Mickey Rooney
Age: 93 | From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1920-09-23 21:47:16
Death: 2014-04-06 21:47:16
Aliases: Joseph Yule Jr. , Joe Yule Jr. , Mickey Yule , Mickey McGuire , Michael McGuire , Michael Rooney
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Homepage: https://www.mickeyrooney.com/
Movie Involvements: 191
TV Involvements: 21
Most Famous Work
Biography
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).
Most Famous Work
This Is Your Life
(1952) Self
Rawhide
(1959) Pan Macropolous
The Bob Hope Show
(1950) Self
The Fugitive
(1963) Charlie Paris
Legends
(2006) Self
Naked City
(1958) George Bick
Night Gallery
(1970) August Kolodney
Combat!
(1962) Harry WhiteActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2017 | Mr. Louis | |
| 2014 | Gus | |
| Himself | ||
| 2012 | Johnny O'Hara | |
| Mr. Cohen | ||
| 2011 | Smalltown Resident | |
| Self | ||
| Jerry Sherman | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Archive Footage (from March of Dimes) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2008 | Santa Claus (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Mickey Silver | ||
| N/A | ||
| Chief | ||
| 2007 | Grandpa | |
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Gus | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Savy | ||
| 2005 | Santa Claus | |
| David McCord | ||
| Short Producer (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Self - Actor (voice) | |
| Max | ||
| Simon / Henry, Sr. | ||
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies") | |
| 2001 | Sparky (voice) | |
| 2000 | Movie Mason | |
| 1999 | N/A | |
| Boss Ed | ||
| Wellington | ||
| 1998 | Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Sage | ||
| Griffith | ||
| Tollkeeper | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Professor Mort Sang | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Self | |
| O.B. Taggart | ||
| Father Flanagan | ||
| 1994 | Grandpa Spencer | |
| George Bikel | ||
| Self - Co-Host / Narrator | ||
| Gabriel | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1993 | Zeke | |
| Barry Reilly | ||
| Harold Lang | ||
| 1992 | Chief of Police | |
| Pat Jensen | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | Joe Petto | |
| Self | ||
| Junion | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1990 | Elmer | |
| Henry Dailey | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1989 | Mickey Rooney (voice) | |
| Erik's Grandfather | ||
| Flip (voice) | ||
| 1988 | John Paul Jones | |
| 1987 | N/A | |
| 1986 | Barney Ingram | |
| James Turner | ||
| Himself (uncredited) | ||
| Jack Bergan | ||
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Rocco | |
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Cherrywood (voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1984 | Mike Halligan | |
| Matt Cleveland | ||
| 1983 | Bill Sackter | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1982 | (archive footage) | |
| The Engineer | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1981 | Self | |
| Bill Sackter | ||
| Tod (voice) | ||
| Jack Thum | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1980 | The Maker | |
| Paradise Cab Company cabbie | ||
| 1979 | Henry Dailey | |
| Daad El Shur | ||
| Santa Claus (voice) | ||
| Bailey | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| Gus | ||
| 1977 | Lampie | |
| Dominicus Angelara | ||
| Spiventa | ||
| 1976 | Trigger | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| Laban | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1975 | Marty | |
| Papa Joe | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Capt. Jenkins | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| 1974 | Santa Claus (voice) | |
| Self - Host / Narrator | ||
| Gas Station Attendant | ||
| 1973 | Rocky Mastrasso | |
| 1972 | Scarecrow (voice) | |
| Preston Gilbert | ||
| Guardian Angel | ||
| The Executioner / Noah | ||
| Nelson L. Stool | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1971 | Mickey Rooney (uncredited) | |
| B.J. Lang | ||
| Self | ||
| 1970 | August Kolodney | |
| Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kenny O'Malley | ||
| Indian Tom | ||
| 1969 | Wilfred Bashford | |
| Cockeye | ||
| Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe | ||
| 1968 | George 'Blue Chips' Packard | |
| N/A | ||
| 1967 | Self - Guest / Various Characters | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1966 | Adramelek | |
| Sgt. Ernest Wartell | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| Peachy Keane | ||
| Norman Jones | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| Terence Scanlon | ||
| Self - Singer | ||
| Self | ||
| 1963 | Himself | |
| Ding 'Dingy' Bell | ||
| Sheriff Williams | ||
| Lefty Duncan | ||
| Self | ||
| Archie Lido | ||
| Charlie Paris | ||
| Hoagy Blair | ||
| 1962 | Himself - Team Captain | |
| Army | ||
| Harry White | ||
| Mickey Rooney | ||
| Self | ||
| 1961 | Kermit 'Beetle' McKay | |
| Self - Co-Host | ||
| Mr. Yunioshi | ||
| Mike Zampini | ||
