Mickey Rooney
Biography
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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).
Known For
Acting

1961
asMr. Yunioshi

2006
asGus

1985
asSelf (archive footage)

1981
asTod (voice)

1977
asLampie

1985
asMr. Cherrywood (voice)

1963
asDing 'Dingy' Bell

1936
asDick Tipton

1951
asJ. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore

1950
asDaniel 'Dan' Brady

1989
asFlip (voice)

1989
asErik's Grandfather

1977
asSpiventa

1972
asNelson L. Stool

1957
asSammy Hogarth

1998
asFugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel

1939
asMickey Moran

2000
asMovie Mason

1968
asGeorge 'Blue Chips' Packard

2006
asSavy

1974
asSanta Claus (voice)

1970
asKris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)

1954
asEddie Shannon

2004
asSelf

1972
asPreston Gilbert

1979
asSanta Claus (voice)

1934
asBlackie as a Boy

2005
asSanta Claus

1954
asMike Forney

1943
asDanny Churchill, Jr.

1957
asLester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis

1964
asTerence Scanlon

1938
asWhitey Marsh

1983
asBill Sackter

1981
asBill Sackter

2005
asSelf

2010
asSelf

2010
asSelf

1932
asBuddy Whipple (uncredited)

1957
asMSgt. Yancy Skibo

1961
asJohnny Burke

1942
asAndy Hardy

1948
asRichard Miller

1948
asLorenz Hart

1946
asAndy Hardy

1943
asHimself - Emcee at the Show

1941
asAndy Hardy

1941
asAndy Hardy

1941
asTommy Williams

1940
asAndy Hardy

1940
asJimmy Connors

1939
asAndy Hardy

1938
asAndy Hardy

1931
asOswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

1994
asSelf (archive footage)

1934
asWilliam 'Willie' Miller

1937
asDan Troop

2019
asSelf (archive footage)

1945
asMichael 'Mi' Taylor

1943
asHomer Macauley

1979
asHenry Dailey

1940
asSelf (archive footage)

1933
asFreckles (uncredited)

2001
asSparky (voice)

1982
as(archive footage)

2008
asMickey Silver

1938
asHimself

1984
asMike Halligan

1971
asB.J. Lang

1930
asMickey McGuire

1991
asJoe Petto

1979
asDaad El Shur

1942
asAndy Hardy

1959
as'Killer' John Mears

1962
asArmy

2007
asGrandpa

1998
asGriffith

1940
asThomas Alva 'Tom' Edison

1944
asAndy Hardy

1969
asCockeye

1997
asProfessor Mort Sang

1939
asHuckleberry Finn

1970
as
1951
asStanley Maxton

1950
asJohnny Casar

1949
asBilly Coy

1947
asTommy McCoy / Killer McCoy

1937
asTimmie Donovan

2005
asDavid McCord

1933
asTed Hackett III as Child

1978
asGus

1956
asDavid Prescott

1969
asCook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe

1953
asFrancis 'Moby' Dickerson

1952
asMike Donnelly

1966
asSgt. Ernest Wartell

1938
asAndy Hardy

1939
asAndy Hardy

1935
asTommy Miller

1935
asCountry Boy (uncredited)

1936
asJimmy

1938
asTerry O'Mulvaney

1941
asWhitey Marsh

1972
asSelf (archive footage)

1952
asHerbert Tuttle

1991
asJunion

1958
asGus Harris

1938
asAndy Hardy

1981
asNarrator

1954
asBarnaby 'Blix' Waterberry

1986
asJack Bergan

1972
asThe Executioner / Noah

1939
asAndy Hardy

1958
asAndy Hardy

1937
asAndy Hardy

1937
asAndy Hardy

1937
asHimself

1970
asIndian Tom

1994
asGrandpa Spencer

1932
asBuddy Malone

1960
asSteven Conway

1961
asKermit 'Beetle' McKay

1950
asFreddie Frisby

1956
asWillie Dooley

1933
asArthur Wilson

1955
asRev. William Macklin II

1999
asBoss Ed

1933
asMickey McGuire

1935
asJimmy

1998
asSage

1937
asSwifty

1982
asSelf (archive footage)

1953
asAugustus "Geechy" Cheevers

1937
asJerry Crump

1966
asAdramelek

2019
as(archive footage)

1957
as
1998
asTollkeeper

1938
asMickey

1983
asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1933
asMickey McGuire

1930
asMickey McGuire

1936
asSnapper Sinclair

1933
asOtto Peterson as a Child

1990
asElmer

1928
asMickey McGuire

1927
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1927
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1928
asMickey McGuire

1931
asMickey McGuire

1931
asMickey McGuire

1928
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1930
asMickey McGuire

1931
asMickey McGuire

1930
asMickey McGuire

1931
asMickey McGuire

1928
asMickey McGuire

1933
asMickey McGuire

1933
asMickey McGuire

1933
asMickey McGuire

1934
asMickey McGuire

1945
asMickey McGuire

1934
asMickey McGuire

1934
asMickey McGuire

1969
asWilfred Bashford

1930
as
1960
asNick Lewis / The Devil

1938
asMike O'Toole

2006
as
1959
asLittle Joe Braun

1937
asShockey Carter

1981
asJack Thum

1938
asChick Evans

1995
asSelf

1928
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1935
asEddie

1935
asPuck

1986
asBarney Ingram

2014
asGus

1994
asGabriel

1965
asNorman Jones

2007
asSelf

1933
asWillie

1934
asFreddie Taylor

1965
asPeachy Keane

1974
asGas Station Attendant

1932
asChubby Dennis

1936
as'Gig' Stevens

1932
asKing Charles V

1999
asWellington

1993
asZeke

1992
asPat Jensen

1995
asFather Flanagan

1976
asLaban

2009
asSelf (archive footage)

