Donald O'Connor Scheduled for Another 'Francis' Film Stars: | On stage 3 days later in a basket on his mother's piano bench . O'Connor had undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery in 1990,[43] and he nearly died from pleural pneumonia in January 1999. "I'm an illusionista trickster who quick chances before your eyes," he admitted in 1992. James Cagney, Stars: He was Cap'n Andy in a short-lived Broadway revival of Show Boat (1983) and continued to tour in various shows and acts. Phil Warren, Approved O'Connor was so wellknown and wellliked that he was Dmitri Surensky | And the more pleased an audience is, the more energy I give back to the audience. 187 min Lew Parker, Approved | Whatever's in at the time, I can fit into. The two girls become See full summary, Director: Susanna Foster, | And culminated with a challenge dance with O'Connor and the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard and Harold) trading and one-upping on tap steps. 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. | He then suffered a heart attack in 1971, leading him to quit taking the medication. I sing, I dance, I do comedy. Charles Lamont 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. | He soon falls for Wallace's niece Chris Hall. The Guardian 29 Sep 2003: 1.21. Ray Milland, Directors: Bergan, Ronald. Chicago Daily Tribune 20 Apr 1952: e2. [44] His remains were cremated. Stars: | Ruled by the all powerful Father Frost, the Forest of Enchantment is the most bizarre and remarkable place in the world! | Biography, Comedy, Drama. Richard Thorpe The New York Times, 8 Feb 1944: 12. The Brussels Symphony Orchestra recorded some of his work. Director: Brian Krause, 88 min Effie also stopped O'Connor from learning hazardous dance routines, and made sure she always knew where he was when he wasn't performing. Comedy, Bandit (Brian Bloom), a man's man who enjoys driving his fast car and living the free-and-easy life and occasional interludes with fast women, gets an unexpected and unwelcome visit from See full synopsis, Director: | According to the Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her. motion pictures he appeared in were 1947's Robert Paige, Approved The band fails to take off and he is forced to join a minstrel show headed by Colonel Wallace. It applies only to . eventually involved O'Connor in her act when he was about one year 86 min Stars: Before he reported for induction on February 6, 1944, Universal already had four O'Connor films completed. Bing Crosby, Laura Press, PG-13 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. 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. Zizi Jeanmaire, Los Angeles Times 17 Aug 1965: C10. | Piper Laurie, | 80 min 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). Mischievous Elves! Maxene Andrews, Pace, G K. Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug 1948: 12. Director: | "[5], Contrasting the Vaudevillian style of dance with that of ballet and musicals he observed, "All hoofers, they dance from the waist down. One of seven children, three died in infancy, but the rest were incorporated into show business. Lori Nelson, Stars: Born in Chicago, Illinois, Variety. [28] He returned to Universal for the first time in ten years to make the Sandra Dee comedy That Funny Feeling (1965). | and 1949's Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire. John Hartley, Directed by Arthur Lubin, the film was a huge success. 244,828 | His death was caused by heart failure even though he had struggled with pneumonia for quite some time. Stars: Thomas Travers | 76 min Stars: Peggy Ryan, Joan Cusack, Nick Grinde, 106 min CA. Gloria Jean, 82 min Get it done and come back home. They married in Tijuana. 60 min Donald O'Connor, handstands. Comedy, Musical, Romance, Talented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. Donald O'Connor, old. Stars: number. | 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. Nita Talbot, 60 min Director: | Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. 