Mickey Rooney

Acting · Born 1920-09-23 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Breakfast at Tiffany's as Mr. Yunioshi
• The Fox and the Hound as Tod (voice)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town as Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
• The Black Stallion as Henry Dailey
• Night at the Museum as Gus
• Pete's Dragon as Lampie
• The Care Bears Movie as Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
• Little Lord Fauntleroy as Dick Tipton
• My Outlaw Brother as J. Dennis 'Denny' O'Moore

TV

• The Simpsons as Mickey Rooney (voice)
• Combat! as Harry White
• Night Gallery as August Kolodney
• The Twilight Zone as Michael Grady
• ER as George Bikel
• The Norm Show
• The Dick Powell Show as Mike Zampini
• Burke's Law as Archie Lido
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Harold Lang
• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self