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Mickey Rooney
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born September 23, 1920Died April 6, 2014 (93 years)
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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).
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).
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| 2019 | Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood · as (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Mr. Louis |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Soldiers' Stories · as Narrator |
| 2012 | The Woods · as Lester |
| 2012 | The Voices from Beyond · as Johnny O'hara |
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel · as Andy Hardy |
| 2011 | The Muppets · as Smalltown Resident |
| 2011 | Night Club · as Jerry Sherman |
| 2011 | Bamboo Shark · as Brooks |
| 2010 | Now Here · as Swifty |
| 2009 | Saddle Up with Dick Wrangler & Injun Joe · as Owen Blumenkrantz |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing · as (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | The Polio Crusade · as Archive Footage (from March Of Dimes) |
| 2008 | A Miser Brothers' Christmas · as Santa Claus (voice) |
| 2008 | Empire State Building Murders · as Mickey Silver |
| 2008 | Lost Stallions: The Journey Home · as Chief |
| 2007 | The Thirsting · as Savy |
| 2007 | The Greatest Show Ever · as The Boss |
| 2006 | A Christmas Too Many · as Grandpa |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum · as Gus |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Happy Elf · as Santa Claus |
| 2005 | The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams · as David Mccord |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Short Producer (voice) |
| 2004 | Holy Hollywood · as Grandpa |
| 2004 | To Kill a Mockumentary · as Max |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures · as Mickey (segment "sugar Babies") |
| 2002 | Cinerama Adventure · as Ding 'dingy' Bell (in "it's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World") |
| 2001 | Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure · as Sparky (voice) |
| 2000 | Phantom of the Megaplex · as Movie Mason |
| 1999 | Illusion Infinity · as Simon / Henry, Sr. |
| 1999 | Safe Harbor (TV Series) · as Art Sumski |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV Series) · as Old Man |
| 1999 | The Norm Show (TV Series) |
| 1999 | The First of May · as Boss Ed |
| 1998 | Boys Will Be Boys · as Wellington |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City · as Fugly Floom, The Speechless Man In Hotel |
| 1998 | Animals with the Tollkeeper · as Tollkeeper |
| 1998 | Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy · as Andy Hardy (archive Footage) |
| 1998 | Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights · as Sage |
| 1998 | Michael Kael contre la World News Company · as Griffith |
| 1998 | Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (TV Series) · as Oleeloquoia |
| 1997 | Judy Garland's Hollywood · as Cast |
| 1997 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Conan the Adventurer (1997) (TV Series) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Remember WENN (TV Series) · as Mr. Hardy |
| 1995 | Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart · as O.b. Taggart |
| 1995 | Brothers' Destiny · as Father Flanagan |
| 1994 | Revenge of the Red Baron · as Grandpa Spencer |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as George Bikel |
| 1994 | Making Waves · as Gabriel |
| 1993 | The Milky Life · as Barry Reilly |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) · as Harold Lang |
| 1992 | Maximum Force · as Chief Of Police |
| 1992 | The Legend of Wolf Mountain · as Pat Jensen |
| 1992 | Jack's Place (TV Series) |
| 1992 | MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Magic Voyage · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Sweet Justice · as Zeke |
| 1991 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker · as Joe Petto |
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw · as The Director |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys · as Junion |
| 1990 | Home for Christmas · as Elmer |
| 1990 | Adventures of the Black Stallion · as Henry Dailey |
| 1990 | The Adventures of the Black Stallion (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Interviewee |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Mickey Rooney (voice) |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking · as Erik's Grandfather |
| 1989 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland · as Flip (voice) |
| 1988 | Bluegrass · as John Paul Jones |
| 1987 | Full House (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Lightning, the White Stallion · as Barney Ingram |
