Mickey Rooney

ActorCrewWriterDirectorProducer Sep 23 (died age 93) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1925–2019 (94 year career)

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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 f…

Known For

Film

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Mr. Yunioshi

Film

Night at the Museum

Gus

Film

The Fox and the Hound

Tod (voice)

Film

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Gus

Film

The Muppets

Smalltown Resident

Film

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Sparky (voice)

Film

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Film

Pete's Dragon

Lampie

Filmography

Acting (383)

Movies (310)

Sid & Judy

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Marilyn and I

2019

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019

as (archive footage)

5.7

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2017

as Mr. Louis

4.2

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

2017

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014

as Gus

6.2

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

2014

as Self

7.0

Driving Me Crazy

2012

as Mr. Cohen

The Voices from Beyond

2012

as Johnny O'Hara

The Muppets

2011

as Smalltown Resident

6.7

Night Club

2011

as Jerry Sherman

Treasure Train

2011

Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

2010

as Self

The Polio Crusade

2009

as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective

2009

as Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

2009

as (archive footage)

6.0

Lost Stallions: The Journey Home

2008

as Chief

8.0

A Miser Brothers' Christmas

2008

as Santa Claus (voice)

5.9

Empire State Building Murders

2008

as Mickey Silver

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

as Self

A Christmas Too Many

as Grandpa

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

as Self

Night at the Museum

as Gus

Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star

The Thirsting

as Savy

Judy Garland Duets

as Self (archive footage)

The Happy Elf

2005

as Santa Claus

4.6

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams

2005

as David McCord

5.3

Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

2005

as Self

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self - Actor (voice)

Hollywood Legenden

as Self

Illusion Infinity

as Simon / Henry, Sr.

To Kill a Mockumentary

2004

as Max

4.5

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003

as Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")

6.1

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

2001

as Sparky (voice)

6.4

Phantom of the Megaplex

as Movie Mason

The First of May

as Boss Ed

Boys Will Be Boys

as Wellington

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

as Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel

5.7

Internet Love

1998

as Self

10.0

Animals with the Tollkeeper

1998

as Tollkeeper

7.3

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights

1998

as Sage

2.8

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

1998

as Griffith

3.4

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

1998

as Andy Hardy (archive footage)

5.2

Killing Midnight

1997

as Professor Mort Sang

1.0

Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney

1997

as Self

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

1997

as Self - Actor

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

as O.B. Taggart

Brothers' Destiny

as Father Flanagan

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self

7.8

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

7.0

Liberation

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Making Waves

1994

as Gabriel

3.8

Revenge of the Red Baron

as Grandpa Spencer

The Milky Life

as Barry Reilly

Maximum Force

as Chief of Police

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

1992

as Pat Jensen

4.5

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker

1991

as Joe Petto

4.6

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

1991

as The Director

4.6

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

1991

as Self (archive footage)

Sweet Justice

1991

as Zeke

4.1

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

1991

as Junion

6.1

Adventures of the Black Stallion

1990

as Henry Dailey

10.0

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Home for Christmas

1990

as Elmer

6.3

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.3

Erik the Viking

1989

as Erik's Grandfather

5.9

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

as Self

Bluegrass

1988

as John Paul Jones

3.5

Lightning, the White Stallion

1986

as Barney Ingram

3.5

There Must Be a Pony

1986

as Himself (uncredited)

6.2

Little Spies

1986

as James Turner

6.1

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1986

as Jack Bergan

6.2

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

as Self

8.0

The Care Bears Movie

1985

as Mr. Cherrywood (voice)

6.0

That's Dancing!

