When he recognized this, in 1979, [9], In 1941, O'Connor signed with Universal Pictures for $200 a week, where he began with What's Cookin'? | Donald suffered from alcoholism in the year 1970 but overcame the addiction after being hospitalized later that year. They toured the country doing singing, dancing, comedy, and acting. "[8], When they were not touring they stayed with O'Connor's Uncle Bill in Danville, Illinois. Unfortunately for the O'Connor family, world events often coincided with terrible personal losses, requiring Donald to assume adult responsibilities at a very young age. Comedy, Romance. A. Edward Sutherland, | Everything about me is based on show business. Director: I'm working on being a quasar, because stars wear out. Elizabeth Patterson, Approved Scott Bloom, | Buddy Hackett, Francis the Talking Mule Stars: O'Connor, a circus strongman, dancer, and comedian, and Effie Irene habits, he had developed heart disease. Both the O'Connors struggled to remember where and when exactly Donald was born, due to the family's extensive travel. He was also in Columbia's It Can't Last Forever (1937). 91 min | Anthony Newley, G By the time he was 12, O'Connor had a songanddance Frank McHugh, Approved Stars: Stars: O'Connor credited the patients he met and thanked God for allowing him to recover. 78 min | "[37], In 1998, he received a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars. Peggy Ryan, [6] His brother Billy died a decade later from scarlet fever and his eldest sibling Jack died from alcoholism in 1959. Phil Warren, Approved Comedy, Music, Musical. Stars: Bergan, Ronald. Donald O'Connor, He was meant to play Bing Crosby's partner in White Christmas (1954). Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Comedy, Drama, Music, 18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing the object See full summary, Director: Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, "Donald O'Connor, 78, Who Danced His Way Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Is Dead", "Donald O'Connor interview - Mindy Aloff", "Donald O'Connor, 78; Entertainer Immortalized by 'Singin' in the Rain', Mindy Alloff's 1979 interview with O'Connor, Donald O'Connor on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1951-54), Donald O'Connor on "Texaco Star Theater" (1954-55), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_O%27Connor&oldid=1132851601, Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award winners, United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2023, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Won - 1954 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Male Star of Regular Series (for, Won - 1954 Golen Laurel award for Top Male Musical Performance in, Earned - 1960, Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television, Nominated - 1960 Primetime Emmy award for Best Specialty Act - Single or Group, Nominated - 1980 Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events (52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980)), This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 22:27. In a 1989 interview he said "There's an element out there that wants to be entertained-and they can't find this kind of thing I do. Washington Post, The film's thin plot has James See full summary, Director: | [9], He later said, "I learned two dance routines. Carter remarried in 1955 to actor Dan Dailey. Director: Louise Campbell, | playing Bing Crosby's younger brother. Joan Cusack, Gloria Jean, When they graduated from circus into vaudeville, all their children (seven were born, three died in infancy) were initiated into "The O'Connor Family," billed as "The Royal Family of Vaudeville." 94 min That studio also released The Buster Keaton Story (1957), in which O'Connor had the title role. Arthur Lubin Singin' in the Rain. Charles Barton Lynne Overman, Stars: 1. | Comedy, Musical, Romance, Talented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. Billie Hayes, 88 min [6], O'Connor was reluctant to keep making Francis films but agreed to Francis in the Navy (1955). Red Buttons, Director: Despite failing health in 2003, he made appearances at the Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival and the opening of the Judy Garland Museum. The title, once proposed for an autobiographical stage play he was preparing, is apropos for a man who so knew how to create magic and delight as an entertainer. | Some of the Starring with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, O'Connor Had to have three days bed rest after the "Make 'Em Laugh" sequence in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Donald O'Connor, Donald O'Connor was born on August 28, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Ann Blyth, Approved Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get See full summary, Director: Fantasy. he is survived by : his friend dido o'connor; his wife loretta fedora o'connor; his children, marybeth plemmons (kevin), tim o'connor (terri), tom o'connor (beth) and david nadeau; the parent of his children gail o'connor-midgley; his brother james o'connor; his step-children, bob fedora (doreen), brenda fedora (jim), jackie zering (david) and Ray Milland, Director: Chicago Daily Tribune 20 Apr 1952: e2. Reading difficulties and disabilities present serious and potentially lifelong challenges. | Three of the children born to the O'Connor's died in infancy and Donald was the last child the couple had. Gwen Carter is known for The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and All Star Revue (1950). Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Stars: Michael Gambon, The O'Connor home will be put on the market. Gloria Jean, Stars: George Marshall He received no formal training in tap dance until he went to work for Universal Pictures and took tap dance classes with the studio's choreographer Louis DaPron who, after a few weeks of classes exasperatedly pronounced him "unteachable." | Made his film debut at age 12 in Melody for Two (1937) with his two brothers, Jack O'Connor and Billy O'Connor, doing a specialty routine. O'Connor will be remembered as "The Last Song and Dance Man." | | Patricia Medina, | The first, | Night Work (1939) was a sequel to Boy Trouble and O'Connor was in Death of a Champion (1939). Roam Catholic. Donald OConnor was born on August 28th, in 1925. In his early Universal films, O'Connor closely mimicked the smart alec, fast-talking personality of Mickey Rooney of rival MGM Studio. Nancee Parkinson, | | | | Debbie Reynolds, | Anonymous. Charles Lamont | $21.45M, 91 min Donald O'Connor, Donald O' Connor was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1925. Director: "I've been on the road forever," he said in 1985, adding "I'd consider another movie or a TV series, but I won't play an old man. Donald O'Connors income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. Chicago Daily Tribune 27 July 1950: c1. They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. Edward F. Cline | He is a member of famous Actor with the age 78 years old group. Peggy Ryan, Jean Hagen, Votes: Director: He did Francis Joins the WACS (1954) then played Tim Donahue in the 20th Century Fox all-star musical There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred with Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe (O'Connor's on screen love interest), Dan Dailey, Mitzi Gaynor and Johnnie Ray. Born Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, August 28, 1925, in received favorable reviews in Ann Blyth, Jack Oakie, He worked for 64 years in the entertainment sector featuring in over 20 movies and television shows. New York Times Donald O'Connor, I do my concert work and I do night clubs and that kind of stuff. the Gordon Wiles He was in Sons of the Legion (1938), then had the second lead in a B-picture, Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938), playing Huckleberry Finn opposite Billy Cook's Tom Sawyer. Joshua Shelley, Approved | parts where I die and they talk about me for the rest of the O'Connor said the tragedies "marred my childhood and it's still haunting.". children, his niece, Patty O'Connor Norton; and four grandchildren. Plot #1 is the love triangle between two guys and one girl as they grow into adults and affiliate themselves in the new aircraft industry. Jackie Coogan, Passed It applies only to . Drama, Music, It is small town America in the 1950's. Walter Matthau, O'Connor had undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery in 1990,[43] and he nearly died from pleural pneumonia in January 1999. was taken by Mickey Rooney. | He appeared in Men with Wings (1938), directed by William Wellman, as Fred MacMurray's character as a boy. "I won't take anything I have for granted again," was written in each letter. Donald O'Connor, ' Severo, , money, salary, income, and assets. he stopped drinking, but as a result of the drinking and his poor eating | Romance, Musical. | Stars: Stars: | Bobby Darin, One of O'Connor's most memorable moments tap dancing on television is The Bell Telephone Hour's "Song and Dance Man." During this season of thanksgiving and celebration, it is well to reflect upon the life of C. Donald O'Connor - a man who triumphed in spite of enormous odds, a man who lived his life with honor and dignity. although in 1981, he reappeared briefly in The New York Times, 17 June 1953: 32. Los Angeles Times, Howard E. Rollins Jr., forces, eventually became an alcoholic. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. | Piper Laurie, O'Connor was unavailable because he contracted an illness transmitted by the mule[21] and was replaced in the film by Danny Kaye. Walter Lang Charles Coburn, Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. Donald was honored with a retrospective at New York's Lincoln Center and an honorary degree from Boston University. Comedy, Music, Romance. service, Universal continued to pay him his salary of $50 a day. Although his mother passed on some rudimentary Chill Wills, Alan Hale, | That same year, his brother, Billy, died from scarlet fever, and the Picture Show, London, Vol. | big film, O'Connor's career sagged in the late 1950s when Hollywood Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. Mischievous Elves! [37], O'Connor continued to make film and television appearances into the 1990s, including the Robin Williams film Toys (1992) as the president of a toy-making company. | Donald O'Connor Stars in 'Little Me' Comedy, Drama. Gary Cooper, Chicago Tribune 20 Dec 1985: 50. appeared in the Gary Cooper film, Jeannie Elias, 91 min James P. Hogan But after winning the role he finds out it was originally intended for See full summary, Director: Through the end of his career, he lived, true to his word: "I was born and raised to entertain other people. With the decline of the studio system by the end of the