Mickey Rooney
Known for Acting · 386 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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Mickey Rooney (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Short Producer (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Fugitive
1963
as Charlie Paris
The Love Boat
1977
as Dominicus Angelara
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Matt Cleveland
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Perry Masonjar / Muggsy
ER
1994
as George Bikel
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Lefty Duncan / George M. Cohan
Wagon Train
1957
as Samuel T. Evans
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas / Self - Presenter
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee/Performer
Full House
1987
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Michael Grady
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mickey Rooney
The Match Game
1962
as Himself - Team Captain
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Archie Lido
Naked City
1958
as George Bick
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Golden Girls
1985
as Rocco
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Rawhide
1959
as Pan Macropolous
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Comedian / Self - Guest
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Combat!
1962
as Harry White
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Night Gallery
1970
as August Kolodney
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Sheriff Williams
The Care Bears
1985
Playhouse 90
1956
as Sammy Hogarth
December Bride
1954
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MGM Parade
1955
as Self / self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Killer Looney
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Harold Lang
Startime
1959
as Self
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
1992
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Old Bailey / James Turner (The Hermit)
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Hoagy Blair
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Mike Zampini / Augie Miller / Putt-Putt Higgins
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
Dan August
1970
as Kenny O'Malley
Legends
2006
as Self
Remember WENN
1996
as Mr. Hardy
The Norm Show
1999
The Investigators
1961
as Jack Daley
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Self
Hey Mulligan
1954
as Mickey Mulligan
Private Screenings
1996
as Self
Movies (311)
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
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001
as Sparky (voice)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Cook 3 / Self - C W. J. Oglethorpe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pete's Dragon
1977
as Lampie
Love Birds
1934
as Gladwyn Tootle
The Domino Principle
1977
as Spiventa
Erik the Viking
1989
as Erik's Grandfather
The Black Stallion
1979
as Henry Dailey
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
The Milky Life
1993
as Barry Reilly
The Year Without a Santa Claus
1974
as Santa Claus (voice)
Arabian Adventure
1979
as Daad El Shur
The Godmothers
1973
as Rocky Mastrasso
The Care Bears Movie
1985
as Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
Boys Town
1938
as Whitey Marsh
The Intruder
1975
as Capt. Jenkins
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962
as Army
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Mike Forney
The Comedian
1957
as Sammy Hogarth
Phantom of the Megaplex
2000
as Movie Mason
Pulp
1972
as Preston Gilbert
National Velvet
1945
as Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Half a Sinner
1934
as Willie Clark
Baby Face Nelson
1957
as Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Puck
Thunder County
1974
as Gas Station Attendant
The Human Comedy
1943
as Homer Macauley
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
as Mike Halligan
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
as Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Operation Mad Ball
1957
as MSgt. Yancy Skibo
Maximum Force
1992
as Chief of Police
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
as Dick Tipton
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self - Actor (voice)
The Magic of Lassie
1978
as Gus
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
as Andy Hardy
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
as Andy Hardy (archive footage)
The Big Wheel
1949
as Billy Coy
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Blackie as a Boy
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Mike O'Toole
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Huckleberry Finn
Babes on Broadway
1941
as Tommy Williams
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Babes in Arms
1939
as Mickey Moran
Liberation
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Words and Music
1948
as Lorenz Hart
Home for Christmas
1990
as Elmer
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
as Norman Jones
From Hong Kong with Love
1975
as Marty
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
Off Limits
1952
as Herbert Tuttle
Captains Courageous
1937
as Dan Troop
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Narrator
There Must Be a Pony
1986
as Himself (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as Ted Hackett III as Child
Men of Boys Town
1941
as Whitey Marsh
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as The Director
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Santa Claus (voice)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Chained
1934
as Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
as David Prescott
Judy Garland Duets
2005
as Self (archive footage)
From Raquel with Love
1980
as Paradise Cab Company cabbie
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Richard
1972
as Guardian Angel
The County Chairman
1935
as Freckles
To Kill a Mockumentary
2004
as Max
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as Andy Hardy
All Ashore
1953
as Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
Evil Roy Slade
1972
as Nelson L. Stool
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950
as Freddie Frisby
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
Drive a Crooked Road
1954
as Eddie Shannon
Ambush Bay
1966
as Sgt. Ernest Wartell
Adventures of the Black Stallion
1990
as Henry Dailey
Skidoo
1968
as George 'Blue Chips' Packard
The Secret Invasion
1964
as Terence Scanlon
Find the Lady
1976
as Trigger
The Atomic Kid
1954
as Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
2005
as David McCord
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
as Andy Hardy
Vienna
1968
The Big Chance
1933
as Arthur Wilson
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as 'Gig' Stevens
Orchids and Ermine
1927
as Mickey McGuire
Quicksand
1950
as Daniel 'Dan' Brady
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
as The Maker
You're Only Young Once
1937
as Andy Hardy
The Strip
1951
as Stanley Maxton
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as Peachy Keane
Mickey's Whirlwinds
1930
as Mickey McGuire
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
1934
as Mickey
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
as Andy Hardy
The Last Mile
1959
as John Mears
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Everything's Ducky
1961
as Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Tommy Miller
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Freckles (uncredited)
Out West with the Hardys
1938
as Andy Hardy
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
as Junion
Magnificent Roughnecks
1956
as Frank Sommers
The Fireball
1950
as Johnny Casar
The Emperor of Peru
1982
as The Engineer
The Happy Elf
2005
as Santa Claus
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
as Andy Hardy
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 386 credits spanning from 1925 to 2019, Mickey Rooney has appeared in 311 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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