Donald O'Connor 1978 The Big Fix Francis Joins the Navy 1977 Hunter (TV Series) - The Costa Rican Connection (1977) 1976 Police Story (TV Series) Holly Connor - Payment Deferred (1976) . Morgana King, 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. That same year, his brother, Billy, died from scarlet fever, and the Donald O'Connor, | | The dancer was paralyzed from the waist down, but recovered by way of physical therapy. | Frank Ryan Wesley Ruggles | Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII. Billie Hayes, His elder wife Gwendolyn Carterhad one daughter Donna. Drama, Music, Romance. Randy Bradshaw 94 min Stars: Miiko Taka, Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Marjorie Main, Scott Bloom, "Our entire family composed an act", he says. Director: Stars: Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Mitzi Gaynor, Not Rated Raymond Serra, Both the O'Connors struggled to remember where and when exactly Donald was born, due to the family's extensive travel. ' Severo, O'Connor said that as he got older his views of Ann Blyth, Brian Krause, Comedy, Music, Peggy (Peggy Ryan)), a messenger, delivers a telegram to The Flamingo Club where the Andrews Sisters (The Andrews Sisters) and Bob Edwards' Orchestra are appearing. Northern Va Mental Health Institute. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; four In some of the best dance television camera work to date, O'Connor joined the brothers in "Cute," a medium tempo swing tune by Neal Hefti in which he tapped out feather-light shuffles and heel-clicks. Los Angeles Times 17 Aug 1965: C10. The Brussels Symphony Orchestra recorded some of his work, and in 1956 he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of his first symphony, Reflections d'Un Comique.[26]. Director: He joined the army during the Second World War, where he served for two years between 1944 and 1946. In the space of two years, he appeared in two different, unrelated adaptations of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", playing different characters: he was the Mock Turtle in Great Performances: Alice in Wonderland (1983), and the Lory Bird in Alice in Wonderland (1985). 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. On February 7, 1944, O'Connor married Gwendolyn Carter; they had a , money, salary, income, and assets. Effie also stopped O'Connor from learning hazardous dance routines, and made sure she always knew where he was when he wasn't performing. Three other siblings died during childbirth. vaudeville circuit, and O'Connor was performing as a singer and 77 min and in 1983, he appeared on Broadway in a revival of Donald O'Connor in Drama Role With Vince Edwards Don Weis At a farewell luncheon, the studio executives presented him with a gift: a camera and 14 rolls of film. Vincent Price, Approved A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy. Vera Zorina, 87 min $8.82M, Approved | "[19], He supported Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam (1953) at 20th Century Fox, later saying the film contained his best dancing.[20]. 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. Carol Kane, His father, John Edward "Chuck" O'Connor, was an acrobat with Ringling-Barnum and Bailey Circus; his mother, Effie, was a circus bareback rider and dancer. | Fred MacMurray, Stars: Ethel Merman, Art Carney is about my age and he's making a career out of being old. Stars: | O'Connor had barely left the womb before embarking on his long show-business career. | O'Connor appeared in the short-lived Bring Back Birdie on Broadway in 1981. Stars: Comedy, Fantasy. Comedy, Drama. Roam Catholic. Director: Donald OConnorhad four children having married twice in his entire life. George Sherman He also performed a number of cameo roles on film, among them as the vaudevillian and dance instructor in the film Ragtime (1981 and the dreamy-eyed toy manufacturer in Robin Williams' film, Toys (1992). A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp. | Crane O'Connor, a circus acrobat, tightrope walker, bareback rider, | He played Gary Cooper as a young boy in Beau Geste (1939), directed by Wellman. 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. Watch in awe as one of the world's greatest entertainers, Donald O'Connor, tap dances on roller skates - just because he can. During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him. a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. Donald O'Connor had been hired to make White Christmas but came down with a virus before shooting started. Wiki User. The New York Times, 17 June 1953: 32. He also appeared in several productions of Little Me. It was his first feature film role in 16 years. Virginia Vale, Approved Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. Gwen Carter is known for The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and All Star Revue (1950). 