Donald O'Connor

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Singin' in the Rain Cosmo Brown

(1952)

Toys Kenneth Zevo

(1992)

There's No Business Like Show Business Tim Donahue

(1954)

That's Entertainment! Himself - Co-Host / Narrator / Clip from 'Singin' in the Rain'

(1974)

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Actor (85 credits)

1997 Out to Sea
Jonathan Devereaux

1996 Father Frost
Baba Yaga

1996 The Nanny (TV Series)
Fred

- Freida Needa Man (1996) ... Fred

1996 Frasier (TV Series)
Harlow Safford

- Crane vs. Crane (1996) ... Harlow Safford

1994 Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (TV Movie)
Uncle Cyrus

1993 The Building (TV Series)
Bonnie's Father

- Father Knows Best (1993) ... Bonnie's Father

1992 Toys
Kenneth Zevo

1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)
Joseph Renfield

- Strung Along (1992) ... Joseph Renfield

1990 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
Barry Barnes

- The Big Show of 1965 (1990) ... Barry Barnes

1987 A Time to Remember
Father Walsh

1987 A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (TV Movie)
Alex the Mouse (voice)

1987 Highway to Heaven (TV Series)
Jackie Clark

- Playing for Keeps (1987) ... Jackie Clark

1981-1986 The Love Boat (TV Series)
Leo Halbert / Howard Enicker / Oscar Tilton

- Second Banana/The Prodigy/What Goes Around (1986) ... Leo Halbert

- Paying the Piper/Baby Sister/Help Wanted (1984) ... Howard Enicker

- Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor (1981) ... Oscar Tilton

1985 Alice in Wonderland (TV Movie)
The Lory Bird

1983 Hotel (TV Series)
David Connelly

- The Offer (1983) ... David Connelly

1983 Great Performances (TV Series)
Mock Turtle

- Alice in Wonderland (1983) ... Mock Turtle

1983 Simon & Simon (TV Series)
George Decova / Barnaby the Great

- Grand Illusion (1983) ... George Decova / Barnaby the Great

1982 Pandemonium
Glenn's Dad

1982 Fantasy Island (TV Series)
Dr. Watson

- The Case Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Holmes (1982) ... Dr. Watson

1982 The Littlest Hobo (TV Series)
Freddie the Clown

- The Clown (1982) ... Freddie the Clown

1981 Ragtime
Evelyn's Dance Instructor

1978 The Big Fix
Francis Joins the Navy

1977 Hunter (TV Series)

- The Costa Rican Connection (1977)

1976 Police Story (TV Series)
Holly Connor

- Payment Deferred (1976) ... Holly Connor

1976 The Bionic Woman (TV Series)
Harry Anderson

- A Thing of the Past (1976) ... Harry Anderson

1975 Ellery Queen (TV Series)
Kenny Freeman

- The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader (1975) ... Kenny Freeman

1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV Series)
William

- Irreconcilable Sameness (1974) ... William

1971 Li'l Abner (TV Movie)
General Bullmoose

1969 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series)
Charlie Ryan / Charlie Pineapple

- The Honeymooners: Hawaii, Oh! Oh! (1969) ... Charlie Ryan / Charlie Pineapple

1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV Series)
Hermes

- Olympus 7-0000 (1966) ... Hermes

1966 Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)
Donald Dugan

- The Hoofer (1966) ... Donald Dugan

1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)
Benjamin Boggs

- Brilliant Benjamin Boggs (1966) ... Benjamin Boggs

1965 That Funny Feeling
Harvey Granson

1961 Le meraviglie di Aladino
Aladdin

1961 Cry for Happy
Murray Prince

1954-1960 The Donald O'Connor Show (TV Series)
Donald O'Connor

- Episode dated 11 October 1960 (1960) ... Donald O'Connor

- Episode #1.19 (1955) ... Donald O'Connor

- Episode #1.18 (1955) ... Donald O'Connor

- Episode #1.17 (1955) ... Donald O'Connor

- Episode #1.16 (1955) ... Donald O'Connor

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1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)
Johnny Shaw

