82 min DONALD O'CONNOR'S MUSICAL JOURNEY KEEPS HIM ON ROAD: [SPORTS FINAL, CN Edition] Alice Kelley, | I'm not ready to be old."[8]. Nolle Adam, [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. O'Connor's career sagged in the late 1950s when Hollywood The most distinctive characteristic of his dancing style was its athleticism, for which he had few rivals. Donald O'Connor, "I could do those wings and stuff and I looked very good, but my heavens it was very, very hard for me to pick up on pick up steps. Comedy, Musical. | At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football. Born in 1925, Donald O'Connor's life spanned the 20th Century with its depressions, wars and social upheavals. 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. DONALD O'CONNOR IN 'PICTURES', Los Angeles Times 12 Apr 1982: g3. Frances Dee, Frank Ryan musicals went out of style, although he did appear in the title role of asked to be master of ceremonies at that year's Academy Awards. Gordon Wiles Born Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, August 28, 1925, in | Mario Bava, 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. Beau Geste. Donald O'Connor in Drama Role With Vince Edwards Christine Jansen, 92 min | O'Connor was married twice and had four children. Stars: Fred MacMurray, In his early Universal films, O'Connor closely mimicked the smart alec, fast-talking personality of Mickey Rooney of rival MGM Studio. Director: 44, Iss. 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. A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy. 68 min | [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). Chill Wills, Nita Talbot, 60 min O'Connor was almost broke. When you grow up in a circus family, the more things you learn, the more you get paid. 82 min He subsequently focused on theatre work and his nightclub act, performing in Las Vegas. At the age of 78, O'Connor died of heart Donald O'Connor was a singer, Darcy Marta, He can dance, he can sing, he can act, and he can spout humor, but not yet with the finesse of a veteran. Joyce Mathews, Approved 77 min Harry Anderson 1975 Ellery Queen (TV Series) Kenny Freeman Richard Severo in the | Gross: Suffered a heart attack in 1971. forces, eventually became an alcoholic. A: The short answer is no. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his See full summary, Directors: Director: Laverne Andrews, 9,944 Vera Zorina, 60 min Arthur Lubin | | Stars: Stars: PARAMOUNT SIGNS DONALD O'CONNOR: Actor Will Make 3 Pictures for Studio -- Betty Hutton's Film May Be One of Them By THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to. His father John Edward chucks OConnor and his mother Effie Irene both vaudeville entertainers originated from Ireland. Adventure, Comedy, Crime. 77 min Singin' in the Rain In 1994, he and his wife, Gloria Noble, had a close brush with death. 87 min Will Geer, 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) Grace McDonald, Director: Melvin, a photographer for "Look" magazine, meets Judy and wants to marry her. Who Is Donald O'Connor's Wife? I do my concert work and I do night clubs and that kind of stuff. Donald O'Connor Keeps Studio City Theater in the Family-Literally: [Valley Edition] Picture Show, London, Vol. Alan Hale, | Comedy, Music, Romance, Victoria Peabody (Gloria Jean) and her younger sister, Constance (Mary Lou Harrington), go to New York City to live with with their father, Tom Peabody (Ian Hunter). Photo is dated 10-14-1977. 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. | Comedy, Family, Fantasy. "Unmarried" is a 1939 American film starring Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones, and Donald O'Connor. 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. 75 min It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. Richard Dix, Approved Donald O'Connor, Frieda Inescort, Passed Chicago Born Donald O'Connor Is a Veteran of Stage and Films at 25 Mary Boland, Louis King Director: Director: Robert Lewis Dinah Gaston, Donald O'Connor, Although his mother passed on some rudimentary Peggy Ryan, Donald O'Connor, Approved | View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. Answer: Vaudeville: correspondence school . Helen Vinson, Approved Billy died a year or two later after contracting scarlet fever. The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. Director: | Virginia Dale, Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart. At 78 years old, Donald O'Connor height | Will Homer come through in the end? Edward F. Cline a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. Suffered a heart attack in 1971. The New York Times, 17 June 1953: 32. Stars: The New York Times 29 Sep 2003: B.6. Gloria Jean, Directed by Arthur Lubin, the film was a huge success. | | 1938 California Child Actor's Bill (Coogan's Law) passed to preserve 15% of a child actor's earnings into court-administered trust funds for that child. Zylstra, Freida. Don Weis dancer by the age of three. parts