Mickey Rooney
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 23, 1920
Day of Death: April 6, 2014 (94 years old)
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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Actor Jimmy Connors
Strike Up the Band
Actor Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Actor Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
Young Tom Edison
Actor Mickey Rooney
Rodeo Dough
Actor Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Actor Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Actor Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Actor Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Actor Self (archive footage)
Trifles of Importance
1939
Actor Mickey Moran
Babes in Arms
Actor Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Actor Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Actor Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy and Son
Actor Andy Hardy
The Hardys Ride High
Actor Andy Hardy
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Actor Self
From the Ends of the Earth
Actor Mickey Rooney
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1938
Actor Whitey Marsh
Boys Town
Actor Andy Hardy
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Actor Himself
Hollywood Handicap
Actor Terry O'Mulvaney
Lord Jeff
Actor Andy Hardy
Out West with the Hardys
Actor Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy's Children
Actor Mickey
Stablemates
Actor Mike O'Toole
Love Is a Headache
Actor Chick Evans
Hold That Kiss
Actor Self (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Actor Mickey
March of Dimes
1937
1936
1935
1934
Actor Blackie as a Boy
Manhattan Melodrama
Actor William 'Willie' Miller
Hide-Out
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Medicine Man
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Minstrels
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rescue
Actor Freddie Taylor
Blind Date
Actor Mickey
Death on the Diamond
Actor Gladwyn Tootle
Love Birds
Actor Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
Chained
Actor Willie Clark
Half a Sinner
Actor Tommy, a Violin Student
Beloved
Actor Messenger Boy
I Like it That Way
1933
Actor Ted Hackett III as Child
Broadway to Hollywood
Actor Arthur Wilson
The Big Chance
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Race
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Ape Man
Actor Otto Peterson as a Child
The World Changes
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Touchdown
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Tent Show
Actor Willie
The Chief
Actor Jimmy O'Hara
The Big Cage
Actor Freckles (uncredited)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1932
1931
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Rebellion
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Stampede
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Wildcats
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Actor Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
The Fisherman
Actor Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
The Hare Mail
Actor Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
Radio Rhythm
Actor Oswald (voice) (uncredited)
Hot Feet
Actor Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
The Hunter
1930
1929
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Great Idea
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Surprise
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Explorers
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Big Moment
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Mix-Up
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Brown Derby
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Midnite Follies
Actor Mickey McGuire
Mickey's Menagerie
