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Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Highest Rated: 100% Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Domino Principle (1977)

Birthday: Sep 23, 1920

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Mickey Rooney was a little man who enjoyed a big career and a larger-than-life persona. Born into a family of vaudeville performers, he was pushed on stage before he could talk and never let up, appearing in hundreds of movies, TV shows, plays, casinos and gossip columns. He had a hunger for life and work that belied his small stature, marrying eight times, earning and losing millions of dollars on several occasions, and seemingly accepting any invitation to perform, whether it was a dinner theater or the Academy Awards. Outliving most of his Golden Age contemporaries, he carved out a unique place in show business history that spanned generations of fans. And even though his career reached its peak in the 1930s with his onscreen partnership with Judy Garland, he continued to win awards and accolades until his death on April 6, 2014.

Highest rated movies

100% Girl Crazy
100% Ah, Wilderness!
98% National Velvet
95% Captains Courageous
92% A Midsummer Night's Dream
90% The Black Stallion
90% Babes in Arms
90% Boys Town

Photos

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, Mickey Rooney, 1939 ANDY HARDY'S DOUBLE LIFE, from left, Mickey Rooney, Ann Rutherford, Esther Williams, 1942 ANDY HARDY'S PRIVATE SECRETARY, Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, 1941 BABES ON BROADWAY, from left, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, 1941 BABES ON BROADWAY, Mickey Rooney, 1941 BABES ON BROADWAY, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, 1941 BABES ON BROADWAY, Mickey Rooney, 1941 THE BIG WHEEL, Mickey Rooney, 1949 THE BIG WHEEL, Spring Byington, Mickey Rooney, 1949 THE BIG WHEEL, Mickey Rooney, Michael O'Shea, 1949 THE FIREBALL, Mickey Rooney, 1950, ©20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright GIRL CRAZY, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, 1943 GIRL CRAZY, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, 1943 HOLD THAT KISS, Mickey Rooney, 1938 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Mickey Rooney, 1935 OPERATION MAD BALL, Mickey Rooney, 1957 OPERATION MAD BALL, Mickey Rooney, 1957 OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS, from left; Cecilia Parker, Mickey Rooney, Virginia Weidler, Fay Holden, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden, 1938 A SLIGHT CASE OF LARCENY, Mickey Rooney playing the coronet in his dressing room between scenes, 1953 A SLIGHT CASE OF LARCENY, from left: Mickey Rooney, Eddie Bracken, 1953
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Holy Hollywood Grandpa (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soldier's Stories Narrator (Voice) - 2014
48% 57% Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Gus (Character) $113.6M 2014
95% 80% The Muppets Self $88.6M 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Now Here Swifty (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 46% Lost Stallions: The Journey Home Chief (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Empire State Building Murders Mickey Silver (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 14% A Christmas Too Many Grandpa (Character) - 2007
42% 67% Night at the Museum Gus (Character) $113.7M 2006
No Score Yet 46% The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams David McCord (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paradise Simon/Henry Sr. (Character) - 2003
45% 49% Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Sparky (Voice) - 2001
No Score Yet 57% Phantom of the Megaplex Movie Mason (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 69% The First of May Boss Ed (Character) - 1998
65% 41% Babe: Pig in the City Fugly Floom (Character) $18.3M 1998
No Score Yet 67% Animals and the Tollkeeper Tollkeeper (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sinbad and the Battle of the Dark Knights Sage (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 50% Boys Will Be Boys Wellington (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Michael Kael Contre la World News Company Griffith (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Michael Kael vs. the World News Company Griffith (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killing Midnight Professor Mort Sang (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 80% The Road Home Father Flanagan (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 25% The Magic Voyage Narrator (Voice) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Making Waves Gabriel (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 67% Revenge of the Red Baron Grandpa Spencer (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet O.B. Taggart O.B. Taggart (Character),
Screenwriter 		- 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet La Vida Lactea Barry Reilly (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 17% Maximum Force Chief of Police (Character) - 1992
55% 84% Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Flip (Voice) $1.4M 1992
No Score Yet 45% The Legend of Wolf Mountain Pat Jensen (Character) - 1992
33% 79% My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Junion (Character) $3.6M 1991
No Score Yet 23% Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker Joe Petto (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 33% Home for Christmas Elmer (Character) - 1990
50% 58% Erik the Viking Erik's Grandfather (Character) $656.7K 1989
No Score Yet 42% Lightning -- The White Stallion Barney Ingram (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Jack Bergan (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 78% Little Spies James Turner (Character) - 1986
43% 58% The Care Bears Movie Mr. Cherrywood (Voice) - 1985
No Score Yet 86% It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Mike Halligan (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 78% Bill: On His Own Bill Sackter (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Odyssey of the Pacific The Railway Engineer (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 95% Bill Bill Sackter (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leave 'Em Laughing Jack Thum (Character) - 1981
75% 78% The Fox and the Hound Adult Tod (Voice) $23.6M 1981
No Score Yet 89% Senior Trip Self - 1981
