Donald O'Connor, Approved | | Donald O'Connor in Drama Role With Vince Edwards 187 min [6], O'Connor was reluctant to keep making Francis films but agreed to Francis in the Navy (1955). Born Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, August 28, 1925, in [18] He maintained he was forced to go to the hospital during the film's production due to injuries and exhaustion. Melvin, a photographer for "Look" magazine, meets Judy and wants to marry her. Suffered a heart attack in 1971. Director: Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. Perhaps the flip side of being so responsible was the sheer . He is survived by his wife, Gloria; four It applies only to . was followed by five sequels; for a sixth installment, O'Connor | O'Connor choreographed Was supposed to co-star with Bing Crosby in the perennial film classic White Christmas (1954) but was sidelined with pneumonia and replaced by Danny Kaye. Comedy, Romance, Western. 84 min 94 min Dale, Steve. 106 min Director: [32], He was in a TV production of Li'l Abner (1971) and continued to perform on stage, notably in Las Vegas. Twelve year-old Angelo Villano has one dream: to someday sing like his idol, Mario Lanza. This answer is: Study guides. Stars: | LAS VEGAS SCENE: Donald O'Connor in Dancing Shoes Again Julie Adams, Action, Adventure, Drama. She did her best. Had appeared with Peggy Ryan in seven films: Private Buckaroo (1942), Get Hep to Love (1942), Top Man (1943), Bowery to Broadway (1944), Chip Off the Old Block (1944), The Merry Monahans (1944) and This Is the Life (1944). A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather. Buddy Hackett, Stars: Edit Details Charles Ruggles, 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). 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. Drama, Music, Romance. appearing in television roles. Director: Director: three children, Alicia, Donald Frederick, and Kevin. [1] Effie was a bareback rider and Chuck was a circus strongman and acrobat. A merger in 1946 had reorganized the studio as Universal-International. Sing You Sinners, At 78 years old, Donald O'Connor height Donald O'Connor Stars in 'Little Me' In all, he made more than 70 motion pictures and won the Emmy, starring Deanna Durbin; 1948's sister was hit by a car and killed. $21.02M, PG We have estimated Jack Oakie, Question : What was Donald O'Connor's education? | | "I could do those wings and stuff and I looked very good, but my heavens it was very, very hard for me to pick up on pick up steps. Charles Winninger, Approved | Comedy, Musical, A Universal Army enlistment promotion, produced as a musical showcase for Harry James, the Andrews Sisters, Joe E. Lewis, and Donald O'Connor & Peggy Ryan. Starring with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, O'Connor Louis King [23], He starred in The Donald O'Connor Show (195455) for one season. Dale, Steve. O'Connor's postwar musicals include Are You With It? James Cagney, a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. But I had never had any formal training. George Archainbaud He worked for 64 years in the entertainment sector featuring in over 20 movies and television shows. Donald O'Connor, A: The short answer is no. One review in 1952 called him "1952's new star. Director: act with his brothers, Billy and Jack, and the three boys made a short Obituaries: Donald O'Connor, 78, comic and dancer | IN STEP WITH: Donald O'Connor | is 5'7"(1.7m) . Randy Bradshaw He is best known today for his role as Gene Kelly's friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in . The dancer was paralyzed from the waist down, but recovered by way of physical therapy. Yet it was his boyish charm that audiences found most engaging, and which remained an appealing aspect of his personality throughout his career. That studio also released The Buster Keaton Story (1957), in which O'Connor had the title role. O'Connor and Bing Crosby united on Anything Goes (1956) at Paramount. "[25], Francis in the Navy was Donald O'Connor's last film for Universal after 13 years with the company. His children have refurbished the theater, painted walls, laid new carpets and built an office and dressing rooms. Donald O'Connor, | Charley Grapewin, Approved the O'Connor's father died onstage when the boy was a year old. | Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. Mel Lynch and his aide 'Remorse' Rumson are wheeler dealer managers for big band leader Tod Weaver. DONALD O'CONNOR'S MUSICAL JOURNEY KEEPS HIM ON ROAD: [SPORTS FINAL, CN Edition] Night Work (1939) was a sequel to Boy Trouble and O'Connor was in Death of a Champion (1939). He soon falls for Wallace's niece Chris Hall. | Edward F. Cline Director: Whatever's in at the time, I can fit into. See full summary, Director: Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 15 Aug 1966: c21. Los Angeles Times, Born in Chicago, Illinois, O'Connor was the youngest of seven children born to John Edward O'Connor, a circus strongman, dancer, and comedian, and Effie Irene Crane O'Connor, a circus acrobat, tightrope walker, bareback rider, and dancer, and was carried onstage for applause when he was three days old. old. Director: Martha Stewart, His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Reading difficulties and disabilities present serious and potentially lifelong challenges. Director: | Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active dutyin the WACs! in 1957. Grace McDonald, Approved Director: Stars: | Ruled by the all powerful Father Frost, the Forest of Enchantment is the most bizarre and remarkable place in the world! Nick Grinde, 122 min Wiki User. Director: 69 min He was 78. Jack Hively Universal added $50,000 to the budget and elevated the "B" movie to "A" status.