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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).
Movies
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Mr. Yunioshi
Night at the Museum
Gus
The Fox and the Hound
Tod (voice)
Pete's Dragon
Lampie
The Care Bears Movie
Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Flip (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
Erik the Viking
Erik's Grandfather
The Domino Principle
Spiventa
Evil Roy Slade
Nelson L. Stool
Babes in Arms
Mickey Moran
Babe: Pig in the City
Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
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
Pulp
Preston Gilbert
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Santa Claus (voice)
The Happy Elf
Santa Claus
Manhattan Melodrama
Blackie as a Boy
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
Bill
Bill Sackter
Bill: On His Own
Bill Sackter
Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
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
Words and Music
Lorenz Hart
Summer Holiday
Richard Miller
Thousands Cheer
Himself - Emcee at the Show
Babes on Broadway
Tommy Williams
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Andy Hardy
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
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
Hide-Out
William 'Willie' Miller
Captains Courageous
Dan Troop
The Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
National Velvet
Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Sparky (voice)
The Human Comedy
Homer Macauley
Empire State Building Murders
Mickey Silver
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
The Manipulator
B.J. Lang
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mike Halligan
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
Joe Petto
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Arabian Adventure
Daad El Shur
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
Broadway to Hollywood
Ted Hackett III as Child
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
The Strip
Stanley Maxton
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Timmie Donovan
The Big Wheel
Billy Coy
The Fireball
Johnny Casar
Killer McCoy
Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
David McCord
The Magic of Lassie
Gus
Francis in the Haunted House
David Prescott
Sound Off
Mike Donnelly
All Ashore
Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
The Extraordinary Seaman
Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
Lord Jeff
Terry O'Mulvaney
Men of Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
Out West with the Hardys
Andy Hardy
Ah, Wilderness!
Tommy Miller
Judge Hardy and Son
Andy Hardy
Riffraff
Jimmy
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Junion
Judge Hardy's Children
Andy Hardy
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Gus Harris
Off Limits
Herbert Tuttle
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Jack Bergan
Cinema Circus
Himself
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Indian Tom
The Atomic Kid
Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
A Family Affair
Andy Hardy
The Hardys Ride High
Andy Hardy
You're Only Young Once
Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Andy Hardy
Revenge of the Red Baron
Grandpa Spencer
Officer Thirteen
Buddy Malone
Everything's Ducky
Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
Platinum High School
Steven Conway
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Freddie Frisby
The Big Chance
Arthur Wilson
The Bold and the Brave
Willie Dooley
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Rev. William Macklin II
Mickey's Race
Mickey McGuire
The First of May
Boss Ed
The Healer
Jimmy
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Sage
Slave Ship
Swifty
Live, Love and Learn
Jerry Crump
A Slight Case of Larceny
Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
The Devil in Love
Adramelek
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Tollkeeper
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stablemates
Mickey
Mickey's Luck
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Ape Man
Mickey McGuire
Down the Stretch
Snapper Sinclair
The World Changes
Otto Peterson as a Child
Home for Christmas
Elmer
Mickey's Great Idea
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Stampede
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Minstrels
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Touchdown
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Surprise
Mickey McGuire
Mickey the Great
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Moment
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Wildcats
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Mix-Up
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rebellion
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Tent Show
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rescue
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Medicine Man
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Pals
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Warriors
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Champs
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Explorers
Mickey McGuire
80 Steps to Jonah
Wilfred Bashford
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
Hoosier Schoolboy
Shockey Carter
The Big Operator
Little Joe Braun
Leave 'Em Laughing
Jack Thum
Hold That Kiss
Chick Evans
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
Lightning, the White Stallion
Barney Ingram
Reckless
Eddie
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Gus
Making Waves
Gabriel
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Norman Jones
The Chief
Willie
Blind Date
Freddie Taylor
Thunder County
Gas Station Attendant
Sin's Pay Day
Chubby Dennis
The Devil is a Sissy
'Gig' Stevens
Boys Will Be Boys
Wellington
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
My Pal, the King
King Charles V
Sweet Justice
Zeke
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Pat Jensen
