Talk:Des O'Connor

message: The IMDb lists O'Connor's date of birth as 12 January, 1932, but here and a number of other sources state 1 December, 1932. Anyone know which is the correct date? --TonyW 22:55, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Forget it, I was thinking of Val Doonican. --88.111.62.230 14:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: At 2007-09-04, the start of the article says:
Des O'Connor (born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof on 1932-01-12) 
I wasn't able to find any confirmation that his birth name was anything other than O'Connor.  Is the (Bob) Geldof name someone having a joke?  --Nonky 22:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real name 

message: Unfortunately this isn't always true. I have it on good authority that he was heckled in 1976 when he appeared in Cornwall by people shouting, "Who told you you could sing?" and as a result he declined to return to the stage after the interval to finish his act. My sympathies are with him btw, there should be no satisfaction in turning up to an act you don't like just to spoil it for everyone else.
Meltingpot (talk) 14:59, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That was not criicism, it was abuse. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:00, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Taking criticism in good humour

message: 2007-present should now read 2007-2008, and incumbent should say succeedded by: unknown. Although I'm assuming the show will continue - if not, the successor box would need to say succeedded by: none. How do I do this change? Digifiend (talk) 09:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Countdown succession box 

message: I don't think his father was actually Irish, merely of Irish descent. Judging by his time on Countdown he seemed vague about his exact Irish heritage, and indeed struggled to understand the Irish accents of a few contestants.--MartinUK (talk) 00:43, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Irish Father?

message: I have deleted this unsourced claim. It is not credible that he's sold 15 million records when a) he is only well known in the British Isles and b) in the UK he's had only 1 top 10 album and just 4 top 10 singles. Vauxhall1964 (talk) 10:58, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  15 million records? 

message: In the body it states he was born Desmond Bernard O'Connor yet in the sidebar it states Bernard Desmond O'Connor - can anyone who knows which it is update the other please 94.194.33.115 (talk) 17:49, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to assume it's the former (as stated on the IMDb page) and alter. MattKitty (talk) 17:56, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth Name 

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message: Notwithstanding, that his dad was probably only of Irish descent, how can this make sense.
"O'Connor was born in Stepney, East London, to Maude (née Bassett) and Harry O'Connor. His mother was Jewish and his father was from Ireland."
Could you say, "His mother was Mexican and his father was Methodist"?
What nationality is Jewish? I think they were probably both British. Francis Hannaway (talk) 10:22, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That's right. O'Connor's father, Harry O'Connor, was of half Irish and half Jewish descent, and his mother, Maude Bassett, was of English ancestry. These descriptions are off. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 03:41, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality, and religion are different 

message: Was O'Connor really a shoe salesman for a bus company? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:57, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shoe salesman