Mickey Rooney biography
Mickey Rooney was an American actor, born on 23 September 1920 in Brooklyn, who died on 6 April 2014.
Mickey Rooney's screen career began in 1926 with Not to Be Trusted, playing The Nephew.
Mickey Rooney appeared in 279 films and 27 television or streaming titles between 1926 and 2021.
Honours include Academy Juvenile Award (2 times), Academy Honorary Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Miniseries or Television Film.
- Also known as
- Joseph Yule, Jr., Ninian Joseph Yule, Jr.
- Born
- 23 September 1920
- Died
- 6 April 2014 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn
- Work
- Actor, Film producer, Singer, Military personnel, Film director
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1926 to 2014
- Awards
- Academy Juvenile Award (2 times)
- Academy Honorary Award
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Miniseries or Television Film
- Emmy Award
- Bronze Star Medal
Mickey Rooney filmography
279 films and 27 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Holy Hollywood | Grandpa | Released posthumously (final film role) | |
| 2017 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Mr. Louis | Released posthumously | |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Gus | Released posthumously | |
| 2012 | The Woods | Lester | ||
| 2012 | The Voices from Beyond | Johnny O'Hara | ||
| 2012 | Driving Me Crazy | Mr. Cohen | ||
| 2011 | The Muppets | Elderly Smalltown Resident | ||
| 2011 | Night Club | Jerry Sherman | ||
| 2011 | Bamboo Shark | Brooks | ||
| 2010 | Gerald | The Doctor | ||
| 2010 | Now Here | "Swifty" | ||
| 2009 | Saddle Up with Dick Wrangler & Injun Joe | Owen Blumenkrantz | ||
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Gus | Deleted scene only[citation needed] | |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | English | ||
| 2008 | Lost Stallions: The Journey Home | Chief | ||
| 2008 | Wreck the Halls | Santa Claus | ||
| 2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Paulie Genovese | ||
| 2008 | A Miser Brothers' Christmas | Santa Claus | Voice, TV movie | |
| 2007 | The Yesterday Pool | Trobadar | Short | |
| 2007 | Bamboo Shark | Brooks | TV movie | |
| 2007 | A Christmas Too Many | Grandpa | Direct-to-video | |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | Gus | ||
| 2006 | The Thirsting | Savy | ||
| 2005 | The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams | David McCord | ||
| 2005 | The Happy Elf | Santa | Voice |
Show all 279 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | To Kill a Mockumentary | Max | ||
| 2004 | Holy Hollywood | Grandpa | ||
| 2002 | Topa Topa Bluffs | The Prospector | ||
| 2001 | Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure | Sparkey | Voice, Direct-to-video | |
| 2000 | Phantom of the Megaplex | Mason "Movie Mason" | TV movie | |
| 1999 | Illusion Infinity, aka Paradise | Simon / Henry Sr. | Dual role | |
| 1998 | Animals with the Tollkeeper | English | ||
| 1998 | Michael Kael in Katango | English | ||
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Fugly Floom | ||
| 1998 | The First of May | Ed "Boss Ed" | ||
| 1998 | Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights | Sage | ||
| 1998 | Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | Griffith | ||
| 1998 | Killing Midnight | Professor Mort Sang | ||
| 1998 | Internet Love | Mickey Rooney | ||
| 1998 | Animals | Tollkeeper | ||
| 1997 | The Face on the Barroom Floor | Short film | ||
| 1995 | Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | O.B. Taggart | ||
| 1994 | Revenge of the Red Baron | Grandpa Spencer | ||
| 1994 | Illusion Infinity | English | ||
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | English | ||
| 1994 | Making Waves | Gabriel | ||
| 1993 | The Milky Life | Barry Reilly | ||
| 1992 | The Magic Voyage | The Narrator | Voice | |
| 1992 | The Legend of Wolf Mountain | Pat Jensen | ||
| 1992 | Sweet Justice | Zeke | ||
| 1992 | Maximum Force | Chief of Police | ||
| 1991 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker | Joe Petto | Direct-to-video | |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Junion | ||
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | The Director | TV movie | |
| 1990 | Home For Christmas | Elmer | TV movie | |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Erik's Grandfather | ||
| 1989 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Flip | Voice | |
| 1988 | Bluegrass | John Paul Jones | ||
| 1986 | Little Spies | Jimmie "The Hermit" | ||
| 1986 | Lightning, the White Stallion | Barney Ingram | ||
| 1985 | The Care Bears Movie | Mr. Cherrywood | Voice | |
| 1984 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Mike Halligan | TV movie | |
| 1983 | Bill: On His Own | Bill Sackter | TV movie | |
| 1982 | Odyssey of the Pacific | The Railway Engineer | Alternate titles: The Emperor of Peru and Treasure Train | |
| 1981 | Bill | Bill Sackter | TV movie | |
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Tod | Voice | |
