Mickey Rooney
Known for Acting · 384 credits
- Born
- 1920-09-23
- Died
- 2014-04-06
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph Yule Jr. · Joe Yule Jr. · Mickey Yule · Mickey McGuire · Michael McGuire · Michael Rooney
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
TV Shows (75)
The Simpsons
1989
as Mickey Rooney (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Short Producer (voice)
ER
1994
as George Bikel
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Matt Cleveland
The Love Boat
1977
as Dominicus Angelara
The Fugitive
1963
as Charlie Paris
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas / Self - Presenter
Wagon Train
1957
as Samuel T. Evans
Full House
1987
Great Performances
1971
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Michael Grady
The Golden Girls
1985
as Rocco
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Lefty Duncan / George M. Cohan
Naked City
1958
as George Bick
Rawhide
1959
as Pan Macropolous
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
Combat!
1962
as Harry White
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee/Performer
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mickey Rooney
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self / Perry Masonjar / Muggsy
Burke's Law
1963
as Archie Lido
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Night Gallery
1970
as August Kolodney
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Harold Lang
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Self / Killer Looney
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Comedian / Self - Guest
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Playhouse 90
1956
as Sammy Hogarth
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Sheriff Williams
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Startime
1959
as Self
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
December Bride
1954
as Self
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Hoagy Blair
The Care Bears
1985
MGM Parade
1955
as Self / self
Remember WENN
1996
as Mr. Hardy
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
Legends
2006
as Self
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Old Bailey / James Turner (The Hermit)
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Norm Show
1999
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Mike Zampini / Augie Miller / Putt-Putt Higgins
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
1992
The Match Game
1962
as Himself - Team Captain
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
Dan August
1970
as Kenny O'Malley
Jack's Place
1992
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Self
The Investigators
1961
as Jack Daley
Movies (309)
Night at the Museum
2006
as Gus
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
as Gus
The Fox and the Hound
1981
as Tod (voice)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
as Mr. Yunioshi
The Muppets
2011
as Smalltown Resident
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001
as Sparky (voice)
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
The Black Stallion
1979
as Henry Dailey
Pete's Dragon
1977
as Lampie
The Comic
1969
as Cockeye
Captains Courageous
1937
as Dan Troop
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935
as Mickey Rooney
High Speed
1932
as Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
National Velvet
1945
as Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Arabian Adventure
1979
as Daad El Shur
Erik the Viking
1989
as Erik's Grandfather
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Mike Forney
Slave Ship
1937
as Swifty
The Comedian
1957
as Sammy Hogarth
You're Only Young Once
1937
as Andy Hardy
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
Senior Trip
1981
as Self
The Care Bears Movie
1985
as Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
Girl Crazy
1943
as Danny Churchill, Jr.
Stablemates
1938
as Mickey
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as The Director
Ambush Bay
1966
as Sgt. Ernest Wartell
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
The Chief
1933
as Willie
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
as Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Huckleberry Finn
Sid & Judy
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962
as Army
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self (archive footage)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
1974
as Santa Claus (voice)
Pulp
1972
as Preston Gilbert
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mr. Broadway
1957
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
as Jack Bergan
Chained
1934
as Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
Words and Music
1948
as Lorenz Hart
Journey Back to Oz
1972
as Scarecrow (voice)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Puck
Baby Face Nelson
1957
as Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
The Strip
1951
as Stanley Maxton
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Skidoo
1968
as George 'Blue Chips' Packard
The Domino Principle
1977
as Spiventa
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997
as Self - Actor
Rendezvous
1935
as Country Boy (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Blackie as a Boy
Liberation
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Boys Town
1938
as Whitey Marsh
The Happy Elf
2005
as Santa Claus
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
as Andy Hardy
Quicksand
1950
as Daniel 'Dan' Brady
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Indian Tom
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
as Dick Tipton
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as Peachy Keane
Night Club
2011
as Jerry Sherman
Phantom of the Megaplex
2000
as Movie Mason
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as (archive footage)
The Devil in Love
1966
as Adramelek
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Tommy Miller
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
The Big Wheel
1949
as Billy Coy
Maximum Force
1992
as Chief of Police
Brothers' Destiny
1995
as Father Flanagan
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Santa Claus (voice)
Cinema Circus
1937
as Himself
Strike Up the Band
1940
as Jimmy Connors
Men of Boys Town
1941
as Whitey Marsh
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
as Andy Hardy
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
as Junion
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Mickey Rooney
Sweet Justice
1991
as Zeke
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Himself - Emcee at the Show
The Fireball
1950
as Johnny Casar
The Secret Invasion
1964
as Terence Scanlon
Babes in Arms
1939
as Mickey Moran
Hide-Out
1934
as William 'Willie' Miller
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
2010
as Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self
Evil Roy Slade
1972
as Nelson L. Stool
The World Changes
1933
as Otto Peterson as a Child
Reckless
1935
as Eddie
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
1991
as Joe Petto
Lightning, the White Stallion
1986
as Barney Ingram
Operation Mad Ball
1957
as MSgt. Yancy Skibo
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
as Andy Hardy
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Holiday
1948
as Richard Miller
Killer McCoy
1947
as Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
as Norman Jones
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Jerry Crump
Adventures of the Black Stallion
1990
as Henry Dailey
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
as Andy Hardy
Blind Date
1934
as Freddie Taylor
Beloved
1934
as Tommy, a Violin Student
About 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 America… With 384 credits spanning from 1925 to 2019, Mickey Rooney has appeared in 309 films and 75 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mickey Rooney Movies
- Night at the Museum (2006) — as Gus
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) — as Gus
- The Fox and the Hound (1981) — as Tod (voice)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) — as Mr. Yunioshi
- The Muppets (2011) — as Smalltown Resident
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