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Mickey Rooney

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  • 1920 - 2014

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mickey Rooney (born September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor of film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. Beginning as a child actor, his career extended over 90 years, making him one of the most enduring performers in show business history. He appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era, having one of the longest careers in the medium's history. At the height of a career that was marked by precipitous declines and raging comebacks, he played the role of Andy Hardy in a series of fifteen films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values. A prolific talent, he became a noted character actor later in his career, and could sing, dance, clown and play various musical instruments. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney "the greatest actor of them all", and 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 age six. At age thirteen he played the role Puck in the play and later the film, A Midsummer Night's Dream in an acclaimed performance, which critic David Thomson praised as "one of cinema's most arresting pieces of magic." He co-starred in Boys Town (1938) with Spencer Tracy, who won an Oscar for his role. At nineteen he was the first teenager to be nominated for an Oscar, for his leading role in Babes in Arms, co-starring Judy Garland, and was awarded a special Juvenile Academy Award in 1939. Overall, between the age of 15 and 25, while at his peak, he made forty-three pictures and co-starred alongside leading actors, including Judy Garland, Wallace Beery, Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. Rooney developed into one of MGM's most consistently successful actors, and a favorite of studio head, Louis B. Mayer. He was the top box office attraction of 1939, but his career never rose to such heights again. He was drafted into the Army during World War II, serving nearly two years entertaining over 2 million troops on stage and on the radio. He was awarded a Bronze Star for performing in combat zones. After he returned from the war in 1945, too old for juvenile roles but too short to be a movie star, he was not able to obtain acting roles as significant as before. Nevertheless, Rooney was tenacious and he rebounded, his popularity renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and The Black Stallion (1979), for which he was Oscar nominated. In the early 1980s he returned to Broadway in Sugar Babies and once more was a celebrated star. He also made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs and talk shows. During his career, he received four Academy Award nominations and was nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning one.

Birthday: 1920-09-23

Born At: Brooklyn - New York - USA

Casted In:

