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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).
Filmography
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Movies 316
self 93
TV Shows 73
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Director 1
Showbiz Kids (2020)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
Sid & Judy (2019)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)
Marilyn and I (2019)
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood (2018)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies (2017)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2017)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)
Soldiers' Stories (2013)
The Voices from Beyond (2012)
Driving Me Crazy (2012)
The Muppets (2011)
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (2011)
Night Club (2011)
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon (2010)
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved (2010)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
The Polio Crusade (2009)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective (2009)
A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
Empire State Building Murders (2008)
Above the Line (2008)
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (2008)
A Christmas Too Many (2007)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
A Life in Words and Music (2007)
Night at the Museum (2006)
Legends (2006)
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star (2006)
The Thirsting (2006)
The Happy Elf (2005)
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals (2005)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
To Kill a Mockumentary (2004)
Illusion Infinity (2004)
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
Topa Topa Bluffs (2002)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)
Norm (1999)
The First of May (1999)
Boys Will Be Boys (1999)
Holy Hollywood (1999)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998)
Internet Love (1998)
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company (1998)
Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998)
Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997)
Conan the Adventurer (1997)
Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney (1997)
Killing Midnight (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995)
Brothers' Destiny (1995)
Revenge of the Red Baron (1994)
ER (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Making Waves (1994)
Liberation (1994)
The Our Gang Story (1994)
Sweet Justice (1993)
The Milky Life (1993)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
Maximum Force (1992)
Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown (1992)
The Legend of Wolf Mountain (1992)
Jack's Place (1992)
The Magic Voyage (1992)
MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
The Adventures of the Black Stallion (1992)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... (1991)
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991)
Home for Christmas (1990)
Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990)
Anthony Quinn: An Original (1990)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Erik the Viking (1989)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
Bluegrass (1988)
Full House (1987)
Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)
Little Spies (1986)
There Must Be a Pony (1986)
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
The Golden Girls (1985)
The Care Bears (1985)
The Care Bears Movie (1985)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Bill: On His Own (1983)
This Is Your Life (1983)
Ace Crawford, Private Eye (1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
The Emperor of Peru (1982)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Hollywood’s Children (1982)
One of the Boys (1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Senior Trip (1981)
Bill (1981)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Leave 'Em Laughing (1981)
Creole (1981)
My Kidnapper, My Love (1980)
From Raquel with Love (1980)
The Black Stallion (1979)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
Donovan's Kid (1979)
Mickey's 50 (1978)
The Magic of Lassie (1978)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
The Love Boat (1977)
A Year at the Top (1977)
The Domino Principle (1977)
Find the Lady (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Rachel's Man (1976)
It's Showtime (1976)
From Hong Kong with Love (1975)
Ace of Hearts (1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
The Intruder (1975)
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Thunder County (1974)
The Godmothers (1973)
Journey Back to Oz (1972)
Pulp (1972)
Richard (1972)
Fol-de-Rol (1972)
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
The Manipulator (1971)
Great Performances (1971)
Night Gallery (1970)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
Hollywood Blue (1970)
Dan August (1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
80 Steps to Jonah (1969)
The Comic (1969)
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
Skidoo (1968)
Vienna (1968)
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
The Danny Thomas Hour (1967)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
The Devil in Love (1966)
Ambush Bay (1966)
The Dean Martin Show (1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (1965)
The Secret Invasion (1964)
Mickey (1964)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
Arrest and Trial (1963)
The Match Game (1962)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Combat! (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Lucy Show (1962)
Everything's Ducky (1961)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The Investigators (1961)
The Dick Powell Show (1961)
Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Pete and Gladys (1960)
Platinum High School (1960)
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)
Startime (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Big Operator (1959)
