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
| Homepage | https://www.mickeyrooney.com/ |
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| Birth Location | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Born | 1920-09-23 |
| Died | 2014-04-06 |
Movies
Showbiz Kids
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
2019
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Marilyn and I
as Self
2019
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Mr. Louis
2017
2014
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
as Himself
2014
The Voices from Beyond
as Johnny O'Hara
2012
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Cohen
2012
The Muppets
as Smalltown Resident
2011
2011
Night Club
as Jerry Sherman
2011
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon
as Self
2010
2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Polio Crusade
as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
2009
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
as Self (archive footage)
2009
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
2008
2008
Empire State Building Murders
as Mickey Silver
2008
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
as Chief
2008
A Christmas Too Many
as Grandpa
2007
2007
Night at the Museum
as Gus
2006
The Thirsting
as Savy
2006
The Happy Elf
as Santa Claus
2005
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
as David McCord
2005
2005
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (voice)
2004
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2004
Illusion Infinity
as Simon / Henry, Sr.
2004
To Kill a Mockumentary
as Max
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
2003
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
as Sparky (voice)
2001
Phantom of the Megaplex
as Movie Mason
2000
The First of May
as Boss Ed
1999
Boys Will Be Boys
as Wellington
1999
Babe: Pig in the City
as Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
1998
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
as (archive footage)
1998
Internet Love
as Self
1998
1998
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
as Griffith
1998
Animals with the Tollkeeper
as Tollkeeper
1998
1997
Killing Midnight
as Professor Mort Sang
1997
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as O.B. Taggart
1995
Brothers' Destiny
as Father Flanagan
1995
Revenge of the Red Baron
as Grandpa Spencer
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Liberation
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Making Waves
as Gabriel
1994
Sweet Justice
as Zeke
1993
The Milky Life
as Barry Reilly
1993
Maximum Force
as Chief of Police
1992
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
as Pat Jensen
1992
The Magic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
as Joe Petto
1991
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
as Junion
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Home for Christmas
as Elmer
1990
Adventures of the Black Stallion
as Henry Dailey
1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Erik the Viking
as Erik's Grandfather
1989
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
as Flip (voice)
1989
Bluegrass
as John Paul Jones
1988
Lightning, the White Stallion
as Barney Ingram
1986
There Must Be a Pony
as Himself (uncredited)
1986
Little Spies
as James Turner
1986
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Jack Bergan
1986
The Care Bears Movie
as Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mike Halligan
1984
Bill: On His Own
as Bill Sackter
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
1983
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
The Emperor of Peru
as The Engineer
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Senior Trip
as Self
1981
Bill
as Bill Sackter
1981
The Fox and the Hound
as Tod (voice)
1981
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jack Thum
1981
Creole
as Narrator
1981
My Kidnapper, My Love
as The Maker
1980
From Raquel with Love
as Paradise Cab Company cabbie
1980
The Black Stallion
as Henry Dailey
1979
Arabian Adventure
as Daad El Shur
1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
as Santa Claus (voice)
1979
Donovan's Kid
as Bailey
1979
Mickey's 50
as Self
1978
The Magic of Lassie
as Gus
1978
Pete's Dragon
as Lampie
1977
The Domino Principle
as Spiventa
1977
Find the Lady
as Trigger
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Rachel's Man
as Laban
1976
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
From Hong Kong with Love
as Marty
1975
Ace of Hearts
as Papa Joe
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Lion Roars Again
as Self (uncredited)
1975
The Intruder
as Capt. Jenkins
1975
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Thunder County
as Gas Station Attendant
1974
The Godmothers
as Rocky Mastrasso
1973
Journey Back to Oz
as Scarecrow (voice)
1972
Pulp
as Preston Gilbert
1972
Richard
as Guardian Angel
1972
Fol-de-Rol
as The Executioner / Noah
1972
Evil Roy Slade
as Nelson L. Stool
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
1971
The Manipulator
as B.J. Lang
1971
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
as Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
1970
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Indian Tom
1970
80 Steps to Jonah
as Wilfred Bashford
1969
The Comic
as Cockeye
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
1969
Skidoo
as George 'Blue Chips' Packard
1968
1968
The Devil in Love
as Adramelek
1966
Ambush Bay
as Sgt. Ernest Wartell
1966
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as Peachy Keane
1965
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
as Norman Jones
1965
The Secret Invasion
as Terence Scanlon
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
1963
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Army
1962
Everything's Ducky
as Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Mr. Yunioshi
1961
Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Mike Zampini
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Johnny Burke
1961
Platinum High School
as Steven Conway
1960
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
as Nick Lewis / The Devil
1960
The Big Operator
as Little Joe Braun
1959
The Last Mile
as 'Killer' John Mears
1959
Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Andy Hardy
1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Gus Harris
1958
Baby Face Nelson
as Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
1957
Pinocchio
as Pinocchio
1957
Operation Mad Ball
as MSgt. Yancy Skibo
1957
1957
The Comedian
as Sammy Hogarth
1957
Magnificent Roughnecks
as Frank Sommers
1956
Francis in the Haunted House
as David Prescott
1956
The Bold and the Brave
as Willie Dooley
1956
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Rev. William Macklin II
1955
The Atomic Kid
as Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Mike Forney
1954
Drive a Crooked Road
as Eddie Shannon
1954
A Slight Case of Larceny
as Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
1953
1953
All Ashore
as Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
1953
Off Limits
as Herbert Tuttle
1952
Sound Off
as Mike Donnelly
1952
The Strip
as Stanley Maxton
1951
My Outlaw Brother
as J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore
1951
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as Freddie Frisby
1950
The Fireball
as Johnny Casar
1950
Quicksand
as Daniel 'Dan' Brady
1950
The Big Wheel
as Billy Coy
1949
Words and Music
as Lorenz Hart
1948
Summer Holiday
as Richard Miller
1948
Killer McCoy
as Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
1947
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
1946
Mickey the Great
as Mickey McGuire
1945
National Velvet
as Michael 'Mi' Taylor
1945
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Andy Hardy
1944
Girl Crazy
as Danny Churchill, Jr.
