Mickey Rooney

Also Known As: Joseph Yule Jr., Joe Yule Jr., Mickey Yule, Mickey McGuire, Michael McGuire, Michael Rooney, میکی رونی

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).

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Birthday: September 23, 1920

Deathday: April 06, 2014

Adult: No

Gender: Male

Popularity:

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Known For:

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