- The Red Mill (1958) ... Johnny Shaw

1957 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
Dr. Robert Harrison

- The Jet-Propelled Couch (1957) ... Dr. Robert Harrison

1957 The Buster Keaton Story
Buster Keaton

1956 Anything Goes
Ted Adams

1955 Francis in the Navy
Lt. Peter Stirling / Bosun's Mate Slicker Donovan

1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
Tim Donahue

1954 Francis Joins the WACS
Peter Stirling

1953 Walking My Baby Back Home
Clarence 'Jigger' Millard

1953 Francis Covers the Big Town
Peter Stirling

1953 Call Me Madam
Kenneth Gibson

1953 I Love Melvin
Melvin Hoover

1952 Francis Goes to West Point
Peter Stirling

1952 Singin' in the Rain
Cosmo Brown

1951 Francis Goes to the Races
Peter Stirling

1951 Double Crossbones
Davey Crandall

1950 The Milkman
Roger Bradley

1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Edward Timmons

1950 Francis
Peter Stirling

1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
William Waldo Winfield

1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Wilbur McMurty

1948 Are You with It?
Milton Haskins

1947 Something in the Wind
Charlie Read

1945 Patrick the Great
Pat Donahue Jr.

1944 Bowery to Broadway
Specialty Number

1944 The Merry Monahans
Jimmy Monahan

1944 This Is the Life
Jimmy Plum

1944 Follow the Boys
Donald O'Connor

1944 Chip Off the Old Block
Donald Corrigan

1943 Top Man
Don Warren

1943 Mister Big
Donald J. O'Connor, Esq.

1943 It Comes Up Love
Ricky Ives

1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Frankie Flanagan

1942 Get Hep to Love
Jimmy Arnold

1942 Give Out, Sisters
Don

1942 Private Buckaroo
Donny

1942 What's Cookin'?
Tommy

1939 On Your Toes
Phil Jr. as a Boy

1939 Death of a Champion
Small Fry

1939 Night Work
Butch Smiley

1939 Beau Geste
Beau Geste (as a child)

1939 Million Dollar Legs
Sticky Boone

1939 Unmarried
Ted Streaver (age 12)

1939 Boy Trouble
Butch

1938 Tom Sawyer, Detective
Huckleberry Finn

1938 Sons of the Legion
Butch Baker

1938 Sing, You Sinners
Mike Beebe

1938 Men with Wings
Pat Falconer at Age 10

1937 It Can't Last Forever
Kid Dancer (uncredited)

1937 Melody for Two
Specialty Act (uncredited)

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Soundtrack (39 credits)

2016 Breakfast (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode dated 29 December 2016 (2016) ... (performer: "Good Morning" - uncredited)

2016 Good Morning Britain (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode dated 29 December 2016 (2016) ... (performer: "Good Morning" - uncredited)

2016 Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Good Morning" (from tt0031066))

2012 The Neighbors (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Pilot (2012) ... (performer: "Good Morning" - uncredited)

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Good Morning", "Singin' in the Rain" - uncredited)

1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "A Man Chases a Girl (Until She Catches Him)" (uncredited), "Anything You Can Do")

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary) (performer: "Fit as a Fiddle" (1932) - uncredited)

1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Lion in Winter (1992) ... (performer: "Singin' in the Rain", "Good Morning" - uncredited)

1987 Frank's Place (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- I.O.U. (1987) ... (performer: "Where Did You Learn To Dance")

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary) (performer: "Moses")

1981 Arena (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- A Pretty British Affair (1981) ... (performer: "Make 'Em Laugh" (1952) - uncredited)

1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Dancin' on the Silver Screen")

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (performer: "Good Morning" (1939) - uncredited)

1974 That's Entertainment! (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" (1929), "Make 'em Laugh" (1952) - uncredited)

1963 The Judy Garland Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.1 (1963) ... (performer: "Sunny Side Up", "Sing, You Sinners", "Be My Guest", "Inka Dinka Do", "My Mammy", "Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie", "Stout Hearted Men", "The World Is Your Balloon", "Harrigan", "In Those Good Old Days of Vaudeville", "Nagasaki", "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song)", "I Can Always Find a Little Sunshine in the Y.M.C.A.", "At the Moving Picture Ball", "The Old Soft Shoe" - uncredited)

1962 Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody (TV Movie) (performer: "Forty-Second Street", "You Are My Lucky Star", "Singin' in the Rain" - uncredited)

