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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Series | The Care Bears | 1986-09-13 | |
Movie | There Must Be a Pony | Himself (uncredited) | 1986-10-05 |
Movie | Little Spies | James Turner | 1986-10-05 |
Movie | Lightning, the White Stallion | Barney Ingram | 1986-10-17 |
Movie | The Care Bears Movie | Mr. Cherrywood (voice) | 1985-03-23 |
Movie | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Mike Halligan | 1984-12-15 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Bill: On His Own | Bill Sackter | 1983-11-09 |
Series | One of the Boys | 1982-01-23 | |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Movie | Leave 'Em Laughing | Jack Thum | 1981-04-29 |
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Movie | Find the Lady | Trigger | 1976-11-11 |
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Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | The Intruder | Capt. Jenkins | 1975-01-01 |
Movie | The Lion Roars Again | Self (uncredited) | 1975-01-01 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | Ace of Hearts | Papa Joe | 1975-08-22 |
Movie | From Hong Kong with Love | Marty | 1975-12-17 |
Movie | Thunder County | Gas Station Attendant | 1974-01-01 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | Richard | Guardian Angel | 1972-07-31 |
Movie | Evil Roy Slade | Nelson L. Stool | 1972-02-18 |
Movie | Pulp | Preston Gilbert | 1972-11-01 |
Movie | Journey Back to Oz | Scarecrow (voice) | 1972-12-14 |
Movie | The Manipulator | B.J. Lang | 1971-12-15 |
Movie | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Mickey Rooney (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
Movie | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Indian Tom | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice) | 1970-12-14 |
Movie | The Extraordinary Seaman | Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe | 1969-05-14 |
Movie | The Comic | Cockeye | 1969-11-19 |
Movie | 80 Steps to Jonah | Wilfred Bashford | 1969-12-01 |
Movie | Vienna | 1968-01-01 | |
Movie | Skidoo | George 'Blue Chips' Packard | 1968-12-19 |
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Movie | The Devil in Love | Adramelek | 1966-12-21 |
Movie | Twenty-Four Hours to Kill | Norman Jones | 1965-03-08 |
Movie | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | Peachy Keane | 1965-07-14 |
Movie | Inside Daisy Clover | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965-12-22 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
Series | Mickey | 1964-09-16 | |
Movie | The Secret Invasion | Terence Scanlon | 1964-09-16 |
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Movie | Platinum High School | Steven Conway | 1960-05-13 |
Movie | The Big Operator | Little Joe Braun | 1959-08-01 |
Movie | Andy Hardy Comes Home | Andy Hardy | 1958-12-22 |
Movie | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Gus Harris | 1958-12-01 |
Movie | Operation Mad Ball | MSgt. Yancy Skibo | 1957-08-17 |
Movie | The Comedian | Sammy Hogarth | 1957-02-14 |
Movie | The Snow Queen | Ole Lukoje (Ol Dreamy) (1995 Jove Films version voice) | 1957-10-22 |
Movie | Baby Face Nelson | Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis | 1957-12-11 |
Movie | The Bold and the Brave | Willie Dooley | 1956-01-04 |
Movie | Francis in the Haunted House | David Prescott | 1956-07-09 |
Movie | Magnificent Roughnecks | Frank Sommers | 1956-07-22 |
Movie | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Rev. William Macklin II | 1955-10-13 |
Movie | Drive a Crooked Road | Eddie Shannon | 1954-03-10 |
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Movie | All Ashore | Francis 'Moby' Dickerson | 1953-03-03 |
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Movie | Sound Off | Mike Donnelly | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | Off Limits | Herbert Tuttle | 1952-12-30 |
Movie | My Outlaw Brother | J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore | 1951-08-22 |
Movie | The Strip | Stanley Maxton | 1951-08-31 |
Movie | Quicksand | Daniel 'Dan' Brady | 1950-03-24 |
Movie | The Fireball | Johnny Casar | 1950-11-09 |
Movie | He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Freddie Frisby | 1950-12-02 |
Movie | The Big Wheel | Billy Coy | 1949-11-04 |
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Movie | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
Movie | Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) | Andy Hardy | 1939-01-09 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn | 1939-02-10 |
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Movie | Babes in Arms | Mickey Moran | 1939-10-10 |
Movie | Hold That Kiss | Chick Evans | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | Judge Hardy's Children | Andy Hardy | 1938-03-26 |
Movie | Love Is a Headache | Mike O'Toole | 1938-01-14 |
Movie | Hollywood Handicap | Himself | 1938-05-28 |
Movie | Lord Jeff | Terry O'Mulvaney | 1938-06-17 |
Movie | Out West with the Hardys | Andy Hardy | 1938-11-25 |
Movie | Boys Town | Whitey Marsh | 1938-09-08 |
Movie | Stablemates | Mickey | 1938-10-07 |
Movie | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Andy Hardy | 1938-07-22 |
Movie | A Family Affair | Andy Hardy | 1937-03-12 |
Movie | Cinema Circus | Himself | 1937-01-27 |
Movie | Slave Ship | Swifty | 1937-06-16 |
Movie | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Timmie Donovan | 1937-11-25 |
Movie | You're Only Young Once | Andy Hardy | 1937-12-10 |
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 Tipton | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | Down the Stretch | Snapper Sinclair | 1936-09-18 |
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Movie | The Healer | Jimmy | 1935-06-14 |
Movie | Reckless | Eddie | 1935-04-19 |
Movie | The County Chairman | Freckles | 1935-01-11 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Puck | 1935-10-09 |
Movie | Ah, Wilderness! | Tommy Miller | 1935-12-25 |
Movie | Rendezvous | Country Boy (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | A Dream Comes True | Puck (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
Movie | Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Mickey Rooney | 1935-11-20 |
Movie | Love Birds | Gladwyn Tootle | 1934-05-04 |
Movie | Mickey's Rescue | Mickey McGuire | 1934-03-22 |
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 | Chained | Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited) | 1934-08-31 |
Movie | Hide-Out | William 'Willie' Miller | 1934-08-24 |
Movie | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Freckles (uncredited) | 1933-06-03 |
Movie | The Big Cage | Jimmy O'Hara | 1933-05-01 |
Movie | The Big Chance | Arthur Wilson | 1933-08-28 |
Movie | The World Changes | Otto Peterson as a Child | 1933-11-25 |
Movie | Broadway to Hollywood | Ted Hackett III as Child | 1933-09-15 |
Movie | The Chief | Willie | 1933-11-03 |
Movie | Sin's Pay Day | Chubby Dennis | 1932-03-02 |
Movie | The Beast of the City | Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited) | 1932-02-13 |
Movie | My Pal, the King | King Charles V | 1932-04-03 |
Movie | Officer Thirteen | Buddy Malone | 1932-11-26 |
Movie | Mickey's Movies | Mickey McGuire | 1928-09-02 |
Movie | Orchids and Ermine | Mickey McGuire | 1927-03-06 |
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