Mickey Rooney
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Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer, and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the silent film era.
At the height of a career that was marked by declines and comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values. A versatile performer, he became a celebrated character actor later in his career. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney "the best there has ever been". Clarence Brown, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles, National Velvet and The Human Comedy, said he was "the closest thing to a genius I ever worked with".
Rooney first performed in vaudeville as a child and made his film debut at the age of six. At 14, he played Puck in the play and later the 1935 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Critic David Thomson hailed his performance as "one of the cinema's most arresting pieces of magic". In 1938, he co-starred in Boys Town. At 19, he was the first teenager to be nominated for an Oscar for his leading role in Babes in Arms, and he was awarded a special Academy Juvenile Award in 1939. At the peak of his career between the ages of 15 and 25, he made 43 films, which made him one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most consistently successful actors and a favorite of MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer.
Rooney was the top box-office attraction from 1939 to 1941 and one of the best-paid actors of that era, but his career would never again rise to such heights. Drafted into the Army during World War II, he served nearly two years entertaining over two million troops on stage and radio and was awarded a Bronze Star for performing in combat zones. Returning from the war in 1945, he was too old for juvenile roles but too short to be an adult movie star, and was unable to get as many starring roles. Nevertheless, Rooney's popularity was renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and The Black Stallion (1979). In the early 1980s, he returned to Broadway in Sugar Babies and again became a celebrated star. Rooney made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs, and talk shows, and won an Emmy in 1982 plus a Golden Globe for his role in Bill (1981).
Known for
The Simpsons
Mickey Rooney (voice)
American Dad!
Short Producer (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Matt Cleveland
ER
George Bikel
The Love Boat
Dominicus Angelara
Great Performances
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Full House
The Twilight Zone
Michael Grady
The Fugitive
Charlie Paris
Wagon Train
Samuel T. Evans
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Performer
The Golden Girls
Rocco
Combat!
Harry White
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Self (archive footage)
Naked City
George Bick
Rawhide
Pan Macropolous
The Lucy Show
Mickey Rooney
Burke's Law
Archie Lido
What's My Line?
Self
The Muppets
Smalltown Resident
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Sparky (voice)
Omnibus
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Night at the Museum
Gus
Night Gallery
August Kolodney
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Mike Zampini
This Is Your Life
Self
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Gus
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Gus Harris
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Peachy Keane
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Harold Lang
The Oscars
Self
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Santa Claus (voice)
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Comedian
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
Leave 'Em Laughing
Jack Thum
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Griffith
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Arabian Adventure
Daad El Shur
Pete's Dragon
Lampie
Journey Back to Oz
Scarecrow (voice)
The Jack Benny Program
Self / Killer Looney
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
The Fox and the Hound
Tod (voice)
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Director
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Mr. Yunioshi
Francis in the Haunted House
David Prescott
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Care Bears
Broadway to Hollywood
Ted Hackett III as Child
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Junion
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Andy Hardy
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Nick Lewis / The Devil
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Jack Bergan
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
The Match Game
Himself - Team Captain
Drive a Crooked Road
Eddie Shannon
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
A Dream Comes True
Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Sheriff Williams
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
The Dean Martin Show
The First of May
Boss Ed
Playhouse 90
Sammy Hogarth
Mickey's 50
Self
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mike Forney
Arrest and Trial
Hoagy Blair
Mickey's Warriors
Mickey McGuire
December Bride
Self
The Magic of Lassie
Gus
Remember WENN
Mr. Hardy
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
Sin's Pay Day
Chubby Dennis
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
Mickey McGuire
Strike Up the Band
Jimmy Connors
Out West with the Hardys
Andy Hardy
The Norm Show
The Bold and the Brave
Willie Dooley
The Devil Is a Sissy
'Gig' Stevens
80 Steps to Jonah
Wilfred Bashford
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Mickey Rooney
Find the Lady
Trigger
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
Joe Petto
Mickey's Midnite Follies
Mickey McGuire
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Army
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Andy Hardy
Mickey's Little Eva
Mickey McGuire
Legends
Self
The Milky Life
Barry Reilly
The Hollywood Palace
Self
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Andy Hardy
Mickey's Mix-Up
Mickey McGuire
The Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
Pete and Gladys
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Flip (voice)
The George Gobel Show
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
Conan the Adventurer
Dan August
Kenny O'Malley
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Babe: Pig in the City
Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Mickey's Brown Derby
