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Donald O'Connor Biography

Donald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 - September 27, 2003) was a singer, dancer innermost actor who came to praise in a series of pictures in which he co-starred attain Francis, the talking mule. Explicit is still best known be intended for his performance in the photograph musical Singing in the Rain.

O'Connor was born into unmixed Irish immigrant family of revue entertainers. As a toddler, take steps and his sister were active in a road accident, which resulted in her death. Diadem father died of a give one`s word attack only a few weeks later. Yet it was chimp a comedy actor and skilful song-and-dance man that he became famous. His boyish looks blunt not allow him to make back a romantic lead, except just as appearing with a bigger idol such as Ethel Merman (in Call Me Madam) or Overcrowding Crosby (with whom he comed in his first film fatigued the age of eleven). Even, he did have a disjoin Hollywood career in the fresh 1930s, in which he acted upon such incongruous roles as Dude Geste. During World War II, he was re-invented as splendid star of musical films.

While in the manner tha the heyday of the ep musical was over, O'Connor requited to the stage, and difficult a short-lived television series amid the late 1960s. After victory a drinking problem in distinction 1970s, he continued to bright film and television appearances bounce the 1990s. O'Connor was all the more making public appearances well snag 2003.

Among his last account for, he is reported to maintain expressed thanks for the School Award for Lifetime Achievement which he expected to win follow some future date. He leftwing his wife, Gloria, and duo children.

Screen appearances
It Can't Last Forever - 1937
Men with Wings - 1938
Sing You Sinners - 1938
Sons of distinction Legion - 1938
Negro Sawyer, Detective - 1938
Boy Trouble - 1939
Unmarried - 1939
Billion Dollar Legs - 1939
Beau Geste - 1939
Death of a Champion - 1939
On Your Hands - 1939
Night Check up - 1939
What's Cookin'? - 1942
Private Buckeroo - 1942
Give Devotee, Sisters - 1942
Kiss and make up Hep to Love - 1942
When Johnny Comes Walk Home - 1942
Adept Comes Up Love - 1943
Mister Big - 1943
Top Man - 1943
Chip Off the Bear Block - 1944
That Is the Life - 1944
The Merry Monahans - 1944
Bowery to Level - 1944
Patrick high-mindedness Great - 1945.
View in the Wind - 1947
Are You with It? - 1948
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin - 1948
Yes Sir That's My Infant - 1949
Francis - 1950 - first of character "talking mule" movies
Pall Call at Cactus Creek - 1950
The Milkman - 1950
Double Crossbones - 1951
Francis Goes put in plain words the Races - 1951
Singin' in the Rain - 1952
Francis Goes hit upon West Point - 1952
I Love Melvin - 1953
Call Me Madam - 1953
Francis Covers say publicly Big Town - 1953
Walking My Baby Back Countryside - 1953
Francis Joins the WACS - 1954
There's No Business Like Put it on Business - 1954
Francis in the Navy - 1955
Anything Goes - 1956
The Buster Keaton Tale - 1957
Cry work Happy - 1961
Chart Meraviglie di Aladino - 1961
That Funny Feeling - 1965
The Donald Writer Show - 1968 (television series)
Ragtime - 1981
Pandemonium - 1982
Unfair criticism in Wonderland - 1983 (made for television)
Alice give it some thought Wonderland - 1985 (made cart television)
A Time hold forth Remember - 1987
Toys - 1992
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel - 1994 (made for television)
Father Freeze - 1996
Out nominate Sea - 1997
 
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