Breakfast at Tiffany's
164
Night at the Museum
1593
Babe: Pig in the City
9447
The Fox and the Hound
10948
Pete's Dragon
11114
The Care Bears Movie
11243
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
11576
Erik the Viking
11828
The Year Without a Santa Claus
13397
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
13400
The Happy Elf
13699
Captains Courageous
16515
The Black Stallion
17264
National Velvet
17641
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
18269
A Midsummer Night's Dream
19075
The Beast of the City
20675
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
22611
Little Lord Fauntleroy
23114
My Outlaw Brother
23257
Quicksand
23342
Evil Roy Slade
25109
Phantom of the Megaplex
26450
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
26879
Skidoo
27470
The Thirsting
27696
Pulp
28131
Manhattan Melodrama
28564
The Secret Invasion
29032
The Domino Principle
32029
Babes in Arms
32610
That's Entertainment!
33740
Drive a Crooked Road
34652
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
35580
Baby Face Nelson
35926
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
40246
Girl Crazy
40916
Bill
42388
Bill: On His Own
42389
Boys Town
42390
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
43022
Andy Hardy's Double Life
43167
Summer Holiday
43451
Words and Music
43458
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
43483
Thousands Cheer
43518
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
43789
Babes on Broadway
43790
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
43793
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
43808
Strike Up the Band
43819
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
43826
Love Finds Andy Hardy
43846
The Human Comedy
48993
Chained
50079
Reckless
50080
Hollywood Handicap
51383
Requiem for a Heavyweight
53229
Michael Kael contre la World News Company
53919
Young Tom Edison
56154
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
59403
The Fireball
59821
The Big Wheel
59822
Killer McCoy
59828
Operation Mad Ball
60387
Hide-Out
64318
The Muppets
64328
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
70984
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
71012
The Last Mile
72002
That's Entertainment, Part II
74719
That's Entertainment! III
77448
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
78354
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
79102
Meurtres à l'Empire State Building
80905
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
81419
The Manipulator
81480
Arabian Adventure
82430
A Christmas Too Many
82616
The Comic
84839
The Devil Is a Sissy
88031
The Magic of Lassie
88203
Francis in the Haunted House
88678
Ambush Bay
89132
Death on the Diamond
89726
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
92848
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
93468
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
94857
Broadway to Hollywood
95554
The Strip
95949
A Yank at Eton
99210
Lord Jeff
99865
Juego sucio en Panamá
99897
All Ashore
102034
Sound Off
102090
The Extraordinary Seaman
102152
Men of Boys Town
105038
The Emperor of Peru
107064
Vienna
109386
Off Limits
109936
Die Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus
110812
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
115309
The Atomic Kid
115608
You're Only Young Once
116232
Everything's Ducky
119678
Out West with the Hardys
120757
Judge Hardy and Son
120885
Ah, Wilderness!
120892
Riffraff
121006
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
122937
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
124233
Judge Hardy's Children
124381
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
130096
To Kill a Mockumentary
134905
Judy Garland: By Myself
137132
Cinema Circus
145709
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
146794
There Must Be a Pony
147694
A Family Affair
155751
Andy Hardy Comes Home
155752
The Hardys Ride High
155756
Revenge of the Red Baron
157036
Officer Thirteen
157926
Platinum High School
161783
The Big Chance
164803
Mickey's Race
165381
Lost Stallions: The Journey Home
169380
Live, Love and Learn
170255
Down the Stretch
176363
The World Changes
176747
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
179155
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
180986
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
181533
The Twinkle In God's Eye
182506
The First of May
182578
Show-Business at War
186702
Journey Back to Oz
187542
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
188991
The Bold and the Brave
191227
The Healer
192664
L'arcidiavolo
196204
Animals with the Tollkeeper
196469
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
197169
A Dream Comes True
197273
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
201735
Slave Ship
204040
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
206186
A Slight Case of Larceny
206404
Stablemates
208409
Mickey's Luck
209584
Mickey's Ape Man
209585
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
209634
Home for Christmas
210322
Senior Trip
211662
Mickey's Pals
212499
Mickey's Eleven
212500
Mickey in School
212519
Mickey's Movies
212522
Mickey the Detective
212523
Mickey's Big Game Hunt
212528
Mickey's Great Idea
212532
Mickey's Northwest Mounted
212536
Mickey's Surprise
212539
Mickey's Mix-Up
212540
Mickey's Big Moment
212543
Mickey's Champs
212545
Mickey's Explorers
212546
Mickey's Warriors
212548
Mickey's Stampede
212551
Mickey's Rebellion
212556
Mickey's Wildcats
212559
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
212560
Mickey's Touchdown
212598
Mickey's Tent Show
212600
Mickey's Covered Wagon
212604
Mickey's Minstrels
212607
Mickey's Rescue
212613
Mickey's Medicine Man
212628
Mickey the Great
212639
80 Steps to Jonah
214890
Love Is a Headache
216482
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
217783
Sweet Justice
218555
The Road Home
223772
Hoosier Schoolboy
226872
The Big Operator
239000
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
239222
The Miracle of Sound
240481
Hold That Kiss
245166
Maximum Force
246984
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
249141
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
251417
Leave 'em Laughing
254647
Lightning, the White Stallion
258550
Thunder County
260402
Making Waves
263369
The Comedian
263570
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
266814
The Chief
269319
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
277129
Broadway's Lost Treasures
282941
Blind Date
284538
Sin's Pay Day
287167
Boys Will Be Boys
292864
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
294550
My Pal, the King
294983
Little Spies
298948
Night Club
304029
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
305355
The Fisherman
314167
The Hare Mail
314169
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
316716
Richard
328966
Mickey's Circus
343337
Mickey's Brown Derby
343360
The Big Cage
343790
Find the Lady
346600
Rodeo Dough
352307
Driving Me Crazy
353557
The Voices from Beyond
384169
La Vida Láctea
399556
Mickey's Battle
433958
Mickey's Little Eva
433968
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
444628

Crewed In:

My Outlaw Brother
23257
The Atomic Kid
115608
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
251417
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
391588
My True Story
445120
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