
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mickey Rooney (born September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor of film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. Beginning as a child actor, his career extended over 90 years, making him one of the most enduring performers in show business history. He appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era, having one of the longest careers in the medium's history. At the height of a career that was marked by precipitous declines and raging comebacks, he played the role of Andy Hardy in a series of fifteen films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values. A prolific talent, he became a noted character actor later in his career, and could sing, dance, clown and play various musical instruments. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney "the greatest actor of them all", and 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 age six. At age thirteen he played the role Puck in the play and later the film, A Midsummer Night's Dream in an acclaimed performance, which critic David Thomson praised as "one of cinema's most arresting pieces of magic." He co-starred in Boys Town (1938) with Spencer Tracy, who won an Oscar for his role. At nineteen he was the first teenager to be nominated for an Oscar, for his leading role in Babes in Arms, co-starring Judy Garland, and was awarded a special Juvenile Academy Award in 1939. Overall, between the age of 15 and 25, while at his peak, he made forty-three pictures and co-starred alongside leading actors, including Judy Garland, Wallace Beery, Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. Rooney developed into one of MGM's most consistently successful actors, and a favorite of studio head, Louis B. Mayer. He was the top box office attraction of 1939, but his career never rose to such heights again. He was drafted into the Army during World War II, serving nearly two years entertaining over 2 million troops on stage and on the radio. He was awarded a Bronze Star for performing in combat zones. After he returned from the war in 1945, too old for juvenile roles but too short to be a movie star, he was not able to obtain acting roles as significant as before. Nevertheless, Rooney was tenacious and he rebounded, his popularity renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and The Black Stallion (1979), for which he was Oscar nominated. In the early 1980s he returned to Broadway in Sugar Babies and once more was a celebrated star. He also made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs and talk shows. During his career, he received four Academy Award nominations and was nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning one.
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Movie | Phantom of the Megaplex | Movie Mason | 2000-11-10 |
Movie | The First of May | Boss Ed | 1999-03-20 |
Movie | Boys Will Be Boys | Wellington | 1999-02-24 |
Series | The Norm Show | Unknown | 1999-03-24 |
Movie | Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy | (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Animals with the Tollkeeper | 1998-01-06 | |
Movie | Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights | 1998-06-11 | |
Movie | Babe: Pig in the City | Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel | 1998-11-25 |
Series | Conan the Adventurer | Unknown | 1997-09-22 |
Movie | Michael Kael contre la World News Company | 1997-11-02 | |
Series | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Unknown | 1997-09-23 |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995-06-05 | |
Movie | Revenge of the Red Baron | Grandpa Spencer | 1994-09-28 |
Movie | Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | 1994-01-01 | |
Movie | That's Entertainment! III | Himself - Co-Host / Narrator | 1994-07-01 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | The Milky Life | Barry Reilly | 1993-02-23 |
Series | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Unknown | 1993-01-27 |
Movie | Sweet Justice | Zeke | 1993-04-07 |
Series | The Adventures of the Black Stallion | 1992-01-05 | |
Series | MGM: When the Lion Roars | 1992-03-22 | |
Movie | The Magic Voyage | Narrator (voice) | 1992-04-09 |
Movie | Maximum Force | Chief of Police | 1992-10-07 |
