Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. Perhaps his most famous performance was as Gene Kelly's friend and colleague in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Though he considered Danville, Illinois to be his home town, O’Connor was born in St....
Roscoe stops playing the fiddle when the stunt man is hurt during filming and...
Don and Lina walk off the stage to be greeted by the head of the studio and C...
Lina tells the head of the studio that she's willing to talk to the audiences...
Don can't believe that Lina thinks they're engaged when he can't even stand h...
Cosmo stands aside as his best friend, actor Don Lockwood is swarmed by adori...
Cosmo tells Don that it's an unwritten rule to show movies at Hollywood parti...
R.F. demonstrates talking pictures at his party but the guests are skeptical ...
Kathy throws a pie and hits Lina in the face so Cosmo compliments her on her ...
Don admits to Cosmo that he's still thinking about his encounter with stage a...
Cosmo tries to cheer his friend, Don Lockwood, up by singing him a song.
Cosmo tries to get his good friend Don Lockwood to forget about Kathy Selden.
Cosmo greets a late arriving Don Lockwood to the Hollywood party.
Don feels a little unworthy after his talk with Kathy Selden so he asks his g...
Cosmo's car gets a flat tire so he and Don get step out of it to take a look ...
Cosmo sings Make Em Laugh for his friend Don Lockwood to cheer him up and try...
R.F. Simpson visits the movie set to tell everyone that they're changing the ...
Cosmo tells Kathy that Don has been looking for her everywhere since the nigh...
Cosmo, Don and Kathy think that turning Don's first talking movie into a musi...
Cosmo comes up with a plan to save Don's first talking movie. Have Kathy tal...
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