1985

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985

as Self (archive footage)

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

as Mike Halligan

Bill: On His Own

as Bill Sackter

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

O’Malley

1983

as Mickey O’Malley

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

1983

as Self

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self (archive footage)

The Emperor of Peru

as The Engineer

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Fox and the Hound

as Tod (voice)

Bill

as Bill Sackter

Creole

as Narrator

Senior Trip

as Self

Leave 'Em Laughing

as Jack Thum

From Raquel with Love

1980

as Paradise Cab Company cabbie

My Kidnapper, My Love

as The Maker

The Black Stallion

as Henry Dailey

Donovan's Kid

as Bailey

Arabian Adventure

as Daad El Shur

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

1979

as Santa Claus (voice)

6.4

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

The Magic of Lassie

as Gus

Pete's Dragon

as Lampie

The Domino Principle

as Spiventa

Find the Lady

as Trigger

Rachel's Man

as Laban

It's Showtime

1976

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Hooray for Hollywood

1976

as Narrator

The Lion Roars Again

1975

as Self (uncredited)

The Intruder

1975

as Capt. Jenkins

5.1

From Hong Kong with Love

1975

as Marty

4.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Ace of Hearts

1975

as Papa Joe

That's Entertainment!

1974

as Self - Host / Narrator

7.4

The Year Without a Santa Claus

1974

as Santa Claus (voice)

7.1

Thunder County

1974

as Gas Station Attendant

3.0

The Godmothers

1973

as Rocky Mastrasso

3.0

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

Pulp

as Preston Gilbert

Journey Back to Oz

as Scarecrow (voice)

Richard

as Guardian Angel

Evil Roy Slade

as Nelson L. Stool

Fol-de-Rol

as The Executioner / Noah

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971

as Mickey Rooney (uncredited)

4.3

The Manipulator

1971

as B.J. Lang

3.4

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

1970

as Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)

7.1

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

as Indian Tom

Hollywood Blue

The Comic

as Cockeye

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969

as Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe

80 Steps to Jonah

as Wilfred Bashford

Skidoo

as George 'Blue Chips' Packard

Vienna

Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Cook 3 / Self - C W. J. Oglethorpe (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

Ambush Bay

1966

as Sgt. Ernest Wartell

5.2

The Devil in Love

1966

as Adramelek

5.6

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

1965

as Norman Jones

5.9

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as Peachy Keane

The Secret Invasion

as Terence Scanlon

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Ding 'Dingy' Bell

7.0

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1962

as Army

7.2

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

as Mr. Yunioshi

7.6

Everything's Ducky

1961

as Kermit 'Beetle' McKay

5.3

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

1961

as Johnny Burke

6.0

Who Killed Julie Greer?

1961

as Mike Zampini

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve

1960

as Nick Lewis / The Devil

Platinum High School

as Steven Conway

The Last Mile

as John Mears

The Big Operator

as Little Joe Braun

Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958

as Andy Hardy

4.5

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

as Gus Harris

Operation Mad Ball

as MSgt. Yancy Skibo

The Comedian

as Sammy Hogarth

Mr. Broadway

Baby Face Nelson

as Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis

5.6

Pinocchio

1957

as Pinocchio

Magnificent Roughnecks

1956

as Frank Sommers

The Bold and the Brave

1956

as Willie Dooley

5.6

Francis in the Haunted House

1956

as David Prescott

5.1

The Twinkle In God's Eye

1955

as Rev. William Macklin II

7.0

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

as Mike Forney

Drive a Crooked Road

as Eddie Shannon

The Atomic Kid

as Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry

4.5

Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now

1953

as Himself

All Ashore

1953

as Francis 'Moby' Dickerson

6.0

A Slight Case of Larceny

1953

as Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers

Off Limits

as Herbert Tuttle

Sound Off

as Mike Donnelly

The Strip

1951

as Stanley Maxton

5.6

My Outlaw Brother

1951

as J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore

5.5

Quicksand

1950

as Daniel 'Dan' Brady

6.0

The Fireball

1950

as Johnny Casar

5.6

He's a Cockeyed Wonder

as Freddie Frisby

The Big Wheel

as Billy Coy

Words and Music

as Lorenz Hart

Summer Holiday

as Richard Miller

Killer McCoy

as Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy

6.0

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

as Andy Hardy

5.5

National Velvet

1945

as Michael 'Mi' Taylor

7.2

Mickey the Great

1945

as Mickey McGuire

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

as Andy Hardy

Show-Business at War

as Self

Girl Crazy

as Danny Churchill, Jr.

