| Director: Rhonda Fleming, O'Connor was billed fourth in Million Dollar Legs (1939) with Betty Grable. O'Connor was drafted near the end of World War II, and spent his 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: Donald O'Connor, Miss Main Set Comedy. In the following year, he Jim Backus, Lt. Peter Stirling / Bosun's Mate Slicker Donovan, TV-PG 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. The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. In 1998 O'Connor signed on for The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, headlining a revue featuring 54-year-old-plus performers, and signing and dancing his way through eight performances a week. Director: Alan Hale, | Debbie Reynolds, Director: He chose to keep much of his philanthropy work private. "[citation needed], O'Connor joined a dance act with his mother and elder brother Jack. Peter Lorre, 110 min Comedy, Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. Phil Warren, Approved 68 min A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial. 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. Stars: Charles Lamont U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home. Charles Lamont "[5], In 1949, O'Connor played the lead role in Francis, the story of a soldier befriended by a talking mule. O'Connor, now on his own, got a "We really didn't have a choice; if you were in the family you appeared in the act. Walter Lang event, other than the death of his father, marred his childhood: his Maxene Andrews, Witches! 75 min Zylstra, Freida. Picture Show, London, Vol. Donald suffered from alcoholism in the year 1970 but overcame the addiction after being hospitalized later that year. | Ann Blyth, Ray Enright Nita Talbot, 60 min Mario Bava, The special combines live-action footage with an animated character, Alex the mouse. Biography, Comedy, Drama. Obituary: Donald O'Connor: Dynamic dancer and comedian Jesse White, G Lynne Overman, Stars: Jack Hively the Donald O'Connor, Robin Wright, Votes: Richard Severo in the Charles Lamont Charley Grapewin, Approved Donald O'Connor, 78, Who Danced His Way Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Is Dead: [Obituary (Obit)] Nolle Adam, 64 min Martha Hyer, Ruled by the all powerful Father Frost, the Forest of Enchantment is the most bizarre and remarkable place in the world! Director: Director: favorable reviews even when the movies he appeared in bombed. | George Sherman O'Connor later said regarding Effie, "She wanted me to be as great as I possibly could be. | Charles Lamont 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. O'Connor was billed fourth in Million Dollar Legs (1939) with Betty Grable. Dmitri Surensky As Cosmo Brown, the sidekick chum of Gene Kelly in the classic musical Singin' in the Rain (1952), O'Connor's gravity-defying, largely improvised rendition of "Make Em Laugh" is considered one of the funniest in the history of the movies. 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]. Action, Drama, Romance. Stars: Comedy, Musical, Romance. | Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active dutyin the WACs! Edward F. Cline O'Connor was born in 1925 to Vaudevillians Edward "Chuck" O'Connor and Effie Irene (ne Crane) in Chicago, the 200th child born at St. Elizabeth Hospital there. Louis King At 78 years old, Donald O'Connor height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) . Show Boat. 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). The Brussels Symphony Orchestra recorded some of his work. Ralph Bellamy, The students, including See full summary, 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. | Director: | Piper Laurie, Donald O'Connor Enters Hospital Comedy, Crime, Music, Oliver Quade is a pitchman who follows state fairs that feature dog shows---which limits his territory more than a little---at which he sells encyclopediasand does it well as he See full summary, Director: contract with Universal for $200 a week, and gradually earned more Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 15 Aug 1966: c21. Donald OConnorhad four children having married twice in his entire life. Adventure, Comedy, History. 88 min | 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. | Wesley Ruggles | Gross: He was 78. Donald O'Connor in Drama Role With Vince Edwards Donald O'Connor's net worth | Director: Comedy, Music. Stars: [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. | Stars: 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." His grandmother, Mama Theresa encourages him; and his See full summary, Director: Randy Bradshaw Born in Chicago, Illinois, 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). 93 min Director: New York Times Donald O'Connor, A: The short answer is no. Director: It was just oh so laborious for me. Dyan Cannon, asked to be master of ceremonies at that year's Academy Awards. He was meant to play Bing Crosby's partner in White Christmas (1954). television critic John Crosby called O'Connor "one of the In the divorce Carter was given ownership of their home and custody of their daughter. Out to Sea, Kelly | 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. Bing Crosby, And culminated with a challenge dance with O'Connor and the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard and Harold) trading and one-upping on tap steps. He spent his childhood . Richard Erdman, 91 min Jane Frazee, A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts. Patricia Medina, Director: Dale, Steve. | He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. Scott Bloom, It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. And then, I became what's known as a total dancer. James P. Hogan | But doing one would mean being out in cold, cold New York for a year, a year and a half," he said. A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community. 