| 1979 | Donovan's Kid | English | ||
| 1979 | The Black Stallion | Henry Dailey | ||
| 1979 | Arabian Adventure | Daad El-Shur | ||
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Santa Claus | Voice, TV movie | |
| 1978 | The Magic of Lassie | Gus | ||
| 1977 | Pete's Dragon | Lampie | ||
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Spiventa | ||
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | English | ||
| 1976 | Find the Lady | "Trigger" | ||
| 1975 | The Intruder | Captain Jennings | ||
| 1975 | Rachel's Man | Laban | ||
| 1975 | Bons Baisers de Hong Kong | French | ||
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | English | ||
| 1975 | From Hong Kong with Love | Marty | Alternate title: Bons Baisers de Hong Kong | |
| 1975 | Ace of Hearts | Papa Joe | ||
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | English | ||
| 1974 | Journey Back to Oz | Scarecrow | Voice | |
| 1974 | Thunder County | Gas Station Attendant | ||
| 1974 | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Voice | |
| 1973 | The Godmothers | Rocky Mastrasso | ||
| 1972 | Richard | Guardian Angel | ||
| 1972 | Pulp | Preston Gilbert | ||
| 1972 | Evil Roy Slade | Nelson Stool | TV movie | |
| 1971 | The Manipulator | B.J. Lang | ||
| 1970 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | Kris Kringle / Santa Claus | Voice, TV movie | |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Tom "Indian Tom" | ||
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | Cook #3 / C W. J. Oglethorpe | ||
| 1969 | The Comic | Martin "Cockeye" Van Buren | ||
| 1969 | 80 Steps to Jonah | Wilfred Bashford | ||
| 1968 | Vienna | Kidnapper | ||
| 1968 | Skidoo | George "Blue Chips" Packard | ||
| 1966 | The Devil in Love | Adramalek | ||
| 1966 | Ambush Bay | Sergeant Ernest Wartell | ||
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | "Peachy" Keane | ||
| 1965 | 24 Hours to Kill | English | ||
| 1965 | Twenty-Four Hours to Kill | Norman Jones | ||
| 1964 | The Secret Invasion | Terence Scanlon | ||
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | "Dingy" Bell | ||
| 1962 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Army | ||
| 1962 | Follow that Dream | |||
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | I.Y. Yunioshi | ||
| 1961 | Everything's Ducky | Kermit "Beetle" McKay | ||
| 1961 | The Big Bankroll | Johnny Burke | ||
| 1960 | The Private Lives of Adam and Eve | Nick Lewis / The Devil | ||
| 1960 | Platinum High School | Steven Conway | ||
| 1959 | The Last Mile | "Killer" Mears | ||
| 1959 | The Big Operator | Joe "Little Joe" Braun | Alternate title: Anatomy of the Syndicate | |
| 1958 | Andy Hardy Comes Home | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1958 | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Gustav "Gus" Harris | ||
| 1957 | Pinocchio | |||
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Master Sergeant Yancy Skibo | ||
| 1957 | Baby Face Nelson | Lester M. "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis | ||
| 1956 | The Bold and the Brave | Willie Dooley | ||
| 1956 | Francis in the Haunted House | David Prescott | ||
| 1956 | Magnificent Roughnecks | Frank Sommers | ||
| 1955 | The Twinkle in God's Eye | Reverend William Macklin II | ||
| 1955 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Mike Forney | ||
| 1954 | The Atomic Kid | Barnaby "Blix" Waterberry | ||
| 1954 | Drive a Crooked Road | Eddie Shannon | ||
| 1953 | A Slight Case of Larceny | Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers | ||
| 1953 | Off Limits | Herbert Tuttle | ||
| 1953 | All Ashore | Francis "Moby" Dickerson | ||
| 1952 | Sound Off | Mike Donnelly | ||
| 1951 | The Strip | Stanley Maxton | ||
| 1951 | My Outlaw Brother | J. Dennis "Denny" O'Moore | ||
| 1950 | The Fireball | Johnny Casar | ||
| 1950 | Quicksand | Dan | ||
| 1950 | He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Freddie Frisby | ||
| 1949 | The Big Wheel | Billy Coy | ||
| 1948 | Words and Music | Lorenz Hart | ||
| 1948 | Summer Holiday | Richard Miller | ||
| 1947 | Killer McCoy | Tommy "Killer" McCoy | ||
| 1946 | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1945 | National Velvet | Michael "Mi" Taylor | ||
| 1944 | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer | Emcee At The Show | ||
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Homer MacAuley | ||
| 1943 | Show Business at War | English | ||
| 1943 | Girl Crazy | Danny Churchill Jr. | ||
| 1942 | Andy Hardy's Double Life | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton | Timothy Dennis | ||
| 1942 | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1941 | Men of Boys Town | "Whitey" Marsh | ||
| 1941 | Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1941 | Babes on Broadway | Tommy Williams | ||
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Thomas Edison | ||
| 1940 | Strike Up the Band | Jimmy Connors | ||