| 1986 | Little Spies · as James Turner |
| 1986 | The Care Bears (TV Series) |
| 1986 | The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer · as Jack Bergan |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Rocco |
| 1985 | The Care Bears Movie · as Mr. Cherrywood (voice) |
| 1984 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear · as Mike Halligan |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Matt Cleveland |
| 1983 | Bill: On His Own · as Bill Sackter |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Hooray for Hollywood · as Narrator |
| 1982 | Odyssey of the Pacific · as The Engineer |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - 'love Finds Andy Hardy' |
| 1982 | One of the Boys (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Bill · as Bill Sackter |
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound · as Tod (voice) |
| 1981 | Leave 'em Laughing · as Jack Thum |
| 1980 | My Kidnapper, My Love · as The Maker |
| 1980 | From Raquel with Love · as Paradise Cab Company Cabbie |
| 1979 | CBS Library (TV Series) · as Narrator - Creole |
| 1979 | 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 | The Wild West · as Cast |
| 1978 | The Magic of Lassie · as Gus |
| 1977 | Pete's Dragon · as Lampie |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle · as Spiventa |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Dominicus Angelara |
| 1976 | Find the Lady · as Trigger |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Andy Hardy |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1975 | From Hong Kong with Love · as Marty |
| 1975 | Ace of Hearts · as Papa Joe |
| 1975 | Rachel's Man · as Laban |
| 1975 | The Intruder · as Capt. Jenkins |
| 1974 | The Year Without a Santa Claus · as Santa Claus (voice) |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Thunder County · as Gas Station Attendant |
| 1973 | The Godmothers · as Rocky Mastrasso |
| 1972 | Journey Back to Oz · as Scarecrow (voice) |
| 1972 | Pulp · as Preston Gilbert |
| 1972 | Richard · as Guardian Angel |
| 1972 | Evil Roy Slade · as Nelson L. Stool |
| 1971 | The Manipulator · as B.j. Lang |
| 1970 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town · as Kris Kringle Aka Santa Claus (voice) |
| 1970 | Dan August (TV Series) · as Kenny O'malley |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County · as Indian Tom |
| 1970 | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1969 | 80 Steps to Jonah · as Wilfred Bashford |
| 1969 | The Comic · as Cockeye |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as August Kolodney |
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman · as Cook 3 / C W.j. Oglethorpe |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Les |
| 1966 | The Devil in Love · as Adramelek |
| 1966 | Ambush Bay · as Sgt. Ernest Wartell |
| 1966 | The Jean Arthur Show (TV Series) · as Eddie Julian |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini · as Peachy Keane |
| 1965 | 24 Hours to Kill · as Norman Jones |
| 1964 | The Secret Invasion · as Terence Scanlon |
| 1963 | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World · as Ding 'dingy' Bell |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Sheriff Williams |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as George M. Cohan |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Archie Lido |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Charlie Paris |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Hoagy Blair |
| 1962 | Requiem for a Heavyweight · as Army |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Harry White |
| 1961 | Everything's Ducky · as Kermit 'beetle' Mckay |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Babe Simms |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's · as Mr. Yunioshi |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Arnold |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Putt-Putt Higgins |
| 1961 | King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein · as Johnny Burke |
| 1961 | You're in the Picture (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Steve Margate |
| 1960 | Platinum High School · as Steven Conway |
| 1960 | The Private Lives of Adam and Eve · as Nick Lewis / The Devil |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Michael Grady |
| 1959 | Hennesey (TV Series) · as Seaman Richard Winslow |
| 1959 | The Big Operator · as Little Joe Braun |
| 1959 | The Last Mile · as 'killer' John Mears |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Pan Macropolous |
| 1958 | Andy Hardy Comes Home · as Andy Hardy |
| 1958 | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed · as Gus Harris |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as George Bick |