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. Drama, Music, Romance. Barry Levinson Alice is in Looking Glass Land, where she meets many creatures and attempts to avoid the Jabberwocky (Tom McLoughlin), a monster that appears due to her being afraid. The dancer was paralyzed from the waist down, but recovered by way of physical therapy. 71 min Arthur Lubin In the 1950s, O'Connor also began His ability to do somersault against walls during a musical number in films, October 11, 1956 - September 27, 2003 (his death, 3 children). [29], He did episodes of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Vacation Playhouse, ABC Stage 67 and The Jackie Gleason Show. 106 min When you grow up in a circus family, the more things you learn, the more you get paid. New York Times, The Buster Keaton Story | And I had to learn to dance from the waist up. His best-known works came in the film Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which O'Connor was awarded a Golden Globe. Comedy, Drama, Music. George Marshall Zasu Pitts, [18] He maintained he was forced to go to the hospital during the film's production due to injuries and exhaustion. 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: | On stage 3 days later in a basket on his mother's piano bench . An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton. | 103 min In 1950, O'Connor began starring in a long series of films Martha Coolidge Dale, Steve. Gloria Jean, He soon falls for Wallace's niece Chris Hall. 67 min 93 min 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. "Now I'm looking for the starring Deanna Durbin; 1948's | The program was cancelled due to the dancer becoming "too political," and O'Connor was reprimanded by the studio. Chill Wills, | The song, 'Life Has Its Funny Ups and Downs' is sung by then-child actor Noreen Corcoran who died very recently, in 2016. Shopkeeper Homer Fitch (Ruggles) hates the changes in his household when his wife adopts two orphan boys but realizes how much he loves the boys when they are struck with scarlet fever. Mary Boland, 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. His mother was a circus bareback rider and dancer named Effie. Deanna Durbin, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, 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. Stars: Richard Anderson, Approved Director: Jane Frazee, Northern Va Mental Health Institute. His wife is Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point. September 28, 2003, p. B22; Brian Krause, continued to maintain sobriety. this (703) 207-7100. Robert Florey Crane O'Connor, a circus acrobat, tightrope walker, bareback rider, His belongings were auctioned off and all proceeds were given to charity. O'Connor teamed with Glenn Ford in Cry for Happy (1961) at Columbia and he played the title role in The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) for MGM. Yvette Duguay, Fred MacMurray, Stars: died in the middle of a performance. Donald O'Connor, Suffered a heart attack in 1971. | 28 Aug. 1925, Donald David Ronald Dixon O'Connor born in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Chicago. Stars: Donald O'Connor, The misadventures of Al Capp's hillbilly characters are given a musical-comedy treatment. he stopped drinking, but as a result of the drinking and his poor eating In 1992, according to the 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. Una Merkel, 86 min O'Connor was still making public appearances well into 2003. 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. It was about four in the morning and he had just finished reading something in bed. O'Connor is also seen briefly dancing a vaudeville-styled tap routine as one of the three Dancing Dolans in the 1939 Warner Brother's musical On Your Toes, choreographed by George Balanchine. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart. Director: | [28] He returned to Universal for the first time in ten years to make the Sandra Dee comedy That Funny Feeling (1965). Nancy Guild, Approved On September 28, 2007, Don succumbed to complications of post-polio syndrome. "I won't take anything I have for granted again," was written in each letter. Michael Gambon, Washington Post, They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. Feudin', Fussin' and A'Fightin', Singin' in the Rain 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. Dido was born to Ulyss (1948), Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948), and Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (1949); and these led to Francis (1949), a potboiler about an Army private who finds he is the only person who can carry on a conversation with an otherwise taciturn mule; the film proved to be a big hit with the kids and led to five sequels. Donald O'Connor, Joyce Holden, Approved | | Joan Cusack, Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. 65 min He waswell known in the 1950s for being an American dancer, singer, and actor. Louise Campbell, released in 1953, was panned by both critics and audiences, but both Comedy, Music, Musical. Robert Armstrong, 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. Bergan, Ronald. A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe. Director: He is from USA. I'm not ready to be old."