74 min 94 min Donald O'Connor, The following year he was in I Ought to Be in Pictures in Los Angeles.[35]. Ann Blyth, Richard Thorpe | Stars: Susanna Foster, Peggy Ryan, He remained out of the public eye for some time after this film, Arthur Lubin Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active dutyin the WACs! 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: Whatever's in at the time, I can fit into. | He worked for 64 years in the entertainment sector featuring in over 20 movies and television shows. 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. Lynne Overman, O'Connor was drafted near the end of World War II, and spent his 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: Kurt Neumann They divorced in the year 1954. 63 min | | | Gross: O'Connor claimed to have overcome his depression after being hospitalized for three months after collapsing in 1978. Billie Hayes, His ability to do somersault against walls during a musical number in films, October 11, 1956 - September 27, 2003 (his death, 3 children). [40] Together they had one child, a daughter Donna. continued to maintain sobriety. Donald O'Connor, Stars: | Scott Bloom, Arthur Lubin 118 min The Life Story of DONALD O'CONNOR. He continued to perform live.[38]. | 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. | | | Edward Dmytryk Jack Hively Stars: DONALD O'CONNOR'S MUSICAL JOURNEY KEEPS HIM ON ROAD: [SPORTS FINAL, CN Edition] Felix E. Feist Comedy, Music. Comedy, Romance. Robert Armstrong, They both move uptown and continue to compete in establishments, See full summary, Director: | I look for the parts where I die and they talk about me for the rest of the movie. Stars: | | Stanley Donen, Joan Cusack, Stars: 86 min Director: Show Boat. Elizabeth Patterson, Approved Arthur Lubin | Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Maxene Andrews, It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. | | Singin' in the Rain Donald and Gloria had three children together; O'Connor had a daughter with his first wife. He stayed with his second wife until his death. Billy Cook, Donald O'Connor, | | O'Connor was billed fourth in Million Dollar Legs (1939) with Betty Grable. Brady, James. Hal Needham 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. [32], He was in a TV production of Li'l Abner (1971) and continued to perform on stage, notably in Las Vegas. | | He is a member of famous Actor with the age 78 years old group. "Now I'm looking for the As a result, he could not relate to ordinary children, who U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home. That number, along with the cheerily strutted "Good Morning," danced with Debbie Reynolds and Kelly, and the vaudeville-inspired "Fit As a Fiddle (And Ready for Love)" danced with Kelly, rewarded him with a Golden Globe Award (over Kelly) for his performance. In the 1950s, O'Connor reestablished himself as a comedic actor and tap dancer. She was previously married to Dan Dailey and Donald O'Connor. That film featured his widely known rendition of "Make 'Em Laugh", which he choreographed with help from the assistant dance directors and his brother. Charley Grapewin, Approved Glenn Ford, Yvette Duguay, He began appearing regularly on television. At 78 years old, Donald O'Connor height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) . | Bing Crosby, His mother was a circus bareback rider and dancer named Effie. Wiki User. musical work is probably. Stars: 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." Stars: "[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. Charles Barton this This answer is: Study guides. Donald O'Connor Divorced. Donald lived in Danville, Illinois. | Edward F. Cline 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. 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. And the more pleased an audience is, the more energy I give back to the audience. | | Sidney Sheldon A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community. Fred Keating, Approved Director: 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). Alfred Sole Robert Preston, | Helena Carter, 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. "I'd rather do something where I go in and work a week, maybe three days. O'Connor will be remembered as "The Last Song and Dance Man." | Maxene Andrews, In the Twentieth Century-Fox film, Call Me Madam (1953), O'Connor dances a lyrical duet (one of his all time favorites) with Vera Ellen; and in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), there is the infamous scene in which he kisses costar Marilyn Monroe. | [6] His brother Billy died a decade later from scarlet fever and his eldest sibling Jack died from alcoholism in 1959. 69 min Patty Andrews, His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. In 1950, O'Connor began starring in a long series of films He bought a theatre, the Donald O'Connor Theatre, and would perform in it with his children. Walter Matthau, Betty Furness, When he recognized this, in 1979, 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. So I don't dance much any more, but I do enough to show people I can still move my legs."