Cast & creator
Mickey Rooney
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons, American Dad!
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).
Also known as: Joseph Yule Jr., Joe Yule Jr., Mickey Yule, Mickey McGuire, Michael McGuire
318
film credits
86
television credits
395
1925–2019 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (404)
Showing 404 of 404 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Simpsons
Mickey Rooney (voice)
1989
American Dad!
Short Producer (voice)
2005
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
The Love Boat
Dominicus Angelara
1977
What's My Line?
Self
1950
ER
George Bikel
1994
Great Performances
Self
1971
Murder, She Wrote
Matt Cleveland
1984
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Accepting Special Award to Cantinflas
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Wagon Train
Samuel T. Evans
1957
The Fugitive
Charlie Paris
1963
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Performer
1956
Full House
Mr. Dreghorn
1987
The Red Skelton Show
Perry Masonjar
1951The Red Skelton Show
Muggsy
1951Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Lefty Duncan
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
George M. Cohan
1963
The Twilight Zone
Michael Grady
1959
Naked City
George Bick
1958
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
The Golden Girls
Rocco
1985
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Rawhide
Pan Macropolous
1959
The Lucy Show
Mickey Rooney
1962
Combat!
Harry White
1962
Burke's Law
Archie Lido
1963
Omnibus
Self
1967
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956The Steve Allen Show
Self - Comedian
1956The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
The Jack Benny Program
Killer Looney
1950
Night Gallery
August Kolodney
1970
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Harold Lang
1993
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Oscars
Self
1953
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Sheriff Williams
1963
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
December Bride
Self
1954
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Care Bears
1985
Playhouse 90
Sammy Hogarth
1956
Night at the Museum
Gus
2006
MGM Parade
Self
1955MGM Parade
self
1955
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Gus
2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
In Memory Of
2014
Arrest and Trial
Hoagy Blair
1963The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Startime
Self
1959
The Dick Powell Show
Mike Zampini
1961The Dick Powell Show
Augie Miller
1961The Dick Powell Show
Putt-Putt Higgins
1961
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Norm Show
1999
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
The Wonderful World of Disney
Old Bailey
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
James Turner (The Hermit)
1954
Legends
Self
2006
Remember WENN
Mr. Hardy
1996
The Match Game
Himself - Team Captain
1962
Dan August
Kenny O'Malley
1970
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
The Fox and the Hound
Tod (voice)
1981
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Mr. Yunioshi
1961
The Muppets
Smalltown Resident
2011
Babe: Pig in the City
Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
1998
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
1992
The Investigators
Jack Daley
1961
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963Hey Mulligan
Mickey Mulligan
1954Hey Mulligan
Producer
1954
Jack's Place
1992
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Sparky (voice)
2001
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self
1967
Pete's Dragon
Lampie
1977
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ding 'Dingy' Bell
1963
Conan the Adventurer
1997
General Electric Theater
Al Roberts
1953
Erik the Viking
Erik's Grandfather
1989
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Private Screenings
Self
1996This Is Your Life
Self
1983
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Red McGivney
1951
Mickey
Mickey Grady
1964
The Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
1979
Ace Crawford, Private Eye
Writer
1983
Bluegrass
John Paul Jones
1988
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Kris Kringle (voice)
1970Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Self
1991
The Care Bears Movie
Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
1985
One of the Boys
Oliver Nugent
1982
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mike Forney
1954
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self
1963
The Domino Principle
Spiventa
1977
Phantom of the Megaplex
Movie Mason
2000
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
1974
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
1939
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Arabian Adventure
Daad El Shur
1979
Captains Courageous
Dan Troop
1937
National Velvet
Michael 'Mi' Taylor
1945
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
1935
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Army
1962
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Host
1994
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Director
1991
Manhattan Melodrama
Blackie as a Boy
1934
The Comedian
Sammy Hogarth
1957
Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
1938
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
1990
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Santa Claus (voice)
1979
Pulp
Preston Gilbert
1972
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
2019
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Strike Up the Band
Jimmy Connors
1940
The Secret Invasion
Terence Scanlon
1964
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Jack Bergan
1986
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mike Halligan
1984
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
Journey Back to Oz
Scarecrow (voice)
1972
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Johnny Burke
1961
Young Tom Edison
Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
1940
Revenge of the Red Baron
Grandpa Spencer
1994
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Last Mile
John Mears
1959
Words and Music
Lorenz Hart
1948
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
Joe Petto
1991The Lion Roars Again
Self (uncredited)
1975
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Tollkeeper
1998
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
1938
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
1985
Francis in the Haunted House
David Prescott
1956
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Liberation
Self (archive footage)
1994
Men of Boys Town
Whitey Marsh
1941
A Dream Comes True
Puck (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
You're Only Young Once
Andy Hardy
1937
Drive a Crooked Road
Eddie Shannon
1954
80 Steps to Jonah
Wilfred Bashford
1969
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
2008
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
2008
Baby Face Nelson
Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis
1957
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
A Slight Case of Larceny
Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
1953
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
