1994 | Final onscreen appearance, one of the hosts of "That's Entertainment! III", a compilation film |
1980 | Final major film acting performance, "Xanadu" |
1976 | Final directorial credit, handling new sequences for the compilation film, "That's Entertainment Part 2" |
1970 | Last directorial credit for a feature-length fictional film, "The Cheyenne Social Club" |
1967 | First and only non-USA film credit, "The Young Girls of Rochefort", a musical comedy directed by Jacques Demy in which he starred |
1964 | Directed and produced the TV comedy pilot, "At Your Service", starring Van Johnson; pilot not picked up as series |
| TV series debut, starring as Father Charles O'Malley in the ABC hour-long comedy-drama series, "Going My Way", based on the hit film of 1944 |
1959 | Hosted the TV specials, "The Gene Kelly Pontiac Special" and "The Gene Kelly Show" |
1958 | Directed the MGM comedy, "The Tunnel of Love", starring Doris Day and Richard Widmark; end of association with MGM |
1957 | Last film as performer for MGM, "Les Girls" |
1956 | First solo directorial credits, "The Happy Road", a non-musical children's film in which he also starred, and "Invitation to the Dance", an all-dance film which he also wrote and choreographed |
1954 | First international film credit: acted in the US/Great Britain co-production, Crest of the Wave/Seagulls Over Sorrento", a war drama |
1950 | Feature directorial debut (co-directed with Stanley Donen), "On the Town" (also co-starred) |
| Served in US Naval Air Service |
1944 | First film as choreographer, "Cover Girl" |
1943 | Made first non-musical films, "The Cross of Lorraine" and "Pilot No. 5", both WWII dramas |
1942 | Lent to MGM for film debut in "For Me and My Gal"; contract bought by MGM |
1941 | Signed 7 year contract with David O Selznick |
1941 | Starred as Joey Evans on Broadway in "Pal Joey" |
1938 | Moved to New York; made Broadway debut as dancer in "Leave It to Me" |
1938 | Debut as stage dance director/choreographer, "Hold Your Hats", Pittsburgh Playhouse |
1935 | Made unsuccessful RKO screen test |
1934 | Performed dance act with his brother Fred |
1932 | Took over mother's dance school and renamed it Gene Kelly's Studio of the Dance |