Brothers' Destiny
Father Flanagan
Bluegrass
John Paul Jones
The Hare Mail
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
The Fisherman
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Andy Hardy
Radio Rhythm
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
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
Mickey's Brown Derby
Mickey McGuire
Ambush Bay
Sgt. Ernest Wartell
Maximum Force
Chief of Police
Rodeo Dough
Mickey Rooney
Find the Lady
Trigger
Driving Me Crazy
Mr. Cohen
Little Spies
James Turner
There Must Be a Pony
Himself (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Andy Hardy
Vienna
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Voices from Beyond
Johnny O'Hara
The Big Cage
Jimmy O'Hara
Mickey's Movies
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Eleven
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Circus
Mickey McGuire
Mickey the Detective
Mickey McGuire
Mickey in School
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Little Eva
Mickey McGuire
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
(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)
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Night Club
Jerry Sherman
Mickey's Battle
Mickey McGuire
The Magic Voyage
Narrator (voice)
The Milky Life
Barry Reilly
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)
Adventures of the Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
Ace of Hearts
Papa Joe
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Mickey Rooney
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice)
Show-Business at War
Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
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
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
From Raquel with Love
Paradise Cab Company cabbie
Love Birds
Gladwyn Tootle
Donovan's Kid
Bailey
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Himself
The County Chairman
Freckles
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
Chained
Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
Willie Clark
The Godmothers
Rocky Mastrasso
Senior Trip
Self
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
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
Liberation
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now
Himself
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
High Speed
Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Freckles (uncredited)
Marilyn and I
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Creole
Narrator
Fol-de-Rol
The Executioner / Noah
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Peachy Keane
Rachel's Man
Laban
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Self (archive footage)
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Mike Zampini
My Kidnapper, My Love
The Maker
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
The Comedian
Sammy Hogarth
Hollywood Legenden
Self
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
Self
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Self
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon
Self
The Hunter
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
Mickey's Whirlwinds
Mickey McGuire
Killing Midnight
Professor Mort Sang
Hollywood Blue
Rendezvous
Country Boy (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway
Mickey's Rivals
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Midnite Follies
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Menagerie
Mickey McGuire
Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney
Self
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Internet Love
Self
Showbiz Kids
Self (archive footage)
Shows
The Golden Girls
Rocco
The Care Bears
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
E! True Hollywood Story
Naked City
George Bick
General Electric Theater
Al Roberts
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Above the Line
The Fugitive
Charlie Paris
Pete and Gladys
Rawhide
Pan Macropolous
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Red McGivney
The Dean Martin Show
One of the Boys
MGM: When the Lion Roars
The Dick Powell Show
Mike Zampini
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Harold Lang
Burke's Law
Archie Lido
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
Norm
The Simpsons
Mickey Rooney (voice)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Sheriff Williams
The Lucy Show
Mickey Rooney
Night Gallery
August Kolodney
Full House
Combat!
Harry White
ER
George Bikel
Mickey
The Twilight Zone
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
This Is Your Life
Self
Conan the Adventurer
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Hey Mulligan
Mickey Mulligan
The Oscars
Self
Startime
Jack's Place
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
American Dad!
Short Producer (voice)
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Great Performances
Self
Private Screenings
Self
The Match Game
Himself - Team Captain
This Is Your Life
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Himself
Playhouse 90
Sammy Hogarth
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Self
The Dick Powell Show
Augie Miller
The Dick Powell Show
Putt-Putt Higgins
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self - Comedian
The Ed Sullivan Show
Sketch Actor
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Comedian
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
The Hollywood Palace
Self
Legends
Self
The Red Skelton Show
Self / Perry Masonjar
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Old Bailey
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self
The George Gobel Show
Self
The Love Boat
Dominicus Angelara
The Jack Benny Program
Self / Killer Looney
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Dan August
Kenny O'Malley
Arrest and Trial
Hoagy Blair
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Murder, She Wrote
Matt Cleveland
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Lefty Duncan
December Bride
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host