| 1940 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1940 | Andy Hardy's Dilemma | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1939 | The Hardys Ride High | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn | ||
| 1939 | Judge Hardy and Son | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1939 | Babes in Arms | Mickey Moran | ||
| 1939 | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1938 | Stablemates | Mickey | ||
| 1938 | Out West with the Hardys | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Mike O'Toole | ||
| 1938 | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1938 | Lord Jeff | Terry O'Mulvaney | ||
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1938 | Boys Town | "Whitey" Marsh | ||
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss | Chick Evans | ||
| 1937 | Live, Love and Learn | Jerry Crump | ||
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1937 | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Timmie Donovan | ||
| 1937 | Slave Ship | "Swifty" | ||
| 1937 | Hoosier Schoolboy | "Shockey" Carter | ||
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Dan Troop | ||
| 1937 | A Family Affair | Andy Hardy | ||
| 1936 | The Devil Is a Sissy | James "Gig" Stevens | ||
| 1936 | Riffraff | Jimmy | ||
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Dick | ||
| 1936 | Down the Stretch | "Snapper" Sinclair | ||
| 1935 | The County Chairman | "Freckles" | ||
| 1935 | Reckless | Eddie | Alternate titles: Born Reckless and Hard to Handle | |
| 1935 | Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | |||
| 1935 | Ah, Wilderness! | Tommy | ||
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Puck or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy | ||
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | (scenes deleted) | ||
| 1935 | The Healer | Jimmy | Alternate title: Little Pal | |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Country Boy | Uncredited | |
| 1934 | The Lost Jungle | Mickey | Serial, [Ch.1] | |
| 1934 | Mickey's Rescue | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1934 | Mickey's Minstrels | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1934 | Mickey's Medicine Man | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | "Blackie" as a Boy | ||
| 1934 | Hide-Out | Willie Miller | ||
| 1934 | Half a Sinner | Willie Clark | ||
| 1934 | Chained | Boy Shipboard Swimmer | Uncredited | |
| 1934 | Beloved | Tommy | ||
| 1934 | Upperworld | Jerry | (scenes deleted) | |
| 1934 | Love Birds | Gladwyn Tootle | ||
| 1934 | I Like It That Way | Messenger Boy | ||
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | Mickey | ||
| 1934 | Blind Date | Freddie | ||
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | "Freckles" | Uncredited, Alternate title: The Kid's Last Fight | |
| 1933 | The Chief | Willie | ||
| 1933 | The Big Chance | Arthur Wilson | ||
| 1933 | The Big Cage | Jimmy O'Hara | ||
| 1933 | Mickey's Touchdown | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1933 | Mickey's Tent Show | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1933 | Mickey's Disguises | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1933 | Mickey's Covered Wagon | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1933 | Mickey's Big Broadcast | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1933 | Broadway to Hollywood | Ted Hackett III as a Child | ||
| 1933 | The World Changes | Otto Peterson, as a Child | ||
| 1933 | Mickey's Race | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1933 | Mickey's Ape Man | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | The Beast of the City | Mickey Fitzpatrick | Uncredited | |
| 1932 | My Pal, the King | King Charles V | ||
| 1932 | Fast Companions | Midge | ||
| 1932 | Sin's Pay Day | "Chubby" Dennis | ||
| 1932 | Officer Thirteen | Buddy Malone | ||
| 1932 | Mickey's Travels | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | Mickey's Holiday | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | Mickey's Golden Rule | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | Mickey's Charity | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | Mickey's Busy Day | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | Mickey's Big Business | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1932 | High Speed | Buddy Whipple | Uncredited | |
| 1931 | The Hare Mail | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Voice role | |
| 1931 | The Fisherman | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Voice role | |
