Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney Movies and TV Shows

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).

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 9/23/1920 (103 years old)
  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.57 m
  • Net worth: $20,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Sid & Judy
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 79%
role:
Himself (archive footage)
2019

Documentary

7.4
79%
2014

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
62%
The Muppets
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 66%
role:
Smalltown Resident
2011

Comedy

Family

Music

7.1
66%
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 73%
role:
Not available
2009

Documentary

TV Movie

7.8
73%
Not available
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2008

Animation

Family

TV Movie

6.1
66%
2006

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
66%
Joan of Arcadia
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 73%
role:
Gus
Not available
2003

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
73%
Not available
2001

Adventure

Animation

Family

Romance

5.9
64%
Babe: Pig in the City
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 55%
role:
Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
1998

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.8
55%
Erik the Viking
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 59%
role:
Erik's Grandfather
1989

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
59%
1989

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
67%
1985

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.0
63%
The Fox and the Hound
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Tod (voice)
1981

Adventure

Animation

Drama

Family

7.2
71%
The Black Stallion
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 71%
role:
Henry Dailey
1979

Adventure

Family

7.4
71%
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Pete's Dragon
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 64%
role:
Lampie
1977

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
64%
Find the Lady
IMDB 4.1
TMDB 43%
role:
Trigger
Not available
1976

Comedy

4.1
43%
Not available
The Year Without a Santa Claus
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Santa Claus (voice)
1974

Animation

Family

TV Movie

7.7
73%
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 71%
role:
Kris Kingle / Santa Claus (voice)
1970

Animation

Family

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
71%
1963

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

7.5
70%
Breakfast at Tiffany's
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 77%
role:
Mr. Yunioshi
1961

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.6
77%
National Velvet
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 73%
role:
Michael 'Mi' Taylor
1945

Drama

Family

7.3
73%
1937

Adventure

Drama

Family

7.9
74%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Mickey Rooney are, for example, Sid & Judy, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and The Muppets.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are Sid & Judy (7.7), Captains Courageous (7.7) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (7.7).
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