The Last Mile (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)
Naked City (1958)
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Pinocchio (1957)
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
Mr. Broadway (1957)
The Comedian (1957)
Playhouse 90 (1956)
Magnificent Roughnecks (1956)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
The Bold and the Brave (1956)
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
The Atomic Kid (1954)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
December Bride (1954)
The George Gobel Show (1954)
Hey Mulligan (1954)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now (1953)
All Ashore (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Off Limits (1952)
This Is Your Life (1952)
Sound Off (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
The Strip (1951)
My Outlaw Brother (1951)
My True Story (1951)
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
The Fireball (1950)
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
Quicksand (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Big Wheel (1949)
Words and Music (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Summer Holiday (1948)
Killer McCoy (1947)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
Mickey the Great (1945)
National Velvet (1945)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
Girl Crazy (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Show-Business at War (1943)
The Human Comedy (1943)
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
A Yank at Eton (1942)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
We Must Have Music (1942)
Personalities (1942)
Babes on Broadway (1941)
Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
Men of Boys Town (1941)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
Rodeo Dough (1940)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Trifles of Importance (1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
Young Tom Edison (1940)
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things (1940)
Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
Babes in Arms (1939)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
The Hardys Ride High (1939)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) (1939)
Out West with the Hardys (1938)
Stablemates (1938)
Boys Town (1938)
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
Lord Jeff (1938)
Hollywood Handicap (1938)
Hold That Kiss (1938)
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
Love Is a Headache (1938)
March of Dimes (1938)
You're Only Young Once (1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Slave Ship (1937)
A Family Affair (1937)
Cinema Circus (1937)
Down the Stretch (1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
Riffraff (1936)
A Dream Comes True (1935)
Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)
Rendezvous (1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Healer (1935)
Reckless (1935)
The County Chairman (1935)
Death on the Diamond (1934)
Chained (1934)
Hide-Out (1934)
Blind Date (1934)
Half a Sinner (1934)
Mickey's Medicine Man (1934)
Love Birds (1934)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
I Like it That Way (1934)
Mickey's Rescue (1934)
Beloved (1934)
Mickey's Minstrels (1934)
Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933)
The World Changes (1933)
The Chief (1933)
Mickey's Tent Show (1933)
Mickey's Touchdown (1933)
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
The Big Chance (1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
The Big Cage (1933)
Mickey's Race (1933)
Mickey's Ape Man (1933)
Officer Thirteen (1932)
Fast Companions (1932)
Hollywood on Parade (1932)
Mickey's Big Business (1932)
My Pal, the King (1932)
High Speed (1932)
Sin's Pay Day (1932)
The Beast of the City (1932)
Mickey's Helping Hand (1931)
The Fisherman (1931)
The Hare Mail (1931)
The Hunter (1931)
Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931)
Hot Feet (1931)
Mickey's Wildcats (1931)
Radio Rhythm (1931)
Mickey's Rebellion (1931)
Mickey's Stampede (1931)
China (1931)
Mickey's Warriors (1930)
Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930)
Mickey's Luck (1930)
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8 (1930)
Mickey's Champs (1930)
Mickey's Big Moment (1929)
Mickey's Mix-Up (1929)
Mickey's Surprise (1929)
Mickey's Midnite Follies (1929)
Mickey's Northwest Mounted (1929)
Mickey's Brown Derby (1929)
Mickey's Menagerie (1929)
Mickey's Explorers (1929)
Mickey's Great Idea (1929)
Mickey's Big Game Hunt (1928)
Mickey the Detective (1928)
Mickey's Rivals (1928)
Mickey's Movies (1928)
Mickey's Wild West (1928)
Mickey's Little Eva (1928)
Mickey in School (1928)
Mickey's Battle (1927)
Mickey's Eleven (1927)
Mickey's Pals (1927)
Mickey's Circus (1927)
Orchids and Ermine (1927)
Kleo the Misfit Unicorn
Bill: On His Own
Bamboo Shark
Now Here
War Stories with Oliver North
Private Screenings
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-09-23
Deathday2014-04-06 (93 years old)
Birth NameNinian Joseph Yule, Jr.
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsCarolyn Mitchell (1958-12-01 - 1966-01-31), Betty Jane Rase (1944-09-30 - 1949-06-03), Martha Vickers (1949-06-03 - 1952-09-25), Jan Rooney (1978-07-28 - 2014-04-06), Elaine Devry (1952-11-18 - 1958-05-18), Ava Gardner (1942-01-10 - 1943-05-21)
SpouseMarge Lane
ChildrenJimmy Rooney, Kerry Rooney, Kimmy Rooney, Kyle Rooney, Teddy Rooney, Mickey Rooney Jr., Tim Rooney, Michael Rooney, Jonelle Rooney
FatherJoe Yule
MotherNellie W. Carter
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBrooklyn · Westlake Village, United States of America
Also Known AsJoseph Yule Jr., Joe Yule Jr., Mickey Yule, Mickey McGuire, Michael McGuire, Michael Rooney
AwardsGolden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Bronze Star Medal, Academy Honorary Award, Academy Juvenile Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, Theatre World Special Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Emmy Award
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