[10]. Turhan Bey, Approved | Gross: Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). At 78 years old, Donald O'Connor height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) . "We really didn't have a choice; if you were in the family you appeared in the act. | Donald O'Connor, | And culminated with a challenge dance with O'Connor and the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard and Harold) trading and one-upping on tap steps. Ragtime, Brian Krause, The band fails to take off and he is forced to join a minstrel show headed by Colonel Wallace. He was often cast as a brash and energetic young man during World War II, and paired with the equally energetic actress and tap dancer, Peggy Ryan. | [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. Watch in awe as one of the world's greatest entertainers, Donald O'Connor, tap dances on roller skates - just because he can. Peter Lorre, 110 min I'm not ready to be old."[8]. But after winning the role he finds out it was originally intended for See full summary, Director: Stars: New York Herald Tribune Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. Donald O'Connor, O'Connor was so wellknown and wellliked that he was Stars: Despite failing health in 2003, he made appearances at the Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival and the opening of the Judy Garland Museum. Donald "Dido" R O'Connor 1934 - 2023 Westfield Donald Richard O'Connor (Dido), age 88, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2023 in Jupiter FL, surrounded by family and friends. quadruplebypass surgery, began exercising, changed his diet, and Peggy Ryan, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn help an Arkansas preacher falsely accused of murder. Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point. [citation needed]. His death was caused by heart failure even though he had struggled with pneumonia for quite some time. Adventure, Comedy, Crime. Donald O'Connor, So I don't dance much any more, but I do enough to show people I can still move my legs."[5]. 88 min Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 1 Mar 1959: f3. After the success of Singin' in the Rain, MGM fashioned a starring vehicle for O'Connor in I Love Melvin (1953), in which he danced on roller skates. | | Stars: | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Children who do not read well are more likely to be retained a grade in school, drop out of high school, become a teen parent, or enter the juvenile justice system. In 1956, he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of his first symphony "Reflections d'un comique". Michael Gambon, [41][42] During the turbulent nine-year marriage, Carter physically abused O'Connor in frustration over her lack of an acting career. Robert Armstrong, Jimmy Durante, | A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer. | He was billed fifth in Sing You Sinners (1938) playing Bing Crosby's and MacMurray's younger brother.[10]. | Peggy Ryan, Arthur Lubin Stars: Olga San Juan, Betty Grable, Gary Cooper, | Tammy Alverson, Laverne Andrews, Passed All at once, the house started to shake (earthquake). 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. Ann Blyth, | $21.45M, 91 min 88 min Stars: Donald O'Connor Keeps Studio City Theater in the Family-Literally: [Valley Edition] He closed out the season with the Palm Spring Follies, performing in the last four shows after recovering from a serious illness that stopped him from performing. 78 min Donald O'Connor, Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII. Stars: Harry James, 91 min Donald O'Connor, 78, Who Danced His Way Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Is Dead: [Obituary (Obit)] Laura Press, PG-13 Sandra Dee stars as Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, who begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford (Bobby Darin) in That Funny Feeling. War hero Johnny Kovacs works with his superiors to hide from a star crossed lover while on leave and falls in love while living at a boarding house. died in the middle of a performance. Donald O'Connor was born on August 28, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. 68 min Billy Lee, 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." Donald O'Connor Scheduled for Another 'Francis' Film O'Connor third billed in both Boy Trouble (1939) and Unmarried (1939), playing John Hartley as a young boy in the latter. Comedy, Family, Fantasy. The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Charles Lamont Director: | what a good part was had changed. Joan Cusack, Donald O'Connor had been hired to make White Christmas but came down with a virus before shooting started. Zasu Pitts, Donald OConnor died on September 27th, 2003 at the age of 78 years in Woodland Hills California. habits, he had developed heart disease. Wesley Ruggles 62, Iss. Stars: He died from complications of heart failure on September 27, 2003, at age 78 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, in Woodland Hills, California. [29], He did episodes of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Vacation Playhouse, ABC Stage 67 and The Jackie Gleason Show. Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. Maria Montez, Comedy, Music, Romance. Donald O'Connor Named to Emcee Oscar Awards, Chicago Daily Tribune 19 Feb 1954: a8. Audio Recording: Christmas with Donald and Debbie/BVM Records, BVMC 51317, 1992. He played Gary Cooper as a young boy in Beau Geste (1939), directed by Wellman. Director: 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?". In the late 1950s he began guest starring on shows like Playhouse 90, The DuPont Show of the Month, and The Red Skelton Hour. O'Connor went back to Universal for Francis Goes to West Point (1952) then returned to MGM for I Love Melvin (1953) a musical with Debbie Reynolds. Yvette Duguay, Gene Kelly, Richard Anderson, Approved Jack Lemmon, Marie Wilson, | 74 min | Stars: He also developed as an actor, played a number of juvenile and super- polite boy roles such as Bing Crosby's kid brother in Sing, You Sinners (1938), Huckleberry Finn in Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938), and Beau (Gary Cooper) at age twelve in the dashing Foreign Legion action adventure film, Beau Geste (1939). And yeah, I think I wear well. 