Mickey Rooney
Acting
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
Acting385
movieYellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
(archive footage)
movieSid & Judy
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn and I
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieAva Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2017
Mr. Louis
movieDriving Me Crazy
2012
Mr. Cohen
movieThe Muppets
2011
Smalltown Resident
movieNight Club
2011
Jerry Sherman
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
(archive footage)
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Polio Crusade
2009
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
movieMr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieA Miser Brothers' Christmas
2008
Santa Claus (voice)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
Self
tvLegends
2006
Self
movieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Happy Elf
2005
Santa Claus
movieJudy Garland Duets
2005
Self (archive footage)
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Short Producer (voice)
movieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004
Self - Actor (voice)
movieIllusion Infinity
2004
Simon / Henry, Sr.
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
movieLady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001
Sparky (voice)
moviePhantom of the Megaplex
2000
Movie Mason
movieThe First of May
1999
Boss Ed
movieBoys Will Be Boys
1999
Wellington
movieBabe: Pig in the City
1998
Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
movieAlone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
Andy Hardy (archive footage)
movieAnimals with the Tollkeeper
1998
Tollkeeper
movieConan
1997
Gobe
movieKilling Midnight
1997
Professor Mort Sang
tvRemember WENN
1996
Mr. Hardy
movieOutlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
O.B. Taggart
movieBrothers' Destiny
1995
Father Flanagan
movieRevenge of the Red Baron
1994
Grandpa Spencer
tvER
1994
George Bikel
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
movieThe Our Gang Story
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieMaking Waves
1994
Gabriel
movieLiberation
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Milky Life
1993
Barry Reilly
tvKung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
Harold Lang
movieMaximum Force
1992
Chief of Police
movieThe Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992
Pat Jensen
movieAdventures of the Black Stallion
1990
Henry Dailey
movieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Mickey Rooney (voice)
movieErik the Viking
1989
Erik's Grandfather
tvBluegrass
1988
John Paul Jones
movieLightning, the White Stallion
1986
Barney Ingram
movieThere Must Be a Pony
1986
Himself (uncredited)
movieLittle Spies
1986
James Turner
movieThe Care Bears Movie
1985
Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
movieThat's Dancing!
1985
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Self (archive footage)
movieIt Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
Mike Halligan
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Matt Cleveland
movieBill: On His Own
1983
Bill Sackter
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieO’Malley
1983
Mickey O’Malley
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
(archive footage)
movieThe Emperor of Peru
1982
The Engineer
movieHollywood’s Children
1982
Self (archive footage)
tvOne of the Boys
1982
Oliver Nugent
movieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Self (archive footage)
movieBill
1981
Bill Sackter
movieThe Fox and the Hound
1981
Tod (voice)
movieLeave 'Em Laughing
1981
Jack Thum
Creole
1981
Narrator
movieMy Kidnapper, My Love
1980
The Maker
movieFrom Raquel with Love
1980
Paradise Cab Company cabbie
movieThe Black Stallion
1979
Henry Dailey
movieArabian Adventure
1979
Daad El Shur
movieRudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
Santa Claus (voice)
movieDonovan's Kid
1979
Bailey
moviePete's Dragon
1977
Lampie
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Dominicus Angelara
movieThe Domino Principle
1977
Spiventa
movieFind the Lady
1976
Trigger
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
movieIt's Showtime
1976
Self (archive footage)
movieHooray for Hollywood
1976
Narrator
movieAce of Hearts
1975
Papa Joe
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Intruder
1975
Capt. Jenkins
The Lion Roars Again
1975
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Year Without a Santa Claus
1974
Santa Claus (voice)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974
Self - Host / Narrator
movieThunder County
1974
Gas Station Attendant
movieThe Godmothers
1973
Rocky Mastrasso
movieJourney Back to Oz
1972
Scarecrow (voice)
moviePulp
1972
Preston Gilbert
movieRichard
1972
Guardian Angel
movieFol-de-Rol
1972
The Executioner / Noah
movieEvil Roy Slade
1972
Nelson L. Stool
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
movieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
movieThe Manipulator
1971
B.J. Lang
tvNight Gallery
1970
August Kolodney
movieSanta Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
tvDan August
1970
Kenny O'Malley
movie80 Steps to Jonah
1969
Wilfred Bashford
movieThe Comic
1969
Cockeye
movieThe Extraordinary Seaman
1969
Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
movieSkidoo
1968
George 'Blue Chips' Packard
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self (uncredited)
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
movieLionpower from MGM
1967
Self - Cook 3 / Self - C W. J. Oglethorpe (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Devil in Love
1966
Adramelek
movieAmbush Bay
1966
Sgt. Ernest Wartell
movieHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
Peachy Keane
movieTwenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
Norman Jones
movieThe Secret Invasion
1964
Terence Scanlon
tvMickey
1964
Mickey Grady
movieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Ding 'Dingy' Bell / Lefty Duncan / George M. Cohan
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Sheriff Williams
tvBurke's Law
1963
Archie Lido
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Charlie Paris
tvArrest and Trial
1963
Hoagy Blair
tvThe Match Game
1962
Himself - Team Captain
tvCombat!
