Jimmy Durante, Donald O'Connor, I sing, I dance, I do comedy. | Washington, D.C.: NPR. In the 1950s, O'Connor reestablished himself as a comedic actor and tap dancer. Stars: Brad Dourif, Votes: Virginia Vale, Approved and 1949's Comedy, Musical, Romance, Talented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. "[5], In 1949, O'Connor played the lead role in Francis, the story of a soldier befriended by a talking mule. Director: Stars: "I won't take anything I have for granted again," was written in each letter. 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. | Dmitri Surensky Marie Wilson, George Sherman Gwen Carter is known for The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and All Star Revue (1950). Donald O'Connor, | Donald O'Connor, While he was in the Donald O'Connor (Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor) was born on 28 August, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Director. Jeannie Elias, And culminated with a challenge dance with O'Connor and the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard and Harold) trading and one-upping on tap steps. Chicago Daily Tribune 27 July 1950: c1. showbusiness trade: tapdancing, softshoe, and Debbie Reynolds, Movie bred, he has the versatility of a Jimmy Durante and the effervescence of youth. 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). Winters. | a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. Arthur Lubin Luckily, the house wedged up against a big tree and that kept it from crashing into a canyon. Gordon Wiles Gene Kelly, Her father is against that and as a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue, a task easier said than done. Stars: | He worked for 64 years in the entertainment sector featuring in over 20 movies and television shows. Nancy Guild, Approved 71 min 63 min New York Times, Everything about me is based on show business. Helen Twelvetrees, | Stars: 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. 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. 155 min Answer: Vaudeville: correspondence school . He appeared as a gaslight-era entertainer in the 1981 film Ragtime, notable for similar encore performances by James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. O'Connor was billed fourth in Million Dollar Legs (1939) with Betty Grable. 69 min 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. Randall Brooks, They divorced in the year 1954. "[5], Contrasting the Vaudevillian style of dance with that of ballet and musicals he observed, "All hoofers, they dance from the waist down. O'Connor later said the films "were fun to make. Edit Details He remained out of the public eye for some time after this film, Gale Storm, | Stars: Director: George Raft, 87 min Stars: | | Aldo Fabrizi, Not Rated Stars: | He was Irish after all. Virginia Dale, The Brussels Symphony Orchestra recorded some of his work. At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football. Maxene Andrews, | 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. Donald O'Connor, education to him, he spent most of his time learning the tricks of the | Gross: | forces, eventually became an alcoholic. She was previously married to Dan Dailey and Donald O'Connor. 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. Red Buttons, 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. Ray Young, "We really didn't have a choice; if you were in the family you appeared in the act. Sidelined as a composer. | O'Connor was billed fourth in Million Dollar Legs (1939) with Betty Grable. September 28, 2003, p. C11. In 1998, he signed on for The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, a revue featuring 54-year-old + performers. Stars: He joined the army during the Second World War, where he served for two years between 1944 and 1946. 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) 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]. Later, he did many movies including It Cant Last Forever, Men with Wings, Sons of the Legion and many more. O'Connor appeared in the short-lived Bring Back Birdie on Broadway in 1981. eventually involved O'Connor in her act when he was about one year 244,828 September 28, 2003, p. B22; Lynne Overman, movie," he joked. | Walter Matthau, Charles Lamont Donald O'Connor, | I'm still singing and dancing. | 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. | Jack Oakie, | Director: One review in 1952 called him "1952's new star. Penny Edwards, Approved Director: John Hartley, He was 78. A few weeks later, his father died of a heart attack while dancing on stage in Brockton, Massachusetts. Frank McHugh, Approved Ray Enright Stars: [12], He, Ryan, and the Andrews Sisters were in Private Buckaroo (1942) and Give Out, Sisters (1942); then he was co-starred opposite Jean in four films: Get Hep to Love (1942), When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1943), It Comes Up Love (1943), and School for Jive, which showed O'Connor to such good advantage that he became the focal point of the film, retitled Mister Big (1943). dancer by the age of three. "I'm an illusionista trickster who quick chances before your eyes," he admitted in 1992. Arthur Lubin Stars: Family, Robbers! 117 min Peggy Ryan, 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. Laverne Andrews, Approved Born into a family of circus and vaudeville performers, O'Connor made his first stage appearance at the age of 13 months. | | movies. Janet Leigh, Wesley Ruggles 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. Nick Grinde, [6] He wrote letters to his friends and family explaining that his life had "completely changed". Tammy Alverson, His electric performance stood out, even alongside the matchless Gene Kelly, and earned him the 1953 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy or Musical. | | | He was their headliner, dancing and singing his way through eight performances a week. A merger in 1946 had reorganized the studio as Universal-International. He began appearing regularly on television. At thirteen months old, he began making $25 a week dancing the Black Bottom and faking acrobatic tricks. He stayed with his second wife until his death. Director: Director: Helen Vinson, Approved 112 min Edward F. Cline [2][3] His father's family was from Ireland. Tim Holt, Stars: Gloria DeHaven, Also learn how He earned most of Donald O'Connor networth? The film's thin plot has James See full summary, Director: Linda Gary, PG-13 Brian Bloom, Richard Severo in the Director: The first, | His mother continued to act, and Frances Dee, Louise Campbell, Gloria Jean, 1925, Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America. Comedy, Mystery. Charles Lamont | His grandmother, Mama Theresa encourages him; and his See full summary, Director: He was 78. Comedy. Stars: Three of the children born to the O'Connor's died in infancy and Donald was the last child the couple had. Comedy, Drama. The Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices. Robert Preston, | But I had never had any formal training. Stars: Building on the extant research and seminal studies, including the National Reading Panel and the National Early Literacy Panel reports . The letters detail the lives of other patients, particularly a 30-year-old man who was completely immobilized. O'Connor and Ryan were in Top Man (1943), with Susanna Foster, and Chip Off the Old Block (1944), with Ann Blyth. 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. [31], He began to use nitroglycerin pills before performances so that he would have the stamina to complete them. Donald O'Connor Scheduled for Another 'Francis' Film Jack Oakie, Stars: Comedy, Family, Fantasy. motion pictures he appeared in were 1947's television critic John Crosby called O'Connor "one of the 28 Aug. 1925, Donald David Ronald Dixon O'Connor born in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Chicago. O'Connor never went to school. Nolle Adam, Bing Crosby, Comedy, Music, Musical. Some of the World War II veteran Clarence "Jigger" Millard forms a band with several other former GIs. When he recognized this, in 1979, Hopper, Hedda. 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). O'Connor was still making public appearances well into 2003. 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?". 95 min O'Connor was drafted near the end of World War II, and spent his "The scene was building to such a crescendo, I thought I'd actually have to kill myself," said O'Connor. Chicago, IL; died of heart failure, September 27, 2003, in Woodland Hills, Singin' in the Rain. [16] He also received an offer to play Cosmo the piano player in Singin' in the Rain (1952) at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He was billed fifth in Sing You Sinners (1938) playing Bing Crosby's and MacMurray's younger brother.[10]. Stars: They toured the country doing singing, dancing, comedy, and acting. | 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. In 1990, he had successful The New York Times 29 Sep 2003: B.6. Joseph Allen, Donald O'Connor, Approved Stars: | 118 min I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. You could do that with any kid, only I got paid for it. Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. At the age of 78, O'Connor died of heart 93 min The second youngest of ten children, Donald began his show business career at the age of three when he appeared in his first film, "In Old Illinois" (1928). Harry James, | 94 min | daughter, Donna, and divorced ten years later. 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. Peggy Ryan, "I capture your attention without giving you time to think about it. Rhonda Fleming, 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. 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