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