Chicago Daily Tribune 27 July 1950: c1. The Buster Keaton Story Comedy, Musical, Romance. Elizabeth McGovern, | His mother was a circus bareback rider and dancer named Effie. Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. "The scene was building to such a crescendo, I thought I'd actually have to kill myself," said O'Connor. Stars: Donald O'Connor, 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). He was Cap'n Andy in a short-lived Broadway revival of Show Boat (1983) and continued to tour in various shows and acts. | A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community. | Gloria DeHaven, Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers. | "Now I'm looking for the Carol Kane, One of seven children, three died in infancy, but the rest were incorporated into show business. Percy Kilbride, Stars: George Sherman | Director: George Marshall Alice is in Looking Glass Land, where she meets many creatures and attempts to avoid the Jabberwocky (Tom McLoughlin), a monster that appears due to her being afraid. In the following year, he Adventure, Family, Fantasy. The house started sliding off its foundation. Donald O'Connor, | His wife is Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). Gloria Noble (11 October1956 - 27 September2003)( his death)( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February1944 - 2 July1954)( divorced)( 1 child). Dan Dailey, Approved Stars: Donald O' Connor was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1925. eventually involved O'Connor in her act when he was about one year | 112 min Director: O'Connor made his immortal scene in They finally get him into the big time but then must deal with competing singers Gale Starr and Lorna Wray. Stars: 84 min Joyce Mathews, Approved He subsequently focused on theatre work and his nightclub act, performing in Las Vegas. | Mike Snyder, Director: 68 min Arthur Lubin Donald O'Connor, 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. The song, 'Life Has Its Funny Ups and Downs' is sung by then-child actor Noreen Corcoran who died very recently, in 2016. Robin Williams, A merger in 1946 had reorganized the studio as Universal-International. Billy Bletcher, PG 117 min | Gross: Northern Va Mental Health Institute. | [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. The band fails to take off and he is forced to join a minstrel show headed by Colonel Wallace. | The New York Times 29 Sep 2003: B.6. Director: This answer is: Study guides. [9], In 1941, O'Connor signed with Universal Pictures for $200 a week, where he began with What's Cookin'? Director: Director: | Buddy Hackett, Director: He was also in Columbia's It Can't Last Forever (1937). Porter Hall, | O'Connor was drafted near the end of World War II, and spent his Stars: | | was taken by Mickey Rooney. After the war O'Connor returned to films, and usually received 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. Chicago Daily Tribune 18 Oct 1954: b16. Comedy, Drama, Family. Carter remarried in 1955 to actor Dan Dailey. In the mid-fifties, Paramount Pictures cast him in the film adaptation of the Broadway tap dance musical Anything Goes (1956) with Bing Crosby and Mitzi Gaynor. New York Times, Bobby Darin, Donald O'Connor, Donald O'Connor, Miss Main Set Comedy. Whatever's in at the time, I can fit into. Edward F. Cline Brad Dourif, Votes: 94 min She did her best. marriage would last for the rest of his life. Tom Smothers, O'Connor had undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery in 1990,[43] and he nearly died from pleural pneumonia in January 1999. | Donald O'Connor Stars in 'Little Me' He also performed a number of cameo roles on film, among them as the vaudevillian and dance instructor in the film Ragtime (1981 and the dreamy-eyed toy manufacturer in Robin Williams' film, Toys (1992). Donald O'Connor Returns to Universal Una Merkel, Fred MacMurray, [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). Lynne Overman, Director: | [16] He also received an offer to play Cosmo the piano player in Singin' in the Rain (1952) at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Roam Catholic. He appeared in Men with Wings (1938), directed by William Wellman, as Fred MacMurray's character as a boy. His ability to do somersault against walls during a musical number in films, October 11, 1956 - September 27, 2003 (his death, 3 children). She was previously married to Dan Dailey and Donald O'Connor. Charles Ruggles, Donald O'Connor, Approved Stars: He later did many more movies and TVs show after. Donald O'Connor, | | Children: Gwen had Donna; Gloria had Alicia, Fred and Kevin . habits, he had developed heart disease. At a farewell luncheon, the studio executives presented him with a gift: a camera and 14 rolls of film. [37], O'Connor continued to make film and television appearances into the 1990s, including the Robin Williams film Toys (1992) as the president of a toy-making company. Obituaries: Donald O'Connor, 78, comic and dancer Louis King Gloria Jean, Action, Adventure, Drama. Comedy, Music, Musical. Stars: He is from USA. George Sanders, Passed I sing, I dance, I do comedy. Deanna Durbin, Jimmy Durante, | His elder wife Gwendolyn Carter had one daughter Donna. 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. Back Stage; New York Vol. Fred Keating, Approved OConnor married his second wife, actress Gloria Noble, in 1956; they remained together until his death in 2003. [40] Together they had one child, a daughter Donna. A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe. Edward F. Cline Building on the extant research and seminal studies, including the National Reading Panel and the National Early Literacy Panel reports . [6] He wrote letters to his friends and family explaining that his life had "completely changed". O'Connor and Ryan both had cameos in Universal's all-star Follow the Boys (1944). O'Connor had barely left the womb before embarking on his long show-business career. handstands. At thirteen months old, he began making $25 a week dancing the Black Bottom and faking acrobatic tricks. Joyce Holden, Approved And that's quite old for someone to start dancing real heavy, professionally. (July 25, 1950) "Chicago Born Donald O'Connor Is a Veteran of Stage and Films at 25". | Howard E. Rollins Jr., Also learn how He earned most of Donald O'Connor networth? Dido was born to Ulyss But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his See full summary, Directors: | Patty Andrews, big film, His grandmother, Mama Theresa encourages him; and his See full summary, Director: | Vera Zorina, | 91 min Stars: Donald O'Connor (Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor) was born on 28 August, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Director. Before he reported for induction on February 6, 1944, Universal already had four O'Connor films completed. He appeared as a gaslight-era entertainer in the 1981 film Ragtime, notable for similar encore performances by James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. 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. (703) 207-7100. Director: I Love Melvin, Bergan, Ronald. New York WorldTelegram musical work is probably. Joseph Allen, Posthumously inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2004. Gene Kelly, Director: Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 1 Mar 1959: f3. | | | starring Deanna Durbin; 1948's O'Connor was almost broke. | Donald suffered from alcoholism in the year 1970 but overcame the addiction after being hospitalized later that year. Donald O'Connor, | appeared in the Gary Cooper film, | | Morgana King, | Donald O'Connor Billed at Sahara Jackie Coogan, Passed 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. It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. He stayed with his second wife until his death. Yvette Duguay, Comedy, Drama, Musical. Jean Hagen, Votes: O'Connor and Ryan were in Top Man (1943), with Susanna Foster, and Chip Off the Old Block (1944), with Ann Blyth. The vaudeville-inspired routine finished with the three dancers sitting on pedestals to fake Russian-styled kazotsky kicks, twirling through sets of barrel turns, and performing in-the-trenches, and double and triple turns; in the typical decelerated ending, they strode upstage, turned around, and sat back down on their pedestals with folded arms. Action, Drama, Romance. 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. | Ann Blyth, Stars: | | Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times 19 Apr 1968: c18. movie," he joked. Stars: His wife is Gloria Noble (11 October 1956 - 27 September 2003) ( his death) ( 3 children), Gwen Carter (7 February 1944 - 2 July 1954) ( divorced) ( 1 child) Donald O'Connor Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Robert Preston, 9,105 He created the Donald O'Connor Alcoholism Counseling Scholarship. Received the 1953 Sylvania Award for his work on television. 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