Donald O'Connor

He left his wife, Gloria, and four children. Tim O'Neill on the science fiction television series SeaQuest DSV (later SeaQuest 2032) and the warrior wannabe Joxer the Mighty on Xena: Warrior Princess. 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. He is most likely well known for his roles as the communication officer Lt. O'Connor was still making public appearances well into 2003. His motion picture credits include most of his brother's films including The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, and Darkman as well as roles in such features as Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Lunatics: A Love Story, Skinner, Shocker, Born Yesterday and Stuart Saves his Family. After overcoming a drinking problem in the 1970s, he continued to make film and television appearances into the 1990s. The Detroit-born Ted began acting as an extra in his elder brother's Super 8 films.

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. Ted Raimi (born December 14, 1965) is an actor and brother of director Sam Raimi. During World War II, he was re-invented as a star of musical films. Spider-Man 2 (2004). However, he did have a separate Hollywood career in the late 1930s, in which he played such incongruous roles as Beau Geste. Spider-Man (2002). 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). Primetime Glick (2001) (tv series).

Yet it was as a comedy actor and a song-and-dance man that he became famous. For Love of the Game (1999). His father died of a heart attack only a few weeks later. Wishmaster (1997). As a toddler, he and his sister were involved in a road accident, which resulted in her death. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) (tv series). O'Connor was born into an Irish immigrant family of vaudeville entertainers. Skinner (1995).

He is still best known for his performance in the movie musical Singing in the Rain. Stuart Saves His Family (1995). 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. Clear and Present Danger (1994). Out to Sea - 1997. SeaQuest DSV (1993) (tv series). Father Frost - 1996. Born Yesterday (1993).

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel - 1994 (made for television). Army of Darkness (1993). Toys - 1992. Candyman (1992). A Time to Remember - 1987. Patriot Games (1992). Alice in Wonderland - 1985 (made for television). Lunatics: A Love Story (1991).

Alice in Wonderland - 1983 (made for television). Postcards from the Edge (1990). Pandemonium - 1982. Darkman (1990). Ragtime - 1981. Shocker (1989). The Donald O'Connor Show - 1968 (television series). Evil Dead II (1987).

That Funny Feeling - 1965. Crimewave (1985). Le Meraviglie di Aladino - 1961. Blood Rage (1983). Cry for Happy - 1961. The Evil Dead (1981). The Buster Keaton Story - 1957.

Anything Goes - 1956. Francis in the Navy - 1955. There's No Business Like Show Business - 1954. Francis Joins the WACS - 1954.

Walking My Baby Back Home - 1953. Francis Covers the Big Town - 1953. Call Me Madam - 1953. I Love Melvin - 1953.

Francis Goes to West Point - 1952. 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.