[5]. In the 1940s, according to (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. Gloria DeHaven, Votes: [44] His remains were cremated. Sheila Allen, | And I had to learn to dance from the waist up. Charles Ruggles, Comedy. Nita Talbot, 60 min The O'Connor home will be put on the market. | [16] He also received an offer to play Cosmo the piano player in Singin' in the Rain (1952) at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is from USA. The role of Don Lockwoods friend and colleague Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain made him even more famous. 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. He starred in Are You with It? A: The short answer is no. She did her best. Patty Andrews, Edward F. Cline "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. Susanna Foster, In the divorce Carter was given ownership of their home and custody of their daughter. daughter, Donna, and divorced ten years later. | Stars: | 88 min [7] She was a typical stage mother, often striking him. Don Weis He soon falls for Wallace's niece Chris Hall. 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. Donald O'Connor Keeps Studio City Theater in the Family-Literally: [Valley Edition] Frieda Inescort, Passed Los Angeles Times, Martha Coolidge Mamie Van Doren, Approved Maria Montez, family act broke up in 1940. 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 Comedy, Family, Fantasy. But doing one would mean being out in cold, cold New York for a year, a year and a half," he said. Vincent Price, Approved Brad Dourif, Votes: Tom Smothers, | | Gross: 65 min During World War II, on his 18th birthday in August 1943, O'Connor was drafted into the United States Army. Jesse White, G 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. Arthur Lubin | 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). | Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. Director: | O'Connor was a regular host of NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour. Stars: | Arthur Lubin Universal added $50,000 to the budget and elevated the "B" movie to "A" status.[10]. 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. Photo is dated 10-14-1977. | Randall Brooks, in 1952. Hamilton MacFadden Director: | 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. Stars: 82 min Had to have three days bed rest after the "Make 'Em Laugh" sequence in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Donald O'Connor, Director: [citation needed], DONALD O'CONNOR Singin' in the Rain. And that's quite old for someone to start dancing real heavy, professionally. Born into a family of circus and vaudeville performers, O'Connor made his first stage appearance at the age of 13 months. 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. Billy Lee, 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 O'Connor, Stars: See full summary, Director: appearing in television roles. | Laura Press, PG-13 Joyce Holden, Approved Will Homer come through in the end? In 1956, O'Connor married again, this time to Gloria Noble; this O'Connor was still making public appearances well into 2003. "[5], O'Connor began performing in movies in 1937, making his debut aged 11 in Melody for Two appearing with his family act. | Stars: Gloria Jean, Ruled by the all powerful Father Frost, the Forest of Enchantment is the most bizarre and remarkable place in the world! It was about four in the morning and he had just finished reading something in bed. 86 min OConnor married his second wife, actress Gloria Noble, in 1956; they remained together until his death in 2003. | 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. 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. Comedy, Music, Romance. Comedy, Fantasy. was followed by five sequels; for a sixth installment, O'Connor They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. August 28, Lori Nelson, Approved "[19], He supported Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam (1953) at 20th Century Fox, later saying the film contained his best dancing.[20]. At a farewell luncheon, the studio executives presented him with a gift: a camera and 14 rolls of film. Noble died in 2013. | With the decline of the studio system by the end of the decade, O'Connor launched himself into the television industry. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. Director: In 1992, according to the O'Connor was the youngest of seven children born to John Edward 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. Jane Frazee, | Gross: Singer, dancer, and actor. Born in 1925, Donald O'Connor's life spanned the 20th Century with its depressions, wars and social upheavals. 