Donald O'Connor

Donald "Danny" O'Connor (August 28, 1925 ? September 27, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois) was a singer, dancer and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred with Francis the Talking Mule. He is still best known for his performance in the movie musical Singin' in the Rain, in which he performed the vaudeville-inspired comedy number "Make 'Em Laugh", written for the movie by lyricist and producer Arthur Freed.

Filmography

• Melody for Two (1937) (scenes deleted)
• It Can't Last Forever (1937)
• Men with Wings (1938)
• Sing You Sinners (1938)
• Sons of the Legion (1938)
• Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
• Boy Trouble (1939)
• Unmarried (1939)
• Million Dollar Legs (1939)
• Beau Geste (1939)
• Night Work (1939)
• Death of a Champion (1939)
• On Your Toes (1939)
• What's Cookin'? (1942)
• Private Buckaroo (1942)
• Give Out, Sisters (1942)
• Get Hep to Love (1942)
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
• It Comes Up Love (1943)
• Mister Big (1943)
• Top Man (1943)
• Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
• Follow the Boys (1944)
• This Is the Life (1944)
• The Merry Monahans (1944)
• Bowery to Broadway (1944)
• Patrick the Great (1945)
• Something in the Wind (1947)
• Are You with It? (1948)
• Feudin', Fussin', and A-Fightin' (1948)
• ' (1949) (short subject)
• Yes Sir That's My Baby (1949)
• Francis (1950)
• Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
• The Milkman (1950)
• Double Crossbones (1951)
• Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
• I Love Melvin (1953)
• Call Me Madam (1953)
• Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
• Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
• Francis Joins the WACs (1954)
• There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
• Francis in the Navy (1955)
• Anything Goes (1956)
• The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
• Cry for Happy(1961)
• The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
• That Funny Feeling (1965)
• Just One More Time (1974) (short subject)
• That's Entertainment! (1974)
• Ragtime (1981)
• Pandemonium (1982)
• A Time to Remember (1987)
• Toys (1992)
• Father Frost (1996)
• Out to Sea (1997)