5.4

Thousands Cheer

1943

as Himself - Emcee at the Show

6.4

The Human Comedy

1943

as Homer Macauley

6.2

Andy Hardy's Double Life

1942

as Andy Hardy

4.8

Personalities

1942

as Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)

A Yank at Eton

1942

as Timothy Dennis

6.0

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

as Andy Hardy

Babes on Broadway

as Tommy Williams

Men of Boys Town

as Whitey Marsh

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

1941

as Andy Hardy

5.4

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

1941

as Andy Hardy

5.9

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.5

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Self

5.5

Young Tom Edison

1940

as Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison

5.8

Trifles of Importance

1940

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self

Strike Up the Band

as Jimmy Connors

Rodeo Dough

as Mickey Rooney

Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

1940

as Andy Hardy

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

as Andy Hardy

The Hardys Ride High

as Andy Hardy

Judge Hardy and Son

as Andy Hardy

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939

as Huckleberry Finn

6.6

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

as Mickey Rooney

Babes in Arms

as Mickey Moran

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

1939

as Andy Hardy

5.4

Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)

as Andy Hardy

Hollywood Handicap

as Himself

Love Is a Headache

as Mike O'Toole

Boys Town

as Whitey Marsh

Stablemates

as Mickey

Hold That Kiss

as Chick Evans

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)

March of Dimes

as Mickey

Lord Jeff

as Terry O'Mulvaney

Love Finds Andy Hardy

1938

as Andy Hardy

6.1

Out West with the Hardys

1938

as Andy Hardy

6.4

Judge Hardy's Children

as Andy Hardy

Live, Love and Learn

as Jerry Crump

A Family Affair

as Andy Hardy

Captains Courageous

as Dan Troop

Hoosier Schoolboy

as Shockey Carter

Cinema Circus

as Himself

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

1937

as Timmie Donovan

5.7

You're Only Young Once

as Andy Hardy

Slave Ship

as Swifty

Down the Stretch

as Snapper Sinclair

Riffraff

as Jimmy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Dick Tipton

The Devil Is a Sissy

as 'Gig' Stevens

The County Chairman

as Freckles

Ah, Wilderness!

as Tommy Miller

Reckless

as Eddie

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935

as Puck

6.3

Rendezvous

1935

as Country Boy (uncredited)

The Healer

as Jimmy

A Dream Comes True

as Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.5

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

as Mickey Rooney

Blind Date

as Freddie Taylor

Mickey's Rescue

as Mickey McGuire

The Lost Jungle

1934

as Lead Boy at Circus

Manhattan Melodrama

as Blackie as a Boy

Love Birds

as Gladwyn Tootle

Chained

as Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)

6.8

Beloved

1934

as Tommy, a Violin Student

I Like it That Way

as Messenger Boy

Death on the Diamond

as Mickey

Mickey's Medicine Man

1934

as Mickey McGuire

Hide-Out

1934

as William 'Willie' Miller

6.9

Half a Sinner

1934

as Willie Clark

Mickey's Minstrels

1934

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Touchdown

1933

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Ape Man

1933

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Disguises

1933

as Mickey McGuire

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

1933

as Freckles (uncredited)

The Big Cage

as Jimmy O'Hara

The Big Chance

as Arthur Wilson

The World Changes

as Otto Peterson as a Child

4.3

The Chief

1933

as Willie

3.0

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

as Ted Hackett III as Child

4.6

Mickey's Race

1933

as Mickey McGuire

6.0

Mickey's Covered Wagon

1933

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Tent Show

1933

as Mickey McGuire

Officer Thirteen

1932

as Buddy Malone

6.2

The Beast of the City

1932

as Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)

