Mickey Rooney
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-09-23
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Also Known For
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Oct 06, 1961
Night at the Museum
Dec 20, 2006
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Jan 01, 1985
The Fox and the Hound
Jul 10, 1981
Pete's Dragon
Nov 03, 1977
The Care Bears Movie
Mar 23, 1985
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Nov 07, 1963
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Mar 06, 1936
My Outlaw Brother
Aug 22, 1951
Quicksand
Mar 24, 1950
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Jul 15, 1989
Erik the Viking
Sep 01, 1989
The Domino Principle
Mar 23, 1977
Evil Roy Slade
Feb 18, 1972
The Comedian
Feb 14, 1957
Babe: Pig in the City
Nov 25, 1998
Babes in Arms
Oct 10, 1939
Phantom of the Megaplex
Nov 10, 2000
Skidoo
Dec 19, 1968
The Thirsting
Jan 01, 2006
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Dec 10, 1974
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Dec 14, 1970
Drive a Crooked Road
Mar 10, 1954
Hollywood Legenden
Jan 01, 2004
Pulp
Nov 01, 1972
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Jul 01, 1979
Manhattan Melodrama
May 04, 1934
The Happy Elf
Dec 02, 2005
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Dec 01, 1954
Girl Crazy
Nov 26, 1943
Baby Face Nelson
Dec 11, 1957
The Secret Invasion
Sep 16, 1964
Bill
Dec 22, 1981
Bill: On His Own
Nov 09, 1983
Boys Town
Sep 08, 1938
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
Jan 01, 2005
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Feb 10, 2010
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon
Feb 10, 2010
High Speed
Apr 02, 1932
Operation Mad Ball
Aug 17, 1957
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Jun 11, 1961
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Dec 01, 1942
Summer Holiday
Apr 15, 1948
Words and Music
Dec 31, 1948
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Dec 25, 1946
Thousands Cheer
Sep 13, 1943
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Feb 21, 1941
Babes on Broadway
Dec 31, 1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Aug 15, 1941
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Jul 05, 1940
Strike Up the Band
Sep 27, 1940
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Jul 21, 1939
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Jul 22, 1938
The Hunter
Oct 11, 1931
The Our Gang Story
Jan 01, 1994
Hide-Out
Aug 24, 1934
Captains Courageous
Jun 25, 1937
Marilyn and I
Jan 20, 2019
National Velvet
Jan 26, 1945
The Human Comedy
Mar 02, 1943
The Black Stallion
Oct 13, 1979
Trifles of Importance
Jul 13, 1940
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Jun 03, 1933
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Feb 18, 2001
Showbiz Goes to War
Dec 31, 1982
Empire State Building Murders
Aug 14, 2008
Hollywood Handicap
May 28, 1938
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Dec 15, 1984
The Manipulator
Dec 15, 1971
Mickey's Whirlwinds
Apr 27, 1930
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
Nov 06, 1991
Arabian Adventure
Jul 08, 1979
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Mar 03, 1942
The Last Mile
Feb 18, 1959
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Oct 16, 1962
A Christmas Too Many
Dec 04, 2007
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Feb 18, 1998
Young Tom Edison
Mar 15, 1940
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
May 04, 1944
The Comic
Nov 19, 1969
Killing Midnight
Jan 01, 1997
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Feb 10, 1939
Hollywood Blue
Nov 18, 1970
The Strip
Aug 31, 1951
The Fireball
Nov 09, 1950
The Big Wheel
Nov 04, 1949
Killer McCoy
Dec 01, 1947
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Nov 25, 1937
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
Jul 15, 2005
Broadway to Hollywood
Sep 15, 1933
The Magic of Lassie
Aug 02, 1978
Francis in the Haunted House
Jul 09, 1956
All Ashore
Mar 03, 1953
Sound Off
May 15, 1952
The Extraordinary Seaman
May 14, 1969
Ambush Bay
May 10, 1966
Out West with the Hardys
Nov 25, 1938
Judge Hardy and Son
Dec 22, 1939
Ah, Wilderness!
