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Don Juan (1926 film)

Don Juan (1926), Alan Crosland silent romance starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor; first feature with Vitaphone synchronized music and sound effects, premiered August 1926 at Warners' Theatre, New York.

Don Juan (ballet)

Don Juan, ou Le festin de pierre: 1761 Vienna ballet pantomime by Gluck, choreographed and danced by Gasparo Angiolini with Calzabigi; premiered 17 October 1761 at the Burgtheater; founding ballet d'action.

Don Juan DeMarco

Don Juan DeMarco is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Jeremy Leven, starring Marlon Brando as a psychiatrist, Johnny Depp as a young man who believes he is Don Juan, and Faye Dunaway.

Don Juan Tenorio

Don Juan Tenorio is an 1844 verse drama by José Zorrilla in which Don Juan is saved at the last moment through the love of Doña Inés.

Don Knotts

Don Knotts (Jesse Donald Knotts, 1924-2006), American comic actor from Morgantown, West Virginia; won five Emmys as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, later Ralph Furley on Three's Company.

Don LaFontaine

Don LaFontaine (Donald Leroy La Fontaine, 1940-2008) was the American 'movie trailer guy' voice actor known for 'In a world...'. He voiced about 5,000 trailers and 350,000 commercials, was called Thunder Throat and the Voice of God, and is honored by the SAG-AFTRA Don LaFontaine Voiceover Lab.

Don Mancini

Don Mancini is an American director and screenwriter who created the killer doll Chucky and has written or co-written nearly every film in the Child's Play franchise.

Don McKellar

Don McKellar (born 1963, Toronto) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and director of the Toronto New Wave, known for Last Night (1998), The Red Violin, Twitch City, and the Tony-winning The Drowsy Chaperone.

Don Messick

Don Messick (Donald Earl Messick, 1926-1997), American voice actor and Hanna-Barbera mainstay; original voice of Scooby-Doo (1969-1996), also Boo Boo, Astro, Papa Smurf, Muttley, and Dr. Benton Quest.

Don Most

Don Most (Donny Most, born 1953, Brooklyn) is an American actor, director, and singer best known as Ralph Malph on Happy Days (1974–1984), later directing indie films and performing swing music.

Don Murray (actor)

Don Murray (Donald Patrick Murray, 1929-2024), American actor Oscar-nominated for his debut in Bus Stop (1956) opposite Marilyn Monroe; later starred in Advise and Consent, The Outcasts, Knots Landing, and Twin Peaks.

Don Novello

Don Novello (born 1943) is an American comedian and writer, creator of SNL's Father Guido Sarducci and author of The Lazlo Letters as alter ego Lazlo Toth, plus the Olympia Cafe sketch and Atlantis voice work.

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer (1945-2017), American TV producer and NBC West Coast president, produced ABC's Monday Night Football in the 1970s, created NBC's Must See TV, and removed Norm Macdonald from SNL's Weekend Update.

Don Quixote (ballet)

Don Quixote: Petipa-Minkus classical ballet, premiered Bolshoi Theatre Moscow 14/26 December 1869, based on a Cervantes episode about Kitri and Basilio; modern versions derive from Gorsky's 1900 revival, with stagings by Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Tomasson, and Acosta.

Don Rickles

Don Rickles (Donald Jay Rickles, 1926-2017), American insult comic and actor nicknamed Mr. Warmth and Merchant of Venom; ad-libbed nightclub roasts, Tonight Show regular, Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story, Emmy winner 2008.

Don S. Davis

Don S. Davis (Don Sinclair Davis, 1942-2008) was an American character actor, Army captain, and painter, known as General Hammond on Stargate SG-1 and Major Garland Briggs on Twin Peaks.

Don Seenu (డాన్ సీను)

Don Seenu (డాన్ సీను) is a 2010 Telugu action comedy, Gopichand Malineni's directing debut, starring Ravi Teja as a Don-obsessed man who woos a gangster's sister in Germany; music by Mani Sharma.

Don Siegel

Don Siegel (Donald Siegel, 1912-1991), American film director of Riot in Cell Block 11, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry, and Charley Varrick; Warner Bros. montage chief turned independent genre director and Clint Eastwood's mentor.

Don Simpson

Don Simpson (Donald Clarence Simpson), Hollywood producer of Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, and Top Gun with Jerry Bruckheimer; pioneer of high-concept blockbusters who died in 1996 of a drug overdose.

Don Stark

Don Stark (Donald Stark, born 1954, New York City) is an American character actor, best known as Bob Pinciotti on all eight seasons of That '70s Show (1998–2006), also Hit the Floor, Star Trek roles, and Green Book.

Don Stroud

Don Stroud (Donald Lee Stroud, born 1943, Honolulu) is an American character actor, surfer, and musician known for villain roles in over 100 films including Coogan's Bluff, Bloody Mama, The Buddy Holly Story, Licence to Kill, and Django Unchained.

Don Swayze

Don Swayze (Donald Carl Swayze, born 1958, Houston, Texas) is an American character actor, younger brother of Patrick Swayze, known for Carnivàle, True Blood, Criminal Minds, and the 2025 lead role in All Saints Day.

Don Warrington

Don Warrington (born 1952, Trinidad; birth name Don Williams) is a British actor known for Philip in Rising Damp (1974-1978), Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in Death in Paradise since 2011, and Talawa's 2016 King Lear; MBE 2008.

Don's Party

Don's Party is a 1971 satirical play by David Williamson, in which university-educated friends watch the 1969 Australian election results and descend into drunken disappointment.

Don's Plum

Don's Plum is a black-and-white improvised indie drama directed by R.D. Robb, shot in 1995-1996, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, whose 1999 settlement bans its US and Canada release.

Don't Be (せめて、人間らしく)

Don't Be (せめて、人間らしく, Semete, Ningen rashiku) is episode 22 of Neon Genesis Evangelion, first broadcast 28 February 1996. Directed by Hideaki Anno with Akira Takamura as episode director, written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi and Anno; it depicts Asuka's breakdown and exists in TV and Director's Cut versions.

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996 American parody comedy directed by Paris Barclay, written by and starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans with Phil Beauman, spoofing 1990s hood films such as Boyz n the Hood, Juice, South Central, and Menace II Society.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film)

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 American horror film directed by Troy Nixey, a remake of the 1973 TV movie, starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce.

Don't Be Tardy

Don't Be Tardy is an American Bravo reality series (April 26, 2012 to December 2020, 94 episodes in 8 seasons), originally Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding, a Real Housewives of Atlanta spin-off following Kim Zolciak-Biermann, her husband Kroy Biermann, and their six children; canceled May 2021.

Don't Be Too Emotional (อย่าขอพี่เจน)

Don't Be Too Emotional (อย่าขอพี่เจน, Don't Ask P'Jane) is a 2026 Thai university BL series on iQIYI, adapted from Hwang Seol's novel, produced by Dee Hup House, starring Tee Boonyakait and Heng Thatpong, aired 26 June to 11 September 2026 in 12 episodes.