5.9

High Speed

1932

as Buddy Whipple (uncredited)

2.0

My Pal, the King

1932

as King Charles V

Fast Companions

1932

as Midge

6.0

Mickey's Busy Day

1932

as Mickey McGuire

Sin's Pay Day

1932

as Chubby Dennis

5.2

Mickey's Rebellion

1931

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Wildcats

1931

as Mickey McGuire

Hot Feet

1931

as Oswald (voice) (uncredited)

4.3

Radio Rhythm

1931

as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)

6.5

The Hunter

1931

as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)

5.8

The Hare Mail

1931

as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)

5.0

Mickey's Stampede

1931

as Mickey McGuire

The Fisherman

1931

as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)

4.5

Mickey's Thrill Hunters

1931

as Mickey McGuire

5.0

Mickey's Champs

1930

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Whirlwinds

1930

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Luck

1930

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Warriors

1930

as Mickey McGuire

The Voice of Hollywood No. 8

1930

Mickey's Explorers

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Surprise

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Brown Derby

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Big Moment

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Mix-Up

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Northwest Mounted

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Menagerie

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Great Idea

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Midnite Follies

1929

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Little Eva

1928

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Wild West

1928

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Rivals

1928

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Movies

1928

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey in School

1928

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey the Detective

1928

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Big Game Hunt

1928

as Mickey McGuire

Orchids and Ermine

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Pals

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Circus

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Battle

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Eleven

1927

as Mickey McGuire

Cinema Stars - No. 15

1925

Television (73)

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Above the Line

Legends

as Self

American Dad!

as Short Producer (voice)

The Norm Show

Conan the Adventurer

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

Remember WENN

as Mr. Hardy

E! True Hollywood Story

as George Bikel

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

1993

as Harold Lang

6.7

The Adventures of the Black Stallion

Jack's Place

MGM: When the Lion Roars

1992

8.0

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

1991

as Self

6.0

The Simpsons

1989

as Mickey Rooney (voice)

Full House

The Golden Girls

as Rocco

The Care Bears

Murder, She Wrote

as Matt Cleveland

This Is Your Life

as Self

One of the Boys

1982

4.3

The Love Boat

1977

as Dominicus Angelara

Great Performances

as Self

Night Gallery

as August Kolodney

Dan August

as Kenny O'Malley

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self (uncredited)

6.6

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

7.7

Omnibus

1967

as Self

7.2

The Danny Thomas Hour

as Self

The Dean Martin Show

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

Mickey

as Mickey Grady

The Fugitive

as Charlie Paris

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as George M. Cohan

Burke's Law

as Archie Lido

Arrest and Trial

as Hoagy Blair

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Sheriff Williams

5.3

The Judy Garland Show

as Self

The Jerry Lewis Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Combat!

as Harry White

The Lucy Show

as Mickey Rooney

The Match Game

as Himself - Team Captain

8.1

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

The Dick Powell Show

as Mike Zampini

The Investigators

as Jack Daley

Pete and Gladys

The Twilight Zone

as Michael Grady

Rawhide

as Pan Macropolous

Startime

Naked City

as George Bick

Wagon Train

as Samuel T. Evans

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Nominee/Performer

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

Playhouse 90

as Sammy Hogarth

December Bride

as Self

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Old Bailey

7.8

The George Gobel Show

as Self

Hey Mulligan

as Mickey Mulligan

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Al Roberts

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Red Skelton Show

as Self / Perry Masonjar

7.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Red McGivney

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Self / Killer Looney

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas

7.2

Private Screenings

as Self

8.0

Crew (9)

Movies (7)

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014

In Memory Of

6.2

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

Writer

The Godmothers

Writer

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve

Director

The Atomic Kid

Producer

My Outlaw Brother

Executive Producer

My True Story

Director

Television (2)

Ace Crawford, Private Eye

Writer

Hey Mulligan

Producer