Dec 25, 1935
Rendezvous
Oct 25, 1935
Riffraff
Jan 03, 1936
Lord Jeff
Jun 17, 1938
Men of Boys Town
Apr 11, 1941
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Jan 10, 1972
Off Limits
Dec 30, 1952
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Mar 01, 1991
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Dec 01, 1958
Judge Hardy's Children
Mar 26, 1938
Creole
Jan 01, 1981
The Atomic Kid
Dec 08, 1954
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Apr 18, 1986
Fol-de-Rol
Feb 27, 1972
A Family Affair
Mar 12, 1937
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Dec 22, 1958
The Hardys Ride High
Apr 21, 1939
You're Only Young Once
Dec 10, 1937
Cinema Circus
Jan 27, 1937
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Apr 01, 1970
Revenge of the Red Baron
Sep 28, 1994
Officer Thirteen
Nov 26, 1932
Platinum High School
May 13, 1960
Everything's Ducky
Dec 20, 1961
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Dec 02, 1950
The Bold and the Brave
Jan 04, 1956
The Big Chance
Aug 28, 1933
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Oct 13, 1955
The First of May
Mar 20, 1999
Mickey's Race
Apr 13, 1933
The Healer
Jun 14, 1935
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Jun 11, 1998
Slave Ship
Jun 16, 1937
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Jan 01, 1982
A Slight Case of Larceny
Jun 05, 1953
Live, Love and Learn
Oct 29, 1937
The Devil in Love
Dec 21, 1966
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Oct 13, 2019
Mr. Broadway
May 11, 1957
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Jan 06, 1998
Stablemates
Oct 07, 1938
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Feb 25, 1983
Mickey's Luck
Mar 29, 1930
Mickey's Ape Man
Jan 19, 1933
Down the Stretch
Sep 18, 1936
The World Changes
Nov 25, 1933
Home for Christmas
Dec 02, 1990
Mickey's Pals
Oct 02, 1927
Mickey's Eleven
Nov 07, 1927
Mickey in School
Feb 06, 1928
Mickey's Movies
Sep 02, 1928
Mickey the Detective
Oct 27, 1928
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
Dec 22, 1928
Mickey's Great Idea
Jan 29, 1929
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
Jun 08, 1929
Mickey's Surprise
Sep 14, 1929
Mickey's Mix-Up
Oct 12, 1929
Mickey's Big Moment
Nov 09, 1929
Mickey's Champs
Feb 02, 1930
Mickey's Explorers
Feb 17, 1929
Mickey's Warriors
May 24, 1930
Mickey's Stampede
Feb 06, 1931
Mickey's Rebellion
Jun 23, 1931
Mickey's Wildcats
Sep 11, 1931
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Sep 18, 1931
Mickey's Touchdown
Oct 13, 1933
Mickey's Tent Show
Oct 26, 1933
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Nov 29, 1933
Mickey's Minstrels
Jan 10, 1934
Mickey's Rescue
Mar 22, 1934
Mickey's Medicine Man
May 17, 1934
Mickey the Great
Apr 06, 1945
80 Steps to Jonah
Dec 01, 1969
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
Mar 24, 1930
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Jan 20, 1960
Love Is a Headache
Jan 14, 1938
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
Jan 21, 2006
The Big Operator
Aug 01, 1959
Hoosier Schoolboy
Jul 07, 1937
Leave 'Em Laughing
Apr 29, 1981
Hold That Kiss
May 13, 1938
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jun 05, 1995
Mickey's Rivals
Sep 30, 1928
Mickey's Midnite Follies
Aug 18, 1929
Mickey's Menagerie
Mar 17, 1929
Reckless
Apr 19, 1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oct 09, 1935
Lightning, the White Stallion
Oct 17, 1986
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Dec 17, 2014
Making Waves
Jan 01, 1994
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Mar 08, 1965
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Sep 02, 2007
The Chief
Nov 03, 1933
Blind Date
Jul 20, 1934
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Jul 14, 1965
Thunder County
Jan 01, 1974
Sin's Pay Day
Mar 02, 1932
The Devil Is a Sissy
Sep 18, 1936
My Pal, the King
Apr 03, 1932
Boys Will Be Boys
Feb 24, 1999
Sweet Justice
Apr 07, 1993
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Sep 01, 1992
Brothers' Destiny
Jan 01, 1995
Rachel's Man
Apr 01, 1976
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Jan 13, 2009
The Fisherman
Dec 07, 1931
The Hare Mail
Nov 30, 1931
Radio Rhythm
Jul 26, 1931
Bluegrass
Feb 28, 1988
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Jan 09, 1939
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Sep 26, 1961
A Yank at Eton
Sep 01, 1942
Hot Feet
Sep 13, 1931
Richard
Jul 31, 1972
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
Jun 13, 2008
That's Entertainment!