| 1931 | Mickey's Wildcats | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1931 | Mickey's Thrill Hunters | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1931 | Mickey's Stampede | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1931 | Mickey's Sideline | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1931 | Mickey's Rebellion | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1931 | Mickey's Helping Hand | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1931 | Mickey's Diplomacy | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1931 | Mickey's Crusaders | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Warriors | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Luck | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Explorers | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Champs | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Winners | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Whirlwinds | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Musketeers | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Merry Men | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Master Mind | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey's Bargain | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1930 | Mickey the Romeo | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Surprise | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Northwest Mounted | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Mix-Up | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Strategy | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Midnite Follies | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Menagerie | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Last Chance | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Initiation | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Great Idea | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Brown Derby | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1929 | Mickey's Big Moment | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Movies | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Big Game Hunt | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey the Detective | Mickey McGuire | R.K.O. silent short October 1928 | |
| 1928 | Mickey in School | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Wild West | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Triumph | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Rivals | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Parade | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Nine | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Little Eva | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Babies | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey's Athletes | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1928 | Mickey in Love | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1927 | Mickey's Eleven | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1927 | Orchids and Ermine | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1927 | Mickey's Pals | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1927 | Mickey's Circus | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1927 | Mickey's Battles | Mickey McGuire | ||
| 1926 | Not to Be Trusted | The Nephew |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Dad! | Short Producer | Voice, Episode: "A Star Is Reborn" Released posthumously | |
| 2003 | GodRocks! | Coach Bullseye | Voice, Episode: "Splatball Square-Off" | |
| 1998 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Lucius | Episode: "Lucky in Love" | |
| 1998 | ER | Dr. George Bikel | Episode: "Exodus" | |
| 1997 | Kleo the Misfit Unicorn | Talbut | Voice, 26 episodes | |
| 1997 | Conan | Gobe | 2 episodes | |
| 1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Harold Lang | Episode: "A Shaolin Treasure" | |
| 1994 | Full House | Mr. Dreghorn | Episode: "Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen " | |
| 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Matt Cleveland | Episode: "Bloodlines" | |
| 1990 | The Adventures of the Black Stallion | Henry Dailey | 78 episodes | |
| 1988 | The Golden Girls | Rocco | Episode: "Larceny and Old Lace" | |
| 1986 | The Disney Sunday Movie | James Turner | Episode: "Little Spies" | |
| 1986 | Care Bears | Noble Heart Horse | Voice, 4 episodes; uncredited | |
| 1982 | The Love Boat | Angelarum Dominicus | Episode: "The Christmas Presence" | |
| 1982 | One of the Boys | Oliver Nugent | 13 episodes | |
| 1979 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Old Bailey | Episodes: "Donovan's Kid: Parts 1 & 2" | |
| 1977 | A Year at the Top | Uncle Mickey Durbin | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1972 | Night Gallery | August Kolodney | Episode: "Rare Objects" | |
| 1964 | Rawhide | Pan Macropolous | Episode: "Incident of the Odyssey" | |
| 1964 | Mickey | Mickey Grady | 17 episodes | |
| 1964 | Combat | Harry White | Episode: "Silver Service" | |
| 1963 | The Twilight Zone | Grady | Episode: "The Last Night of a Jockey" | |
| 1960 | Wagon Train | Samuel T. Evans | Episode: "Wagons Ho!" | |
| 1960 | General Electric Theater | Al Roberts | Episode: "The Money Driver" | |
| 1959 | Wagon Train | Samuel T. Evans | Episode: "The Greenhorn Story" |
Show all 27 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Playhouse 90 | Sammy Hogart | "The Comedian"; lead role | |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show | Mickey Mulligan | 33 episodes |