Donald O'Connor

Also Credited As:

Donald David Dixon O'Connor
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Biography

A bubbly, youthful teenaged lead of minor Universal musicals in the 1940s, Donald O'Connor, an excellent dancer and eager clown, later co-starred opposite Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in the now classic "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) and--to somewhat less critical acclaim--a trained mule in the "Francis the Talking Mule" series. His high energy style, boyish manner and engaging lack of ordinary good looks earned him success in adult roles in …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music

Born

August 28, 1925

LATEST CREDITS

The Buster Keaton Story

Buster Keaton

The Music Mart

Wally Coogan

Donald's Dublin

Host

The Donald O'Connor Show

Host

I Love Melvin

Melvin Hoover

Brilliant Benjamin Boggs

Benjamin Boggs

Walking My Baby Back Home

Actor

A Time to Remember

Father Walsh

Francis

Actor

Singin' in the Rain

Cosmo Brown

Debbie Reynolds' Movie Memories

Actor

Call Me Madam

Kenneth

Cry For Happy

Murray Prince

There's No Business Like Show Business

Tim Donahue

Anything Goes

Ted Adams

ABC Stage '67

Hermes

Ethel Merman: There's No Business Like Show Business

Interviewee

That Funny Feeling

Harvey Granson

Strung Along

Actor

And Debbie Makes Six

guest

The Music of Your Life

Actor

Toys

Kenneth Zevo

The Nicholas Brothers: Flying High

Interviewee