9.0
9.0
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
as Clarence "Jigger" Millard
Donald O'Connor
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred, in succession, with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. O'Connor was born into a vaudeville family, where he learned to dance, sing, play comedy, and perform slapstick. The most distinctive characteristic of his dancing style was its athleticism, for which he had few rivals. Yet it was his boyish charm that audiences found most engaging, and which remained an appealing aspect of his personality throughout his career. In his Universal musicals of the early 1940s, O'Connor was a wisecracking, fast-talking teenager, much like Mickey Rooney of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. But by 1952 and Singin' in the Rain, MGM had cultivated a much more sympathetic sidekick persona for him, and that remained O'Connor's signature image. His best-known work was his "Make 'Em Laugh" dance routine in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which O'Connor was awarded a Golden Globe. He also won a Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations and received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography (64 movies)
8.1
8.1
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Cosmo Brown
8.0
8.0
The Milkman
1950
as Roger Bradley
7.3
7.3
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
7.0
7.0
Night Work
1939
as Butch Smiley
7.0
7.0
Ragtime
1981
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
6.9
6.9
Beau Geste
1939
as Beau Geste (as a Child)
6.8
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as Mock Turtle
6.7
6.7
Sing, You Sinners
1938
as Mike Beebe
6.5
6.5
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
as Peter Stirling
6.5
6.5
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
as Wilbur McMurty
6.3
6.3
Something in the Wind
1947
as Charlie Read
6.3
6.3
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
as Edward Timmons
6.2
6.2
Call Me Madam
1953
as Kenneth Gibson
6.1
6.1
That Funny Feeling
1965
as Harvey Granson
6.1
6.1
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
as Tim Donahue
6.0
6.0
I Love Melvin
1953
as Melvin Hoover
6.0
6.0
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
1987
as Alex the Mouse
6.0
6.0
A Time to Remember
1987
as Father Walsh
6.0
6.0
Anything Goes
1956
as Ted Adams
5.8
5.8
Francis Goes to West Point
1952
as Peter Stirling
5.8
5.8
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Peter Stirling
5.7
5.7
Out to Sea
1997
as Jonathan Devereaux
5.5
5.5
What's Cookin'?
1942
as Tommy
5.5
5.5
Francis in the Navy
1955
as Peter Stirling
5.5
5.5
Francis
1950
as Peter Stirling
5.4
5.4
Double Crossbones
1951
as Davey Crandall
5.3
5.3
Follow the Boys
1944
as Donald O'Connor
5.3
5.3
Toys
1992
as Kenneth Zevo
5.2
5.2
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Huckleberry Finn
5.0
5.0
Million Dollar Legs
1939
as Sticky Boone
5.0
5.0
The Merry Monahans
1944
as Jimmy Monahan
5.0
5.0
Boy Trouble
1939
as Butch
5.0
5.0
Sons of the Legion
1938
as Butch Baker
5.0
5.0
Men with Wings
1938
as Young Pat Falconer
5.0
5.0
Cry for Happy
1961
as Murray Prince
5.0
5.0
This Is the Life
1944
as Jimmy Plum
5.0
5.0
Give Out, Sisters
1942
as Don
4.9
4.9
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Buster Keaton
4.9
4.9
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
as Aladdin
4.8
4.8
Francis Covers the Big Town
1953
as Peter Stirling
4.6
4.6
Private Buckaroo
1942
as Donny
4.5
4.5
Pandemonium
1982
as Glenn's Dad
4.5
4.5
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994
as Uncle Cyrus
4.0
4.0
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942
as Frankie Flanagan
4.0
4.0
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
as William Waldo Winfield
4.0
4.0
Get Hep to Love
1942
as Jimmy Arnold
4.0
4.0
Patrick the Great
1945
as Pat Donahue Jr.
4.0
4.0
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Donald Corrigan
3.9
3.9
On Your Toes
1939
as Phil Jr. as a Boy
3.8
3.8
Are You With It?
1948
as Milton Haskins
3.0
3.0
Unmarried
1939
as Ted Streaver (age 12)
2.3
2.3
It Comes Up Love
1943
as Ricky Ives
2.2
2.2
Mister Big
1943
as Donald J. O'Connor
1.0
1.0
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
as Self
Melody for Two
1937
as Specialty Act
Bowery to Broadway
1944
as Specialty dancer
Death of a Champion
1939
as Small Fry
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002
as Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
as Self
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Father Frost
1996
as Baba Yaga
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Top Man
1943
as Don Warren
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