Jack Donohue

Jack Donohue

1908-11-03 Brooklyn, New York, USA 30 Credits

Biography

John Francis "Jack" Donohue was an American film actor, screenwriter, director, producer, composer, and choreographer. Some of his movie directing roles include Babes in Toyland, Marriage on the Rocks, and Assault on a Queen.

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The Further Adventures of Wally Brown

1980

Director

Directing

1980 TV pilot

Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

1979

Director

Directing

Gala tribute to the Chairman of the Board.

Lucy Gets Lucky

Lucy Gets Lucky

1975

as Ralph

1.0
Acting

Lucy pulls out all the stops in Las Vegas to see her favorite entertainer, Dean Martin. Lucy gets a job working at the MGM Grand casino and high-stake...

Lucy Gets Lucky

Lucy Gets Lucky

1975

Director

1.0
Directing

Lucy pulls out all the stops in Las Vegas to see her favorite entertainer, Dean Martin. Lucy gets a job working at the MGM Grand casino and high-stake...

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

1974

Director

4.8
Directing

As her 25th anniversary approaches, Norma Michaels realizes that her marriage to her dentist husband Malcolm has become boring. Seeking independence, ...

Assault on a Queen

Assault on a Queen

1966

Director

5.5
Directing

A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the ...

Marriage on the Rocks

Marriage on the Rocks

1965

Director

5.6
Directing

Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his...

The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour

The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour

1964

Director

7.5
Directing

Chun King Chow Mein Hour

1962

Director

Directing

Stan Freberg satirizes contemporary television, particularly commercials.

Backstage Party

Backstage Party

1961

as Self

7.0
Acting

Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes

Backstage Party

Backstage Party

1961

Director

7.0
Directing

Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

1961

as Sylvester J. Goose (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so h...

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

1961

Director

5.8
Directing

All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so h...

Lucky Me

Lucky Me

1954

Director

6.7
Directing

Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promi...

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

1953

Choreographer

7.0

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way...

Watch the Birdie

Watch the Birdie

1950

Director

5.3
Directing

A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.

Duchess of Idaho

Duchess of Idaho

1950

Choreographer

5.0

Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to ...

The Yellow Cab Man

The Yellow Cab Man

1950

Director

6.3
Directing

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that...

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

1949

Choreographer

6.8

A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

Close-Up

Close-Up

1948

Director

4.0
Directing

A photographer accidentally photographs a Nazi war criminal on the streets of New York and becomes a target for reprisals and murder.

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

Choreographer

6.6

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

Choreographer

5.5

Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.

Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

Choreographer

6.0

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house ...

The Fleet's In

The Fleet's In

1942

Choreographer

7.0

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are plac...

Kiss Her!

Kiss Her!

1940

Choreographer

5.7

Lisa Larsson, dancer at a theater, witnesses a traffic accident and banker Brenner's private driver asks her to be a witness. When her friends see her...

The Singing Cop

1938

Choreographer

“Spy comedy with operatic background.” - BFI.

Mayfair Melody

1937

Choreographer

“Romantic comedy of a motor factory mechanic encouraged to train his voice by the daughter of the magnate.” - BFI.

O.H.M.S.

O.H.M.S.

1937

3.5
Acting

American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie i...

Rhythm in the Air

Rhythm in the Air

1936

as Jack Donovan

Acting

A young riveter working high up on a steel girder watches a girl practising a tap-dance in a building opposite, and while applauding her, he loses his...

Rhythm in the Air

Rhythm in the Air

1936

Writer, Choreographer

Writing

A young riveter working high up on a steel girder watches a girl practising a tap-dance in a building opposite, and while applauding her, he loses his...