14% 40% Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Santa Claus (Voice) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Kidnapper, My Love The Maker (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 36% Arabian Adventure Daad El Shur (Character) - 1979
90% 83% The Black Stallion Henry Dailey (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Side of Love The Maker (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Donovan's Kid Old Bailey (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 62% The Magic of Lassie Gus (Character) - 1978
14% 20% The Domino Principle Spiventa (Character) - 1977
56% 60% Pete's Dragon Lampie (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Find the Lady Trigger (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Convict Women Gas Station Attendant (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hooray for Hollywood Narrator - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet From Hong Kong With Love Marty (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachel's Man Laban (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 53% Journey Back to Oz The Scarecrow (Voice) - 1974
90% 83% The Year Without a Santa Claus Santa Claus (Voice) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cell Block Girls Gas Station Attendant (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thunder County Gas Station Attendant (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Just One More Time Self - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Godmothers Rocky (Character),
Screenwriter 		- 1973
No Score Yet 77% Evil Roy Slade Nelson Stool (Character) - 1972
77% 38% Pulp Preston Gilbert (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet B.J. Lang Presents B.J. Lang (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Killing Affairs Unknown (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 55% The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Indian Tom (Character) - 1970
93% 82% Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Kris (Voice) - 1970
67% 57% The Comic Martin "Cockeye" Van Buren (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Extraordinary Seaman Cook 3/C W. J. Oglethorpe (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Devil in Love Adramalek (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 38% Ambush Bay Gunnery Sgt. Ernest Wartell (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet 24 Hours to Kill Norman Jones (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 33% How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Peachy Keane (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 70% The Secret Invasion Terence Scanlon (Character) - 1964
69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Ding Bell (Character) - 1963
89% 88% Requiem for a Heavyweight Army (Character) - 1962
88% 91% Breakfast at Tiffany's Mr. Yunioshi (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 17% King of the Roaring 20's -- The Story of Arnold Rothstein Johnny Burke (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 20% Everything's Ducky Kermit `'Beetle'` McKay (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Private Lives of Adam and Eve Nick Lewis/The Devil (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Platinum High School Steven Conway (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Mile `'Killer'` Mears (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Operator Little Joe Braun (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Andy Hardy Comes Home Andrew "Andy" Hardy (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed Gus Harris (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 43% Operation Mad Ball MSgt. Yancy Skibo (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 50% Baby Face Nelson Lester M. `'Baby Face Nelson'` Gillis (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 20% The Bold and the Brave Dooley (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Magnificent Roughnecks Frank Sommers (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 43% Francis in the Haunted House David Prescott (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Twinkle in God's Eye Rev. William Macklin II (Character),
Producer 		- 1955
No Score Yet 33% Drive a Crooked Road Eddie Shannon (Character) - 1954
82% 60% The Bridges at Toko-Ri Mike Forney (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 0% The Atomic Kid Barnaby "Blix" Waterberry (Character),
Producer 		- 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Off Limits Herbert Tuttle (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet All Ashore Francis "Moby" Dickerson (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Slight Case of Larceny Augustus `'Geechy'` Cheevers (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sound Off Mike Donnelly (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 22% My Outlaw Brother J. Dennis "Denny" O'Moore (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet My True Story Director - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outlaw Brother J. Dennis "Denny" O'Moore (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 50% The Strip Stanley Maxton (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 56% Quicksand Daniel "Dan" Brady (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 17% The Fireball Johnny Casar (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet He's a Cockeyed Wonder Freddie Frisby (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 30% The Big Wheel Billy Coy (Character) - 1949
20% 61% Words and Music Lorenz Hart (Character) - 1948
71% 40% Summer Holiday Richard Miller (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 57% Killer McCoy Tommy McCoy/Killer McCoy (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 58% Love Laughs at Andy Hardy Andy Hardy (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey the Great Unknown (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 40% Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble Andrew "Andy" Hardy (Character) - 1944
98% 78% National Velvet Mi Taylor (Character) - 1944
83% 68% The Human Comedy Homer Macauley (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 56% Thousands Cheer Emcee at the Show (Character) - 1943
100% 74% Girl Crazy Danny Churchill, Jr. (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 40% A Yank at Eton Timothy Dennis (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 27% The Courtship of Andy Hardy Andrew `'Andy'` Hardy (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Andy Hardy's Double Life Andy Hardy (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Must Have Music Self - 1942
