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)
Cosmo Brown
Toys
(1992)
Kenneth Zevo
Ragtime
(1981)
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954)
Tim Donahue
Beau Geste
(1939)
Beau Geste (as a Child)
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
Self - Host / Narrator
Out to Sea
(1997)
Jonathan Devereaux
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
It Can't Last Forever
(1937)
Kid Dancer (uncredited)
Melody for Two
(1937)
Specialty Act
Sing, You Sinners
(1938)
Mike Beebe
Men with Wings
(1938)
Young Pat Falconer
Sons of the Legion
(1938)
Butch Baker
Tom Sawyer, Detective
(1938)
Huckleberry Finn
Beau Geste
(1939)
Beau Geste (as a Child)
Boy Trouble
(1939)
Butch
Night Work
(1939)
Butch Smiley
Unmarried
(1939)
Ted Streaver (age 12)
Death of a Champion
(1939)
Small Fry
On Your Toes
(1939)
Phil Jr. as a Boy
Million Dollar Legs
(1939)
Sticky Boone
Private Buckaroo
(1942)
Donny
Give Out, Sisters
(1942)
Don
What's Cookin'?
(1942)
Tommy
Get Hep to Love
(1942)
Jimmy Arnold
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
(1942)
Frankie Flanagan
It Comes Up Love
(1943)
Ricky Ives
Mister Big
(1943)
Donald J. O'Connor
Top Man
(1943)
Don Warren
Bowery to Broadway
(1944)
Specialty dancer
This Is the Life
(1944)
Jimmy Plum
Chip Off the Old Block
(1944)
Donald Corrigan
The Merry Monahans
(1944)
Jimmy Monahan
Follow the Boys
(1944)
Donald O'Connor
Patrick the Great
(1945)
Pat Donahue Jr.
Something in the Wind
(1947)
Charlie Read
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
(1948)
Wilbur McMurty
Are You With It?
(1948)
Milton Haskins
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
(1949)
William Waldo Winfield
The Milkman
(1950)
Roger Bradley
Francis
(1950)
Peter Stirling
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
(1950)
Edward Timmons
Double Crossbones
(1951)
Davey Crandall
Francis Goes to the Races
(1951)
Peter Stirling
Francis Goes to West Point
(1952)
Peter Stirling
Singin' in the Rain
(1952)
Cosmo Brown
Francis Covers the Big Town
(1953)
Peter Stirling
Walking My Baby Back Home
(1953)
Clarence "Jigger" Millard
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Melvin Hoover
Call Me Madam
(1953)
Kenneth Gibson
Francis Joins the WACS
(1954)
Peter Stirling
There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954)
Tim Donahue
Francis in the Navy
(1955)
Peter Stirling
Anything Goes
(1956)
Ted Adams
The Buster Keaton Story
(1957)
Buster Keaton
The Wonders of Aladdin
(1961)
Aladdin
Cry for Happy
(1961)
Murray Prince
Marilyn
(1963)
Self ("There's No Business...") (archive footage) (uncredited)
That Funny Feeling
(1965)
Harvey Granson
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
Self - Host / Narrator
The Lion Roars Again
(1975)
Self (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
It's Showtime
(1976)
Self (archive footage)
The Big Fix
(1978)
Francis Joins The Navy
Lucy Moves to NBC
(1980)
Self
Ragtime
(1981)
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
Pandemonium
(1982)
Glenn's Dad
Alice in Wonderland
(1983)
Mock Turtle
That's Dancing!
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
(1985)
Self
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
(1987)
Alex the Mouse
A Time to Remember
(1987)
Father Walsh
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
(1988)
Self
Toys
(1992)
Kenneth Zevo
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
Bandit's Silver Angel
(1994)
Uncle Cyrus
Father Frost
(1996)
Baba Yaga
Out to Sea
(1997)
Jonathan Devereaux
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
(2000)
Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
(2002)
Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
(2014)
Self (archive footage)