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Donald O'Connor (1925–2003)
Actor | Soundtrack | Director
Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. His best-known musical work is probably Singin' in the Rain, in which he did ...
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Known for
Singin' in the Rain (1952),
I Love Melvin (1953),
Are You with It? (1948),
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
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Aug
28,
1925 (died Sep
27,
2003)
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5' 7"
(1.70m)
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| 208 titles |
| Past Film & Video (64 titles) | Budget | U.S. Gross | Worldwide |
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That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Performer in Clips from 'Singin' in the Rain' / 'I Love Melvin' (archive footage) (uncredited), Performer ("Fit as a Fiddle" (1932)) (uncredited) |
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$275K
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$43MM
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$13MM
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That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Clip from 'Singin' in the Rain' (archive footage), Performer ("Good Morning" (1939)) (uncredited) |
$6.5MM
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That's Entertainment! (1974)
Himself - Co-Host / Narrator / Clip from 'Singin' in the Rain', Performer ("Singin' in the Rain" (1929), "Make 'em Laugh" (1952)) (uncredited) |
$3.2MM
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$27MM
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$1.4MM
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Anything Goes (1956)
Ted Adams, Performer ("Ya Gotta Give The People Hoke", "You're The Top", "It's De-lovely", "You Can Bounce Right Back", "A Second Hand Turban And A Crystal Ball", "Blow Gabriel Blow") |
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There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Tim Donahue, Performer ("When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "A Man Chases a Girl (Until She Catches Him)", "Lazy") (uncredited) |
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Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
Peter Stirling, Performer ("She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain") (uncredited) |
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Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
Clarence 'Jigger' Millard, Performer ("Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Hi-Lee, Hi-Lo") |
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Call Me Madam (1953)
Kenneth Gibson, Performer ("It's a Lovely Day Today", "You're Just In Love", "What Chance Have I With Love?", "Something To Dance About", "You're Just in Love" (reprise), "Finale: You're Just In Love/Something to Dance About") |
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I Love Melvin (1953)
Melvin Hoover, Performer ("We Have Never Met, As Yet", "Life Has Its Funny Little Ups and Downs", "Where Did You Learn To Dance") |
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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Cosmo Brown, Performer ("Fit as a Fiddle" (1932), "Make 'em Laugh" (1948), "Moses Supposes" (1952), "Good Morning" (1939), "Singin in the Rain (in A-Flat)" (1929), "Main Title" (uncredited)) |
$2.5MM
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$8.8MM
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$14MM
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Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
Peter Stirling, Soundtrack ("My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean") (uncredited), Performer ("My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean", "Goodnight, Ladies") (uncredited) |
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The Milkman (1950)
Roger Bradley, Performer ("THE EARLY MORNING SONG", "IT'S BIGGER THAN BOTH OF US", "THAT'S MY BOY") |
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$150K
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Are You with It? (1948)
Milton Haskins, Performer ("What Do I Have To Do?", "A Little Imagination", "Down at Baba's Alley") |
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Something in the Wind (1947)
Charlie Read, Performer ("The Turntable Song", "Happy Go Lucky and Free", "I Love a Mystery") |
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Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Specialty Number, Performer ("He Took Her for a Sleigh Ride") (uncredited) |
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The Merry Monahans (1944)
Jimmy Monahan, Performer ("Beautiful To Look At", "We're Having a Wonderful Time", "Stop Foolin'", "I Hate to Lose You", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody", "Missouri Waltz", "Impersonations", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "In My Merry Oldsmobile", "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?", "The Old Folks at Home", "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", "I Love You, California", "Rose Room") (uncredited) |
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This Is the Life (1944)
Jimmy Plum, Performer ("It's the Girl", "Yippee-I-Voot", "You're a Lollapalooza") (uncredited) |
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Mister Big (1943)
Donald J. O'Connor, Esq., Performer ("All the Things I Want To Say", "Rude, Crude and Unattractive", "We're Not Obvious", "Thee and Me", "Come Along My Mandy", "Hi, Character", "The Spirit Is In Me", "Kitten With My Mittens Laced") |
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
Frankie Flanagan, Performer ("One Of Us Has Gotta Go", "The Yanks Are Coming") |
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Sing, You Sinners (1938)
Mike Beebe, Soundtrack ("I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS"), Performer ("I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS", "LAUGH AND CALL IT LOVE", "SMALL FRY") |
