Cast

Mickey Rooney

Acting

Cast

Mickey Rooney

Known for

Acting

Born

1920-09-23

From

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died

2014-04-06

Also known as Joseph Yule Jr., Joe Yule Jr., Mickey Yule

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).

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Biography

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

The Fox and the Hound

Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Muppets

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

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

Babe: Pig in the City

Lionpower from MGM

Pete's Dragon

Love Birds

The Domino Principle

Erik the Viking

The Black Stallion

That's Entertainment!

The Milky Life

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Arabian Adventure

The Godmothers

The Care Bears Movie

Boys Town

The Intruder

Requiem for a Heavyweight

That's Entertainment! III

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Comedian

Phantom of the Megaplex

Pulp

National Velvet

Half a Sinner

Baby Face Nelson

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Thunder County

The Human Comedy

Anthony Quinn: An Original

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

That's Entertainment, Part II

Operation Mad Ball

Maximum Force

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Judy Garland: By Myself

The Magic of Lassie

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

That's Dancing!

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

The Big Wheel

Manhattan Melodrama

Love Is a Headache

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Babes on Broadway

It's Showtime

Babes in Arms

Liberation

Words and Music

Home for Christmas

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

From Hong Kong with Love

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Off Limits

Captains Courageous

Hooray for Hollywood

There Must Be a Pony

Young Tom Edison

Broadway to Hollywood

Men of Boys Town

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Night of 100 Stars

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Chained

Francis in the Haunted House

Judy Garland Duets

From Raquel with Love

The Extraordinary Seaman

Mickey's 50