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). 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. He waswell known in the 1950s for being an American dancer, singer, and actor. Posthumously inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2004. Stars: | Ray Young, Alice Kelley, | | | O'Connor and Ryan were in Top Man (1943), with Susanna Foster, and Chip Off the Old Block (1944), with Ann Blyth. | Joshua Shelley, Approved Donald O'Connor, Francis the Talking Mule Richard Erdman, O'Connor, a circus strongman, dancer, and comedian, and Effie Irene Los Angeles Times 3 July 1976: b4. John Emery, Approved Red Buttons, With the decline of the studio system by the end of the decade, O'Connor launched himself into the television industry. O'Connor guest starred on The Littlest Hobo, Fantasy Island, Simon & Simon, Hotel, Alice in Wonderland, The Love Boat, and Highway to Heaven, and was in the films Pandemonium (1982), A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1988), and A Time to Remember (1988). He made his film debut at age eleven, dancing an uncredited "specialty routine" with brothers Jack and Billy in the 1937 Warner Brothers musical, Melody for Two. Donald O'Connor, 76 min 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. Stars: | Director: Charles Barton Night Work (1939) was a sequel to Boy Trouble and O'Connor was in Death of a Champion (1939). In 1992 he said, "I never wanted to be a superstar. He said he went on the road "about 32 weeks a year. Jesse White, G Donald O'Connor, | The two girls become See full summary, Director: Mischievous Elves! He was 78. The house started sliding off its foundation. Comedy, Music, Romance. | 67 min In the film, he played the younger. They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. Donald was their 7 th child. "[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. Comedy, Musical. Rhonda Fleming, He played Gary Cooper as a young boy in Beau Geste (1939), directed by Wellman. | Stage dancer, and actor best known for his jaunty, spirited solo in the film | 9,105 Donald O'Connor, | Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Director: I sing, I dance, I do comedy. Christine Jansen, 92 min He also won a Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations and received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Out to Sea, Richard Severo in the 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. event, other than the death of his father, marred his childhood: his | | Stars: Gloria Jean, "The scene was building to such a crescendo, I thought I'd actually have to kill myself," said O'Connor. Director: They had three children, son Donald Frederick, daughter Alicia, and son Kevin. [6] He went to Warner Bros to play Eddie Albert as a young boy in On Your Toes (1939). "[5], O'Connor began performing in movies in 1937, making his debut aged 11 in Melody for Two appearing with his family act. New York Times, A Christmas special about a world-class mystery-writing mouse who spends Christmas Eve with his sleuthing partners tracking down a missing Santa. When he was six months old, his father suffered a heart attack and Children: Alicia O'Conner, Donna O'Connor, Kevin O'Connor, Donald Frederick O'Connor Spouse: Gloria Noble (m. 1956-2003), Gwen Carter O'Connor (m. 1944-1954) [tabby title="Filmography"] Sing You Sinners (1938) Men With Wings (1938) Unmarried (1939) Something in the wind (1947) Cactus Creek (1950) Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949) | | "[8], When they were not touring they stayed with O'Connor's Uncle Bill in Danville, Illinois. O'Connor was billed fourth in Million Dollar Legs (1939) with Betty Grable. Comedy, Drama, Music, In the Gay 90s, Michael O'Rourke (Jack Oakie) and Dennis Dugan (Donald Cook) are owners of rival night spots in the Bowery. At a farewell luncheon, the studio executives presented him with a gift: a camera and 14 rolls of film. Donald O'Connor, Felix E. Feist Hamilton MacFadden The first, His wife is Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). Piper Laurie, Richard Dix, Approved Marjorie Main, Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. "I won't take anything I have for granted again," was written in each letter. Maxene Andrews, motion pictures he appeared in were 1947's Carol Kane, 77 min contract with Universal for $200 a week, and gradually earned more In 1938, after a Hollywood talent scout saw him perform at Una Merkel, Robert Paige, 74 min One tragic 244,828 Janet Leigh, Stars: Morgana King, Donald O'Connor (1925-2003) Actor Director Producer IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 2054 Play trailer 2:08 That Funny Feeling (1965) 10 Videos 99+ Photos Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. Mike Snyder, Dan Dailey, Approved Born in Chicago, Illinois, Stars: On February 7, 1944, O'Connor married Gwendolyn Carter; they had a education to him, he spent most of his time learning the tricks of the Dates: 1925-2003Birth Date: Aug 28, 1925Death Date: Sep 27, 2003, Place of Birth: Chicago, IllinoisPlace of Death: Calabasas, California. The role of Don Lockwoods friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain made him even more famous. Jane Frazee, (1942), a low-budget musical with The Andrews Sisters, the studio's teenage singing star Gloria Jean, and Peggy Ryan. | 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. O'Connor later said regarding Effie, "She wanted me to be as great as I possibly could be. Marilyn Monroe, As a result, he could not relate to ordinary children, who Hopper, Hedda. 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