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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
(TV Movie) - Performer ("Good Morning" (from tt0031066)) |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008)
(TV Movie) - Himself (archive footage), Performer ("Good Morning", "Singin' in the Rain") (uncredited) |
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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
(TV Movie) - Himself (archive footage), Performer ("A Man Chases a Girl (Until She Catches Him)" (uncredited), "Anything You Can Do") |
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MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
(TV Mini-series) - Performer ("Singin' in the Rain", "Good Morning") (1 episode, 1992) The Lion in Winter (Mar
24,
1992)
Season 1,
Episode 3
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Performer ("Singin' in the Rain", "Good Morning") (uncredited)
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The Love Boat (1981–1986)
(TV Series) - Leo Halbert / Howard Enicker / Oscar Tilton (3 episodes, 1981) Second Banana/The Prodigy/What Goes Around Comes Around (Mar
8,
1986)
Season 9,
Episode 19
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Leo Halbert
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Arena (1981)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Make 'Em Laugh" (1952)) (1 episode, 1981) A Pretty British Affair (Nov
17,
1981)
Season 7,
Episode 5
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Performer ("Make 'Em Laugh" (1952)) (uncredited)
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The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980)
(TV Special) - Himself - Performer, Performer ("Dancin' on the Silver Screen") |
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Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
(TV Movie) - Himself, Performer ("Anything Goes", "You're Just In Love", "Singin' in the Rain", "Real Live Girl", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?") |
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The Jackie Gleason Show (1969)
(TV Series) - Charlie Ryan / Charlie Pineapple (1 episode, 1969) The Honeymooners: Hawaii, Oh! Oh! (Nov
15,
1969)
Season 4,
Episode 8
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Charlie Ryan / Charlie Pineapple
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The Judy Garland Show (1963)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Sunny Side Up", "Sing, You Sinners", "Be My Guest", "Inka Dinka Do", "My Mammy", "Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie", "Stout Hearted Men", "The World Is Your Balloon", "Harrigan", "In Those Good Old Days of Vaudeville", "Nagasaki", "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song)", "I Can Always Find a Little Sunshine in the Y.M.C.A.", "At the Moving Picture Ball", "The Old Soft Shoe") (1 episode, 1963), Himself (1 episode, 1963) Episode #1.1 (Sep
29,
1963)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Himself,
Performer ("Sunny Side Up", "Sing, You Sinners", "Be My Guest", "Inka Dinka Do", "My Mammy", "Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie", "Stout Hearted Men", "The World Is Your Balloon", "Harrigan", "In Those Good Old Days of Vaudeville", "Nagasaki", "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song)", "I Can Always Find a Little Sunshine in the Y.M.C.A.", "At the Moving Picture Ball", "The Old Soft Shoe") (uncredited)
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Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody (1962)
(TV Movie) - Himself / Host, Performer ("Forty-Second Street", "You Are My Lucky Star", "Singin' in the Rain") (uncredited) |
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The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1960)
(TV Series) - Donald O'Connor (20 episodes, 1954), Director (13 episodes, 1954), Producer (13 episodes, 1954), Executive Producer (1 episode, 1955), Writer (1 episode, 1954) |
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The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954)
(TV Special) - Himself - Host from Hollywood & Performer, Performer ("The Moon Is Blue") |
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The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952)
(TV Series) - Himself - Host (1 episode, 1952), Performer ("Friendship", "Birth of the Blues") (1 episode, 1952) Episode #2.23 (Feb
3,
1952)
Season 2,
Episode 23
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Himself - Host,
Performer ("Friendship", "Birth of the Blues") (uncredited)
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Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002)
(TV Special) - Himself |
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1985)
(TV Series) - Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest Host (4 episodes, 1962) |
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The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980)
(TV Series) - Himself - Actor / Dancer / Himself - Co-Host (12 episodes, 1971) |
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Password (1963)
(TV Series) - Himself - Celebrity Contestant (1 episode, 1963) Dorothy Loudon vs. Donald O'Connor (May
20,
1963)
Season 2,
Episode 33
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Himself - Celebrity Contestant
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CBS News Sunday Morning (2018)
(TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2018) Take Friday Off/Debbie, Carrie and Todd/The Q/Changes/Give Me Your Tired/Sweetie Pie/Roger Rosenblatt (Jun
24,
2018)
Season 40,
Episode 40
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Lucy Moves to NBC: A Remembrance (2012)
(Video) - On set footage / Outtakes & clips from 'Lucy Moves to NBC' (archive footage) |
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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
(TV Movie) - Actor - 'Singin' in the Rain' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Marilyn (1963)
Himself (scene from "There's No Business Like Show Business") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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