Jun 21, 1974
Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney
Apr 01, 1997
Mickey's Circus
Sep 03, 1927
Mickey's Brown Derby
May 11, 1929
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Sep 10, 1990
Maximum Force
Oct 07, 1992
Driving Me Crazy
Jan 06, 2012
Rodeo Dough
Nov 09, 1940
My Kidnapper, My Love
Dec 08, 1980
Find the Lady
Nov 11, 1976
Internet Love
Jul 03, 1998
There Must Be a Pony
Oct 05, 1986
Little Spies
Oct 05, 1986
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Jan 01, 1940
Showbiz Kids
Jul 14, 2020
Vienna
Jan 01, 1968
That's Entertainment, Part II
May 16, 1976
The Voices from Beyond
Feb 20, 2012
The Big Cage
May 01, 1933
The Milky Life
Feb 23, 1993
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Oct 01, 1998
Mickey's Disguises
Jul 17, 1933
The Lost Jungle
Jun 13, 1934
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Jun 09, 2017
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Feb 17, 1995
The Emperor of Peru
Dec 09, 1982
The Beast of the City
Feb 13, 1932
Cinema Stars - No. 15
Jan 01, 1925
That's Entertainment! III
Jul 01, 1994
Night Club
Apr 11, 2011
Mickey's Battle
Dec 05, 1927
Mickey's Little Eva
Apr 01, 1928
Judy Garland Duets
Jun 04, 2005
The Magic Voyage
Apr 09, 1992
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Jan 31, 2017
Magnificent Roughnecks
Jul 22, 1956
The Intruder
Jan 01, 1975
To Kill a Mockumentary
Jan 01, 2004
Pinocchio
Oct 13, 1957
Death on the Diamond
Sep 14, 1934
A Dream Comes True
Dec 31, 1935
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Nov 20, 1935
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Oct 14, 2008
Show-Business at War
May 21, 1943
Judy Garland: By Myself
Feb 25, 2004
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Jul 31, 1940
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Aug 06, 1975
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
May 29, 1940
Adventures of the Black Stallion
Sep 15, 1990
Ace of Hearts
Aug 22, 1975
Fast Companions
Jun 22, 1932
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Jan 01, 1991
From the Ends of the Earth
May 28, 1939
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Oct 24, 1940
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Mar 09, 1986
From Raquel with Love
Nov 23, 1980
Love Birds
May 04, 1934
Donovan's Kid
Jan 07, 1979
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
May 02, 2014
The County Chairman
Jan 11, 1935
Chained
Aug 31, 1934
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Aug 10, 2003
Half a Sinner
Jun 01, 1934
The Godmothers
Dec 12, 1973
Senior Trip
Dec 30, 1981
Another Romance of Celluloid
Feb 05, 1938
Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner
May 22, 2019
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Jul 02, 2009
Mickey's Wild West
May 07, 1928
It's Showtime
Mar 31, 1976
Mickey's 50
Nov 19, 1978
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
Dec 13, 2008
Sid & Judy
Jun 26, 2019
Personalities
Jan 01, 1942
Illusion Infinity
Jan 01, 2004
Orchids and Ermine
Mar 06, 1927
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Feb 20, 1990
Journey Back to Oz
Dec 14, 1972
The Muppets
Nov 22, 2011
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Apr 08, 1939
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Dec 31, 1971
Hollywood’s Children
Feb 24, 1982
From Hong Kong with Love
Dec 17, 1975
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now
Mar 19, 1953
Liberation
Jan 01, 1994
Beloved
Jan 22, 1934
The Lion Roars Again
Jan 01, 1975