1956 Anything Goes (performer: "Ya Gotta Give The People Hoke", "You're The Top", "It's De-lovely", "You Can Bounce Right Back", "A Second Hand Turban And A Crystal Ball", "Blow Gabriel Blow")

1954 There's No Business Like Show Business (performer: "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'", "A Man Chases a Girl (Until She Catches Him)", "Lazy", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" - uncredited)

1954 Francis Joins the WACS (performer: "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" - uncredited)

1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "The Moon Is Blue")

1953 Walking My Baby Back Home (performer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home")

1953 Call Me Madam (performer: "It's a Lovely Day Today", "You're Just In Love", "What Chance Have I With Love?", "Something To Dance About", "You're Just in Love" (reprise), "Finale: You're Just In Love/Something to Dance About")

1953 I Love Melvin (performer: "We Have Never Met, As Yet", "Life Has Its Funny Little Ups and Downs", "Where Did You Learn To Dance")

1952 Singin' in the Rain (performer: "Fit as a Fiddle" (1932), "Make 'em Laugh" (1948), "Moses Supposes" (1952), "Good Morning" (1939), "Singin in the Rain (in A-Flat)" (1929), "Main Title" (uncredited))

1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #2.23 (1952) ... (performer: "Friendship", "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited)

1951 Francis Goes to the Races ("My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean", uncredited) / (performer: "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean", "Goodnight, Ladies" - uncredited)

1950 The Milkman (performer: "THE EARLY MORNING SONG", "IT'S BIGGER THAN BOTH OF US", "THAT'S MY BOY")

1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (performer: "Me and My Shadow")

1948 Are You with It? (performer: "What Do I Have To Do?", "A Little Imagination", "Down at Baba's Alley")

1947 Something in the Wind (performer: "The Turntable Song", "Happy Go Lucky and Free", "I Love a Mystery")

1944 Bowery to Broadway (performer: "He Took Her for a Sleigh Ride" - uncredited)

1944 The Merry Monahans (performer: "Beautiful To Look At", "We're Having a Wonderful Time", "Stop Foolin'", "I Hate to Lose You", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody", "Missouri Waltz", "Impersonations", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "In My Merry Oldsmobile", "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?", "The Old Folks at Home", "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", "I Love You, California", "Rose Room" - uncredited)

1944 This Is the Life (performer: "It's the Girl", "Yippee-I-Voot", "You're a Lollapalooza" - uncredited)

1944 Follow the Boys (performer: "Kittens With Their Mittens Laced" - uncredited)

1943 Mister Big (performer: "All the Things I Want To Say", "Rude, Crude and Unattractive", "We're Not Obvious", "Thee and Me", "Come Along My Mandy", "Hi, Character", "The Spirit Is In Me", "Kitten With My Mittens Laced")

1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (performer: "One Of Us Has Gotta Go", "The Yanks Are Coming")

1942 Private Buckaroo (performer: "James Session" - uncredited)

1939 On Your Toes (performer: "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (1911) - uncredited)

1938 Sing, You Sinners ("I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS") / (performer: "I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS", "LAUGH AND CALL IT LOVE", "SMALL FRY")

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Director (2 credits)

1964 Petticoat Junction (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Ladybugs (1964)

1954-1955 The Donald O'Connor Show (TV Series) (13 episodes)

- Episode #1.18 (1955)

- Episode #1.16 (1955)

- Episode #1.12 (1955)

- Episode #1.10 (1955)

- Episode #1.9 (1955)

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Producer (1 credit)

The Donald O'Connor Show (TV Series) (producer - 13 episodes, 1954 - 1960) (executive producer - 1 episode, 1955)

- Episode dated 11 October 1960 (1960) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.18 (1955) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.14 (1955) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.12 (1955) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.10 (1955) ... (producer)

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Writer (1 credit)

1954 The Donald O'Connor Show (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Sunday World (1954)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2005 Strike the Tent (special thanks)

2002 What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (Video documentary short) (thanks)

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Self (88 credits)

2004 That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (Video documentary short)
Himself

2003 The Desilu Story (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2002 What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (Video documentary short)
Himself

2002 Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (TV Movie)
Himself

2001 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Fascinatin' Rhythym: The History of Tap (2001) ... Himself

2000 Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (Documentary)
Himself

1999 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Ethel Merman: There's No Business Like Show Business (1999) ... Himself