1971
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy
1944
The Beast of the City
Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
1932
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Peachy Keane
1965
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
1991
From Hong Kong with Love
Marty
1975
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Andy Hardy
1958
Skidoo
George 'Blue Chips' Packard
1968
Boys Will Be Boys
Wellington
1999
The First of May
Boss Ed
1999
The Human Comedy
Homer Macauley
1943
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Love Birds
Gladwyn Tootle
1934
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Nick Lewis / The Devil
1960The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Director
1960
The Magic of Lassie
Gus
1978
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dick Tipton
1936
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Andy Hardy
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
1942
Love Is a Headache
Mike O'Toole
1938
Death on the Diamond
Mickey
1934Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Self - Actor
1997
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(archive footage)
2009
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Indian Tom
1970
To Kill a Mockumentary
Max
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice)
2004
The Happy Elf
Santa Claus
2005
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Junion
1991
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
My Kidnapper, My Love
The Maker
1980
From Raquel with Love
Paradise Cab Company cabbie
1980
The Devil Is a Sissy
'Gig' Stevens
1936
Babes in Arms
Mickey Moran
1939
Richard
Guardian Angel
1972
Maximum Force
Chief of Police
1992
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Freddie Frisby
1950
Rendezvous
Country Boy (uncredited)
1935
Live, Love and Learn
Jerry Crump
1937
Little Spies
James Turner
1986
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy (archive footage)
1998
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
1986
Thousands Cheer
Mickey Rooney
1943
The Big Wheel
Billy Coy
1949
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
1994
There Must Be a Pony
Himself (uncredited)
1986
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Mickey (segment "Sugar Babies")
2003
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Cook 3 / Self - C W. J. Oglethorpe (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Rev. William Macklin II
1955
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
1946
The Intruder
Capt. Jenkins
1975
Operation Mad Ball
MSgt. Yancy Skibo
1957
The Hardys Ride High
Andy Hardy
1939
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Pat Jensen
1992
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Andy Hardy
1942
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mr. Louis
2017
The Big Operator
Little Joe Braun
1959
Out West with the Hardys
Andy Hardy
1938
All Ashore
Francis 'Moby' Dickerson
1953
The Strip
Stanley Maxton
1951
A Christmas Too Many
Grandpa
2007
Thunder County
Gas Station Attendant
1974
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Sage
1998
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Griffith
1998
The Thirsting
Savy
2006
Vienna
1968
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy
1941
The Godmothers
Rocky Mastrasso
1973The Godmothers
Writer
1973
Reckless
Eddie
1935
Half a Sinner
Willie Clark
1934
Judge Hardy's Children
Andy Hardy
1938
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Andy Hardy
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Mickey Rooney
1939
Adventures of the Black Stallion
Henry Dailey
1990
I Like it That Way
Messenger Boy
1934
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Self
1989
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
2014
Evil Roy Slade
Nelson L. Stool
1972
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
David McCord
2005
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Gus Harris
1958
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
2019
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Norman Jones
1965
The Comic
Cockeye
1969
The Bold and the Brave
Willie Dooley
1956
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
The Milky Life
Barry Reilly
1993
Ambush Bay
Sgt. Ernest Wartell
1966
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Freckles (uncredited)
1933Creole
Narrator
1981
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
O.B. Taggart
1995Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Writer
1995The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
2007
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2017
Babes on Broadway
Tommy Williams
1941
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Self (archive footage)
2009
Quicksand
Daniel 'Dan' Brady
1950
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Timmie Donovan
1937
Girl Crazy
Danny Churchill, Jr.
1943
Conan
Gobe
1997
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Mike Zampini
1961
My Pal, the King
King Charles V
1932
The Polio Crusade
Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
2009
Mickey's Ape Man
Mickey McGuire
1933
Judge Hardy and Son
Andy Hardy
1939
The Devil in Love
Adramelek
1966
Ace of Hearts
Papa Joe
1975
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Andy Hardy
1939
The Fireball
Johnny Casar
1950
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Mickey Rooney
1935
Bill: On His Own
Bill Sackter
1983
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Self
2010
Mickey's 50
Self
1978Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Andy Hardy
1940
Fol-de-Rol
The Executioner / Noah
1972
Chained
Boy Shipboard Swimmer (uncredited)
1934
Hide-Out
William 'Willie' Miller
1934
A Yank at Eton
Timothy Dennis
1942
Hold That Kiss
Chick Evans
1938
Summer Holiday
Richard Miller
1948
The Emperor of Peru
The Engineer
1982
Home for Christmas
Elmer
1990Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
Self
2005
Off Limits
Herbert Tuttle
1952
Hooray for Hollywood
Narrator
1976Mickey's Great Idea
Mickey McGuire
1929
Slave Ship
Swifty
1937Empire State Building Murders
Mickey Silver
2008
The Big Cage
Jimmy O'Hara
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
Ted Hackett III as Child
1933
Mickey's Whirlwinds
Mickey McGuire
1930
Mickey's Busy Day
Mickey McGuire
1932
Fast Companions
Midge
1932
Orchids and Ermine
Mickey McGuire
1927
Lightning, the White Stallion
Barney Ingram
1986Above the Line
2008
The Lost Jungle
Lead Boy at Circus
1934The Voices from Beyond
Johnny O'Hara
2012
The World Changes
Otto Peterson as a Child
1933
Riffraff
Jimmy
1936Hollywood Legenden
Self
2004
Bill
Bill Sackter
1981
Sin's Pay Day
Chubby Dennis
1932
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1938
Driving Me Crazy
Mr. Cohen
2012
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
1983
The Atomic Kid
Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry
1954The Atomic Kid
Producer
1954
Lord Jeff
Terry O'Mulvaney
1938Personalities
Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)
1942
Sweet Justice
Zeke
1991
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
1938Mickey's Tent Show
Mickey McGuire
1933
Illusion Infinity
Simon / Henry, Sr.
