Donald O'Connor
American dancer, singer, and actor (1925-2003) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 78
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor 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.
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Arthur Lubin Directed Francis in the Navy and Francis
Charles Lamont Directed Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)- Oscar Brodney Wrote Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Chill Wills Also in Francis in the Navy and Francis
Peggy Ryan Also in Follow the Boys and Get Hep to Love- Charles Barton Directed The Milkman and Double Crossbones
Walter Lang Directed There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Sol C. Siegel Produced There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)- Sidney Sheldon Directed The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
David Stern Wrote Francis and Francis Joins the WACS
Wesley Ruggles Directed Sing You Sinners (1938)
Hal Smith Also in Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)- Walter Scharf Wrote Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Gloria DeHaven Also in Yes Sir That's My Baby and Out to Sea
Gloria Jean Also in Get Hep to Love (1942)
Miloš Forman Directed Ragtime (1981)
Gene Kelly Directed Singin' in the Rain (1953)
Debbie Reynolds Also in Singin' in the Rain and I Love Melvin
Piper Laurie Also in The Milkman (1950)
Barry Levinson Directed Toys (1993)
Alfred Newman Wrote Beau Geste and Call Me Madam
Kathleen Freeman Also in Singin' in the Rain (1953)
Kurt Neumann Directed Unmarried (1939)
Frank McHugh Also in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2003 · aged 78