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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 "…
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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).
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BODY OF WORK
Mickey Rooney's Filmography
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn and I
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Mr. Louis
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Gus
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
as Self
No Poster
The Voices from Beyond
as Johnny O'Hara
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Cohen
The Muppets
as Smalltown Resident
Night Club
as Jerry Sherman
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
The Polio Crusade
as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
as Self (archive footage)
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
No Poster
Empire State Building Murders
as Mickey Silver
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
as Chief
A Christmas Too Many
as Grandpa
No Poster
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self
Night at the Museum
as Gus
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
The Thirsting
as Savy
The Happy Elf
as Santa Claus
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
as David McCord
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
as Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (voice)
To Kill a Mockumentary
as Max
Illusion Infinity
as Simon / Henry, Sr.
No Poster
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
Cleavage
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
as Sparky (voice)
Phantom of the Megaplex
as Movie Mason
The First of May
as Boss Ed
Boys Will Be Boys
as Wellington
Babe: Pig in the City
as Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy (archive footage)
Internet Love
as Self
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
as Sage
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
as Griffith
Animals with the Tollkeeper
as Tollkeeper
Conan
as Gobe
No Poster
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
as Self - Actor
Killing Midnight
as Professor Mort Sang
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as O.B. Taggart
Brothers' Destiny
as Father Flanagan
Revenge of the Red Baron
as Grandpa Spencer
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Host
Liberation
as Self (archive footage)
A Century of Cinema
as Self
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
Making Waves
as Gabriel
The Milky Life
as Barry Reilly
Maximum Force
as Chief of Police
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
as Pat Jensen
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
as Joe Petto
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
as The Director
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
as Junion
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
Sweet Justice
as Zeke
Home for Christmas
as Elmer
Adventures of the Black Stallion
as Henry Dailey
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
Erik the Viking
as Erik's Grandfather
Lightning, the White Stallion
as Barney Ingram
Little Spies
as James Turner
There Must Be a Pony
as Himself (uncredited)
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Jack Bergan
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
The Care Bears Movie
as Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mike Halligan
Bill: On His Own
as Bill Sackter
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
O’Malley
as Mickey O’Malley
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
The Emperor of Peru
as The Engineer
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Senior Trip
as Self
Bill
as Bill Sackter
The Fox and the Hound
as Tod (voice)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jack Thum
No Poster
Creole
as Narrator
My Kidnapper, My Love
as The Maker
From Raquel with Love
as Paradise Cab Company cabbie
The Black Stallion
as Henry Dailey
Arabian Adventure
as Daad El Shur
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
as Santa Claus (voice)
Donovan's Kid
as Bailey
Mickey's 50
as Self
The Magic of Lassie
as Gus
Pete's Dragon
as Lampie
The Domino Principle
as Spiventa
Find the Lady
as Trigger
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Rachel's Man
as Laban
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Narrator
From Hong Kong with Love
as Marty
Ace of Hearts
as Papa Joe
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Intruder
as Capt. Jenkins
No Poster
The Lion Roars Again
as Self (uncredited)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice)
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
Thunder County
as Gas Station Attendant
The Godmothers
as Rocky Mastrasso
Journey Back to Oz
as Scarecrow (voice)
Pulp
as Preston Gilbert
Richard
as Guardian Angel
Fol-de-Rol
as The Executioner / Noah
Evil Roy Slade
as Nelson L. Stool
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
The Manipulator
as B.J. Lang
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
as Kris Kringle (voice)
Hollywood Blue
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Indian Tom
80 Steps to Jonah
as Wilfred Bashford
The Comic
as Cockeye
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
Skidoo
as George 'Blue Chips' Packard
Vienna
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Cook 3 / Self - C W. J. Oglethorpe (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Devil in Love
as Adramelek
Ambush Bay
as Sgt. Ernest Wartell
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as Peachy Keane
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
as Norman Jones
The Secret Invasion
as Terence Scanlon
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Army
Everything's Ducky
as Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Mr. Yunioshi
Who Killed Julie Greer?
as Mike Zampini
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Johnny Burke
Platinum High School
as Steven Conway
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
as Nick Lewis / The Devil
The Big Operator
as Little Joe Braun
The Last Mile
as John Mears
Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Andy Hardy
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Gus Harris
Baby Face Nelson
as Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
Pinocchio
as Pinocchio
Operation Mad Ball
as MSgt. Yancy Skibo
Mr. Broadway
as George M. Cohan
The Comedian
as Sammy Hogarth
Magnificent Roughnecks
as Frank Sommers
Francis in the Haunted House
as David Prescott
The Bold and the Brave
as Willie Dooley
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Rev. William Macklin II
The Atomic Kid
as Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Mike Forney
Drive a Crooked Road
as Eddie Shannon
A Slight Case of Larceny
as Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
No Poster
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now
as Himself
All Ashore
as Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
Off Limits
as Herbert Tuttle
Sound Off
as Mike Donnelly
The Strip
as Stanley Maxton
My Outlaw Brother
as J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as Freddie Frisby
The Fireball
as Johnny Casar
Quicksand
as Daniel 'Dan' Brady
The Big Wheel
as Billy Coy
Words and Music
as Lorenz Hart
Summer Holiday
as Richard Miller
Killer McCoy
as Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
Mickey the Great
as Mickey McGuire
National Velvet
as Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Andy Hardy
Girl Crazy
as Danny Churchill, Jr.