Movie | The Legend of Wolf Mountain | Pat Jensen | 1992-09-01 |
Movie | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Junion, Jesse's Roommate at Retirement Home | 1991-03-01 |
Movie | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Archive Footage | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker | Joe Petto | 1991-11-06 |
Movie | Home for Christmas | Elmer | 1990-12-02 |
Movie | Erik the Viking | Erik's Grandfather | 1989-09-22 |
Movie | Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland | Flip | 1989-07-15 |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Bluegrass | John Paul Jones | 1988-12-12 |
Series | Full House | Unknown | 1987-09-22 |
Movie | The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Jack Bergan | 1986-04-18 |
Movie | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | 1986-03-09 | |
Series | The Care Bears | 1986-09-13 | |
Movie | Lightning, the White Stallion | Barney Ingram | 1986-10-17 |
Movie | Little Spies | James Turner (The Hermit) | 1986-10-05 |
Movie | There Must Be a Pony | Himself (uncredited) | 1986-10-05 |
Movie | The Care Bears Movie | Mr. Cherrywood (voice) | 1985-03-23 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Mike Halligan | 1984-12-15 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Himself (archive footage) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Bill: On His Own | Bill Sackter | 1983-11-09 |
Series | One of the Boys | 1982-01-23 | |
Movie | Leave 'em Laughing | Jack Thum | 1981-04-29 |
Movie | The Fox and the Hound | Tod (voice) | 1981-07-10 |
Movie | Bill | Bill Sackter | 1981-12-22 |
Movie | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Santa Claus | 1979-07-01 |
Movie | The Black Stallion | Henry Dailey | 1979-10-17 |
Movie | Arabian Adventure | Daad El Shur | 1979-07-08 |
Movie | The Magic of Lassie | Gus | 1978-08-02 |
Movie | The Domino Principle | Oscar Spiventa | 1977-03-23 |
Movie | Pete's Dragon | Lampie | 1977-11-03 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | Clips from 'Girl Crazy' & 'Words and Music' etc. (archive footage) | 1976-05-17 |
Movie | Find the Lady | Trigger | 1976-11-11 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | Ace of Hearts | Papa Joe | 1975-08-22 |
Movie | Thunder County | Gas Station Attendant | 1974-01-01 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | Himself - Co-Host / Narrator / Clips from 'Babes in Arms' - 'Girl Crazy' - 'Babes on Broadway' | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Santa Claus (voice) | 1974-12-10 |
Movie | Journey Back to Oz | The Scarecrow | 1974-12-05 |
Movie | Evil Roy Slade | Nelson L. Stool | 1972-02-18 |
Movie | Pulp | Preston Gilbert | 1972-11-01 |
Movie | The Manipulator | B.J. Lang | 1971-12-15 |
Movie | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | Kris Kingle / Santa Claus (voice) | 1970-12-14 |
Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Indian Tom | 1970-04-01 |
Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | The Comic | Martin "Cockeye" Van Buren | 1969-11-19 |
Movie | The Extraordinary Seaman | Cook 3 / C.W.J. Oglethorpe | 1969-05-14 |
Movie | 80 Steps to Jonah | Wilfred Bashford | 1969-12-01 |
Movie | Vienna | 1968-01-01 | |
Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1968-01-22 |
Movie | Skidoo | George 'Blue Chips' Packard | 1968-12-19 |
Movie | Ambush Bay | Sgt. Ernest Wartell | 1966-06-13 |
Movie | The Devil in Love | Adramelek | 1966-12-20 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | 1965-12-31 | |
Movie | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | Peachy Keane | 1965-07-14 |
Movie | Twenty-Four Hours to Kill | Norman Jones | 1965-03-08 |
Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | Mickey | 1964-09-16 | |
Movie | The Secret Invasion | Terence Scanlon | 1964-09-16 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Movie | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Ding 'Dingy' Bell | 1963-11-07 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
Movie | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Army | 1962-10-16 |
Movie | King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Johnny Burke | 1961-06-11 |
Movie | Everything's Ducky | Kermit 'Beetle' McKay | 1961-12-20 |
Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Mr. Yunioshi | 1961-10-05 |
