin'? (1942)
as Tommy
Top Man (1943)
as Don Warren
This Is the Life (1944)
as Jimmy
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)
as Self
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
as (archive footage)
Father Frost (1996)
as Baba Yaga
The Merry Monahans (1944)
as Jimmy Monahan
Anything Goes (1956)
as Ted Adams
Patrick the Great (1945)
as Pat Donahue Jr.
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self
It Comes Up Love (1943)
as Ricky Ives
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
as Self
Melody for Two (1937)
as Specialty Act
Sons of the Legion (1938)
as Butch Baker
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
as Sticky Boone
Are You With It? (1948)
as Milton Haskins
Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
as Huckleberry Finn
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
as William Waldo Winfield
Marilyn (1963)
as archive footage
Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
as Self
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
as Edward Timmons
It Can't Last Forever (1937)
as Kid Dancer (uncredited)
Boy Trouble (1939)
as Butch
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
as Frankie
Give Out, Sisters (1942)
as Don
Mister Big (1943)
as Donald J. O'Connor
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1987)
as Alex the Mouse (voice)
Night Work (1939)
as Butch Smiley
A Time to Remember (1987)
as Father Walsh