1998 The Best of Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Interview

1995 Pioneers of Primetime (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1994 Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV Movie)
Himself

1993 Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1993 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Ann Miller (1993) ... Himself

1993 Vicki! (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 30 March 1993 (1993) ... Himself - Guest

1993 Liza and Friends: A Tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr. (TV Movie)
Himself

1991 Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (TV Series)
Himself

1989 The Pat Sajak Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.46 (1989) ... Himself

1989 Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode #1.3 (1989) ... Himself

1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (TV Special)
Himself

1988 America's Tribute to Bob Hope (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1987 The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (TV Movie)
Himself

1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV Special documentary)
Himself

1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Audience Member

1986 NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special documentary)
Himself

1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score and Best Original Song

1986 Great Performances (TV Series)
Himself

- Irving Berlin's America (1986) ... Himself

1985 The Start of Something Big (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 17 November 1985 (1985) ... Himself

1985 The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (TV Special documentary)
Himself

1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV Movie)
Himself

1984 On Stage America (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.4 (1984) ... Himself

1983 The 37th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Original Score

1983 Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night (TV Movie)
Himself

1982 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Special)
Himself

1981 James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1981 Alice (TV Series)
Himself

- Guinness on Tap (1981) ... Himself

1981 A Gift of Music (TV Special)
Himself - Host

1981 All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (TV Special)
Himself

1980 The Big Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.10 (1980) ... Himself

1971-1980 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Actor / Dancer

- Episode #18.148 (1980) ... Himself - Actor / Dancer

- Episode #11.35 (1971) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #11.34 (1971) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #11.33 (1971) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #11.32 (1971) ... Himself - Co-Host

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1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Performer: 'Dancin' on the Silver Screen'

1980 Lucy Moves to NBC (TV Movie)
Himself

1978 Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1974-1976 Dinah! (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.8 (1976) ... Himself

- Episode #2.132 (1976) ... Himself

- Episode #1.22 (1974) ... Himself

1976 Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV Movie)
Himself - Performer

1975 The Lion Roars Again (Documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)

1974 Just One More Time (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1974 ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (TV Series)
Himself

- That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (1974) ... Himself

1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Adapted Score

1974 That's Entertainment!
Himself - Co-Host / Narrator / Clip from 'Singin' in the Rain'

1967-1974 The Dean Martin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Celebrity Roast: Truman Capote (1974) ... Himself

- Celebrity Roast: Zsa Zsa Gabor (1974) ... Himself

- Celebrity Roast: Monty Hall (1973) ... Himself

- Celebrity Roast: Carroll O'Connor (1973) ... Himself

- Episode #3.7 (1967) ... Himself

1973 The Hollywood Squares (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist

- Episode dated 23 April 1973 (1973) ... Himself - Panelist

1972-1973 The Julie Andrews Hour (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.23 (1973) ... Himself

- Episode #1.10 (1972) ... Himself

1973 The Bobby Darin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.7 (1973) ... Himself

1973 Celebrity Bowling (TV Series)
Himself

- Frankie Laine & Rosemary Clooney vs. Jo Ann Worley & Donald O'Connor (1973) ... Himself

- Donald O'Connor & Rosemary Clooney vs. Rose Marie & Morey Amsterdam (1973) ... Himself

1972 Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.4 (1972) ... Himself

1971 The Pet Set (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode dated 21 June 1971 (1971) ... Himself

1970 The Don Knotts Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.10 (1970) ... Himself

1969-1970 The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.7 (1970) ... Himself

- Episode #3.12 (1969) ... Himself

1970 The Andy Williams Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.3 (1970) ... Himself

- Episode #1.21 (1970) ... Himself

1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.9 (1970) ... Himself

1964-1969 The Bob Hope Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 13 October 1969 (1969) ... Himself

- Episode dated 20 November 1964 (1964) ... Himself

1968-1969 The Donald O'Connor Show (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- Episode dated 5 April 1969 (1969) ... Himself - Host

- Episode dated 4 February 1969 (1969) ... Himself - Host

- Episode dated 10 January 1969 (1969) ... Himself - Host

- Episode dated 4 December 1968 (1968) ... Himself - Host

- Episode dated 13 September 1968 (1968) ... Himself - Host

1968 ...And Debbie Makes Six (TV Special)
Himself

1964-1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- Episode #4.18 (1967) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #3.20 (1966) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #2.13 (1964) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #2.4 (1964) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #1.15 (1964) ... Himself - Host