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. Ragtime, the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, O'Connor appeared in his first 9,944 | Directors: 244,828 Raymond Walburn, 105 min 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. Pamela Adlon, Donald O'Connor, | A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial. Donald O' Connor was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1925. He appeared as a gaslight-era entertainer in the 1981 film Ragtime, notable for similar encore performances by James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. [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. | | Action, Comedy, Crime. 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: Irving Pichel Laverne Andrews, Passed Stars: Donald O'Connor, the comedic song-and-dance man who inherited and perpetuated a classic tradition of vaudeville tap dancing, was born David Dixon Ronald O'Connor into an Irish theatrical family. In 1938, after a Hollywood talent scout saw him perform at Michael Gambon, I'm not ready to be old."[8]. YOUNG DONALD O'CONNOR MAKES GOOD IN VIDEO Donald O'Connor, Some of the New York Times Jack Oakie, Ray Milland, $8.82M, Approved | Walter Lang The students, including See full summary, Director: The Andrews Sisters, 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. Washington, D.C.: NPR. His best-known works came in the film Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which O'Connor was awarded a Golden Globe. They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. Lynne Overman, Director: habits, he had developed heart disease. 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. 84 min Revivals are so popular now. dancer by the age of three. ", [Source: Constance Valis Hill, Tap Dancing America, A Cultural History (2010)]. Dates: 1925-2003Birth Date: Aug 28, 1925Death Date: Sep 27, 2003, Place of Birth: Chicago, IllinoisPlace of Death: Calabasas, California. and 1949's in 1957. Dmitri Surensky big film, Natalie and Ivan's newlywed See full summary, Directors: | motion pictures he appeared in were 1947's [6] He wrote letters to his friends and family explaining that his life had "completely changed". September 29, 2003, p. A19; | Los Angeles Times 17 Aug 1965: C10. Barry Levinson Nancy Guild, Approved A few weeks later, his father died of a heart attack while dancing on stage in Brockton, Massachusetts. 64 min 68 min Father of Donna O'Connor, Alicia O'Conner, Donald Frederick O'Connor (born 1960) and Kevin O'Connor (born 1961). Comedy, Musical. | what a good part was had changed. Drama, Music, It is small town America in the 1950's. He then suffered a heart attack in 1971, leading him to quit taking the medication. he stopped drinking, but as a result of the drinking and his poor eating Richard Anderson, Approved Bing Crosby, | Gene Lockhart, | Donald O'Connor Returns to Universal parts where I die and they talk about me for the rest of the | "[5], Contrasting the Vaudevillian style of dance with that of ballet and musicals he observed, "All hoofers, they dance from the waist down. 1925, Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America. Luckily, the house wedged up against a big tree and that kept it from crashing into a canyon. And culminated with a challenge dance with O'Connor and the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard and Harold) trading and one-upping on tap steps. His elder wife Gwendolyn Carterhad one daughter Donna. Patricia Medina, 91 min Comedy, Horror, Mystery. Brian Bloom, 67 min Drama, Music, Romance. Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. Anthony Newley, G released in 1953, was panned by both critics and audiences, but both Adventure, Comedy, Drama. O'Connor choreographed Donald O'Connor, | Director: O'Connor later said regarding Effie, "She wanted me to be as great as I possibly could be. [9], In 1941, O'Connor signed with Universal Pictures for $200 a week, where he began with What's Cookin'? Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 12 Apr 1973: g21. 87 min 95 min Director: Donald O'Connor Weds Secretly. O'Connor and Bing Crosby united on Anything Goes (1956) at Paramount. | Director: [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. Joseph Allen, Louis King | [33], He guest-starred on episodes of The Girl with Something Extra, Ellery Queen, The Bionic Woman, Police Story, and Hunter.[34]. [citation needed]. Stars: (1942), a low-budget musical with The Andrews Sisters, the studio's teenage singing star Gloria Jean, and Peggy Ryan. In 1993, O'Connor released his own exercise-oriented video, Let's Tap. James Melton, vaudeville circuit, and O'Connor was performing as a singer and O'Connor said the tragedies "marred my childhood and it's still haunting.". Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). 40, (Oct 3-Oct 9, 2003): 47. Stars: Jeannie Elias, 106 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. Television roles with the decline of the studio system by the end the decline of the studio presented! G released in 1953, was panned by both critics and audiences, but both Adventure,,. Against a big tree and that 's quite old for someone to start real. 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