Movie | The Private Lives of Adam and Eve | Nick Lewis / The Devil | 1960-01-20 |
Movie | Platinum High School | Steven Conway | 1960-05-13 |
Movie | The Last Mile | 'Killer' John Mears | 1959-02-18 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | The Big Operator | Little Joe Braun | 1959-08-01 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Gus Harris | 1958-12-01 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Andy Hardy Comes Home | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1958-12-22 |
Movie | Operation Mad Ball | MSgt. Yancy Skibo | 1957-01-01 |
Movie | The Comedian | Sammy Hogarth | 1957-02-14 |
Movie | Baby Face Nelson | Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis | 1957-12-11 |
Movie | The Bold and the Brave | Willie Dooley | 1956-01-04 |
Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
Movie | Francis in the Haunted House | David Prescott | 1956-08-01 |
Movie | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Rev. William Macklin II | 1955-10-13 |
Movie | Drive a Crooked Road | Eddie Shannon | 1954-03-10 |
Series | Hey Mulligan | 1954-08-28 | |
Movie | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Mike Forney | 1954-12-01 |
Movie | The Atomic Kid | Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry | 1954-12-08 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | All Ashore | Francis 'Moby' Dickerson | 1953-03-03 |
Movie | A Slight Case Of Larceny | Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers | 1953-06-05 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Movie | Sound Off | Mike Donnelly | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | Off Limits | Herbert Tuttle | 1952-12-30 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | The Strip | Stanley Maxton | 1951-08-01 |
Movie | My Outlaw Brother | J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore | 1951-08-22 |
Movie | He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Freddie Frisby | 1950-02-12 |
Movie | Quicksand | Daniel 'Dan' Brady | 1950-03-24 |
Movie | The Fireball | Johnny Casar | 1950-11-09 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | The Big Wheel | Billy Coy | 1949-11-04 |
Movie | Summer Holiday | Richard Miller | 1948-04-15 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Words and Music | Lorenz Hart | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Andy Hardy | 1947-01-16 |
Movie | Killer McCoy | Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy | 1947-12-01 |
Movie | Mickey the Great | Mickey McGuire | 1945-04-06 |
Movie | National Velvet | Mi Taylor | 1944-12-21 |
Movie | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1944-05-04 |
Movie | Thousands Cheer | Himself - Emcee at the Show | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | The Human Comedy | Homer Macauley | 1943-03-02 |
Movie | Girl Crazy | Danny Churchill, Jr. | 1943-11-26 |
Movie | Show-Business at War | Himself | 1943-05-21 |
Movie | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1942-03-03 |
Movie | A Yank at Eton | Timothy Dennis | 1942-09-01 |
Movie | Andy Hardy's Double Life | Andy Hardy | 1942-12-01 |
Movie | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1941-02-21 |
Movie | Men of Boys Town | Whitey Marsh | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1941-08-15 |
Movie | Babes on Broadway | Tommy Williams | 1941-12-31 |
Movie | The Miracle of Sound | 1940-01-01 | |
Movie | Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things | Andy Hardy | 1940-01-01 |
Movie | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Himself | 1940-05-29 |
Movie | Young Tom Edison | Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | Strike Up the Band | Jimmy Connors | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Rodeo Dough | Mickey Rooney | 1940-11-09 |
Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Himself | 1940-07-31 |
Movie | The Hardys Ride High | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1939-04-21 |
Movie | Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) | Andy Hardy | 1939-01-09 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | From the Ends of the Earth | 1939-05-28 | |
Movie | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1939-07-21 |
Movie | Judge Hardy and Son | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | Babes in Arms | Mickey Moran | 1939-10-13 |