Mickey McGuire
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Indian Tom
Mickey in School
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Eleven
Mickey McGuire
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
Self
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mr. Louis
The Voices from Beyond
Johnny O'Hara
The Last Mile
John Mears
Ace of Hearts
Papa Joe
A Slight Case of Larceny
Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
Making Waves
Gabriel
Death on the Diamond
Mickey
O’Malley
Mickey O’Malley
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Internet Love
Self
Rendezvous
Country Boy (uncredited)
Startime
Mickey's Busy Day
Mickey McGuire
Cinema Stars - No. 15
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Sage
Hooray for Hollywood
Narrator
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Jack's Place
Hollywood Legenden
Self
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
The Domino Principle
Spiventa
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Mickey's Ape Man
Mickey McGuire
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
Empire State Building Murders
Mickey Silver
The Care Bears Movie
Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
Chained
Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
Sweet Justice
Zeke
Bill: On His Own
Bill Sackter
The Strip
Stanley Maxton
Live, Love and Learn
Jerry Crump
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
Operation Mad Ball
MSgt. Yancy Skibo
Mr. Broadway
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Thousands Cheer
Himself - Emcee at the Show
The Wonderful World of Disney
Old Bailey
The Wonderful World of Disney
James Turner (The Hermit)
Mickey's Rebellion
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
Mickey McGuire
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
Chief
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Johnny Burke
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
The Atomic Kid
Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
All Ashore
Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
Summer Holiday
Richard Miller
Hollywood Blue
The Investigators
Jack Daley
Captains Courageous
Dan Troop
The Manipulator
B.J. Lang
Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
National Velvet
Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Night Club
Jerry Sherman
Erik the Viking
Erik's Grandfather
Donovan's Kid
Bailey
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Andy Hardy
Maximum Force
Chief of Police
Girl Crazy
Danny Churchill, Jr.
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now
Himself
Reckless
Eddie
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Self
High Speed
Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Blackie as a Boy
Mickey's Touchdown
Mickey McGuire
From Hong Kong with Love
Marty
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Self
Mickey's Champs
Mickey McGuire
Ambush Bay
Sgt. Ernest Wartell
Blind Date
Freddie Taylor
Off Limits
Herbert Tuttle
A Family Affair
Andy Hardy
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Pat Jensen
Ah, Wilderness!
Tommy Miller
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
The Godmothers
Rocky Mastrasso
To Kill a Mockumentary
Max
Skidoo
George 'Blue Chips' Packard
Personalities
Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self
Mickey's Disguises
Mickey McGuire
The Devil in Love
Adramelek
Lightning, the White Stallion
Barney Ingram
Killer McCoy
Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
Little Spies
James Turner
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Self (archive footage)
Stablemates
Mickey
Down the Stretch
Snapper Sinclair
Mickey's Wildcats
Mickey McGuire
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Rev. William Macklin II
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Freckles (uncredited)
A Christmas Too Many
Grandpa
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Beloved
Tommy, a Violin Student
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Mickey Rooney
Bill
Bill Sackter
Mickey's Luck
Mickey McGuire
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
Mickey's Movies
Mickey McGuire
The Judy Garland Show
Self
Mickey's Surprise
Mickey McGuire
The Hardys Ride High
Andy Hardy
Mickey's Wild West
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Moment
Mickey McGuire
Liberation
Self (archive footage)
Baby Face Nelson
Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
Show-Business at War
Self
Magnificent Roughnecks
Frank Sommers
The Secret Invasion
Terence Scanlon
Love Is a Headache
Mike O'Toole
Mickey's Explorers
Mickey McGuire
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
You're Only Young Once
Andy Hardy
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Mickey's Rivals
Mickey McGuire
Words and Music
Lorenz Hart
E! True Hollywood Story
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
Babes on Broadway
Tommy Williams
The Lost Jungle
Lead Boy at Circus
Mickey's Menagerie
Mickey McGuire
This Is Your Life
Self
Boys Will Be Boys
Wellington
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
Adventures of the Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
Quicksand
Daniel 'Dan' Brady
Judge Hardy and Son
Andy Hardy
The Fireball
Johnny Casar
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dick Tipton
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
O.B. Taggart
Bluegrass
John Paul Jones
The Beast of the City
Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
The Hunter
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Andy Hardy
Officer Thirteen
Buddy Malone
Everything's Ducky
Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
Killing Midnight
Professor Mort Sang
Men of Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
Mickey
Mickey Grady
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mike Halligan
Pulp
Preston Gilbert
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Rachel's Man
Laban
Hoosier Schoolboy
Shockey Carter
The Comic
Cockeye
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Brothers' Destiny
Father Flanagan
My Kidnapper, My Love
The Maker
The Big Chance
Arthur Wilson
Radio Rhythm
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
General Electric Theater
Al Roberts
The Happy Elf
Santa Claus
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Timmie Donovan
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Andy Hardy
Illusion Infinity
Simon / Henry, Sr.
