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).
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn and I
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mr. Louis
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Gus
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
The Voices from Beyond
Johnny O'Hara
Driving Me Crazy
Mr. Cohen
Treasure Train
The Muppets
Smalltown Resident
Night Club
Jerry Sherman
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
The Polio Crusade
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Self (archive footage)
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Empire State Building Murders
Mickey Silver
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
Chief
A Christmas Too Many
Grandpa
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
Night at the Museum
Gus
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
The Thirsting
Savy
The Happy Elf
Santa Claus
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
David McCord
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice)
Illusion Infinity
Simon / Henry, Sr.
To Kill a Mockumentary
Max
Hollywood Legenden
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Sparky (voice)
Phantom of the Megaplex
Movie Mason
The First of May
Boss Ed
Boys Will Be Boys
Wellington
Babe: Pig in the City
Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy (archive footage)
Internet Love
Self
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Sage
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Griffith
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Tollkeeper
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Self - Actor
Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney
Self
Killing Midnight
Professor Mort Sang
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
O.B. Taggart
Brothers' Destiny
Father Flanagan
Revenge of the Red Baron
Grandpa Spencer
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Liberation
Self (archive footage)
Making Waves
Gabriel
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
The Milky Life
Barry Reilly
Maximum Force
Chief of Police
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Pat Jensen
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
Joe Petto
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Director
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Junion
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self (archive footage)
Sweet Justice
Zeke
Home for Christmas
Elmer
Adventures of the Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Self (archive footage)
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Self
Erik the Viking
Erik's Grandfather
Lightning, the White Stallion
Barney Ingram
Little Spies
James Turner
There Must Be a Pony
Himself (uncredited)
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Jack Bergan
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
The Care Bears Movie
Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mike Halligan
Bill: On His Own
Bill Sackter
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
O’Malley
Mickey O’Malley
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
The Emperor of Peru
The Engineer
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Senior Trip
Self
Bill
Bill Sackter
The Fox and the Hound
Tod (voice)
Leave 'Em Laughing
Jack Thum
Creole
Narrator
My Kidnapper, My Love
The Maker
From Raquel with Love
Paradise Cab Company cabbie
Arabian Adventure
Daad El Shur
The Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Santa Claus (voice)
Donovan's Kid
Bailey
Mickey's 50
Self
The Magic of Lassie
Gus
Pete's Dragon
Lampie
The Domino Principle
Spiventa
Find the Lady
Trigger
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Rachel's Man
Laban
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Narrator
From Hong Kong with Love
Marty
Ace of Hearts
Papa Joe
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Lion Roars Again
Self (uncredited)
The Intruder
Capt. Jenkins
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
Thunder County
Gas Station Attendant
The Godmothers
Rocky Mastrasso
Journey Back to Oz
Scarecrow (voice)
Pulp
Preston Gilbert
Richard
Guardian Angel
Fol-de-Rol
The Executioner / Noah
Evil Roy Slade
Nelson L. Stool
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
The Manipulator
B.J. Lang
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
Hollywood Blue
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Indian Tom
80 Steps to Jonah
Wilfred Bashford
The Comic
Cockeye
The Extraordinary Seaman
Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
Skidoo
George 'Blue Chips' Packard
Vienna
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Cook 3 / Self - C W. J. Oglethorpe (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Devil in Love
Adramelek
Ambush Bay
Sgt. Ernest Wartell
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Peachy Keane
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Norman Jones
The Secret Invasion
Terence Scanlon
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Army
Everything's Ducky
Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Mr. Yunioshi
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Mike Zampini
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Johnny Burke
Platinum High School
Steven Conway
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Nick Lewis / The Devil
The Big Operator
Little Joe Braun
The Last Mile
John Mears
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Andy Hardy
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Gus Harris
Baby Face Nelson
Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Operation Mad Ball
MSgt. Yancy Skibo
Mr. Broadway
The Comedian
Sammy Hogarth
Magnificent Roughnecks
Frank Sommers
Francis in the Haunted House
David Prescott
The Bold and the Brave
Willie Dooley
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Rev. William Macklin II
The Atomic Kid
Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mike Forney
Drive a Crooked Road
Eddie Shannon
A Slight Case of Larceny
Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now
Himself
All Ashore
Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
Off Limits
Herbert Tuttle
Sound Off
Mike Donnelly
The Strip
Stanley Maxton
My Outlaw Brother
J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Freddie Frisby
The Fireball
Johnny Casar
Quicksand
Daniel 'Dan' Brady
The Big Wheel
Billy Coy
Words and Music
Lorenz Hart
Summer Holiday
Richard Miller
Killer McCoy
Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Mickey the Great
Mickey McGuire
National Velvet
Michael 'Mi' Taylor
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy
Girl Crazy
Danny Churchill, Jr.