No Score Yet 55% Life Begins for Andy Hardy Andrew `'Andy'` Hardy (Character) - 1941
40% 62% Men of Boys Town Whitey Marsh (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 68% Babes on Broadway Tommy "Tom" Williams (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 40% Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Andrew `'Andy'` Hardy (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 88% Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Andrew `'Andy'` Hardy (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 79% Strike Up the Band James 'Jimmy' Connors (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 76% Young Tom Edison Thomas Edison (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 50% Judge Hardy and Son Andrew `'Andy'` Hardy (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 61% The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn (Character) - 1939
90% 70% Babes in Arms Michael C. 'Mickey' Moran (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 53% Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever Andrew `'Andy'` Hardy (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 60% Judge Hardy's Children Andrew "Andy" Hardy (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 38% Out West With the Hardys Andrew 'Andy' Hardy (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 64% You're Only Young Once Andrew `'Andy'` Hardy (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 74% Love Finds Andy Hardy Andrew "Andy" Hardy (Character) - 1938
90% 81% Boys Town Whitey Marsh (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 0% Hold That Kiss Chick Evans (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 38% The Hardys Ride High Andrew "Andy" Hardy (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stablemates Michael `'Mickey'` (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Is a Headache Mike' OToole (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 38% Lord Jeff Terry O'Mulvaney (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 20% Hoosier Schoolboy Shockey Carter (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 44% Thoroughbreds Don't Cry Timmie Donovan (Character) - 1937
95% 89% Captains Courageous Dan Troop (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 27% Live, Love and Learn Jerry Crump (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 33% A Family Affair Andy Hardy (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Pal Jimmy (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down the Stretch "Snapper" Sinclair, aka Fred St. Clair (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 40% The Devil Is a Sissy "Gig" Stevens (Character) - 1936
88% 75% Little Lord Fauntleroy Dick Tipton (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Healer Jimmy (Character) - 1936
100% 57% Ah, Wilderness! Tommy Miller (Character) - 1935
92% 62% A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 44% Reckless Eddie (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 48% Riffraff Jimmy (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The County Chairman Freckles (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Half a Sinner Willie Clark (Character) - 1934
81% 71% Manhattan Melodrama Blackie as a Boy (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beloved Tommy (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Birds Gladwyn Tootle (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey's Medicine Man Mickey McGuire (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 44% Hide-Out William "Willie" Miller (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death on the Diamond Mickey (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blind Date Freddie Taylor (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 25% The Life of Jimmy Dolan Freckles (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey's Touchdown Mickey McGuire (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Chance Arthur Wilson (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Officer 13 Buddy Malone (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadway to Hollywood Ted Hackett III (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Cage Jimmy O'Hara (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey the Great Unknown (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 64% The Beast of the City Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited) (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins Pay Day Unknown (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Those Darn Kids Unknown (Character) - 1930

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 91% American Dad! Short Producer (Guest Voice) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Safe Harbor Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet 85% ER Dr. George Bikel (Guest Star) 1998
81% 60% Conan Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
85% 77% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 1995
No Score Yet 81% Full House Mr. Dreghorn (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Matt Cleveland (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of the Black Stallion Henry Dailey (Character) 1990-1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bluegrass John Paul Jones (Character) 1988
No Score Yet 93% The Golden Girls Rocco (Guest Star) 1988
40% No Score Yet One of the Boys Oliver Nugent (Character) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tattletales Guest 1977
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August Kenny O'Malley (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star),
Self 		1957 1962 1965-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Carol Burnett Show Guest 1967-1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucy Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Charlie Paris (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1952 1957 1960-1961 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Combat! Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Judy Garland Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Grady (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Samuel T. Evans (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1957-1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mickey Rooney Show Mickey Mulligan (Character) 1954-1955