Mickey Rooney
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).
Movies (288)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
Sid & Judy
2019
Marilyn and I
2019
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
Driving Me Crazy
2012
The Muppets
2011
Night Club
2011
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
2010
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
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
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
2008
A Christmas Too Many
2007
Night at the Museum
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
Judy Garland Duets
2005
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
To Kill a Mockumentary
2004
Illusion Infinity
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Cleavage
2002
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001
Phantom of the Megaplex
2000
The First of May
1999
Boys Will Be Boys
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
Killing Midnight
1997
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
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Our Gang Story
1994
Making Waves
1994
Liberation
1994
The Milky Life
1993
Maximum Force
1992
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
Sweet Justice
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: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
Erik the Viking
1989
Lightning, the White Stallion
1986
There Must Be a Pony
1986
Little Spies
1986
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
The Care Bears Movie
1985
That's Dancing!
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
Bill: On His Own
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
O’Malley
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
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Senior Trip
1981
Bill
1981
The Fox and the Hound
1981
Leave 'Em Laughing
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 Domino Principle
1977
Find the Lady
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Rachel's Man
1976
It's Showtime
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
From Hong Kong with Love
1975
Ace of Hearts
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
The Intruder
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
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970
Hollywood Blue
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
80 Steps to Jonah
1969
The Comic
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
Skidoo
1968
Vienna
1968
Lionpower from MGM
1967
The Devil in Love
1966
Ambush Bay
1966
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
The Secret Invasion
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962
Everything's Ducky
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Who Killed Julie Greer?
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
Platinum High School
1960
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
1960
The Big Operator
1959
The Last Mile
1959
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
Baby Face Nelson
1957
Pinocchio
1957
Operation Mad Ball
1957
Mr. Broadway
1957
The Comedian
1957
Magnificent Roughnecks
1956
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
The Bold and the Brave
1956
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
The Atomic Kid
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
Drive a Crooked Road
1954
A Slight Case of Larceny
1953
All Ashore
1953
Off Limits
1952
Sound Off
1952
The Strip
1951
My Outlaw Brother
1951
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950
The Fireball
1950
Quicksand
1950
The Big Wheel
1949
Words and Music
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
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
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
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
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
The Lost Jungle
1934
Half a Sinner
1934
Mickey's Medicine Man
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Love Birds
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
Mickey's Disguises
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
My Pal, the King
1932
High Speed
1932
Sin's Pay Day
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
The Hunter
1931
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
1931
Mickey's Wildcats
1931
Mickey's Rebellion
1931
Mickey's Stampede
1931
Mickey's Warriors
1930
Mickey's Whirlwinds
1930
Mickey's Luck
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
TV Shows (75)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Legends
2006
American Dad!
2005
The Norm Show
1999
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
Conan the Adventurer
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Remember WENN
1996
ER
1994
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
Jack's Place
1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
1992
The Simpsons
1989
Bluegrass
1988
Full House
1987
The Golden Girls
1985
The Care Bears
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Love Boat
1977
Great Performances
1971
Night Gallery
1970
Dan August
1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Omnibus
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Mickey
1964
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Judy Garland Show
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Fugitive
1963
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Match Game
1962
Combat!
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Investigators
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961
Pete and Gladys
1960
Startime
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Rawhide
1959
Naked City
1958
Wagon Train
1957
Playhouse 90
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Tony Awards
1956
MGM Parade
1955
MGM Parade
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
December Bride
1954
The Oscars
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
This Is Your Life
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