| 1957 | Baby Face Nelson · as Lester M. 'baby Face Nelson' Gillis |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Eddie |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Samuel T. Evans |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball · as Msgt. Yancy Skibo |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | The Comedian · as Sammy Hogarth |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Sammy Hogarth |
| 1956 | Francis in the Haunted House · as David Prescott |
| 1956 | The Bold and the Brave · as Willie Dooley |
| 1955 | The Twinkle in God's Eye · as Rev. William Macklin Ii |
| 1954 | The Atomic Kid · as Barnaby 'blix' Waterberry |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri · as Mike Forney |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as James Turner (the Hermit) |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as George M. Cohan |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show (TV Series) · as Mickey Mulligan |
| 1954 | Drive a Crooked Road · as Eddie Shannon |
| 1953 | A Slight Case of Larceny · as Augustus "geechy" Cheevers |
| 1953 | All Ashore · as Francis 'moby' Dickerson |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Al Roberts |
| 1952 | Off Limits · as Herbert Tuttle |
| 1952 | Sound Off · as Mike Donnelly |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Red Mcgivney |
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre (TV Series) · as Rims Rosson |
| 1951 | The Strip · as Stanley Maxton |
| 1951 | My Outlaw Brother · as J. Dennis 'denny' O'moore |
| 1950 | He's a Cockeyed Wonder · as Freddie Frisby |
| 1950 | The Fireball · as Johnny Casar |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | The Big Wheel · as Billy Coy |
| 1948 | Words and Music · as Lorenz Hart |
| 1948 | Summer Holiday · as Richard Miller |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy · as Tommy Mccoy / Killer Mccoy |
| 1946 | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy · as Andy Hardy |
| 1945 | Mickey the Great · as Mickey Mcguire |
| 1944 | National Velvet · as Michael 'mi' Taylor |
| 1944 | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble · as Andy Hardy |
| 1944 | Some of the Best · as Whitey Marsh In Boys Town |
| 1943 | Girl Crazy · as Danny Churchill, Jr. |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy · as Homer Macauley |
| 1942 | 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 |
| 1941 | 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 |
| 1940 | Strike Up the Band · as Jimmy Connors |
| 1940 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante · as Andy Hardy |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison · as Thomas Alva 'tom' Edison |
| 1939 | Babes in Arms · as Mickey Moran |
| 1939 | Judge Hardy and Son · as Andy Hardy |
| 1939 | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever · as Andy Hardy |
| 1939 | The Hardys Ride High · as Andy Hardy |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · as Huckleberry Finn |
| 1938 | 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 | Hold That Kiss · as Chick Evans |
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children · as Andy Hardy |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache · as Mike O'toole |
| 1937 | 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 | Slave Ship · as Swifty |
| 1937 | Hoosier Schoolboy · as Shockey Carter |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous · as Dan Troop |
| 1937 | A Family Affair · as Andy Hardy |
| 1936 | The Devil Is a Sissy · as 'gig' Stevens |
| 1936 | Down the Stretch · as Snapper Sinclair |
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Dick Tipton |
| 1935 | Riffraff · as Jimmy |
| 1935 | Ah Wilderness! · as Tommy Miller |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Puck |
| 1935 | Rendezvous · as Country Boy (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Healer · as Jimmy |
| 1935 | Reckless · as Eddie |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air · as Cast |
| 1934 | 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 | The Lost Jungle · as Lead Boy At Circus |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama · as Blackie As A Boy |
| 1934 | Upperworld · as Jerry |
| 1934 | The Lost Jungle · as Mickey--Lead Boy At Circus [ch.1] |
| 1934 | Beloved · as Tommy, A Violin Student |
| 1933 | The World Changes · as Otto Peterson As A Child |
| 1933 | The Chief · as Willie |
| 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 |
| 1932 | Officer Thirteen · as Buddy Malone |
| 1932 | My Pal, the King · as King Charles V |
| 1932 | Sin's Pay Day · as Chubby Dennis |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City · as Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Hare Mail · as Oswald The Lucky Rabbit (voice) |
| 1931 | China · as Oswald The Lucky Rabbit |
| 1927 | Orchids and Ermine · as Mickey Mcguire |