Mickey Rooney
Acting
Born: September 23, 1920 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: April 6, 2014 (aged 93)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Night at the Museum
2006
The Simpsons
1989
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
The Fox and the Hound
1981
American Dad!
2005
The Muppets
2011
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001
Full House
1987
The Twilight Zone
1959
ER
1994
Photos (4)
Movies (247)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Gus
Night at the Museum
Gus
The Fox and the Hound
Tod (voice)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Mr. Yunioshi
The Muppets
Smalltown Resident
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Sparky (voice)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Babe: Pig in the City
Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
Pete's Dragon
Lampie
The Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
The Care Bears Movie
Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Army
Pulp
Preston Gilbert
Erik the Viking
Erik's Grandfather
The Domino Principle
Spiventa
Arabian Adventure
Daad El Shur
Phantom of the Megaplex
Movie Mason
National Velvet
Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
Captains Courageous
Dan Troop
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mike Forney
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
Joe Petto
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
The Godmothers
Rocky Mastrasso
The Milky Life
Barry Reilly
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Kris Kringle (voice)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Santa Claus (voice)
Young Tom Edison
Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
Babes in Arms
Mickey Moran
Thunder County
Gas Station Attendant
Love Birds
Gladwyn Tootle
The Intruder
Capt. Jenkins
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Director
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dick Tipton
The Comedian
Sammy Hogarth
Manhattan Melodrama
Blackie as a Boy
Baby Face Nelson
Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
Ah, Wilderness!
Tommy Miller
The Devil in Love
Adramelek
The Comic
Cockeye
Babes on Broadway
Tommy Williams
Ambush Bay
Sgt. Ernest Wartell
Men of Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
Chained
Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mike Halligan
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Tollkeeper
Maximum Force
Chief of Police
Cleavage
2002
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Operation Mad Ball
MSgt. Yancy Skibo
Out West with the Hardys
Andy Hardy
The Secret Invasion
Terence Scanlon
The Chief
Willie
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Andy Hardy
The Human Comedy
Homer Macauley
Half a Sinner
Willie Clark
Thousands Cheer
Mickey Rooney
Vienna
1968
Killer McCoy
Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
The Happy Elf
Santa Claus
Words and Music
Lorenz Hart
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Peachy Keane
Evil Roy Slade
Nelson L. Stool
Richard
Guardian Angel
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Sage
Boys Will Be Boys
Wellington
The Devil Is a Sissy
'Gig' Stevens
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
Chief
Journey Back to Oz
Scarecrow (voice)
Reckless
Eddie
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy
The Fireball
Johnny Casar
Riffraff
Jimmy
Strike Up the Band
Jimmy Connors
Francis in the Haunted House
David Prescott
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
From Hong Kong with Love
Marty
The World Changes
Otto Peterson as a Child
Little Spies
James Turner
Blind Date
Freddie Taylor
A Family Affair
Andy Hardy
Slave Ship
Swifty
The Manipulator
B.J. Lang
Quicksand
Daniel 'Dan' Brady
The County Chairman
Freckles
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Junion
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Johnny Burke
The Big Wheel
Billy Coy
Find the Lady
Trigger
Judge Hardy's Children
Andy Hardy
The Last Mile
John Mears
Fast Companions
Midge
Off Limits
Herbert Tuttle
The Beast of the City
Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
Driving Me Crazy
Mr. Cohen
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Mike Zampini
Girl Crazy
Danny Churchill, Jr.
Rendezvous
Country Boy (uncredited)
The Extraordinary Seaman
Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
Judge Hardy and Son
Andy Hardy
Hooray for Hollywood
Narrator
Death on the Diamond
Mickey
Drive a Crooked Road
Eddie Shannon
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Jack Bergan
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Freckles (uncredited)
The Bold and the Brave
Willie Dooley
Night Club
Jerry Sherman
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Norman Jones
The Magic of Lassie
Gus
The Lost Jungle
Lead Boy at Circus
Hide-Out
William 'Willie' Miller
My Kidnapper, My Love
The Maker
Live, Love and Learn
Jerry Crump
All Ashore
Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Andy Hardy
Donovan's Kid
Bailey
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
David McCord
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Andy Hardy
The Strip
Stanley Maxton
You're Only Young Once
Andy Hardy
The Big Cage
Jimmy O'Hara
The Big Operator
Little Joe Braun
80 Steps to Jonah
Wilfred Bashford
Leave 'Em Laughing
Jack Thum
Lord Jeff
Terry O'Mulvaney
Adventures of the Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Andy Hardy
Skidoo
George 'Blue Chips' Packard
High Speed
Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Gus Harris
Illusion Infinity
Simon / Henry, Sr.