2004Mickey's Big Moment
Mickey McGuire
1929
The Extraordinary Seaman
Cook 3 / C W.J. Oglethorpe
1969Mickey's Big Game Hunt
Mickey McGuire
1928
Leave 'Em Laughing
Jack Thum
1981
A Family Affair
Andy Hardy
1937
Brothers' Destiny
Father Flanagan
1995
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005
Senior Trip
Self
1981
The Chief
Willie
1933
Donovan's Kid
Bailey
1979
O’Malley
Mickey O’Malley
1983
Find the Lady
Trigger
1976
The County Chairman
Freckles
1935
My True Story
Director
1951
Magnificent Roughnecks
Frank Sommers
1956
Internet Love
Self
1998
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
2006The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
1930
The Manipulator
B.J. Lang
1971
Blind Date
Freddie Taylor
1934Mickey's Thrill Hunters
Mickey McGuire
1931Mickey's Mix-Up
Mickey McGuire
1929Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Andy Hardy
1939
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
Stablemates
Mickey
1938
Mickey's Midnite Follies
Mickey McGuire
1929Mickey's Northwest Mounted
Mickey McGuire
1929The Hare Mail
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
1931
Cleavage
2002
Mickey's Medicine Man
Mickey McGuire
1934
Mr. Broadway
George M. Cohan
1957
Night Club
Jerry Sherman
2011Mickey's Little Eva
Mickey McGuire
1928Mickey's Brown Derby
Mickey McGuire
1929Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now
Himself
1953
Everything's Ducky
Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
1961
Sound Off
Mike Donnelly
1952Mickey's Covered Wagon
Mickey McGuire
1933
Down the Stretch
Snapper Sinclair
1936
Ah, Wilderness!
Tommy Miller
1935
The Big Chance
Arthur Wilson
1933
Mickey's Wild West
Mickey McGuire
1928
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
Chief
2008
Killer McCoy
Tommy McCoy / Killer McCoy
1947Mickey's Rescue
Mickey McGuire
1934
Platinum High School
Steven Conway
1960
Hollywood Blue
1970Cinema Circus
Himself
1937Mickey's Minstrels
Mickey McGuire
1934
Officer Thirteen
Buddy Malone
1932
Mickey's Stampede
Mickey McGuire
1931Mickey the Detective
Mickey McGuire
1928Cinema Stars - No. 15
1925
High Speed
Buddy Whipple (uncredited)
1932
March of Dimes
Mickey
1938
The Hunter
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
1931
Mickey's Disguises
Mickey McGuire
1933
Beloved
Tommy, a Violin Student
1934
Killing Midnight
Professor Mort Sang
1997
Rodeo Dough
Mickey Rooney
1940Mickey's Explorers
Mickey McGuire
1929Mickey's Battle
Mickey McGuire
1927Mickey's Pals
Mickey McGuire
1927
Mickey's Circus
Mickey McGuire
1927
Rachel's Man
Laban
1976
Marilyn and I
Self (archive footage)
2019Mickey in School
Mickey McGuire
1928
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
1957
The Healer
Jimmy
1935Mickey's Wildcats
Mickey McGuire
1931Mickey's Surprise
Mickey McGuire
1929Mickey's Warriors
Mickey McGuire
1930
My Outlaw Brother
J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore
1951My Outlaw Brother
Executive Producer
1951Mickey's Eleven
Mickey McGuire
1927Mickey's Champs
Mickey McGuire
1930Mickey's Rebellion
Mickey McGuire
1931
Hoosier Schoolboy
Shockey Carter
1937Mickey's Rivals
Mickey McGuire
1928Mickey's Luck
Mickey McGuire
1930
Mickey the Great
Mickey McGuire
1945Radio Rhythm
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
1931Mickey's Menagerie
Mickey McGuire
1929
Making Waves
Gabriel
1994Mickey's Race
Mickey McGuire
1933Hot Feet
Oswald (voice) (uncredited)
1931Mickey's Movies
Mickey McGuire
1928The Fisherman
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (voice)
1931
Mickey's Touchdown
Mickey McGuire
1933