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Jan 01, 1983
March of Dimes
Jan 01, 1938
The Polio Crusade
Feb 02, 2009
I Like it That Way
Apr 01, 1934
Night of 100 Stars
Mar 08, 1982
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Dec 31, 2009
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Apr 14, 1997
Mickey's Busy Day
Jan 13, 1932
Treasure Train
Dec 13, 2011
Hooray for Hollywood
Jan 01, 1976
The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw
Nov 03, 1991
O’Malley
Jan 08, 1983
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Dec 02, 1989
Lionpower from MGM
Jan 01, 1967
The Norm Show
Mar 24, 1999
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Dick Powell Show
Sep 26, 1961
Burke's Law
Sep 20, 1963
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Jan 27, 1993
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Sep 10, 1950
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
Jan 05, 1992
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Oct 10, 1963
The Golden Girls
Sep 14, 1985
The Care Bears
Sep 14, 1985
The Lucy Show
Oct 01, 1962
E! True Hollywood Story
Aug 21, 1996
Naked City
Sep 30, 1958
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Sep 28, 1997
Full House
Sep 22, 1987
Combat!
Oct 02, 1962
Night Gallery
Dec 16, 1970
The Ed Sullivan Show
Jun 20, 1948
General Electric Theater
Feb 01, 1953
Private Screenings
Mickey
Sep 16, 1964
The Twilight Zone
Oct 02, 1959
ER
Sep 19, 1994
Above the Line
Jul 23, 2008
Rawhide
Jan 09, 1959
The Fugitive
Sep 17, 1963
The Hollywood Palace
Jan 04, 1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Jan 22, 1968
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Oct 05, 1951
This Is Your Life
Oct 01, 1952
Pete and Gladys
Sep 19, 1960
The Dean Martin Show
Sep 16, 1965
Conan the Adventurer
Sep 22, 1997
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Mar 22, 1992
The Steve Allen Show
Jun 24, 1956
The Match Game
Dec 31, 1962
One of the Boys
Jan 23, 1982
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Hey Mulligan
Aug 28, 1954
Startime
Oct 06, 1959
Jack's Place
May 26, 1992
The George Gobel Show
Oct 02, 1954
This Is Your Life
Sep 24, 1983
The Judy Garland Show
Dec 08, 1963
The Love Boat
Sep 24, 1977
The Jack Benny Program
Oct 28, 1950
Playhouse 90
Oct 04, 1956
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Aug 29, 1991
The Dick Powell Show
Sep 26, 1961
The Dick Powell Show
Sep 26, 1961
The Bob Hope Show
Apr 09, 1950
Arrest and Trial
Sep 15, 1963
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Jul 29, 1957
Dan August
Sep 23, 1970
Murder, She Wrote
Sep 30, 1984
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Oct 03, 2009
December Bride
Oct 04, 1954
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Oct 04, 1963
The Carol Burnett Show
Sep 11, 1967
The Steve Allen Show
Jun 24, 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Jun 24, 1956
The Mike Douglas Show
Dec 11, 1961
The Hollywood Palace
Jan 04, 1964
What's My Line?
Feb 02, 1950
Legends
Nov 17, 2006
The Red Skelton Show
Sep 30, 1951
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
The Danny Thomas Hour
Sep 11, 1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
The Wonderful World of Disney
Oct 27, 1954
Wagon Train
Sep 18, 1957
The Jerry Lewis Show
Sep 21, 1963
What's My Line?
Feb 02, 1950
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
The Wonderful World of Disney
Oct 27, 1954
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Remember WENN
Jan 13, 1996
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Oct 04, 1963