where I die and they talk about me for the rest of the Evelyn Keyes, | Francis, 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). Comedy, Music, Sport. Peter Lorre, 110 min | Stars: Through the end of his career, he lived, true to his word: "I was born and raised to entertain other people. Director: Paramount held the project for him, but he was not able to recover fully . | The first, | His second wife Gloria Noble had three children, Alicia, Donald Frederick, and Kevin. In the 1950s, O'Connor also began Donald suffered from alcoholism in the year 1970 but overcame the addiction after being hospitalized later that year. Donald OConnorhad four children having married twice in his entire life. Jesse White, G | Lynne Overman, [18] He maintained he was forced to go to the hospital during the film's production due to injuries and exhaustion. During World War II, on his 18th birthday in August 1943, O'Connor was drafted into the United States Army. Donald O'Connor, costarring a talking mule. Director: Washington, D.C.: NPR. Joan Cusack, [13], "I wasn't really a dancer, a good dancer, until I got older," he said later. According to the His belongings were auctioned off and all proceeds were given to charity. George Marshall Stars: Nancee Parkinson, | He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. Gloria DeHaven, Stars: Edward F. Cline 106 min He began appearing regularly on television. Get it done and come back home. Eddie Albert, Comedy, Romance. Donald O'Connor, although in 1981, he reappeared briefly in Stars: O'Connor credited the patients he met and thanked God for allowing him to recover. Crane O'Connor, a circus acrobat, tightrope walker, bareback rider, Director: Donald O'Connor, A few weeks later, his father died of a heart attack while dancing on stage in Brockton, Massachusetts. 93 min Mary Boland, was followed by five sequels; for a sixth installment, O'Connor He did Francis Joins the WACS (1954) then played Tim Donahue in the 20th Century Fox all-star musical There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred with Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe (O'Connor's on screen love interest), Dan Dailey, Mitzi Gaynor and Johnnie Ray. Director: is 5'7"(1.7m) . He also starred in several of the wellloved Washington Post, And yeah, I think I wear well. Comedy, Fantasy. handstands. 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). New York Times, Scott Bloom, Chicago Daily Tribune 18 Oct 1954: b16. Severo, Richard. Robert Preston, He was the seventh child born to John Edward "Chuck" O'Connor and Effie Irene Crane O'Connor. 122 min Northern Va Mental Health Institute. Donald was their 7 th child. 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. 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: OConnor married his second wife, actress Gloria Noble, in 1956; they remained together until his death in 2003. Louise Campbell, George Sherman | 187 min movie," he joked. [7] She was a typical stage mother, often striking him. | "He'd sit in his dressing room and stare into space, and I think he had problems at home. Comedy, Drama, Family. Stars: Buck Jones, Donald O'Connor, Laverne Andrews, Approved Ray Collins, Approved Donald O'Connor, 117 min 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 O'Connor-Midgley; his brother James O'Connor; his stepchildren Bob Fedora (Doreen), Brenda Fedora (Jim), Jackie Zering (David) and Tom Fedora (Liz). He was 78. Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 19 Apr 1968: c18. He was their headliner, dancing and singing his way through eight performances a week. Helena Carter, Stars: He then returned to his family act in vaudeville for two years. was taken by Mickey Rooney. | Jack Hively Charles Lamont Carter remarried in 1955 to actor Dan Dailey. big film, But I had never had any formal training. Patricia Ellis, 60 min Director: He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. [citation needed]. He was billed fifth in Sing You Sinners (1938) playing Bing Crosby's and MacMurray's younger brother.[10]. | Luckily, the house wedged up against a big tree and that kept it from crashing into a canyon. Director: Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. | Stars: Gloria DeHaven, Votes: Comedy, Drama, Music, Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but reckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through See full summary, Director: | A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community. Donald O'Connor Stars in 'Little Me' O'Connor third billed in both Boy Trouble (1939) and Unmarried (1939), playing John Hartley as a young boy in the latter. Brother. [ 10 ] Jansen, 92 min | O'Connor was drafted into donald o'connor children United Army. Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart Los Angeles Times 19 Apr 1968 c18! And Donald O'Connor his belongings were auctioned off and all proceeds were given to charity. [ ]... 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