The Hardys Ride High
Andy Hardy
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
From Raquel with Love
Paradise Cab Company cabbie
Hold That Kiss
Chick Evans
Revenge of the Red Baron
Grandpa Spencer
Summer Holiday
Richard Miller
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Sweet Justice
Zeke
Conan
Gobe
Lightning, the White Stallion
Barney Ingram
Everything's Ducky
Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mr. Louis
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
O.B. Taggart
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Rev. William Macklin II
A Dream Comes True
Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Indian Tom
The Emperor of Peru
The Engineer
Mickey's Whirlwinds
Mickey McGuire
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Andy Hardy
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Griffith
O’Malley
Mickey O’Malley
Orchids and Ermine
Mickey McGuire
Hollywood Blue
1970
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy (archive footage)
Platinum High School
Steven Conway
The Big Chance
Arthur Wilson
My Outlaw Brother
J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore
Bill
Bill Sackter
Brothers' Destiny
Father Flanagan
The Atomic Kid
Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
Broadway to Hollywood
Ted Hackett III as Child
Mickey's Stampede
Mickey McGuire
A Yank at Eton
Timothy Dennis
Beloved
Tommy, a Violin Student
Stablemates
Mickey
The First of May
Boss Ed
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
The Thirsting
Savy
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Timmie Donovan
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Mickey's Minstrels
Mickey McGuire
I Like it That Way
Messenger Boy
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Nick Lewis / The Devil
My Pal, the King
King Charles V
Mickey in School
Mickey McGuire
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Freddie Frisby
Rodeo Dough
Mickey Rooney
Mr. Broadway
1957
Magnificent Roughnecks
Frank Sommers
Home for Christmas
Elmer
Bill: On His Own
Bill Sackter
The Polio Crusade
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
Down the Stretch
Snapper Sinclair
Sound Off
Mike Donnelly
Love Is a Headache
Mike O'Toole
A Slight Case of Larceny
Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
Mickey's Champs
Mickey McGuire
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Pat Jensen
Killing Midnight
Professor Mort Sang
To Kill a Mockumentary
Max
Officer Thirteen
Buddy Malone
A Christmas Too Many
Grandpa
Ace of Hearts
Papa Joe
Mickey's Warriors
Mickey McGuire
March of Dimes
Mickey
Fol-de-Rol
The Executioner / Noah
Mickey's Rescue
Mickey McGuire
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
The Healer
Jimmy
Mickey's Disguises
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rebellion
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Wildcats
Mickey McGuire
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(archive footage)
Sin's Pay Day
Chubby Dennis
Rachel's Man
Laban
Mickey's Race
Mickey McGuire
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Mickey Rooney
The Hunter
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Ape Man
Mickey McGuire
Making Waves
Gabriel
Mickey the Great
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Surprise
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Eleven
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Luck
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Touchdown
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
Mickey McGuire
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
2006
Mickey the Detective
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Explorers
Mickey McGuire
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Mickey Rooney
Mickey's Midnite Follies
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Movies
Mickey McGuire
Hoosier Schoolboy
Shockey Carter
Mickey's Pals
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Circus
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Mix-Up
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rivals
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Little Eva
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Menagerie
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Tent Show
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Medicine Man
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Battle
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Busy Day
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Wild West
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Moment
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Brown Derby
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Great Idea
Mickey McGuire
TV Shows (46)
The Simpsons
Mickey Rooney (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Short Producer (voice) · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Dominicus Angelara · 1 eps
Full House
1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Matt Cleveland · 1 eps
ER
George Bikel · 1 eps
The Golden Girls
Rocco · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Charlie Paris · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Mickey Rooney · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Samuel T. Evans · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
Michael Grady · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Perry Masonjar · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Muggsy · 1 eps
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Harold Lang · 1 eps
Combat!
Harry White · 1 eps
Rawhide
Pan Macropolous · 1 eps
Night Gallery
August Kolodney · 1 eps
Naked City
George Bick · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Archie Lido · 1 eps
The Dean Martin Show
2 eps
The Jack Benny Program
Killer Looney · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Sheriff Williams · 1 eps
The Care Bears
49 eps
Playhouse 90
Sammy Hogarth · 1 eps
The Norm Show
1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Hoagy Blair · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Mike Zampini · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Augie Miller · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Putt-Putt Higgins · 1 eps
The Investigators
Jack Daley · 1 eps
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
78 eps
Remember WENN
Mr. Hardy · 1 eps
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1 eps
Pete and Gladys
1 eps
Dan August
Kenny O'Malley · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Old Bailey · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
James Turner (The Hermit) · 1 eps
Conan the Adventurer
1 eps
Jack's Place
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Al Roberts · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Red McGivney · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
2 eps
Mickey
Mickey Grady · 17 eps
MGM: When the Lion Roars
3 eps
One of the Boys
Oliver Nugent · 13 eps
Bluegrass
John Paul Jones · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (74)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 7 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 2 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Performer · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 4 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 6 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 4 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Comedian · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
December Bride
Self · 1 eps
MGM Parade
Self · 3 eps
MGM Parade
self · 1 eps
Startime
Self · 1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
Self · 2 eps
Legends
Self · 1 eps
The Match Game
Himself - Team Captain · 5 eps
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self · 1 eps
The Judy Garland Show
Self · 1 eps
Private Screenings
Self · 1 eps
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Host
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self · 1 eps
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
Liberation
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Cook 3 / Self - C W. J. Oglethorpe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice)
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Show-Business at War
Self
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Mickey's 50
Self
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Self (archive footage)
There Must Be a Pony
Himself (uncredited)
Marilyn and I
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Self
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
Internet Love
Self
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Self
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Senior Trip
Self
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