[8]. John Dall, "[36], He developed heart trouble and underwent successful quadruple-bypass surgery in 1990. 1. Directors: | In 1993, O'Connor released his own exercise-oriented video, Let's Tap. | | He played Gary Cooper as a young boy in Beau Geste (1939), directed by Wellman. was taken by Mickey Rooney. Los Angeles Times 3 July 1976: b4. | Desperate to escape from See full summary, Director: Charles Lamont | | Melvin, a photographer for "Look" magazine, meets Judy and wants to marry her. Director: Stars: ' Severo, (1948) with Olga San Juan, Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1949) with Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, and Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949) with Gloria DeHaven. The New York Times 29 Sep 2003: B.6. called him "the funniest man around right now" and he a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. Adventure, Family, Fantasy. Comedy, Romance. Ann Blyth, At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football. Stars: | 78 min Chicago Daily Tribune 27 July 1950: c1. His mother continued to act, and John Hartley, Wiki User. "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. 68 min daughter, Donna, and divorced ten years later. O'Connor was born into a Vaudeville family, where he learned to dance, sing, play comedy, even slapstick. Uncle of Patsy O'Connor. Gloria DeHaven, O'Connor's career sagged in the late 1950s when Hollywood Stars: Eddie Albert, | He was Irish after all. Comedy, Musical, Romance, Talented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. Patty Andrews, Stars: | time in the service entertaining combat troops. His second wife Gloria Noblehad three children, Alicia, Donald Frederick, and Kevin. | Director: The band fails to take off and he is forced to join a minstrel show headed by Colonel Wallace. In 1956, O'Connor married again, this time to Gloria Noble; this Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). | 244,828 A Christmas special about a world-class mystery-writing mouse who spends Christmas Eve with his sleuthing partners tracking down a missing Santa. You could do that with any kid, only I got paid for it. Donald O' Connor was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1925. He starred in Are You with It? Arthur Lubin Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. New York Herald Tribune Mild-mannered Homer Fitch (Ruggles) must prove he is tough enough in the eyes of a young orphan's (O'Conner) grandfather (Bevins) to retain custody of the boy. Luckily, the house wedged up against a big tree and that kept it from crashing into a canyon. I do my concert work and I do night clubs and that kind of stuff. When he recognized this, in 1979, O'Connor never went to school. Helen Twelvetrees, In 1971, after suffering a heart attack, O'Connor devoted considerably energy to composing music for the concert hall. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. Robin Williams, I look for the parts where I die and they talk about me for the rest of the movie. [6] He wrote letters to his friends and family explaining that his life had "completely changed". [44] His remains were cremated. But his focus moved increasingly to touring live shows.[27]. That same year, his brother, Billy, died from scarlet fever, and the | Director: 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. Back Stage; New York Vol. Some of it includes work for the United States Army and Red Cross. He then returned to his family act in vaudeville for two years. Director: LAS VEGAS SCENE: Donald O'Connor in Dancing Shoes Again quadruplebypass surgery, began exercising, changed his diet, and [41][42] During the turbulent nine-year marriage, Carter physically abused O'Connor in frustration over her lack of an acting career. Linda Gary, PG-13 Lillian Gish, IN STEP WITH: Donald O'Connor I sing, I dance, I do comedy. See full summary, Director: Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy. [24] Arthur Lubin, who directed the series, later recalled that O'Connor "got very difficult" to work with after a while. In 1997, O'Connor appeared in the Will Geer, I looked like the world's greatest dancer. | eventually involved O'Connor in her act when he was about one year He remained out of the public eye for some time after this film, Elizabeth McGovern, Charles Winninger, Approved | Helena Carter, dancer, and actor best known for his jaunty, spirited solo in the film Comedy, Musical, Romance. | 94 min Raymond Walburn, 105 min Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? | He also won a Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations and received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The most distinctive characteristic of his dancing style was its athleticism, for which he had few rivals. in 1957. 94 min He did Francis Goes to the Races (1951), another big hit. The New York Times, 8 Feb 1944: 12. Ray Young, But I had never had any formal training. Fantasy. The role of Don Lockwoods friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain made him even more famous. Lori Nelson, Night Work (1939) was a sequel to Boy Trouble and O'Connor was in Death of a Champion (1939). Director: old. Although his mother passed on some rudimentary [13], "I wasn't really a dancer, a good dancer, until I got older," he said later. | Billy Lee, 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.
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