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
The Polio Crusade
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
The Human Comedy
Homer Macauley
Above the Line
Hold That Kiss
Chick Evans
Phantom of the Megaplex
Movie Mason
Mickey's Whirlwinds
Mickey McGuire
Babes in Arms
Mickey Moran
Young Tom Edison
Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Red McGivney
Riffraff
Jimmy
The Thirsting
Savy
From Raquel with Love
Paradise Cab Company cabbie
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
Thunder County
Gas Station Attendant
Home for Christmas
Elmer
Evil Roy Slade
Nelson L. Stool
The Emperor of Peru
The Engineer
Platinum High School
Steven Conway
One of the Boys
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Hot Feet
Oswald (voice) (uncredited)
The County Chairman
Freckles
Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney
Self
Hey Mulligan
Mickey Mulligan
The Extraordinary Seaman
Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
The Hare Mail
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
Revenge of the Red Baron
Grandpa Spencer
The Big Wheel
Billy Coy
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Tollkeeper
Fol-de-Rol
The Executioner / Noah
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Andy Hardy
My Outlaw Brother
J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore
The Big Cage
Jimmy O'Hara
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Creole
Narrator
The Chief
Willie
Half a Sinner
Willie Clark
Driving Me Crazy
Mr. Cohen
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
David McCord
Lord Jeff
Terry O'Mulvaney
The World Changes
Otto Peterson as a Child
Lionpower from MGM
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
The Intruder
Capt. Jenkins
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Self - Actor
Slave Ship
Swifty
Love Birds
Gladwyn Tootle
Richard
Guardian Angel
Judge Hardy's Children
Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy
My Pal, the King
King Charles V
The Big Operator
Little Joe Braun
The Healer
Jimmy
There Must Be a Pony
Himself (uncredited)
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
Senior Trip
Self
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Norman Jones
Mickey's Great Idea
Mickey McGuire
Cinema Circus
Himself
The Lion Roars Again
Self (uncredited)
Mickey's Race
Mickey McGuire
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy (archive footage)
The Comedian
Sammy Hogarth
Orchids and Ermine
Mickey McGuire
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Freddie Frisby
Mickey's Rescue
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Battle
Mickey McGuire
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
Mickey's Stampede
Mickey McGuire
A Yank at Eton
Timothy Dennis
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(archive footage)
I Like it That Way
Messenger Boy
Sound Off
Mike Donnelly
Hide-Out
William 'Willie' Miller
Fast Companions
Midge
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Mickey McGuire
Rodeo Dough
Mickey Rooney
Mickey's Minstrels
Mickey McGuire
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
Mickey's Medicine Man
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Mickey McGuire
Vienna
Mickey's Tent Show
Mickey McGuire
March of Dimes
Mickey
Mickey's Pals
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Circus
Mickey McGuire
Mickey the Detective
Mickey McGuire
Mickey the Great
Mickey McGuire
The Fisherman
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
Marilyn and I
Self (archive footage)
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Treasure Train
The Red Skelton Show
Self / Perry Masonjar
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Lefty Duncan
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
George M. Cohan
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Dick Powell Show
Mike Zampini
The Dick Powell Show
Augie Miller
The Dick Powell Show
Putt-Putt Higgins
Private Screenings
Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Self