Mickey Rooney

RECENT CREDITS
Night at the Museum (FILM)  Dec. 22, 2006
Ask Rita (TV)  Oct. 26, 2003
The Fighting Temptations (FILM)  Sep. 19, 2003
Larry King Live (TV)  Aug. 5, 2003
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HIGHLIGHTS
Made his stage debut in 1922 when he was 18-months old, as part of his parents' vaudeville act.
Starred in more than 50 Mickey McGuire comedy shorts. The character was based on a comic strip and Rooney was credited as Mickey McGuire at the time.
Took the last name Rooney from vaudevillian Pat Rooney in 1932.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams  2007 -David McCord
Actor
Film


Night at the Museum  2006 -Gus
Actor
Film


The Fighting Temptations  2003
Actor
Film


Babe: Pig in the City  1998 -Fugly Floom
Actor
Film


The Legend of Wolf Mountain  1992 -Jensen
Actor
Film


Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland  1992 -Flip
Voice
Film


My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys  1991 -Junior
Actor
Film


Erik the Viking  1989 -Erik's Grandfather
Actor
Film


Lightning: The White Stallion  1986 -Barney Ingram
Actor
Film


L'Arcidiavolo  1966 -Adramalek
Actor
Film


How to Stuff a Wild Bikini  1965 -Peachy Keane
Actor
Film


It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World  1963 -Ding Bell
Actor
Film


Bill   -Bill Sackter
Actor
TV


Donovan's Kid  
Actor
TV


Evil Roy Slade  
Actor
TV


Happy Elf   -Santa
Voice
TV


Leave 'em Laughing  
Actor
TV


Little Spies  
Actor
TV


My Kidnapper, My Love  
Actor
TV


Playhouse 90   -Sammy Hogarth
Actor
TV
Expand


Love Finds Andy Hardy  2001 -Andrew Hardy
Actor
Film


The First of May  1999 -Boss Ed
Actor
Film


Illusion Infinity  1998
Actor
Film


Boys Will Be Boys  1997
Actor
Film


Animals (And The Tollkeeper)  1997 -Tollkeeper
Actor
Film


Senior Trip  1995 -Himself
Actor
Film


The Care Bears Movie  1985 -Mr. Cherrywood
Voice
Film


The Fox and the Hound  1981 -Tod
Voice
Film


The Black Stallion  1980 -Henry Dailey
Actor
Film


Arabian Adventure  1979 -Dead El Shur
Actor
Film


The Magic of Lassie  1978 -Gus
Actor
Film


Pete's Dragon  1977 -Lampie
Actor
Film


Rachel's Man  1976
Actor
Film


Journey Back to Oz  1974 -Scarecrow
Voice
Film


Pulp  1972 -Preston Gilbert
Actor
Film


Richard  1972 -Guardian Angel
Actor
Film


80 Steps to Jonah  1969 -Wilfred
Actor
Film


The Comic  1969 -Cockeye
Actor
Film


Skidoo  1968 -Packard
Actor
Film


Ambush Bay  1966 -Sgt. Ernest Wartell
Actor
Film


Requiem for a Heavyweight  1962 -Army
Actor
Film


Breakfast at Tiffany's  1961 -Mr. Yunioshi
Actor
Film


The Private Lives of Adam and Eve  1960 -Nick Lewis/Devil
Director, Actor
Film


Platinum High School  1960 -Steven Conway
Actor
Film


A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed  1958 -Gus Harris
Actor
Film


Andy Hardy Comes Home  1958 -Andy Hardy
Songwriter, Actor
Film


Baby Face Nelson  1957 -Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis
Actor
Film


Operation Mad Ball  1957 -Yanccy Skibo
Actor
Film


The Bold and the Brave  1956 -Dooley
Songwriter, Actor
Film


The Twinkle in God's Eye  1955 -Rev. William Macklin II
Producer, Songwriter, Actor
Film


