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Donald O'Connor
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Actor Born: August 28, 1925 in Chicago, IL Death: September 27, 2003 in Calabasas, CA Biography:The son of a stage acrobat, American actor/dancer/singer "Donald O'Connor" was hoofing away as a child in his family's vaudeville act. He was discovered for films in 1938's "Sing, You Sinners", spending the next few years in movies usually playing "the star as a child" -- that is, cast as the younger version of the film's leading man for prologue and flashback sequences. A 1941 Universal contract led to a string of peppy medium-budget musicals with such pure-forties titles as "Get Hep to Love" (1941) and "Are You With It?" (1949); O'Connor's most frequent costar was another teenage vaudeville vet, "Peggy Ryan". In 1950, O'Connor was cast in the non-dancing role of a hapless army private who can't convince anyone that a mule can talk in "Francis" (1950). The film was a major moneymaker, leading Universal to inaugurate a "Francis" series starring O'Connor, Francis the Mule, and Francis' voice, Chill... Full Biography
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