1962
Harry White
tvThe Lucy Show
1962
Mickey Rooney
movieEverything's Ducky
1961
Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Co-Host
movieBreakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Mr. Yunioshi
tvThe Investigators
1961
Jack Daley
movieWho Killed Julie Greer?
1961
Mike Zampini
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961
Mike Zampini / Augie Miller / Putt-Putt Higgins
moviePlatinum High School
1960
Steven Conway
movieThe Private Lives of Adam and Eve
1960
Nick Lewis / The Devil
tvStartime
1959
Self
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Michael Grady
movieThe Big Operator
1959
Little Joe Braun
movieThe Last Mile
1959
John Mears
tvRawhide
1959
Pan Macropolous
movieAndy Hardy Comes Home
1958
Andy Hardy
tvNaked City
1958
George Bick
movieBaby Face Nelson
1957
Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
moviePinocchio
1957
Pinocchio
tvWagon Train
1957
Samuel T. Evans
movieOperation Mad Ball
1957
MSgt. Yancy Skibo
movieThe Comedian
1957
Sammy Hogarth
tvPlayhouse 90
1956
Sammy Hogarth
movieMagnificent Roughnecks
1956
Frank Sommers
movieFrancis in the Haunted House
1956
David Prescott
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956
Self / Self - Comedian / Self - Guest
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee/Performer
movieThe Bold and the Brave
1956
Willie Dooley
movieThe Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
Rev. William Macklin II
tvMGM Parade
1955
Self / self
movieThe Atomic Kid
1954
Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
movieThe Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
Mike Forney
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Old Bailey / James Turner (The Hermit)
Hey Mulligan
1954
Mickey Mulligan
movieDrive a Crooked Road
1954
Eddie Shannon
movieA Slight Case of Larceny
1953
Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now
1953
Himself
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieAll Ashore
1953
Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Al Roberts
movieOff Limits
1952
Herbert Tuttle
movieSound Off
1952
Mike Donnelly
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Red McGivney
tvThe Red Skelton Show
1951
Perry Masonjar / Muggsy
movieThe Strip
1951
Stanley Maxton
movieMy Outlaw Brother
1951
J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore
movieHe's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950
Freddie Frisby
movieThe Fireball
1950
Johnny Casar
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950
Killer Looney
movieQuicksand
1950
Daniel 'Dan' Brady
movieThe Big Wheel
1949
Billy Coy
movieWords and Music
1948
Lorenz Hart
movieSummer Holiday
1948
Richard Miller
movieKiller McCoy
1947
Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
movieLove Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
Andy Hardy
movieMickey the Great
1945
Mickey McGuire
movieNational Velvet
1945
Michael 'Mi' Taylor
movieAndy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Andy Hardy
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas / Self - Presenter
movieGirl Crazy
1943
Danny Churchill, Jr.