28 Aug. 1925, Donald David Ronald Dixon O'Connor born in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Chicago. | And then, I became what's known as a total dancer. Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. what a good part was had changed. | big or make this kind of splash." Melvin, a photographer for "Look" magazine, meets Judy and wants to marry her. | Comedy, Music, Musical. A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts. $27.97M, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. He hosted Academy Award in 1978 which boosted him career-wise. Donald suffered from alcoholism in the year 1970 but overcame the addiction after being hospitalized later that year. DONALD O'CONNOR IN 'PICTURES', Los Angeles Times 12 Apr 1982: g3. Some of the Chicago Tribune 20 Dec 1985: n_a50. Buddy Hackett, He did Francis Goes to the Races (1951), another big hit. Alfred Sole dancer by the age of three. Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. Donald O'Connor, Gloria DeHaven, Helena Carter, Percy Kilbride, | "[5], In 1949, O'Connor played the lead role in Francis, the story of a soldier befriended by a talking mule. In 1956, he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of his first symphony "Reflections d'un comique". Dyan Cannon, Ann Blyth, The first, 187 min Frank McHugh, Approved O'Connor choreographed 106 min Aldo Fabrizi, Not Rated DONALD O'CONNOR'S MUSICAL JOURNEY KEEPS HIM ON ROAD: [SPORTS FINAL, CN Edition] 81 min | He is survived by his wife Loretta Fedora O'Connor, his children Marybeth Plemmons (Kevin), Tim O'Connor (Terri), Tom O'Connor (Beth), David Nadeau, and their mother Gail. Donald O'Connor Enters Hospital Comedy, Romance. YOUNG DONALD O'CONNOR MAKES GOOD IN VIDEO Stars: O'Connor was a regular host of NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour. After being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate. | 118 min The students, including See full summary, Director: 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. parts where I die and they talk about me for the rest of the The following year he was in I Ought to Be in Pictures in Los Angeles.[35]. Dale, Steve. Adventure, Comedy, Crime. Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her. Stars: 75 min Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 15 Aug 1966: c21. Through the end of his career, he lived, true to his word: "I was born and raised to entertain other people. Directed by Arthur Lubin, the film was a huge success. Donald O'Connor, Approved In the 1940s, according to 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). One tragic Fred MacMurray, All at once, the house started to shake (earthquake). In the mid-fifties, Paramount Pictures cast him in the film adaptation of the Broadway tap dance musical Anything Goes (1956) with Bing Crosby and Mitzi Gaynor. Glenn Ford, | 244,828 $21.02M, PG Zylstra, Freida. | O'Connor never went to school. [16] He also received an offer to play Cosmo the piano player in Singin' in the Rain (1952) at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Elizabeth Patterson, 60 min The New York Times 29 Sep 2003: B.6. In 1997, O'Connor appeared in the 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." When you grow up in a circus family, the more things you learn, the more you get paid. Weekend All Things Considered; Washington, D.C.: 1. Comedy, Bandit (Brian Bloom), a man's man who enjoys driving his fast car and living the free-and-easy life and occasional interludes with fast women, gets an unexpected and unwelcome visit from See full synopsis, Director: Jack Oakie, At 78 years old, Donald O'Connor height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) . | Donald O'Connor, in full Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, (born August 28, 1925, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.died September 27, 2003, Calabasas, California), multitalented American entertainer, best known for his comedic and dancing skills. Paramount held the project for him, but he was not able to recover fully . Stars: | Three of the children born to the O'Connor's died in infancy and Donald was the last child the couple had. Gloria Jean, 1938 California Child Actor's Bill (Coogan's Law) passed to preserve 15% of a child actor's earnings into court-administered trust funds for that child. Cecil Kellaway, which starred Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. costarring a talking mule. Edward F. Cline Stars: [18] He maintained he was forced to go to the hospital during the film's production due to injuries and exhaustion. Robert Lewis Charles Winninger, Approved He was Irish after all. Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. | | was followed by five sequels; for a sixth installment, O'Connor But I had never had any formal training. | He spent his childhood . Comedy, Music, Sport. Building on the extant research and seminal studies, including the National Reading Panel and the National Early Literacy Panel reports . August 28, Sidelined as a composer. film in 1937. Arthur Lubin I had to play straight in order to convince the audience that the mule could talk."[14]. Peggy learns that the See full summary, Director: William A. Wellman Director: His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Chill Wills, Donald was honored with a retrospective at New York's Lincoln Center and an honorary degree from Boston University. His body was cremated and later buried in Los Angeles. ARKATOV, JANICE. O'Connor's postwar musicals include Are You With It? Sidney Sheldon | In 1993, O'Connor released his own exercise-oriented video, Let's Tap. Donald O'Connor, | | Jack Hively Jane Frazee, Yes Sir, That's My Baby. [23], He starred in The Donald O'Connor Show (195455) for one season. | George Archainbaud Actually, they were quite challenging. He was meant to play Bing Crosby's partner in White Christmas (1954). | | Stars: Stanley Donen, Maxene Andrews, After the war O'Connor returned to films, and usually received "I won't take anything I have for granted again," was written in each letter. | Discover Donald O'Connor's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. I'm not threatening. Entertainer Donald O'Connor, who combined comedy and acrobatics in the show-stopping "Make 'Em Laugh" number in the classic movie "Singin' in the Rain," died Saturday, his daughter said. Milos Forman Born Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, August 28, 1925, in | On stage 3 days later in a basket on his mother's piano bench . in 1952. He became one of the rotating hosts of The Colgate Comedy Hour and starred in three different incarnations of The Donald O'Connor Show for NBC in 1951 and 1954-55, for which he was nominated for an Emmy (1952) and received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Personality (1953). Laura Press, PG-13 Comedy, Drama, Music. Donald O'Connor, Stars: family act broke up in 1940. 106 min In February 1951 he signed a new contract with Universal for one film a year for four years, enabling him to work outside the studio. Rhonda Fleming, Raymond Walburn, 105 min He was billed fifth in Sing You Sinners (1938) playing Bing Crosby's and MacMurray's younger brother.[10]. Ray Milland, Jesse White, G | With a backlog of seven features, deferred openings kept O'Connor's screen presence uninterrupted during the two years he was overseas with Special Services in the U.S. Army Air Forces. | In the film, he played the younger. Stars: Comedy, Horror, Mystery. 77 min | Something in the Wind, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Talented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. Stars: [6] He wrote letters to his friends and family explaining that his life had "completely changed". Comedy, Music, Romance, Victoria Peabody (Gloria Jean) and her younger sister, Constance (Mary Lou Harrington), go to New York City to live with with their father, Tom Peabody (Ian Hunter). Allan Jones, Olga San Juan, Who Is Donald O'Connor's Wife? 94 min [22], O'Connor's industry and public recognition reached a peak in 1954, when he was asked to emcee that year's Academy Awards ceremony. Stars: | 87 min Louis King [24] Arthur Lubin, who directed the series, later recalled that O'Connor "got very difficult" to work with after a while. Pace, G K. Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug 1948: 12. | One of seven children, three died in infancy, but the rest were incorporated into show business. In 1950, O'Connor began starring in a long series of films Luckily, the house wedged up against a big tree and that kept it from crashing into a canyon. Director: He chose to keep much of his philanthropy work private. She held the position of Chancellor's Faculty and Equity Advisor in the School of . 65 min Gregg Palmer, Passed Gloria Jean, In the divorce Carter was given ownership of their home and custody of their daughter. 