Donald O'Connor Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Donald O'Connor Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August , â€" September , ) was an

American actor, dancer, and singer. He came to fame in a series of

films in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan,

and Francis the Talking Mule.His best-known works came in the film

Singin' in the Rain (), for which O'Connor was awarded a Golden Globe.

He also won a Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations and received

two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame throughout his career.Though

he considered Danville, Illinois to be his hometown, O'Connor was the

th child born in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago. His parents, Effie

Irene (née Crane) and John Edward "Chuck" O'Connor, were vaudeville

entertainers; she was a bareback rider and he was a circus strongman

and acrobat. His father's family was from Ireland.O'Connor later said,

"I was about months old, they tell me, when I first started dancing,

and they'd hold me up by the back of my neck and they'd start the

music, and I'd dance. You could do that with any kid, only I got paid

for it."
Donald O'Connor Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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