Donald O'Connor

He left his wife, Gloria, and four children. He has worked frequently with Bill Murray and Ivan Reitman. Among his last words, he is reported to have expressed thanks for the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement which he expected to win at some future date. Although occasionally mistaken for a Canadian, Ramis is actually from Chicago, Illinois, USA. O'Connor was still making public appearances well into 2003. Ramis was also a writer and performer on the SCTV television series. After overcoming a drinking problem in the 1970s, he continued to make film and television appearances into the 1990s. He performed with Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupe and the Broadway revue National Lampoon's Lemmings.

When the heyday of the film musical was over, O'Connor returned to the stage, and had a short-lived television series during the late 1960s. Ramis worked as joke editor for Playboy magazine. During World War II, he was re-invented as a star of musical films. Louis, Missouri his first job was as a mental-ward orderly. However, he did have a separate Hollywood career in the late 1930s, in which he played such incongruous roles as Beau Geste. After graduating from Washington University in St. His boyish looks did not allow him to take a romantic lead, except when appearing with a bigger star such as Ethel Merman (in Call Me Madam) or Bing Crosby (with whom he appeared in his first film at the age of eleven). His best known acting roles are as "Egon Spengler" in Ghostbusters and "Russell Ziskey" in Stripes.

Yet it was as a comedy actor and a song-and-dance man that he became famous. Harold Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor, director, and writer. His father died of a heart attack only a few weeks later. Analyze That (2002). As a toddler, he and his sister were involved in a road accident, which resulted in her death. Bedazzled (2000). O'Connor was born into an Irish immigrant family of vaudeville entertainers. Analyze This (1999).

He is still best known for his performance in the movie musical Singing in the Rain. Groundhog Day (1993). Donald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 - September 27, 2003) 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. Ghostbusters II (1989). Out to Sea - 1997. Caddyshack II (1988). Father Frost - 1996. Club Paradise (1986).

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel - 1994 (made for television). Back to School (1986). Toys - 1992. Ghostbusters (1984). A Time to Remember - 1987. Stripes (1981). Alice in Wonderland - 1985 (made for television). Caddyshack (1980).

Alice in Wonderland - 1983 (made for television). Meatballs (1979). Pandemonium - 1982. Animal House (1978). Ragtime - 1981. "SCTV" (1976 - 1981) TV Series. The Donald O'Connor Show - 1968 (television series). Analyze That (2002).

That Funny Feeling - 1965. Bedazzled (2000). Le Meraviglie di Aladino - 1961. Analyze This (1999). Cry for Happy - 1961. Multiplicity (1996). The Buster Keaton Story - 1957. Stuart Saves His Family (1995).

Anything Goes - 1956. Groundhog Day (1993). Francis in the Navy - 1955. Club Paradise (1986). There's No Business Like Show Business - 1954. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). Francis Joins the WACS - 1954. Caddyshack (1980).

Walking My Baby Back Home - 1953. Orange County (2002). Francis Covers the Big Town - 1953. Ghostbusters II (1989). Call Me Madam - 1953. Baby Boom (1987). I Love Melvin - 1953. Ghostbusters (1984).

Francis Goes to West Point - 1952. Stripes (1981). Singin' in the Rain - 1952. Francis Goes to the Races - 1951. Double Crossbones - 1951.

The Milkman - 1950. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek - 1950. Francis - 1950 - first of the "talking mule" movies. Yes Sir That's My Baby - 1949.

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin - 1948. Are You with It? - 1948. Something in the Wind - 1947. Patrick the Great - 1945.

Bowery to Broadway - 1944. The Merry Monahans - 1944. This Is the Life - 1944. Chip Off the Old Block - 1944.

Top Man - 1943. Mister Big - 1943. It Comes Up Love - 1943. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 1942.

Get Hep to Love - 1942. Give Out, Sisters - 1942. Private Buckaroo - 1942. What's Cookin'? - 1942.

Night Work - 1939. On Your Toes - 1939. Death of a Champion - 1939. Beau Geste - 1939.

Million Dollar Legs - 1939. Unmarried - 1939. Boy Trouble - 1939. Tom Sawyer, Detective - 1938.

Sons of the Legion - 1938. Sing You Sinners - 1938. Men with Wings - 1938. It Can't Last Forever - 1937.