The Atomic Kid  1954 -Blix Waterberry
Producer, Actor
Film


Drive a Crooked Road  1954 -Eddie Shannon
Actor
Film


Force of Evil  1948 -Boy
Actor
Film


National Velvet  1944 -Mike Taylor
Actor
Film


Captains Courageous  1937 -Dan Troop
Actor
Film


Chained   -Boy Swimmer
Actor
Film


Death on the Diamond   -Mickey
Actor
Film


Donovan's Kid  
Actor
Film


Down the Stretch   -Snapper Sinclair
Actor
Film


B.J. Lang Presents  
Actor
Film


Babes in Arms   -Mickey Moran
Actor
Film


Babes on Broadway   -Tommy Williams
Actor
Film


Emma   -Bit Part
Actor
Film


Broadway to Hollywood   -Ted the Third, as a Child
Actor
Film


Everything's Ducky   -Beetle McKay
Actor
Film


Evil Roy Slade   -Nelson Stool
Actor
Film


Fast Companions   -Midge
Actor
Film


Find the Lady   -Trigger
Actor
Film


Francis in the Haunted House   -David Prescott
Actor
Film


Gerald   -Doctor
Actor
Film


Girl Crazy   -Danny Churchill Jr.
Actor
Film


Half a Sinner   -Willie
Actor
Film


He's a Cockeyed Wonder   -Freddie Frisby
Actor
Film


Hide-Out   -Willie
Actor
Film


High Speed  
Actor
Film


Hold That Kiss   -Chick Evans
Actor
Film


Hollywood Blue  
Actor
Film


Home for Christmas   -Elmer
Actor
Film


Hooray for Hollywood   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Hoosier Schoolboy   -Shockey
Actor
Film


Judge Hardy and Son   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Judge Hardy's Children   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Killer McCoy   -Tommy McCoy
Actor
Film


Killing Midnight  
Actor
Film


It Came Upon the Midnight Clear   -The Angel
Actor
Film


I Like It That Way   -Messenger Boy
Actor
Film


Beloved   -Bit Part
Actor
Film


Bill   -Bill Sackter
Actor
Film


Bill: On His Own   -Bill Sackter
Actor
Film


Blind Date   -Freddy
Actor
Film


Bluegrass   -John Paul Jones
Actor
Film


Bons Baisers de Hong Kong   -Marty
Actor
Film


Boys Town   -Whitey Marsh
Actor
Film


Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Andy Hardy Meets Debutante   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Andy Hardy's Double Life   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Andy Hardy's Private Secretary   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


A Slight Case of Larceny   -Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
Actor
Film


A Woman for Charlie  
Actor
Film


A Yank at Eton   -Timothy Dennis
Actor
Film


Ace of Hearts  
Actor
Film


Ah, Wilderness!   -Tommy Miller
Actor
Film


All Ashore   -Francis "Moby" Dickerson
Actor
Film


A Christmas Too Many  
Actor
Film


A Family Affair   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


A Midsummer Night's Dream   -Puck
Actor
Film


A Miser Brothers' Christmas   -Santa Claus
Voice
Film


24 Hours to Kill   -Norman Jones
Actor
Film


Pinocchio   -Pinocchio
Actor
Film


Quicksand   -Dan Brady, auto mechanic
Actor
Film


Reckless  
Actor
Film


Revenge of the Red Baron   -Grandpa James
Actor
Film


Sin's Payday  
Actor
Film


Riff Raff   -Jimmy
Actor
Film


Rusty Leads the Way   -Gerald
Actor
Film


Santa Claus is Coming to Town   -Kris
Voice
Film


The Beast of the City   -Mickey Fitzpatrick
Actor
Film


The Big Cage   -Jimmy O'Hara
Actor
Film


The Big Chance   -The Kid
Actor
Film


The Big Operator   -Little Joe Braun
Actor
Film


The Big Wheel   -Billy Coy
Actor
Film


The Black Stallion   -Henry Dailey
Actor
Film


Slave Ship   -Swifty
Actor
Film


Sound Off   -Mike Donnelly
Songwriter, Actor
Film


Stablemates   -Mickey
Actor
Film


Stories From My Childhood Vol. 1   -Ole Lukoje [The Snow Queen]
Voice
Film


Strike up the Band   -Jimmy Connors
Actor
Film


Summer Holiday   -Richard Miller
Actor
Film


Sweet Justice  
Actor
Film


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn   -Huckleberry Finn
Actor
Film


