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