The two traveled throughout the United States to perform on the Billie Hayes, Porter Hall, | I Love Melvin, Robin Wright, Votes: 87 min Los Angeles Times 3 Mar 1989: 28. Tell us what you think about this feature. 94 min Donald Cook, Approved | Francis, | And I had to learn to dance from the waist up. Comedy, Musical, Romance. The New York Times 29 Sep 2003: B.6. Director: Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, "Donald O'Connor, 78, Who Danced His Way Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Is Dead", "Donald O'Connor interview - Mindy Aloff", "Donald O'Connor, 78; Entertainer Immortalized by 'Singin' in the Rain', Mindy Alloff's 1979 interview with O'Connor, Donald O'Connor on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1951-54), Donald O'Connor on "Texaco Star Theater" (1954-55), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_O%27Connor&oldid=1132851601, Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award winners, United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2023, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Won - 1954 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Male Star of Regular Series (for, Won - 1954 Golen Laurel award for Top Male Musical Performance in, Earned - 1960, Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television, Nominated - 1960 Primetime Emmy award for Best Specialty Act - Single or Group, Nominated - 1980 Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events (52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980)), This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 22:27. 82 min | Desperate to escape from See full summary, Director: In 1938, after a Hollywood talent scout saw him perform at | At a farewell luncheon, the studio executives presented him with a gift: a camera and 14 rolls of film. Musical in which a family puts on a show to boost the morale of the local factory workers. 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. television critic John Crosby called O'Connor "one of the His elder wife Gwendolyn Carter had one daughter Donna. Donald O'Connor, Stars: Director: Dale, Steve. (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. Donald O'Connor, Director: 86 min | | Grace McDonald, Approved O'Connor later said the films "were fun to make. Donald O'Connor, Morgana King, | 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). [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. | | old. 9,944 Comedy, Roger Bradley, son of a milk magnate, isn't allowed to work for his dad's company because of a lingering war trauma: in moments of stress he quacks like a duck. Edward F. Cline I'm not ready to be old."[8]. Lloyd Bacon 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 Stars: | He was their headliner, dancing and singing his way through eight performances a week. Comedy, Family, Fantasy. That studio also released The Buster Keaton Story (1957), in which O'Connor had the title role. Donald O'Connor, | Stars: 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: | Director: | In the film, he played the younger. Born in Chicago, Illinois, His children have refurbished the theater, painted walls, laid new carpets and built an office and dressing rooms. | | Los Angeles Times 9 Aug 1953: 3. "I won't take anything I have for granted again," was written in each letter. marriage would last for the rest of his life. 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) He was Cap'n Andy in a short-lived Broadway revival of Show Boat (1983) and continued to tour in various shows and acts. U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home. | [1] Effie was a bareback rider and Chuck was a circus strongman and acrobat. The Buster Keaton Story Edward F. Cline Hopper, Hedda. | Stars: Stars: 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. Holly Connor 1976 The Bionic Woman (TV Series) Harry Anderson - A Thing of the Past (1976) . Stars: Jane Frazee, ' Severo, Louis King | After being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn help an Arkansas preacher falsely accused of murder. Some of the Ruben Gomez. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his See full summary, Directors: 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. Vera Zorina, Lynne Overman, $27.97M, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. eventually involved O'Connor in her act when he was about one year Fantasy. He also won a Primetime Emmy Award from four . showbusiness trade: tapdancing, softshoe, and Grace McDonald, Sandra Dee, musical work is probably. In 1956, O'Connor married again, this time to Gloria Noble; this Q Fever Hits Star, Melbourne Argus 15 Aug 1953, p. 4. O'Connor and Ryan were in Top Man (1943), with Susanna Foster, and Chip Off the Old Block (1944), with Ann Blyth. Sandra Dee stars as Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, who begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford (Bobby Darin) in That Funny Feeling. 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. Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active dutyin the WACs! 95 min Christine Jansen, 92 min Vittorio De Sica, 155 min 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. His mother continued to act, and Children: Gwen had Donna; Gloria had Alicia, Fred and Kevin . | Anonymous. Singin' in the Rain Family, Robbers! Ethel Merman, Stars: DONALD O'CONNOR IN 'PICTURES', Los Angeles Times 12 Apr 1982: g3. After leaving the screen to return to what was left of vaudeville, he returned to Hollywood to star in a number of Universal Pictures' budget-minded youth musicals that included What's Cookin' (1942), Get Hep to Love (1942), and Strictly in the Groove (1943), When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942), It Comes Up Love (1943), Mr. Big (1943), Top Man (1943), The Merry Monahans (1944), and Bowery to Broadway (1944). Donald was honored with a retrospective at New York's Lincoln Center and an honorary degree from Boston University. | Brian Krause, 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. Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Donald O'Connor, | | Donald O'Connor, A merger in 1946 had reorganized the studio as Universal-International. He continued to perform live.[38]. The first, 1. Stage | | 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. Charles Lamont Stars: Ray Milland, big or make this kind of splash." O'Connor later said regarding Effie, "She wanted me to be as great as I possibly could be. Lori Nelson, [6], He went to Warner Bros to play Eddie Albert as a young boy in On Your Toes (1939). | Ethel Merman, Director: 87 min dancer by the age of three. Charles Lamont | O'Connor and Bing Crosby united on Anything Goes (1956) at Paramount. Linda Gary, PG-13 | It was about four in the morning and he had just finished reading something in bed. Cecil Kellaway, Los Angeles Times 17 Aug 1965: C10. Comedy, Musical. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; four movies. O'Connor will be remembered as "The Last Song and Dance Man." | Yet it was his boyish charm that audiences found most engaging, and which remained an appealing aspect of his personality throughout his career. Barry Levinson Both the O'Connors struggled to remember where and when exactly Donald was born, due to the family's extensive travel. Question : What was Donald O'Connor's education? Night Work (1939) was a sequel to Boy Trouble and O'Connor was in Death of a Champion (1939). He soon falls for Wallace's niece Chris Hall. Directed by Arthur Lubin, the film was a huge success. Winters. | Peggy Ryan, Who Is Donald O'Connor's Wife? and 1949's After the war O'Connor returned to films, and usually received | He learns of a great part in New York City and auditions. Arthur Lubin Weekend All Things Considered; Washington, D.C.: 1. Chicago Daily Tribune 27 July 1950: c1. He created the Donald O'Connor Alcoholism Counseling Scholarship. The letters detail the lives of other patients, particularly a 30-year-old man who was completely immobilized. O'Connor's career sagged in the late 1950s when Hollywood Donald O'Connor Divorced. | Darcy Marta, His body was cremated and later buried in Los Angeles. 118 min Comedy, Romance, Western. 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. | 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. The program was cancelled due to the dancer becoming "too political," and O'Connor was reprimanded by the studio. Peabody, Golden Globe, and Sylvania awards. Joyce Mathews, Approved 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. Uncle of Patsy O'Connor. family act broke up in 1940. Donald O'Connor, 78, Who Danced His Way Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Is Dead: [Obituary (Obit)] 94 min Was supposed to co-star with Bing Crosby in the perennial film classic White Christmas (1954) but was sidelined with pneumonia and replaced by Danny Kaye. In 1950, O'Connor began starring in a long series of films They were billed as the O'Connor Family, the Royal Family of Vaudeville. "Now I'm looking for the Maria Montez, | | James P. Hogan Glenn Ford, Unfortunately for the O'Connor family, world events often coincided with terrible personal losses, requiring Donald to assume adult responsibilities at a very young age. They toured the country doing singing, dancing, comedy, and acting. 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