Movie | Hollywood Handicap | Himself | 1938-05-28 |
Movie | Hold That Kiss | Chick Evans | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | Lord Jeff | Terry O'Mulvaney | 1938-06-17 |
Movie | Judge Hardy's Children | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1938-03-26 |
Movie | Love Is a Headache | Mike O'Toole | 1938-01-14 |
Movie | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1938-07-22 |
Movie | Stablemates | Mickey | 1938-10-07 |
Movie | Out West with the Hardys | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1938-11-25 |
Movie | Boys Town | Whitey Marsh | 1938-09-09 |
Movie | A Family Affair | Andy Hardy | 1937-03-12 |
Movie | Cinema Circus | Himself | 1937-01-27 |
Movie | Slave Ship | Swifty | 1937-06-16 |
Movie | Captains Courageous | Dan Troop | 1937-06-25 |
Movie | You're Only Young Once | Andrew 'Andy' Hardy | 1937-12-10 |
Movie | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Timmie Donovan | 1937-12-03 |
Movie | Live, Love and Learn | Jerry Crump | 1937-10-29 |
Movie | Hoosier Schoolboy | Shockey Carter | 1937-07-07 |
Movie | Riffraff | Jimmy | 1936-01-03 |
Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Dick | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | The Devil Is a Sissy | 'Gig' Stevens | 1936-09-18 |
Movie | Down The Stretch | Snapper Sinclair | 1936-09-18 |
Movie | Reckless | Eddie | 1935-04-17 |
Movie | The Healer | Jimmy | 1935-06-14 |
Movie | A Dream Comes True | Puck (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Puck | 1935-10-09 |
Movie | Ah, Wilderness! | Tommy Miller | 1935-12-06 |
Movie | Mickey's Rescue | Mickey McGuire | 1934-03-22 |
Movie | Mickey's Minstrels | Mickey McGuire | 1934-01-10 |
Movie | Mickey's Medicine Man | Mickey McGuire | 1934-05-17 |
Movie | Manhattan Melodrama | Blackie as a Boy | 1934-05-04 |
Movie | Blind Date | Freddie Taylor | 1934-07-20 |
Movie | Death on the Diamond | Mickey | 1934-09-14 |
Movie | Hide-Out | William 'Willie' Miller | 1934-08-24 |
Movie | The Big Chance | Arthur Wilson | 1933-08-28 |
Movie | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Freckles | 1933-06-03 |
Movie | Mickey's Ape Man | Mickey McGuire | 1933-01-19 |
Movie | Mickey's Race | Mickey McGuire | 1933-04-13 |
Movie | The Big Cage | Jimmy O'Hara | 1933-04-30 |
Movie | Mickey's Touchdown | Mickey McGuire | 1933-10-13 |
Movie | Broadway to Hollywood | Ted Hackett III as Child | 1933-09-15 |
Movie | Mickey's Covered Wagon | Mickey McGuire | 1933-11-29 |
Movie | The World Changes | Otto Peterson (as a child) | 1933-11-25 |
Movie | Mickey's Tent Show | Mickey McGuire | 1933-10-26 |
Movie | The Chief | Willie | 1933-11-03 |
Movie | The Beast of the City | Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited) | 1932-02-13 |
Movie | Sin's Pay Day | Chubby Dennis | 1932-03-02 |
Movie | My Pal, the King | King Charles V | 1932-04-03 |
Movie | Officer Thirteen | Buddy Malone (as Mickey McGuire) | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Fast Companions | Midge | 1932-06-22 |
Movie | Mickey's Stampede | Mickey McGuire | 1931-02-06 |
Movie | Mickey's Rebellion | Mickey McGuire | 1931-06-23 |
Movie | Mickey's Wildcats | Mickey McGuire | 1931-09-11 |
Movie | Mickey's Thrill Hunters | Mickey McGuire | 1931-09-18 |
Movie | Mickey's Champs | Mickey McGuire | 1930-02-02 |
Movie | Mickey's Explorers | Mickey McGuire | 1930-02-16 |
Movie | Mickey's Luck | Mickey McGuire | 1930-03-29 |
Movie | Mickey's Warriors | Mickey McGuire | 1930-05-24 |
Movie | Mickey's Great Idea | Mickey McGuire | 1929-01-29 |
Movie | Mickey's Brown Derby | Mickey McGuire | 1929-05-11 |
Movie | Mickey's Northwest Mounted | Mickey McGuire | 1929-06-08 |
Movie | Mickey's Big Moment | Mickey McGuire | 1929-11-09 |
Movie | Mickey's Mix-Up | Mickey McGuire | 1929-10-12 |
Movie | Mickey's Surprise | Mickey McGuire | 1929-09-14 |
Movie | Mickey in School | Mickey McGuire (as Mickey McGuire) | 1928-02-06 |
Movie | Mickey's Little Eva | 1928-04-01 | |
Movie | Mickey's Big Game Hunt | Mickey McGuire | 1928-12-22 |
Movie | Mickey's Movies | Mickey McGuire (as Mickey McGuire) | 1928-09-02 |
Movie | Mickey the Detective | Mickey McGuire (as Mickey McGuire) | 1928-10-27 |
Movie | Mickey's Pals | Mickey McGuire | 1927-10-02 |
Movie | Mickey's Battle | 1927-12-05 | |
Movie | Mickey's Eleven | Mickey McGuire (as Mickey McGuire) | 1927-11-07 |