Cast & creator
Donald O'Connor
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Frasier
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.
Also known as: Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, دونالد اوکانر
81
film credits
49
television credits
129
1937–2022 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (130)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Frasier
Harlow Safford
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Oscar Tilton
1977The Love Boat
Leo Halbert
1977The Love Boat
Howard Enicker
1977
Great Performances
Mock Turtle
1971Great Performances
Self
1971
Murder, She Wrote
Barry Barnes
1984
The Nanny
Fred
1993
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
The Red Skelton Show
Self
1951Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Benjamin Boggs
1963
Petticoat Junction
Director
1963
The Carol Burnett Show
Self / Various Characters
1967
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Guest Host
1957
Simon & Simon
George Decova / Barnaby the Great
1981
Hotel
David Connelly
1982
Highway to Heaven
Jackie Clark
1984
Tales from the Crypt
Joseph Renfield
1989
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Guest Host
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Host
1950Film '72
Self
1971
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Bionic Woman
1976
Police Story
Holly Connor
1973Vicki!
Self
1992
Ellery Queen
Kenny Freeman
1975
Singin' in the Rain
Cosmo Brown
1952
ABC Stage 67
Hermes
1966
DuPont Show of the Month
Johnny Shaw
1957Vacation Playhouse
Donald Dugan
1963
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974
The Pet Set
Self
1971
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954
Hunter
1977
Alice in Wonderland
Lory Bird
1985
The Big Show
Self
1980
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972The Don Knotts Show
Self
1970
Toys
Kenneth Zevo
1992
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
There's No Business Like Show Business
Tim Donahue
1954
Ragtime
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
1981
Out to Sea
Jonathan
1997
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
The Wonders of Aladdin
Aladdin
1961
The Buster Keaton Story
Buster Keaton
1957
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Death of a Champion
Small Fry
1939
Beau Geste
Beau Geste (as a Child)
1939
Francis
Peter Stirling
1950
The Big Fix
Francis Joins The Navy
1978The Lion Roars Again
Self (uncredited)
1975
Unmarried
Ted Streaver (age 12)
1939
That's Dancing!
1985
Walking My Baby Back Home
Jigger Millard
1953
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Wilbur McMurty
1948The Donald O'Connor Show
Donald O'Connor
1954
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Francis in the Navy
Peter Stirling / Slicker Donevan
1955
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
1988
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Pandemonium
Glenn's Dad
1982
Men with Wings
Young Pat Falconer
1938
Lucy Moves to NBC
Self
1980
Francis Goes to West Point
Peter Stirling
1952
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
William Waldo Winfield
1949
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
2000
Francis Goes to the Races
Peter Stirling
1951
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Uncle Cyrus
1994
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self (archive footage)
2002
Something in the Wind
Charlie Read
1947
It Can't Last Forever
Kid Dancer (uncredited)
1937
Double Crossbones
Davey Crandall
1951
Are You With It?
Milton Haskins
1948
That Funny Feeling
Harvey Granson
1965
Becoming Marilyn
(archive footage)
2022
Cry for Happy
Murray Prince
1961
Sons of the Legion
Butch Baker
1938
Chip Off the Old Block
Donald Corrigan
1944
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Anything Goes
Ted Adams
1956
This Is the Life
Jimmy
1944
Call Me Madam
Kenneth Gibson
1953
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Self
2002
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Edward Timmons
1950
Francis Covers the Big Town
Peter Stirling
1953
Get Hep to Love
Jimmy Arnold
1942
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
1983The Jet-Propelled Couch
Dr. Robert Harrison
1957
Marilyn
archive footage
1963
Follow the Boys
Donald O'Connor
1944
Give Out, Sisters
Don
1942
It Comes Up Love
Ricky Ives
1943
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Frankie
1942
The Milkman
Roger Bradley
1950
Night Work
Butch Smiley
1939Father Frost
Baba Yaga
1996
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self (archive footage)
2014
Boy Trouble
Butch
1939
Million Dollar Legs
Sticky Boone
1939
Francis Joins the WACS
Peter Stirling
1954
I Love Melvin
Melvin Hoover
1953
Private Buckaroo
Donny
1942
A Time to Remember
Father Walsh
1987
On Your Toes
Phil Jr. as a Boy
1939
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
Alex the Mouse (voice)
1987
Patrick the Great
Pat Donahue Jr.
1945
Mister Big
Donald J. O'Connor
1943
Sing, You Sinners
Mike Beebe
1938
Melody for Two
Specialty Act
1937The Clouded Image
Self - Host
1957
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Huckleberry Finn
1938
Bowery to Broadway
Specialty dancer
1944
The Merry Monahans
Jimmy Monahan
1944
Top Man
Don Warren
1943The Donald O'Connor Show
Host
1968
What's Cookin'?
Tommy
1942