Orchids and Ermine   -Bit Part
Actor
Film


Out West with the Hardys   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Off Limits   -Herbert Tuttle
Songwriter, Actor
Film


Officer 13   -Bit Part
Actor
Film


My Kidnapper, My Love  
Actor
Film


My Outlaw Brother   -Denny O'More
Actor
Film


My Pal, the King   -Charles V
Actor
Film


My True Story  
Director
Film


Little Spies  
Actor
Film


Live, Love and Learn   -Jerry Crump
Actor
Film


Lord Jeff   -Terry O'Mulvaney
Actor
Film


Lost Stallions: The Journey Home   -Chief
Actor
Film


Love Birds   -Gladwyn Tootle
Actor
Film


Love is a Headache   -Mike
Actor
Film


Love Laughs at Andy Hardy   -Andrew Hardy
Actor
Film


Magnificent Roughnecks   -Frank Sommers
Actor
Film


Manhattan Melodrama   -Blackie as a boy
Actor
Film


Maximum Force   -Chief of Police
Actor
Film


Men of Boys Town   -Whitey Marsh
Actor
Film


Mickey the Great  
Actor
Film


Misunderstood Monsters  
Actor
Film


Jaguar  
Producer
Film


Little Lord Fauntleroy   -Dick
Actor
Film


La Traversée de la Pacific   -Emperor of Peru
Actor
Film


La Vida Lactea   -Barry Reilly
Actor
Film


Leave 'em Laughing   -Jack Thum
Singer, Actor
Film


Life Begins for Andy Hardy   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


The World Changes  
Actor
Film


The Year without a Santa Claus   -Santa Claus
Voice
Film


Thoroughbreds Don't Cry   -Tim Donahue
Actor
Film


Thousands Cheer   -Guest Star
Actor
Film


To Kill a Mockumentary   -Max
Actor
Film


Treasure Train  
Actor
Film


Upper World   -Jerry
Actor
Film


Wolf Mountain  
Actor
Film


Women's Prison Escape  
Actor
Film


Words and Music   -Lorenz "Larry" Hart
Actor
Film


You're Only Young Once   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


Young Tom Edison   -Tom Edison
Actor
Film


The Bridges at Toko-Ri   -Mike Forney
Actor
Film


The County Chairman   -Freckles
Actor
Film


The Courtship of Andy Hardy   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


The Devil Is a Sissy   -Gig Stevens
Actor
Film


The Domino Principle   -Spiventa
Actor
Film


The Extraordinary Seaman   -Oglethorpe
Actor
Film


The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw   -The Director
Actor
Film


The Godmothers  
Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Greatest Show Ever  
Actor
Film


The Happy Elf  
Voice
Film


The Hardys Ride High   -Andy Hardy
Actor
Film


The Healer  
Actor
Film


The Human Comedy   -Homer Macauley
Actor
Film


The Secret Invasion   -Terrence Scanlon
Actor
Film


The Strip   -Stanley Maxton
Actor
Film


The Sun Comes Up   -Cleaver
Actor
Film


The Manipulator  
Actor
Film


The Last Mile   -"Killer" John Mears
Actor
Film


The Chief   -Willie
Actor
Film


The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County   -Indian Tom
Actor
Film


The Fireball   -Johnny Casar
Actor
Film


The Life of Jimmy Dolan   -Freckles
Actor
Film


The Lost Jungle   -Mickey
Actor
Film


The Lost Jungle [Serial]   -Mickey
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Made his stage debut in 1922 when he was 18-months old, as part of his parents' vaudeville act.
Starred in more than 50 Mickey McGuire comedy shorts. The character was based on a comic strip and Rooney was credited as Mickey McGuire at the time.
Took the last name Rooney from vaudevillian Pat Rooney in 1932.
In 1934, the year he signed with MGM, he made 12 films, including Manhattan Melodrama and Blind Date.
At 19, he became the first teenager nominated for an Oscar, for 1940's Babes in Arms.
Was the No. 1 U.S. box-office star from 1939-41.


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