Thousands Cheer
as Mickey Rooney
Show-Business at War
as Self
The Human Comedy
as Homer Macauley
Andy Hardy's Double Life
as Andy Hardy
A Yank at Eton
as Timothy Dennis
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
No Poster
Personalities
as Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)
Babes on Broadway
as Tommy Williams
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
Men of Boys Town
as Whitey Marsh
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Andy Hardy
Rodeo Dough
as Mickey Rooney
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Strike Up the Band
as Jimmy Connors
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Andy Hardy
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Young Tom Edison
as Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
No Poster
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
as Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy and Son
as Andy Hardy
Babes in Arms
as Mickey Moran
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Andy Hardy
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
The Hardys Ride High
as Andy Hardy
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Mickey Rooney
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Huckleberry Finn
No Poster
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
as Andy Hardy
Out West with the Hardys
as Andy Hardy
Stablemates
as Mickey
Boys Town
as Whitey Marsh
Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Andy Hardy
Lord Jeff
as Terry O'Mulvaney
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
Hold That Kiss
as Chick Evans
Judge Hardy's Children
as Andy Hardy
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
as Mike O'Toole
March of Dimes
as Mickey
You're Only Young Once
as Andy Hardy
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as Timmie Donovan
Live, Love and Learn
as Jerry Crump
Hoosier Schoolboy
as Shockey Carter
Captains Courageous
as Dan Troop
Slave Ship
as Swifty
A Family Affair
as Andy Hardy
No Poster
Cinema Circus
as Himself
The Devil Is a Sissy
as 'Gig' Stevens
Down the Stretch
as Snapper Sinclair
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Dick Tipton
Riffraff
as Jimmy
A Dream Comes True
as Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ah, Wilderness!
as Tommy Miller
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
as Mickey Rooney
Rendezvous
as Country Boy (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Puck
The Healer
as Jimmy
Reckless
as Eddie
The County Chairman
as Freckles
Death on the Diamond
as Mickey
Chained
as Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
Hide-Out
as William 'Willie' Miller
Blind Date
as Freddie Taylor
The Lost Jungle
as Lead Boy at Circus
Half a Sinner
as Willie Clark
Mickey's Medicine Man
as Mickey McGuire
Manhattan Melodrama
as Blackie as a Boy
Love Birds
as Gladwyn Tootle
I Like it That Way
as Messenger Boy
Mickey's Rescue
as Mickey McGuire
Beloved
as Tommy, a Violin Student
Mickey's Minstrels
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Covered Wagon
as Mickey McGuire
The World Changes
as Otto Peterson as a Child
The Chief
as Willie
Mickey's Tent Show
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Touchdown
as Mickey McGuire
Broadway to Hollywood
as Ted Hackett III as Child
The Big Chance
as Arthur Wilson
Mickey's Disguises
as Mickey McGuire
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Freckles (uncredited)
The Big Cage
as Jimmy O'Hara
Mickey's Race
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Ape Man
as Mickey McGuire
Officer Thirteen
as Buddy Malone
Fast Companions
as Midge
My Pal, the King
as King Charles V
High Speed
as Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
Sin's Pay Day
as Chubby Dennis
The Beast of the City
as Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
Mickey's Busy Day
as Mickey McGuire
No Poster
The Fisherman
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
No Poster
The Hare Mail
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
The Hunter
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
as Mickey McGuire
No Poster
Hot Feet
as Oswald (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Wildcats
as Mickey McGuire
No Poster
Radio Rhythm
as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
Mickey's Rebellion
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Stampede
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Warriors
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Whirlwinds
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Luck
as Mickey McGuire
No Poster
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
Mickey's Champs
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Moment
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Mix-Up
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Surprise
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Midnite Follies
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Brown Derby
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Menagerie
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Explorers
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Great Idea
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey the Detective
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rivals
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Movies
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Wild West
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Little Eva
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey in School
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Battle
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Eleven
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Pals
as Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Circus
as Mickey McGuire
Orchids and Ermine
as Mickey McGuire
No Poster