movieThousands Cheer
1943
Mickey Rooney
movieThe Human Comedy
1943
Homer Macauley
movieAndy Hardy's Double Life
1942
Andy Hardy
movieA Yank at Eton
1942
Timothy Dennis
movieThe Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
Andy Hardy
Personalities
1942
Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)
movieBabes on Broadway
1941
Tommy Williams
movieLife Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
Andy Hardy
movieMen of Boys Town
1941
Whitey Marsh
movieAndy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
Andy Hardy
movieRodeo Dough
1940
Mickey Rooney
movieStrike Up the Band
1940
Jimmy Connors
movieTrifles of Importance
1940
Self (archive footage)
movieAndy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Andy Hardy
movieYoung Tom Edison
1940
Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
movieJudge Hardy and Son
1939
Andy Hardy
movieBabes in Arms
1939
Mickey Moran
movieAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
Andy Hardy
movieThe Hardys Ride High
1939
Andy Hardy
movieScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
Mickey Rooney
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Huckleberry Finn
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
Andy Hardy
movieOut West with the Hardys
1938
Andy Hardy
movieStablemates
1938
Mickey
movieBoys Town
1938
Whitey Marsh
movieLove Finds Andy Hardy
1938
Andy Hardy
movieLord Jeff
1938
Terry O'Mulvaney
movieHollywood Handicap
1938
Himself
movieHold That Kiss
1938
Chick Evans
movieJudge Hardy's Children
1938
Andy Hardy
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938
Self (uncredited)
movieLove Is a Headache
1938
Mike O'Toole
movieMarch of Dimes
1938
Mickey
movieYou're Only Young Once
1937
Andy Hardy
movieThoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
Timmie Donovan
movieLive, Love and Learn
1937
Jerry Crump
movieHoosier Schoolboy
1937
Shockey Carter
movieCaptains Courageous
1937
Dan Troop
movieSlave Ship
1937
Swifty
movieA Family Affair
1937
Andy Hardy
movieDown the Stretch
1936
Snapper Sinclair
movieThe Devil Is a Sissy
1936
'Gig' Stevens
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1936
Dick Tipton
movieRiffraff
1936
Jimmy
movieA Dream Comes True
1935
Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935
Tommy Miller
moviePirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935
Mickey Rooney
movieRendezvous
1935
Country Boy (uncredited)
movieThe Healer
1935
Jimmy
movieReckless
1935
Eddie
movieThe County Chairman
1935
Freckles
movieChained
1934
Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
movieHide-Out
1934
William 'Willie' Miller
movieBlind Date
1934
Freddie Taylor
movieThe Lost Jungle
1934
Lead Boy at Circus
movieHalf a Sinner
1934
Willie Clark
movieMickey's Medicine Man
1934
Mickey McGuire
movieManhattan Melodrama
1934
Blackie as a Boy
movieLove Birds
1934
Gladwyn Tootle
movieI Like it That Way
1934
Messenger Boy
movieMickey's Rescue
1934
Mickey McGuire
movieBeloved
1934
Tommy, a Violin Student
movieMickey's Minstrels
1934
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Covered Wagon
1933
Mickey McGuire
movieThe World Changes
1933
Otto Peterson as a Child
movieThe Chief
1933
Willie
movieMickey's Tent Show
1933
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Touchdown
1933
Mickey McGuire
movieBroadway to Hollywood
1933
Ted Hackett III as Child
movieThe Big Chance
1933
Arthur Wilson
movieMickey's Disguises
1933
Mickey McGuire
movieThe Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
Freckles (uncredited)
movieThe Big Cage
1933
Jimmy O'Hara
movieMickey's Race
1933
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Ape Man
1933
Mickey McGuire
movieOfficer Thirteen
1932
Buddy Malone
movieMy Pal, the King
1932
King Charles V
movieHigh Speed
1932
Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
movieSin's Pay Day
1932
Chubby Dennis
movieThe Beast of the City
1932
Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
movieMickey's Busy Day
1932
Mickey McGuire
The Fisherman
1931
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
The Hare Mail
1931
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
movieThe Hunter
1931
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
movieMickey's Thrill Hunters
1931
Mickey McGuire
Hot Feet
1931
Oswald (voice) (uncredited)
movieMickey's Wildcats
1931
Mickey McGuire
Radio Rhythm
1931
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
movieMickey's Rebellion
1931
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Stampede
1931
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Warriors
1930
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Whirlwinds
1930
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Luck
1930
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Champs
1930
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Big Moment
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Mix-Up
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Surprise
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Midnite Follies
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Northwest Mounted
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Brown Derby
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Menagerie
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Explorers
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Great Idea
1929
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Big Game Hunt
1928
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey the Detective
1928
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Rivals
1928
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Movies
1928
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Wild West
1928
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Little Eva
1928
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey in School
1928
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Battle
1927
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Eleven
1927
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Pals
1927
Mickey McGuire
movieMickey's Circus
1927
Mickey McGuire
movieOrchids and Ermine
1927
Mickey McGuire
Production3
movieThe Atomic Kid
1954
Producer
Hey Mulligan
1954
Producer
movieMy Outlaw Brother
1951
Executive Producer
Writing3
Directing2
movieMy True Story
1951
Director
Crew1
movieNight at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
In Memory Of