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