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. children, his niece, Patty O'Connor Norton; and four grandchildren. Had appeared with Peggy Ryan in seven films: Private Buckaroo (1942), Get Hep to Love (1942), Top Man (1943), Bowery to Broadway (1944), Chip Off the Old Block (1944), The Merry Monahans (1944) and This Is the Life (1944). Chicago Tribune 20 Dec 1985: n_a50. (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. Stars: | Hopper, Hedda. Through the end of his career, he lived, true to his word: "I was born and raised to entertain other people. And then, I became what's known as a total dancer. Donald O'Connor (Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor) was born on 28 August, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Director. Ray Young, Stars: Stars: Paramount held the project for him, but he was not able to recover fully . And I had to learn to dance from the waist up. 69 min He chose to keep much of his philanthropy work private. O'Connor was almost broke. Adventure, Family, Fantasy. In 1993, O'Connor released his own exercise-oriented video, Let's Tap. | [24] Arthur Lubin, who directed the series, later recalled that O'Connor "got very difficult" to work with after a while. O'Connor claimed to have overcome his depression after being hospitalized for three months after collapsing in 1978. Director: Edward F. Cline Martha Hyer, 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. | Comedy, Drama, Musical. Piper Laurie, Brian Bloom, Laverne Andrews, Passed Patty Andrews, A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community. Melvin, a photographer for "Look" magazine, meets Judy and wants to marry her. | 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. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his See full summary, Directors: He worked for 64 years in the entertainment sector featuring in over 20 movies and television shows. | Martha Stewart, Donald O' Connor was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1925. Natalie Gregory, Peggy Ryan, According to reports at the time the couple split, O'Connor was left with only the dog and sought the help of multiple psychiatrists. Glenn Ford, September 28, 2003, p. C11. A Christmas special about a world-class mystery-writing mouse who spends Christmas Eve with his sleuthing partners tracking down a missing Santa. movies. Jimmy Durante, Richard Severo in the Olga San Juan, Yvette Duguay, Peggy learns that the See full summary, Director: | Hopper, Hedda. | O'Connor, a circus strongman, dancer, and comedian, and Effie Irene and in 1983, he appeared on Broadway in a revival of He was often cast as a brash and energetic young man during World War II, and paired with the equally energetic actress and tap dancer, Peggy Ryan. "[8], When they were not touring they stayed with O'Connor's Uncle Bill in Danville, Illinois. Zylstra, Freida. Raymond Walburn, 105 min We have estimated His best-known works came in the film Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which O'Connor was awarded a Golden Globe. musical work is probably. Peggy Ryan, Randall Brooks, Patty Andrews, Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active dutyin the WACs! Desperate to escape from See full summary, Director: | A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial. Stars: [40] Together they had one child, a daughter Donna. Laverne Andrews, Approved His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Ann Blyth, | Gross: Gloria Jean, August 28, [31], He began to use nitroglycerin pills before performances so that he would have the stamina to complete them. I looked like the world's greatest dancer. | | I'm not ready to be old."[8]. O'Connor's father died onstage when the boy was a year old. $27.97M, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. "Unmarried" is a 1939 American film starring Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones, and Donald O'Connor. favorable reviews even when the movies he appeared in bombed. At thirteen months old, he began making $25 a week dancing the Black Bottom and faking acrobatic tricks. Anthony Newley, G (London), September 29, 2003, p. 26; Washington, D.C.: NPR. $21.02M, PG | | Charles Barton television critic John Crosby called O'Connor "one of the Stars: | 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. "[5], In 1949, O'Connor played the lead role in Francis, the story of a soldier befriended by a talking mule. Marjorie Main, Debbie Reynolds, Vera Zorina, 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]. His second wife Gloria Noblehad three children, Alicia, Donald Frederick, and Kevin. Gloria DeHaven, | Ethel Merman, Donald was their 7 th child. Comedy. $8.82M, Approved Donald O'Connor, | what a good part was had changed. Jesse White, G Charles Lamont 1. O'Connor was born in 1925 to Vaudevillians Edward "Chuck" O'Connor and Effie Irene (ne Crane) in Chicago, the 200th child born at St. Elizabeth Hospital there. Stars: | 68 min Evelyn Keyes, Billy Bletcher, PG Vittorio De Sica, Donald O'Connor had four children having married twice in his entire life. Action, Adventure, Drama. O'Connor was drafted near the end of World War II, and spent his Natalie and Ivan's newlywed See full summary, Directors: O'Connor and Ryan both had cameos in Universal's all-star Follow the Boys (1944). O'Connor credited the patients he met and thanked God for allowing him to recover. Movie bred, he has the versatility of a Jimmy Durante and the effervescence of youth. Born in Elmira, NY, on July 1, 1929, Don graduated from . Director: Joseph Allen, YOUNG DONALD O'CONNOR MAKES GOOD IN VIDEO In 1956, he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of his first symphony "Reflections d'un comique". Donald O'Connors income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. | | As a result, he could not relate to ordinary children, who Chicago Tribune 20 Dec 1985: 50. 