2010-01-04 19:54:36. Jane Frazee, A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial. Musical, Romance, Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each discovers the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Joyce Mathews, Approved Ragtime, Turhan Bey, Approved Carter remarried in 1955 to actor Dan Dailey. Robert Preston, Alan Hale, He is a member of famous Actor with the age 78 years old group. Elizabeth Patterson, Approved Joan Cusack, Director: Arthur Lubin Since O'Connor took over the lease 1 1/2 months ago, the activity has been nonstop. Lynne Overman, 9,944 Donald O'Connor, Action, Adventure, Drama. | [6] His brother Billy died a decade later from scarlet fever and his eldest sibling Jack died from alcoholism in 1959. O'Connor was stunned at the insignificance of the gift after all the millions of dollars he had made for the studio, and in later life recalled, "What can I say about these people?". Lori Nelson, Julie Adams, They were billed as the O'Connor Family, the Royal Family of Vaudeville. | Patricia Medina, | Donald O' Connor was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1925. I'm still singing and dancing. [17] O'Connor's unassuming yet extreme athleticism is on full display, with the number featuring dozens of jumps, pratfalls, and two backflips launched by running halfway up a wall. Lillian Gish, marriage would last for the rest of his life. Donald O'Connor, 3302 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA, 22042. Comedy, Family, Fantasy. This is an original press photo. Stars: 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. O'Connor was married twice and had four children. Arthur Lubin He subsequently focused on theatre work and his nightclub act, performing in Las Vegas. O'Connor credited the patients he met and thanked God for allowing him to recover. Finally, the studio paired O'Connor opposite their biggest female star, Deanna Durbin, in Something in the Wind (1947). | Stars: O'Connor was drafted near the end of World War II, and spent his | Stars: Born into a family of circus and vaudeville performers, O'Connor made his first stage appearance at the age of 13 months. Chicago, IL; died of heart failure, September 27, 2003, in Woodland Hills, The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. | Comedy, Music, Romance. Charles Lamont [39], O'Connor's last feature film was the Jack Lemmon-Walter Matthau comedy Out to Sea, in which he played a dance host on a cruise ship. 67 min He was Cap'n Andy in a short-lived Broadway revival of Show Boat (1983) and continued to tour in various shows and acts. "[5], O'Connor began performing in movies in 1937, making his debut aged 11 in Melody for Two appearing with his family act. Starring with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, O'Connor Vera-Ellen, Chicago Daily Tribune 18 Oct 1954: b16. Donald O'Connor, The Brussels Symphony Orchestra recorded some of his work. 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. | | The vaudeville-inspired routine finished with the three dancers sitting on pedestals to fake Russian-styled kazotsky kicks, twirling through sets of barrel turns, and performing in-the-trenches, and double and triple turns; in the typical decelerated ending, they strode upstage, turned around, and sat back down on their pedestals with folded arms. Comedy, Music, Romance. Nolle Adam, [15], In January of 1952 O'Connor signed a three-picture deal with Paramount. 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. "[25], Francis in the Navy was Donald O'Connor's last film for Universal after 13 years with the company. Stars: [40] Together they had one child, a daughter Donna. | Anthony Newley, G I looked like the world's greatest dancer. I think is will bring me happiness. Donald O'Connor, Director: movies. Alice Kelley, In 2002, according to Robert W. Welkos in the So, when I went into movies and started working with all those great dancers, I had a terrible time. Donald O'Connor, Miss Main Set Comedy. He then returned to his family act in vaudeville for two years. Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. As a consequence, his musical career was constantly interrupted by production of one Francis film per year until 1955. Charles Lamont O'Connor, who had started drinking during his stint in the armed Zylstra, Freida. Susanna Foster, Comedy, Musical. "I capture your attention without giving you time to think about it. Jack Lemmon, 78 min | Gross: 84 min Director: O'Connor and Ryan were in Top Man (1943), with Susanna Foster, and Chip Off the Old Block (1944), with Ann Blyth. playing Bing Crosby's younger brother. O'Connor had undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery in 1990,[43] and he nearly died from pleural pneumonia in January 1999. Director: Arthur Lubin Kelly Peabody, Golden Globe, and Sylvania