1931
asOswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)

1931
asOswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)

1931
asOswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)

1988
asJohn Paul Jones

1939
asAndy Hardy

1961
asMike Zampini

1942
asTimothy Dennis

1931
asOswald (voice) (uncredited)

1972
asGuardian Angel

2008
asChief

1974
asSelf - Host / Narrator

1997
asSelf

1927
asMickey McGuire

1929
asMickey McGuire

1990
asSelf (archive footage)

1992
asChief of Police

2012
asMr. Cohen

1940
asMickey Rooney

1980
asThe Maker

1976
asTrigger

1998
asSelf

1986
asHimself (uncredited)

1986
asJames Turner

1940
asAndy Hardy

2020
asSelf (archive footage)

1968
as
1976
as(archive footage)

2012
asJohnny O'Hara

1933
asJimmy O'Hara

1993
asBarry Reilly

1998
asAndy Hardy (archive footage)

1933
asMickey McGuire

1934
asLead Boy at Circus

2017
asSelf (archive footage)

1995
asO.B. Taggart

1982
asThe Engineer

1932
asMickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)

1925
as
1994
asSelf - Co-Host / Narrator

2011
asJerry Sherman

1927
asMickey McGuire

1928
asMickey McGuire

2005
asSelf (archive footage)

1992
asNarrator (voice)

2017
asMr. Louis

1956
asFrank Sommers

1975
asCapt. Jenkins

2004
asMax

1957
asPinocchio

1934
asMickey

1935
asPuck (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935
asMickey Rooney

2008
asSelf

1943
asSelf

2004
asSelf - Actor (voice)

1940
asSelf

1975
asSelf (archive footage)

1940
asSelf

1990
asHenry Dailey

1975
asPapa Joe

1932
asMidge

1991
asSelf (archive footage)

1939
asSelf

1940
asSelf

1986
asSelf

1980
asParadise Cab Company cabbie

1934
asGladwyn Tootle

1979
asBailey

2014
asSelf

1935
asFreckles

1934
asBoy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)

2003
asMickey (segment "Sugar Babies")

1934
asWillie Clark

1973
asRocky Mastrasso

1981
asSelf

1938
asSelf (uncredited)

2019
asSelf (archive footage)

2009
asSelf (archive footage)

1928
asMickey McGuire

1976
asSelf (archive footage)

1978
asSelf

2008
asSanta Claus (voice)

2019
asSelf (archive footage)

1942
asAndy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)

2004
asSimon / Henry, Sr.

1927
asMickey McGuire

1990
asSelf (archive footage)

1972
asScarecrow (voice)

2011
asSmalltown Resident

1939
asMickey Rooney

1971
asMickey Rooney (uncredited)

1982
asSelf (archive footage)

1975
asMarty

1953
asHimself

1994
asSelf (archive footage)

1934
asTommy, a Violin Student

1975
asSelf (uncredited)

1983
asSelf

1938
asMickey

2009
asArchive Footage (from March of Dimes)

1934
asMessenger Boy

1982
asSelf

2009
as(archive footage)

1997
asSelf - Actor

1932
asMickey McGuire

2011
as
1976
asNarrator

1991
asThe Director

1983
asMickey O’Malley

1989
asSelf

1967
as
as
asMickey Rooney (voice)
asMike Zampini
asArchie Lido
asHarold Lang
asSelf
as
asSheriff Williams
asRocco
as
asMickey Rooney
as
asGeorge Bick
as
as
asHarry White
asAugust Kolodney
asSelf
asAl Roberts
asSelf
asMickey Grady
asMichael Grady
asGeorge Bikel
as
asPan Macropolous
asCharlie Paris
asSelf - Singer
asSelf
asRed McGivney
asSelf
as
as
as
as
asSelf
asHimself - Team Captain
as
asSelf
asMickey Mulligan
as
as
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asDominicus Angelara
asSelf / Killer Looney
asSammy Hogarth
asSelf
asAugie Miller
asPutt-Putt Higgins
asSelf
asHoagy Blair
asSelf
asKenny O'Malley
asMatt Cleveland
asSelf
asSelf
asLefty Duncan
asSelf - Guest / Various Characters
asSelf - Comedian
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Co-Host
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf / Perry Masonjar
asShort Producer (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asOld Bailey
asSamuel T. Evans
asSelf
asSelf - Panelist
asSelf
asJames Turner (The Hermit)
asSelf - Nominee/Performer
asSelf - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas
asSelf - Presenter
asMr. Hardy
asGeorge M. Cohan
asSelf
Production
Crew

2014
asDirecting

1960
as
1951
as