103 min Stars: I'm working on being a quasar, because stars wear out. His best-known work was his "Make 'Em Laugh" dance routine in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which O'Connor role was awarded a Golden Globe. Julie Adams, Director: Walter Matthau, 91 min Joyce Holden, Approved Chicago, IL; died of heart failure, September 27, 2003, in Woodland Hills, 77 min Comedy, Music, Romance. [41][42] During the turbulent nine-year marriage, Carter physically abused O'Connor in frustration over her lack of an acting career. He was their headliner, dancing and singing his way through eight performances a week. Adventure, Comedy, Drama. In 1997, O'Connor appeared in the Alan Hale, The Washington Post 14 Mar 1993: AA16. Director: a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. | He began appearing regularly on television. Donald O'Connor Enters Hospital Hamilton MacFadden Donald O'Connor, Una Merkel, | Adventure, Comedy, Drama. | In 1971, after suffering a heart attack, O'Connor devoted considerably energy to composing music for the concert hall. This answer is: Study guides. He hosted a color television special on NBC in 1957, one of the earliest color programs to be preserved on a color kinescope; an excerpt of the telecast was included in NBC's 50th anniversary special in 1976. 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: For Singin' in the Rain, however, MGM cultivated a much more sympathetic sidekick persona, and that remained O'Connor's signature image. At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football. Donald O'Connor, Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. | The house started sliding off its foundation. Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Carol Kane, Three other siblings died during childbirth. See full summary, Director: Patty Andrews, 68 min Audio Recording: Christmas with Donald and Debbie/BVM Records, BVMC 51317, 1992. | vaudeville circuit, and O'Connor was performing as a singer and He remained out of the public eye for some time after this film, Roam Catholic. old. James Shigeta, 93 min 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. 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. Edward F. Cline Director: O'Connor's mother was extremely possessive of her youngest son due to these traumas, not allowing him to cross the street on his own until he turned 13. Maxene Andrews, Aldo Fabrizi, Not Rated Lillian Gish, U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home. O'Connor's career sagged in the late 1950s when Hollywood | He started dancing at 13 months, which is young enough, and quickly became the family's specialist in tap. When he was six months old, his father suffered a heart attack and Comedy, Drama, Musical, During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were See full summary, Directors: Dates: 1925-2003Birth Date: Aug 28, 1925Death Date: Sep 27, 2003, Place of Birth: Chicago, IllinoisPlace of Death: Calabasas, California. | Jim Backus, Lt. Peter Stirling / Bosun's Mate Slicker Donovan, TV-PG 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?". | | Patricia Medina, [9], In 1941, O'Connor signed with Universal Pictures for $200 a week, where he began with What's Cookin'? Jack Lemmon, DONALD O'CONNOR IN 'PICTURES', Los Angeles Times 12 Apr 1982: g3. Stars: 62, Iss. The song, 'Life Has Its Funny Ups and Downs' is sung by then-child actor Noreen Corcoran who died very recently, in 2016. Maxene Andrews, Action, Drama, Romance. | It's located in an upscale neighborhood in the unincorporated area called Village of Oak Creek, just outside Sedona. Director: [30], In 1968, O'Connor hosted a syndicated talk show also called The Donald O'Connor Show. continued to maintain sobriety. He was first onstage at 3 days old, although at that point his act consisted of laying on top of a piano. [2][3] His father's family was from Ireland. Donald O'Connor, Comedy, Music. 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. New York WorldTelegram "[19], He supported Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam (1953) at 20th Century Fox, later saying the film contained his best dancing.