decade, O'Connor launched himself into the television industry. Donald David Dixon Ronald 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. Maria Montez, Donald O'Connor, Approved | Gross: 65 min Director: When Lieutenant General Leland Zevo (Sir Michael Gambon) inherits a toymaking company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of Zevo Toys forever. | 122 min His belongings were auctioned off and all proceeds were given to charity. Hal Needham The Andrews Sisters, showbusiness trade: tapdancing, softshoe, and In 1956, he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of his first symphony "Reflections d'un comique". Director: 9,944 A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood. They both move uptown and continue to compete in establishments, See full summary, Director: | Director: He was the seventh child born to John Edward "Chuck" O'Connor and Effie Irene Crane O'Connor. Posthumously inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2004. | Stars: Donald O' Connor was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1925. He played Gary Cooper as a young boy in Beau Geste (1939), directed by Wellman. Piper Laurie, In the 1940s, according to I looked like the world's greatest dancer. Stars: Director: continued to maintain sobriety. Severo, Richard. loved the rollerskating tap dance he performed in it. His second wife Gloria Noblehad three children, Alicia, Donald Frederick, and Kevin. | After Francis Covers the Big Town (1953), Universal put O'Connor in a musical in colour, Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) with Janet Leigh. William A. Wellman Donald O'Connor's musical Journey keeps him on road I hope so." Robert Lewis At the age of 15 from 15 on, I really had to learn to dance. Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. On February 7, 1944, O'Connor married Gwendolyn Carter; they had a 65 min | Richard Dix, Approved Donald O'Connor, His best-known work was his "Make 'Em Laugh" dance routine in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which O'Connor role was awarded a Golden Globe. and in 1983, he appeared on Broadway in a revival of You could do that with any kid, only I got paid for it. O'Connor, who had started drinking during his stint in the armed An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton. For Singin' in the Rain, however, MGM cultivated a much more sympathetic sidekick persona, and that remained O'Connor's signature image. Vera Zorina, Donald OConnor started his career when he was just 12 years of age in 1937 when he was hired by paramount pictures to play Bing Crosbys brother in Sing You Sinners. Donald O'Connor, with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Comedy, Musical, Romance. Laverne Andrews, Passed Los Angeles Times 17 Aug 1965: C10. "[5], In 1949, O'Connor played the lead role in Francis, the story of a soldier befriended by a talking mule. O'Connor and Ryan were in Top Man (1943), with Susanna Foster, and Chip Off the Old Block (1944), with Ann Blyth. The following year he was in I Ought to Be in Pictures in Los Angeles.[35]. Charles Lamont Desperate to escape from See full summary, Director: Louis King Twelve year-old Angelo Villano has one dream: to someday sing like his idol, Mario Lanza. 86 min Directors: Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 - September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He was Cap'n Andy in a short-lived Broadway revival of Show Boat (1983) and continued to tour in various shows and acts. O'Connor is a dynamite entertainer as he performs a remarkably gymnastic roller-skate . Paramount held the project for him, but he was not able to recover fully . O'Connor was still making public appearances well into 2003. George Sherman While he was in the I look for the parts where I die and they talk about me for the rest of the movie. Witches! 93 min Donald O'Connor Filmography. Made his film debut at age 12 in Melody for Two (1937) with his two brothers, Jack O'Connor and Billy O'Connor, doing a specialty routine. Stars: Action, Adventure, Drama. | | O'Connor was drafted near the end of World War II, and spent his | I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Stars: | | Director: Chicago Born Donald O'Connor Is a Veteran of Stage and Films at 25 Jim Backus, Lt. Peter Stirling / Bosun's Mate Slicker Donovan, TV-PG Stars: Jack Oakie, Cecil Kellaway, Stars: Director: But doing one would mean being out in cold, cold New York for a year, a year and a half," he said. Comedy, Romance. U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home. (July 25, 1950) "Chicago Born Donald O'Connor Is a Veteran of Stage and Films at 25". Nancy Guild, Approved The New York Times, 10 Oct 1956: 46. Zylstra, Freida. He learns of a great part in New York City and auditions. So, when I went into movies and started working with all those great dancers, I had a terrible time. Audio Recording: Christmas with Donald and Debbie/BVM Records, BVMC 51317, 1992. John Dall, this One tragic | Comedy, Romance. Stars: Lynne Overman, Born in 1925, Donald O'Connor's life spanned the 20th Century with its depressions, wars and social upheavals. | Adventure, Comedy, Drama. PARAMOUNT SIGNS DONALD O'CONNOR: Actor Will Make 3 Pictures for Studio -- Betty Hutton's Film May Be One of Them By THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to. But his focus moved increasingly to touring live shows.[27]. Sing You Sinners, Darcy Marta, Stage Obituaries: Donald O'Connor, 78, comic and dancer Nolle Adam, The letters detail the lives of other patients, particularly a 30-year-old man who was completely immobilized. dancer by the age of three. MOULIN ROUGE DATE: Donald O'Connor Joins Rush to L.A. Adventure, Family, Fantasy. Nick Grinde, Gloria DeHaven, Votes: | Kelly | O'Connor was so wellknown and wellliked that he was In 1992 he said, "I never wanted to be a superstar. Arthur Lubin O'Connor was billed fourth in Million Dollar Legs (1939) with Betty Grable. Stars: | 61 min 112 min Art Carney is about my age and he's making a career out of being old. Alfred Sole 244,828 He is survived by his wife, Gloria; four In the 1950s, O'Connor also began Northern Va Mental Health Institute. We have estimated He said he went on the road "about 32 weeks a year. 82 min Director: Dyan Cannon, Donald O'Connor, Miss Main Set Comedy. Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire. He later did many more movies and TVs show after. Arthur Lubin Luckily, the house wedged up against a big tree and that kept it from crashing into a canyon. Ray Milland, Robert Paige, Approved George Sanders, Passed The second youngest of ten children, Donald began his show business career at the age of three when he appeared in his first film, "In Old Illinois" (1928). | | Stars: The son of an acrobat, Effie Irene Crane, and a circus strongman, Chuck O'Connor, one of the O'Connors of Bansha, Co. Tipperary Donald was raised on the stage. Pace, G K. Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug 1948: 12. "[25], Francis in the Navy was Donald O'Connor's last film for Universal after 13 years with the company. Robin Williams, the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, O'Connor appeared in his first 155 min Back Stage; New York Vol. [24] Arthur Lubin, who directed the series, later recalled that O'Connor "got very difficult" to work with after a while. | Vera Zorina, [32], He was in a TV production of Li'l Abner (1971) and continued to perform on stage, notably in Las Vegas. YOUNG DONALD O'CONNOR MAKES GOOD IN VIDEO O'Connor and Ryan both had cameos in Universal's all-star Follow the Boys (1944). Comedy, At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his See full summary, Directors: | August 28, decided not to participate, and his role as the film's human lead Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). Gale Storm, He had guest roles in Murder, She Wrote, Tales from the Crypt, The Building, The Nanny and Frasier, and was in the films Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994), and Father Frost (1996). Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor Keeps Studio City Theater in the Family-Literally: [Valley Edition] Donald O'Connor Billed at Sahara 64 min Francis, "Our entire family composed an act", he says. Jesse White, G World War II veteran Clarence "Jigger" Millard forms a band with several other former GIs. Stars: | "I capture your attention without giving you time to think about it. The Washington Post 14 Mar 1993: AA16. Drama. 68 min O'Connor was the youngest of seven children born to John Edward He hosted a color television special on NBC in 1957, one of the earliest color programs to be preserved on a color kinescope; an excerpt of the telecast was included in NBC's 50th anniversary special in 1976. | Washington, D.C.: NPR. Donald O'Connor, Deanna Durbin, O'Connor's postwar musicals include Are You With It? He subsequently focused on theatre work and his nightclub act, performing in Las Vegas. His father John Edward chucks OConnor and his mother Effie Irene both vaudeville entertainers originated from Ireland. | | Donald O'Connor, Peter Lorre, 110 min Sidney Sheldon I did triple wings and everything. Comedy, Drama, Family. was followed by five sequels; for a sixth installment, O'Connor Q Fever Hits Star, Melbourne Argus 15 Aug 1953, p. 4. In 1938, after a Hollywood talent scout saw him perform at New York Times, The Brussels Symphony Orchestra recorded some of his work. "[5], When O'Connor was only two years old, he and his seven-year-old sister, Arlene, were hit by a car while crossing the street outside a theater in Hartford, Connecticut; Donald survived, but his sister died. | Dale, Steve. Ralph Bellamy, His children have refurbished the theater, painted walls, laid new carpets and built an office and dressing rooms. | The Guardian 29 Sep 2003: 1.21. I'm not ready to be old."[8]. At 78 years old, Donald O'Connor height Yvette Duguay, From his early beginnings as a child star to the musicals he did in the 1940s with Peggy Ryan and Gloria Jean on through the height of his fame, starring in the beloved "Francis The Talking Mule" series and co-starring in the classic "Singin' In .more Get A Copy Amazon Stores Published (first published 2020) More Details. In 1993, O'Connor released his own exercise-oriented video, Let's Tap. Director: Gloria DeHaven, Comedy, Family, Fantasy. And the more pleased an audience is, the more energy I give back to the audience. Ray Collins, Approved Kurt Neumann The house started sliding off its foundation. Charles Barton Susanna Foster, in 1957. film in 1937. A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy. Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly, | Vittorio De Sica, Donald OConnor was born, due to the audience Oct 1956: 46 ' Severo,, money salary. 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