Thousands Cheer
Himself - Emcee at the Show
Show-Business at War
Self
The Human Comedy
Homer Macauley
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Andy Hardy
A Yank at Eton
Timothy Dennis
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Personalities
Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)
Babes on Broadway
Tommy Williams
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Men of Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Andy Hardy
Rodeo Dough
Mickey Rooney
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Strike Up the Band
Jimmy Connors
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Andy Hardy
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Young Tom Edison
Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy and Son
Andy Hardy
Babes in Arms
Mickey Moran
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Andy Hardy
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
The Hardys Ride High
Andy Hardy
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Mickey Rooney
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Andy Hardy
Out West with the Hardys
Andy Hardy
Stablemates
Mickey
Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
Lord Jeff
Terry O'Mulvaney
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
Hold That Kiss
Chick Evans
Judge Hardy's Children
Andy Hardy
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
Mike O'Toole
March of Dimes
Mickey
You're Only Young Once
Andy Hardy
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Timmie Donovan
Live, Love and Learn
Jerry Crump
Hoosier Schoolboy
Shockey Carter
Captains Courageous
Dan Troop
Slave Ship
Swifty
A Family Affair
Andy Hardy
Cinema Circus
Himself
The Devil Is a Sissy
'Gig' Stevens
Down the Stretch
Snapper Sinclair
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dick Tipton
Riffraff
Jimmy
A Dream Comes True
Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ah, Wilderness!
Tommy Miller
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Mickey Rooney
Rendezvous
Country Boy (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
The Healer
Jimmy
Reckless
Eddie
The County Chairman
Freckles
Death on the Diamond
Mickey
Chained
Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
Hide-Out
William 'Willie' Miller
Blind Date
Freddie Taylor
The Lost Jungle
Lead Boy at Circus
Half a Sinner
Willie Clark
Mickey's Medicine Man
Mickey McGuire
Love Birds
Gladwyn Tootle
Manhattan Melodrama
Blackie as a Boy
I Like it That Way
Messenger Boy
Mickey's Rescue
Mickey McGuire
Beloved
Tommy, a Violin Student
Mickey's Minstrels
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Mickey McGuire
The World Changes
Otto Peterson as a Child
The Chief
Willie
Mickey's Tent Show
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Touchdown
Mickey McGuire
Broadway to Hollywood
Ted Hackett III as Child
The Big Chance
Arthur Wilson
Mickey's Disguises
Mickey McGuire
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Freckles (uncredited)
The Big Cage
Jimmy O'Hara
Mickey's Race
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Ape Man
Mickey McGuire
Officer Thirteen
Buddy Malone
Fast Companions
Midge
My Pal, the King
King Charles V
High Speed
Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
Sin's Pay Day
Chubby Dennis
The Beast of the City
Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
Mickey's Busy Day
Mickey McGuire
The Fisherman
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
The Hare Mail
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
The Hunter
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Mickey McGuire
Hot Feet
Oswald (voice) (uncredited)
Mickey's Wildcats
Mickey McGuire
Radio Rhythm
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
Mickey's Rebellion
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Stampede
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Warriors
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Whirlwinds
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Luck
Mickey McGuire
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
Mickey's Champs
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Moment
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Mix-Up
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Surprise
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Midnite Follies
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Brown Derby
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Menagerie
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Explorers
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Great Idea
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
Mickey McGuire
Mickey the Detective
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rivals
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Movies
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Wild West
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Little Eva
Mickey McGuire
Mickey in School
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Battle
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Eleven
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Pals
Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Circus
Mickey McGuire
Orchids and Ermine
Mickey McGuire
Cinema Stars - No. 15