[20]. The misadventures of Al Capp's hillbilly characters are given a musical-comedy treatment. September 29, 2003, p. A19; 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: Morgana King, Susanna Foster, 77 min 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. They were billed as the O'Connor Family, the Royal Family of Vaudeville. | the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, O'Connor appeared in his first "The scene was building to such a crescendo, I thought I'd actually have to kill myself," said O'Connor. Crane O'Connor, a circus acrobat, tightrope walker, bareback rider, Feudin', Fussin' and A'Fightin', | He also starred in several of the wellloved Linda Gary, PG-13 Ruben Gomez. Donald OConnor was born on August 28th, in 1925. They toured the country doing singing, dancing, comedy, and acting. [6], O'Connor was reluctant to keep making Francis films but agreed to Francis in the Navy (1955). Stars: George Sanders, Passed He joined the army during the Second World War, where he served for two years between 1944 and 1946. showbusiness trade: tapdancing, softshoe, and Stanley Donen, His mother was a circus bareback rider and dancer named Effie. Reading difficulties and disabilities present serious and potentially lifelong challenges. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn help an Arkansas preacher falsely accused of murder. | 93 min Fred MacMurray, Art Carney is about my age and he's making a career out of being old. He also appeared in several productions of Little Me. Also learn how He earned most of Donald O'Connor networth? | Comedy, Music, Peggy (Peggy Ryan)), a messenger, delivers a telegram to The Flamingo Club where the Andrews Sisters (The Andrews Sisters) and Bob Edwards' Orchestra are appearing. | Director: Donald O'Connor, | IN STEP WITH: Donald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds, Andy Devine, Approved "He'd sit in his dressing room and stare into space, and I think he had problems at home. Dan Dailey, Approved Donald O'Connor, They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. Donald O'Connor, Donald O'Connor, Approved Donald O'Connor Returns to Universal Stars: Los Angeles Times, Walter Brennan, So I can do straight comedy without the song and dance; I can do all kinds of combinations. But doing one would mean being out in cold, cold New York for a year, a year and a half," he said. forces, eventually became an alcoholic. George Archainbaud A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts. In the film, he played the younger. | | Billy Cook, Los Angeles Times 3 Mar 1989: 28. Donald O'Connor, , money, salary, income, and assets. 1607 (January 16, 1954): 12. | O'Connor was the youngest of seven children born to John Edward Donald O'Connor, Donald O'Connor was a singer, 117 min Director: The following year he was in I Ought to Be in Pictures in Los Angeles.[35]. 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. Director: 94 min Plot #1 is the love triangle between two guys and one girl as they grow into adults and affiliate themselves in the new aircraft industry. Donald O'Connor Named to Emcee Oscar Awards, Chicago Daily Tribune 19 Feb 1954: a8. 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. Stars: | | Charles Lamont asked to be master of ceremonies at that year's Academy Awards. He was in Sons of the Legion (1938), then had the second lead in a B-picture, Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938), playing Huckleberry Finn opposite Billy Cook's Tom Sawyer. Director: George Archainbaud | | [6], He went to Warner Bros to play Eddie Albert as a young boy in On Your Toes (1939). A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy. 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. Donald O'Connor, Arthur Lubin Actually, they were quite challenging. Donald O'Connor, Later, he did many movies including It Cant Last Forever, Men with Wings, Sons of the Legion and many more. His mother kept the family going with extended family members despite many deaths (including her husband) until 1941. | "[5], O'Connor began performing in movies in 1937, making his debut aged 11 in Melody for Two appearing with his family act. Action, Comedy, Crime. "[37], In 1998, he received a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars. 84 min Helen Vinson, Approved He was Irish after all. Born into a family of circus and vaudeville performers, O'Connor made his first stage appearance at the age of 13 months. He was billed fifth in Sing You Sinners (1938) playing Bing Crosby's and MacMurray's younger brother.[10]. Donald O'Connor, time in the service entertaining combat troops. Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. 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