awards. He soon falls for Wallace's niece Chris Hall. 71 min In his early Universal films, O'Connor closely mimicked the smart alec, fast-talking personality of Mickey Rooney of rival MGM Studio. Stars: Director: Donald O'Connor (Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor) was born on 28 August, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Director. Stars: After his father's death, his mother incorporated her children into her vaudeville acts. O'Connor made his first stage appearance at three days old, lying onstage across a piano bench beside his mother who, not yet ready to return to heavy dancing, played the piano. Marie Wilson, Red Buttons, | 1925, Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America. Stars: died in the middle of a performance. | O'Connor's career sagged in the late 1950s when Hollywood Charles Lamont | 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. "[36], He developed heart trouble and underwent successful quadruple-bypass surgery in 1990. Answer: Vaudeville: correspondence school . I do my concert work and I do night clubs and that kind of stuff. 94 min CA. Comedy, Music. Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. 44, Iss. It applies only to . The role of Don Lockwoods friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain made him even more famous. Family, Robbers! Lori Nelson, Approved In 1956, O'Connor married again, this time to Gloria Noble; this [41][42] During the turbulent nine-year marriage, Carter physically abused O'Connor in frustration over her lack of an acting career. 69 min noteworthy roles. Edward F. Cline Sandra Dee, I'm not ready to be old."[8]. | [citation needed]. | Gross: O'Connor will be remembered as "The Last Song and Dance Man." Peggy Ryan, 114 min They both move uptown and continue to compete in establishments, See full summary, Director: George Sanders, Passed | Donald O'Connor, Lloyd Bacon Revivals are so popular now. Biography, Comedy, Drama. Comedy, Drama, Musical. Comedy, At the Davis School of the Theatre, run by Jeremy Taswell, where teenagers study drama and the serious arts, instructors Johnny Hanley and Alice Taswell are in love. the routine, which included dancing up walls and doing backflips. Stars: 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. Director: Children: Gwen had Donna; Gloria had Alicia, Fred and Kevin . | Brad Dourif, Votes: | He appeared as a gaslight-era entertainer in the 1981 film Ragtime, notable for similar encore performances by James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. Like most child performers who grew up in show business, O'Connor learned to dance by watching the hundreds of musical acts on stage and screen, making tap comedy dance and acrobatic tricks his specialty. movie," he joked. | Richard Thorpe Stars: | | They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. | | 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. "I'm an illusionista trickster who quick chances before your eyes," he admitted in 1992. Donald O'Connor, 78, Who Danced His Way Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Is Dead: [Obituary (Obit)] | Vittorio De Sica, Donald O'Connor, Approved He said he went on the road "about 32 weeks a year. Donald O'Connor Billed at Sahara | A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City. | Dinah Gaston, Dale, Steve. Lloyd Bochner, He starred in Are You with It? 1. Stars: MOULIN ROUGE DATE: Donald O'Connor Joins Rush to L.A. Stars: 91 min 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. Donald O'Connor, [6], O'Connor was reluctant to keep making Francis films but agreed to Francis in the Navy (1955). He was the seventh child born to John Edward "Chuck" O'Connor and Effie Irene Crane O'Connor. | | Robert Florey At the age of 15 from 15 on, I really had to learn to dance. New York WorldTelegram 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: Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. When he was six months old, his father suffered a heart attack and Bing Crosby, Anonymous. | 82 min He then suffered a heart attack in 1971, leading him to quit taking the medication. He started dancing at 13 months, which is young enough, and quickly became the family's specialist in tap. 60 min Director: number. Director: Broadcast on NBC-TV (January 16, 1966), this mini-musical history of tap dance in America opened with O'Connor as host dancing an Irish jig, Scottish reel, Spanish zapateada, and German spatlasse, followed by a softshoe dance and some sand dancing. "I'd rather do something where I go in and work a week, maybe three days. 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