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He was best known for films he made in the 1950s -- a series of highly successful "Francis the Talking Mule" comedies and movie musicals that put his song and dance talents to good use "Back then, when you were typecast that way, it was very difficult to get dramatic parts," he recalled "Someone handed me a dummy that was on the stage," he recalled in a 1995 Associated Press interview " He said it was a fluke that he landed in so many musicals, noting he started out as a "straight" actor He made his film debut at age 11 in a dancing scene with two of his brothers in "=/movies/movie A few years later, the man who directed them created the "Mr aspx?m=89813 class="art">Anything Goes" and "=/movies/movie As he sings "Make 'Em Laugh," O'Connor dances with a prop dummy and performs all manner of amusing acrobatics aspx?c=181894 class="art">Susanna Foster "That was the only prop I used " As a contract actor for Paramount, he played adolescent roles in several films, including Huckleberry Finn in "=/movies/movie "Revivals are so popular now Born in Chicago to circus performers who went into vaudeville, O'Connor joined his family's act when he was an infant 'Singin' in the Rain' Star O'Connor Dies Sep 28, 9:23 AM EST <EM>Associated Press</EM> Entertainer =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=349825 class="art">Gloria Jean and =/celebs/celeb In recent years, he continued working when he found a project he liked, such as appearing in an episode of "Tales From the Crypt "Look at =/celebs/celeb Songs in movie musicals are often touching or exciting, but O'Connor performed a rare feat with a number that were laugh-out-loud funny He and his wife had moved to Arizona after their California home was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake " But he said he had little desire to leave home for long stretches When he grew too big for child roles, he briefly returned to vaudeville, but was soon back in Hollywood playing high-energy juvenile leads opposite such actresses as =/celebs/celeb But doing one would mean being out in cold, cold New York for a year, a year and a half," he said O'Connor quit the "Francis" series in 1955, saying, "When you've made six pictures and the mule still gets more fan mail than you do 10 aspx?c=53095 class="art">Bing Crosby's kid brother in "=/movies/movie I did a pratfall and we wrote that down "I'd rather do something where I go in and work a week, maybe three days Always entertaining, always talking, always laughing," said Tim Fowlar his musical director for 30 years aspx?m=502016 class="art">Melody for Two "He was incredible, a consummate performer Ed" TV series " The American Film Institute's list of the top 100 American movies ever made ranked "Singin' in the Rain" at No " O'Connor won an Emmy, but never an Oscar aspx?c=54190 class="art">Gene Kelly and =/celebs/celeb O'Connor, who had been in declining health in recent years, died of heart failure at a retirement home in Calabasas, his daughter, Alicia O'Connor, told The Associated Press Get it done and come back home aspx?m=141540 class="art">There's No Business Like Show Business He also said his song-and-dance image came with a downside " O'Connor also had some success in television aspx?c=64758 class="art">Tony Curtis said Saturday aspx?c=53040 class="art">Fred Astaire, who was a darn good actor aspx?m=184150 class="art">Singin' in the Rain," died Saturday, his daughter said He was 78 aspx?m=40433 class="art">Sing You Sinners" (1938), which he later ranked among his favorite roles "He was such a fine man and was one of the great ones," actor =/celebs/celeb In a brief statement, the family said that among O'Connor's last words was the following quip: "I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get aspx?c=358505 class="art">Debbie Reynolds and took a satirical look at Hollywood during the transition from silent to sound pictures aspx?m=36666 class="art">Tom Sawyer -- Detective" (1938) " The "Francis" comedies, which featured a bumbling O'Connor and a talking mule, began in 1949 " The best, 1952's "Singin' in the Rain," also starred =/celebs/celeb " Among O'Connor's other '50s musicals were "=/movies/movie aspx?c=33258 class="art">Donald O'Connor, who combined comedy and acrobatics in the show-stopping "Make 'Em Laugh" number in the classic movie "=/movies/movie He won an Emmy for "The Colgate Comedy Hour" in 1954 and appeared in "The Donald O'Connor Texaco Show" from 1954 to 1955 Every time I did something that got a laugh, we wrote it down to keep in the number "He loved to perform and that's pretty much all he knew aspx?m=31179 class="art">Call Me Madam," "=/movies/movie He was =/celebs/celeb Bates' first important film role was opposite Laurence Olivier in 1960's "The Entertainer Bates died of cancer Saturday night in a London hospital, said his agent, Rosalind Chatto Bates was nominated for a best actor Oscar award for 1969's "The Fixer" and played Rupert Birkin in "Women In Love," based on the D Bates, who was born in Derbyshire, central England, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and made his stage debut in 1955 Funeral arrangements were not yet final, she said Tony Award-Winning Actor Alan Bates Dies Dec 28, 10:03 AM EST Alan Bates, a Tony Award-winning actor who first gained fame on the London stage and then starred in a string of successful 1960s movies including "Zorba the Greek," has died, his agent said Sunday Bates' son, Tristan, 19, died of an asthma attack in 1990 and his wife, actress Victoria Ford, died in 1992 More recently, Bates played the butler Mr Bates was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1995 and knighted last year Jennings in Robert Altman's 2001 aristocratic murder mystery "Gosford Park" and also had a role in 2002's "The Sum of All Fears," which starred Ben Affleck " "Bates is remarkable in carefully negotiating (his character's) foolishness and faith," it said H He is survived by two brothers, son Benedick and a granddaughter, Chatto said An Associated Press review praised the actor's "accomplished and affecting portrait He was 69 He first gained attention for his role as a resentful young working-class man in John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" and also starred in playwright Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" on stage and film Lawrence novel, the same year He won a best actor Tony Award in 2002 for his portrayal on Broadway of an impoverished nobleman in "Fortune's Fool," Ivan Turgenev's dissection of mid-19th century Russian country life " In 1964, he played Basil in "Zorba the Greek" then two years later acted in "Georgy Girl" with Vanessa Redgrave |
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