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1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 9 May 1966 (1966) ... Himself

1964-1966 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- The Song and the Dance Man (1966) ... Himself - Host

- The Many Facets of Cole Porter (1965) ... Himself - Host

- Salute to the New York World's Fair of 1964 (1964) ... Himself - Host

1964 The Bob Hope Thanksgiving Special (TV Special)
Himself

1963 The Judy Garland Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.1 (1963) ... Himself

1963 Password (TV Series)
Himself - Celebrity Contestant

- Dorothy Loudon vs. Donald O'Connor (1963) ... Himself - Celebrity Contestant

1962-1963 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #2.91 (1963) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode #1.126 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

1962 The Tonight Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #1.130 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #1.129 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #1.128 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #1.127 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #1.126 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

1962 Tonight Starring Jack Paar (TV Series)
Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #5.241 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #5.240 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #5.239 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #5.238 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #5.237 (1962) ... Himself - Guest Host

1962 Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody (TV Movie)
Himself / Host

1953-1962 Toast of the Town (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #15.18 (1962) ... Himself

- Episode #10.30 (1957) ... Himself

- Episode #6.24 (1953) ... Himself

1956-1961 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series)
Himself

- The Dinah Shore Show (1961) ... Himself

- Episode #1.4 (1956) ... Himself

1961 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.29 (1961) ... Himself

1961 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Celebrity Guest

- Episode dated 10 May 1961 (1961) ... Celebrity Guest

1960 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode #7.43 (1960) ... Himself

1959 Pontiac Star Parade (TV Special)
Himself

1958 The Red Skelton Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Friends of Red Skelton Variety Show (1958) ... Himself

1957 Standard Oil New Jersey Presents Its 75th Anniversary Entertainment (TV Movie)
Himself

1957 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Himself

- Buster Keaton (1957) ... Himself

1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Audience Member

1954 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.1 (1954) ... Himself

1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Host from Hollywood & Performer

1951-1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Himself - Host / Himself

- Episode #4.20 (1954) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #4.13 (1953) ... Himself

- Episode #4.12 (1953) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #4.8 (1953) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #4.4 (1953) ... Himself - Host

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1952 Screen Snapshots 5852: Hollywood Night at '21' Club (Documentary short)
Himself - Celebration Guest

1950 Four Star Revue (TV Series)
Himself - Guest Singer / Dancer / Actor

- Episode #1.5 (1950) ... Himself - Guest Singer / Dancer / Actor

1949 Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. (Short)
Himself

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Archive footage (18 credits)

2002-2014 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Bing Crosby Rediscovered (2014) ... Himself

- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) ... Himself

2014 And the Oscar Goes To... (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2012 Lucy Moves to NBC: A Remembrance (Video documentary short)
On set footage / Outtakes & clips from 'Lucy Moves to NBC'

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2004 The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - In Memoriam

2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)

1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary)
Performer in Clips from 'Singin' in the Rain' / 'I Love Melvin' (uncredited)

1985 Great Performances (TV Series)
Himself

- Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985) ... Himself

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actor - 'Singin' in the Rain' (uncredited)

1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Movie)
Himself

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clip from 'Singin' in the Rain'

1976 It's Showtime (Documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1975 Columbo (TV Series)
Clarence Millard

- Forgotten Lady (1975) ... Clarence Millard (uncredited)

1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV Movie)
Himself

1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #7.17 (1970) ... Himself

1963 Marilyn (Documentary)
Himself (scene from "There's No Business Like Show Business") (uncredited)

1953-1954 Toast of the Town (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #8.13 (1954) ... Himself

- Episode #6.28 (1953) ... Himself

Personal Details

Other Works:

He performed with Ginger Rogers at the London Palladium in London, England with Ginger Rogers and Charlie Smithers in the cast. Onna White was director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Height:

5' 7" (1.7 m)

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Revivals are so popular now. But doing one would mean being out in cold, cold New York for a year, a year and a half," he said. "I'd rather do something where I go in and work a week, maybe three days. Get it done and come back home. See more »

Trivia:

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). See more »

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