1943
Thousands Cheer
as Himself - Emcee at the Show
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
The Human Comedy
as Homer Macauley
1943
Andy Hardy's Double Life
as Andy Hardy
1942
A Yank at Eton
as Timothy Dennis
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
1942
Personalities
as Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)
1942
Babes on Broadway
as Tommy Williams
1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
1941
Men of Boys Town
as Whitey Marsh
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Andy Hardy
1941
Rodeo Dough
as Mickey Rooney
1940
1940
Strike Up the Band
as Jimmy Connors
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Andy Hardy
1940
1940
Young Tom Edison
as Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
1940
1940
Judge Hardy and Son
as Andy Hardy
1939
Babes in Arms
as Mickey Moran
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Andy Hardy
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
The Hardys Ride High
as Andy Hardy
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Mickey Rooney
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Huckleberry Finn
1939
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
as Andy Hardy
1939
Out West with the Hardys
as Andy Hardy
1938
Stablemates
as Mickey
1938
Boys Town
as Whitey Marsh
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
1938
Lord Jeff
as Terry O'Mulvaney
1938
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
1938
Hold That Kiss
as Chick Evans
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
as Andy Hardy
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
1938
Love Is a Headache
as Mike O'Toole
1938
March of Dimes
as Mickey
1938
You're Only Young Once
as Andy Hardy
1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as Timmie Donovan
1937
Live, Love and Learn
as Jerry Crump
1937
Hoosier Schoolboy
as Shockey Carter
1937
Captains Courageous
as Dan Troop
1937
Slave Ship
as Swifty
1937
A Family Affair
as Andy Hardy
1937
Cinema Circus
as Himself
1937
The Devil Is a Sissy
as 'Gig' Stevens
1936
Down the Stretch
as Snapper Sinclair
1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Dick Tipton
1936
Riffraff
as Jimmy
1936
A Dream Comes True
as Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
Ah, Wilderness!
as Tommy Miller
1935
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Mickey Rooney
1935
Rendezvous
as Country Boy (uncredited)
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Puck
1935
The Healer
as Jimmy
1935
Reckless
as Eddie
1935
The County Chairman
as Freckles
1935
Death on the Diamond
as Mickey
1934
Chained
as Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
1934
Hide-Out
as William 'Willie' Miller
1934
Blind Date
as Freddie Taylor
1934
Half a Sinner
as Willie Clark
1934
Mickey's Medicine Man
as Mickey McGuire
1934
Love Birds
as Gladwyn Tootle
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Blackie as a Boy
1934
I Like it That Way
as Messenger Boy
1934
Mickey's Rescue
as Mickey McGuire
1934
Beloved
as Tommy, a Violin Student
1934
Mickey's Minstrels
as Mickey McGuire
1934
Mickey's Covered Wagon
as Mickey McGuire
1933
The World Changes
as Otto Peterson as a Child
1933
The Chief
as Willie
1933
Mickey's Tent Show
as Mickey McGuire
1933
Mickey's Touchdown
as Mickey McGuire
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
as Ted Hackett III as Child
1933
The Big Chance
as Arthur Wilson
1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Freckles (uncredited)
1933
The Big Cage
as Jimmy O'Hara
1933
Mickey's Race
as Mickey McGuire
1933
Mickey's Ape Man
as Mickey McGuire
1933
Officer Thirteen
as Buddy Malone
1932
Fast Companions
as Midge
1932
My Pal, the King
as King Charles V
1932
High Speed
as Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
1932
Sin's Pay Day
as Chubby Dennis
1932
The Beast of the City
as Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
1932
The Fisherman
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
1931
The Hare Mail
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
1931
The Hunter
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
1931
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
as Mickey McGuire
1931
Hot Feet
as Oswald (voice) (uncredited)
1931
Mickey's Wildcats
as Mickey McGuire
1931
Radio Rhythm
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
1931
Mickey's Rebellion
as Mickey McGuire
1931
Mickey's Stampede
as Mickey McGuire
1931
Mickey's Warriors
as Mickey McGuire
1930
Mickey's Whirlwinds
as Mickey McGuire
1930
Mickey's Luck
as Mickey McGuire
1930
Mickey's Champs
as Mickey McGuire
1930
Mickey's Big Moment
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Mix-Up
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Surprise
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Midnite Follies
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Brown Derby
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Menagerie
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Explorers
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Great Idea
as Mickey McGuire
1929
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
as Mickey McGuire
1928
Mickey the Detective
as Mickey McGuire
1928
Mickey's Rivals
as Mickey McGuire
1928
Mickey's Movies
as Mickey McGuire
1928
Mickey's Wild West
as Mickey McGuire
1928
Mickey's Little Eva
as Mickey McGuire
1928
Mickey in School
as Mickey McGuire
1928
Mickey's Battle
as Mickey McGuire
1927
Mickey's Eleven
as Mickey McGuire
1927
Mickey's Pals
as Mickey McGuire
1927
Mickey's Circus
as Mickey McGuire
1927
Orchids and Ermine
as Mickey McGuire
1927
Movies
1995
The Godmothers
Writer
1973
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Director
1960
The Atomic Kid
Producer
1954
My Outlaw Brother
Executive Producer
1951
My True Story
Director
1951
