Daniel "Dan" Conner is the husband of the late Roseanne Conner and the father of Becky, Darlene, D.J., and Jerry Conner. He is the deuteragonist of the original series, and the main protagonist of the spin-off. He and Louise Goldufski get married in season 4 (The Wedding of Dan and Louise) of the spin-off. The part of Dan is played by actor John Goodman.
Biography[]
Dan was born on November 10, 1951, in Lanford, Illinois to Ed Conner and Audrey Conner. While Dan was growing up, his father Ed was always on the road as a salesman which put a strain and his and Audrey's marriage. He is a moderately successful drywall worker and a freelance contractor. Occasionally running into tough times when the construction work slows down, most likely due to the fact that he finds most of his jobs through Dwight's Hardware Store or his lumber yard connections.
He met and married his first wife Roseanne Conner (née Harris) when they were in high school and she was 16. Throughout high school, he was a major football star. During the week him and Roseanne broke up at a dance, he saw Phyllis Zimmer and had a one night stand with her at the popular make-out spot called Make Out Hill. He never told Roseanne until she found that Dan saw Phyllis when Jackie told Roseanne.
Dan and Roseanne have four children together Becky Healy {née Conner), Darlene Olinsky (née Conner), D.J. Conner, and Jerry Conner. They also have four grandchildren Harris Healy, Mark Healy II, Mary Conner, and Beverly Rose Conner.
In season 3, Dan's longtime friend Ziggy suggested that they begin a bike business. Unfortunately the bike shop, after about a year and a half, financially failed and was sold. Dan was crushed by this and he suffered another blow soon afterwards. At the beginning of season 5, Becky convinced that she would lose everything that mattered to her because of her parents' financial carelessness, and ran away and eloped with Mark at age 17. Dan refused to talk to Becky for most of season 5 and became increasingly restrictive and paranoid of Darlene as she and David drew closer; however, he was much more open to the idea of her going to art school in Chicago than Roseanne was.
Dan's father Ed falls in love with Crystal Anderson. They end up getting married and having two children together; Ed Conner Jr. and Angela. Crystal has a son Lonnie Anderson from a previous marriage. Dan at first disapproved of their marriage, and even almost didn't show up at their wedding until the last minute.
David and Dan had a rough patch when David lied about living with Darlene resulting in Dan manhandling him and kicking him out of the house. Dan came to forgive him overtime when Roseanne pointed out that Dan was placing blame entirely on David and ignoring that Darlene was equally responsible. Although Dan increasingly became exasperated with David's seeming over-sensitivity after he broke up with Darlene and often teased him about his less masculine and artistic interests, he was pleased with David's contributions to the household and congratulated him sincerely on graduating high school. They had a brief spat in Season 8 when Dan learned Darlene was pregnant and planning to marry David, but Dan quickly reconciled with his newest son-in-law.
At David and Darlene's wedding in season 8, he had a heart attack, which showed his terrible health, which had been declining over the seasons (probably from drinking too much beer). He is the father-in-law to Mark Healy and David Healy. At first he didn't really care for Mark, but over the seasons, they bonded.
In the series, Dan had to take his mother to a mental hospital and then when him and Roseanne won the lottery, he spent the money to send his mother to a hospital in California. There, he met a woman (his mother's nurse) and Dan and Roseanne's marriage was put in a major strain and they almost divorced.
When Dan and Roseanne finally made up, they received a call from Jackie telling them she was taking Darlene to the hospital because she started going into premature labor.
It was revealed at the end of Season 9 that Dan had in fact passed away from the heart attack that happened at Darlene and David's wedding. However, later in Season 10 this is mentioned as being a part of a book that Roseanne was writing and he did not actually die.
Him and his wife Roseanne were married for almost 40 years when his wife, Roseanne, goes into cardiac arrest through an overdose on opioid drugs. Though this unforeseen tragedy leaves Dan heartbroken and embittered for a short time, slowly but surely, he heals from his loss and moves on with his life.
In the show "The Conners" he begins dating a woman name Louise Goldufski, an attractive classmate from his high school days. As of season 3 finale, he and Louise are engaged to be married.
Relationships[]
Ed Conner - Father
Audrey Conner - Mother
Crystal Conner (née Anderson) - Friend/step-mom
Roseanne Conner (née Harris) - 1st wife (deceased)
Louise Conner (née Goldufski) - 2nd wife
Nana Mary - Grandmother-in-law (Roseanne's Grandmother)
Becky Healy (née Conner) - Daughter
Mark Healy - son-in-law (deceased) (Becky's husband)
Darlene Olinsky (née Conner) - Daughter
David Healy - ex-son-in-law (Darlene's ex-husband)
D.J. Conner - Son
Jerry Garcia Conner - Son
Beverly Harris - Mother-in-law
Al Harris - Father-in-law
Harris Healy - Granddaughter (David and Darlene's daughter)
Mark Healy II - Grandson (David and Darlene's son who is also named after David's brother Mark)
Mary Conner - Granddaughter (DJ and Gina's daughter)
Beverly Rose Conner - Granddaughter (Becky's daughter)
List of Appearances[]
Across ten seasons of Roseanne, Dan Conner was absent in 12 episodes, all from Season 9. Dan has appeared in every episode of The Conners so far.
| Roseanne (TV series) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 23 | ||
| Season 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 24 | |
| Season 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 25 |
| Season 4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 25 |
| Season 5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 25 |
| Season 6 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 25 |
| Season 7 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 26 |
| Season 8 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 25 |
| Season 9 | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | - | - | X | X | X | N/A | 12 | |
| Season 10 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Conners | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | # | |
| Season 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 | |||||||||||
| Season 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 20 | ||
| Season 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 20 | ||
| Season 4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 20 | ||
| Season 5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 22 |
| Season 6 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | |||||||||
| Total | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||