| Augie Miller | ||
| Putt-Putt Higgins | ||
| Mike Zampini | ||
| Johnny Burke | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Steven Conway | ||
| Nick Lewis / The Devil | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Little Joe Braun | ||
| 'Killer' John Mears | ||
| Pan Macropolous | ||
| 1958 | Andy Hardy | |
| Gus Harris | ||
| George Bick | ||
| 1957 | Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis | |
| Pinocchio | ||
| Samuel T. Evans | ||
| MSgt. Yancy Skibo | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sammy Hogarth | ||
| 1956 | Sammy Hogarth | |
| Frank Sommers | ||
| David Prescott | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Comedian | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Willie Dooley | ||
| 1955 | Rev. William Macklin II | |
| 1954 | Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry | |
| Mike Forney | ||
| Old Bailey | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Mickey Mulligan | ||
| Eddie Shannon | ||
| 1953 | Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers | |
| Self | ||
| Himself | ||
| Francis 'Moby' Dickerson | ||
| Al Roberts | ||
| 1952 | Herbert Tuttle | |
| Self | ||
| Mike Donnelly | ||
| 1951 | Red McGivney | |
| Self / Perry Masonjar | ||
| Stanley Maxton | ||
| J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore | ||
| 1950 | Freddie Frisby | |
| Johnny Casar | ||
| Self / Killer Looney | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Daniel 'Dan' Brady | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| Self - Panelist | ||
| 1949 | Billy Coy | |
| 1948 | Lorenz Hart | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Comedian | ||
| Sketch Actor | ||
| Richard Miller | ||
| 1947 | Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy | |
| 1946 | Andy Hardy | |
| 1945 | Mickey McGuire | |
| Michael 'Mi' Taylor | ||
| 1944 | Andy Hardy | |
| 1943 | Danny Churchill, Jr. | |
| Himself - Emcee at the Show | ||
| Self | ||
| Homer Macauley | ||
| 1942 | Andy Hardy | |
| Timothy Dennis | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Tommy Williams | |
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Whitey Marsh | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| 1940 | Mickey Rooney | |
| Self | ||
| Jimmy Connors | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Self | ||
| Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| 1939 | Andy Hardy | |
| Mickey Moran | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Self | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Mickey Rooney | ||
| Huckleberry Finn | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| 1938 | Andy Hardy | |
| Mickey | ||
| Whitey Marsh | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Terry O'Mulvaney | ||
| Himself | ||
| Chick Evans | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Mike O'Toole | ||
| Mickey | ||
| 1937 | Andy Hardy | |
| Timmie Donovan | ||
| Jerry Crump | ||
| Shockey Carter | ||
| Dan Troop | ||
| Swifty | ||
| Andy Hardy | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1936 | Snapper Sinclair | |
| 'Gig' Stevens | ||
| Dick Tipton | ||
| Jimmy | ||
| 1935 | Puck (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Tommy Miller | ||
| Mickey Rooney | ||
| Country Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Puck | ||
| Jimmy | ||
| Eddie | ||
| Freckles | ||
| 1934 | Mickey | |
| Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited) | ||
| William 'Willie' Miller | ||
| Freddie Taylor | ||
| Willie Clark | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Blackie as a Boy | ||
| Gladwyn Tootle | ||
| Messenger Boy | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Tommy, a Violin Student | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1933 | Mickey McGuire | |
| Otto Peterson as a Child | ||
| Willie | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Ted Hackett III as Child | ||
| Arthur Wilson | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Freckles (uncredited) | ||
| Jimmy O'Hara | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | Buddy Malone | |
| Midge | ||
| King Charles V | ||
| Buddy Whipple (uncredited) | ||
| Chubby Dennis | ||
| Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) | |
| Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) | ||
| Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Oswald (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey McGuire | |
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey McGuire | |
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| 1928 | Mickey McGuire | |
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| 1927 | Mickey McGuire | |
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| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Mickey McGuire | ||
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1983 | Writer | |
| 1973 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Director | |
| 1951 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 1951 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |