Mickey Rooney filmography

Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) was an American actor of stage, film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. Beginning as a child actor, his career extended over 88 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.^[1]

Mickey Rooney in 1945

Film

Poster for The Big Chance (1933)

Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

Poster for The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

Poster for the reissue of The Healer (1935), retitled Little Pal, with Mickey Rooney featured to capitalize on his film stardom

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1927	Orchids and Ermine	Mickey McGuire
1928	Mickey the Detective		R.K.O. silent short Oct 1928
1932	The Beast of the City	Mickey Fitzpatrick	Uncredited
	Sin's Pay Day	"Chubby" Dennis
	High Speed	Buddy Whipple	Uncredited
	Fast Companions	Midge
	My Pal, the King	King Charles V
	Officer Thirteen	Buddy Malone
1933	The Big Cage	Jimmy O'Hara
	The Life of Jimmy Dolan	"Freckles"	Uncredited, Alternate title: The Kid's Last Fight
	The Big Chance	Arthur Wilson
	Broadway to Hollywood	Ted Hackett III as a Child
	The Chief	Willie
	The World Changes	Otto Peterson, as a Child
1934	Beloved	Tommy
	The Lost Jungle	Mickey	Serial, [Ch.1]
	I Like It That Way	Messenger Boy
	Upper World	Jerry	(scenes deleted)
	Manhattan Melodrama	"Blackie" as a Boy
	Love Birds	Gladwyn Tootle
	Half a Sinner	Willie Clark
	Blind Date	Freddie
	Hide-Out	Willie Miller
	Chained	Boy Shipboard Swimmer	Uncredited
	Death on the Diamond	Mickey
1935	The County Chairman	"Freckles"
	West Point of the Air		(scenes deleted)
	Reckless	Eddie	Alternate titles: Born Reckless and Hard to Handle
	The Healer	Jimmy	Alternate title: Little Pal
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Puck or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy
	Rendezvous	Country Boy	Uncredited
	Ah, Wilderness!	Tommy
	A Night at the Opera	Al
1936	Riffraff	Jimmy
	Little Lord Fauntleroy	Dick
	Down the Stretch	"Snapper" Sinclair
	The Devil Is a Sissy	James "Gig" Stevens
1937	A Family Affair	Andy Hardy
	Captains Courageous	Dan Troop
	Slave Ship	"Swifty"
	Hoosier Schoolboy	"Shockey" Carter
	Live, Love and Learn	Jerry Crump
	Thoroughbreds Don't Cry	Timmie Donovan
	You're Only Young Once	Andy Hardy
1938	Love Is a Headache	Mike O'Toole
	Judge Hardy's Children	Andy Hardy
	Hold That Kiss	Chick Evans
	Lord Jeff	Terry O'Mulvaney
	Love Finds Andy Hardy	Andy Hardy
	Boys Town	"Whitey" Marsh
	Stablemates	Mickey
	Out West with the Hardys	Andy Hardy
1939	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Huckleberry Finn
	The Hardys Ride High	Andy Hardy
	Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
	Babes in Arms	Mickey Moran	At age of only 19 years old, Mickey Rooney became the second-youngest Academy Award Best Actor nominee.
	Judge Hardy and Son	Andy Hardy
1940	Young Tom Edison	Thomas Edison
	Andy Hardy Meets Debutante	Andy Hardy
	Strike Up the Band	Jimmy Connors
1941	Andy Hardy's Private Secretary	Andy Hardy
	Men of Boys Town	"Whitey" Marsh
	Life Begins for Andy Hardy	Andy Hardy
	Babes on Broadway	Tommy Williams
1942	The Courtship of Andy Hardy	Andy Hardy
	A Yank at Eton	Timothy Dennis
	Andy Hardy's Double Life	Andy Hardy
1943	The Human Comedy	Homer MacAuley	At age of 23, Rooney became the third-youngest Academy Award Best Actor nominee before he was surpassed by 22-year old Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name, 74 years later.
	Thousands Cheer	Emcee At The Show
	Girl Crazy	Danny Churchill Jr.
1944	Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble	Andy Hardy
1945	National Velvet	Michael "Mi" Taylor
1946	Love Laughs at Andy Hardy	Andy Hardy
1947	Killer McCoy	Tommy "Killer" McCoy
1948	Summer Holiday	Richard Miller
	Words and Music	Lorenz Hart
1949	The Big Wheel	Billy Coy
1950	Quicksand	Dan
	The Fireball	Johnny Casar
	He's a Cockeyed Wonder	Freddie Frisby
1951	My Outlaw Brother	J. Dennis "Denny" O'Moore
	The Strip	Stanley Maxton
1952	Sound Off	Mike Donnelly
1953	Off Limits	Herbert Tuttle
	All Ashore	Francis "Moby" Dickerson
	A Slight Case of Larceny	Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers
1954	Drive a Crooked Road	Eddie Shannon
	The Atomic Kid	Barnaby "Blix" Waterberry
1955	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Mike Forney
	The Twinkle in God's Eye	Reverend William Macklin II
1956	The Bold and the Brave	Willie Dooley	Nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1956.
	Francis in the Haunted House	David Prescott
	Magnificent Roughnecks	Frank Sommers
1957	Operation Mad Ball	Master Sergeant Yancy Skibo
	Baby Face Nelson	Lester M. "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis
1958	A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed	Gustav "Gus" Harris
	Andy Hardy Comes Home	Andy Hardy
1959	The Last Mile	"Killer" Mears
	The Big Operator	Joe "Little Joe" Braun	Alternate title: Anatomy of the Syndicate
1960	The Private Lives of Adam and Eve	Nick Lewis / The Devil
	Platinum High School	Steven Conway
1961	The Big Bankroll	Johnny Burke	Alternate title: King of the Roaring 20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein
	Breakfast at Tiffany's	I.Y. Yunioshi
	Everything's Ducky	Kermit "Beetle" McKay
1962	Requiem for a Heavyweight (film)	Army
	Follow that Dream
1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	"Dingy" Bell
1964	The Secret Invasion	Terence Scanlon
1965	Twenty-Four Hours to Kill	Norman Jones
	How to Stuff a Wild Bikini	"Peachy" Keane
1966	Ambush Bay	Sergeant Ernest Wartell
	The Devil in Love	Adramalek
1968	Skidoo	George "Blue Chips" Packard
1969	The Extraordinary Seaman	Cook #3 / C W. J. Oglethorpe
	The Comic	Martin "Cockeye" Van Buren
	80 Steps to Jonah	Wilfred Bashford
1970	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Tom "Indian Tom"
	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Kris Kringle / Santa Claus	Voice, TV movie
1971	Mooch Goes to Hollywood	Himself
	The Manipulator	B.J. Lang
1972	Evil Roy Slade	Nelson Stool	TV movie
	Richard	Guardian Angel
	Pulp	Preston Gilbert
1973	The Godmothers	Rocky Mastrasso
1974	Thunder County	Gas Station Attendant
	Journey Back to Oz	Scarecrow	Voice
1974	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Santa Claus	Voice
1975	Ace of Hearts	Papa Joe
	From Hong Kong with Love	Marty	Alternate title: Bons Baisers de Hong Kong
	The Intruder	Captain Jennings
	Rachel's Man	Laban
1976	Find the Lady	"Trigger"
1977	The Domino Principle	Spiventa
	Pete's Dragon	Lampie
1978	The Magic of Lassie	Gus
1979	Arabian Adventure	Daad El-Shur
	The Black Stallion	Henry Dailey	Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1979.
	Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July	Santa Claus	Voice, TV movie
1981	The Fox and the Hound	Adult Tod	Voice
	Bill	Bill Sackter	TV movie
1982	Odyssey of the Pacific	The Railway Engineer	Alternate titles: The Emperor of Peru and Treasure Train
1983	Bill: On His Own	Bill Sackter	TV movie
1984	It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	Mike Halligan
1985	The Care Bears Movie	Mr. Cherrywood	Voice
1986	Lightning, the White Stallion	Barney Ingram
	Little Spies	Jimmie "The Hermit"	[2]
1988	Bluegrass	John Paul Jones
1989	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Flip	Voice
	Erik the Viking	Erik's Grandfather
1990	Home For Christmas	Elmer	TV movie
1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Junion
	The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw	The Director	TV movie
	Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker	Joe Petto	Direct-to-video
1992	The Magic Voyage	The Narrator	Voice
	Maximum Force	Chief of Police
	The Legend of Wolf Mountain	Pat Jensen
	Sweet Justice	Zeke
1993	The Milky Life	Barry Reilly
1994	Revenge of the Red Baron	Grandpa Spencer
	Making Waves	Gabriel
1995	Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart	O.B. Taggart
1997	The Face on the Barroom Floor
	Killing Midnight	Professor Mort Sang
1998	Animals	Tollkeeper
	Michael Kael vs. the World News Company	Griffith
	The Snow Queen	Ol Dreamy
	Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights	Sage
	Babe: Pig in the City	Fugly Floom
	The First of May	Ed "Boss Ed"
1999	Holy Hollywood
2000	Internet Love
	Phantom of the Megaplex	Mason "Movie Mason"	TV movie
2001	Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	Sparkey	Voice, Direct-to-video
2002	Topa Topa Bluffs	The Prospector
2003	Illusion Infinity, aka Paradise	Simon / Henry Sr.	Dual role
2004	To Kill a Mockumentary	Max
2005	The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams	David McCord
	The Happy Elf	Santa	Voice
2006	Night at the Museum	Gus
	The Thirsting	Savy
2007	A Christmas Too Many	Grandpa	Direct-to-video
	The Yesterday Pool	Trobadar	Short
	Bamboo Shark	Brooks	TV movie
2008	Lost Stallions: The Journey Home	Chief
	A Miser Brothers' Christmas	Santa Claus	Voice, TV movie
	Empire State Building Murders	Paulie Genovese
2009	Saddle Up with Dick Wrangler & Injun Joe	Owen Blumenkrantz
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Gus	Deleted scene only[citation needed]
	Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva	Harvey	English dub
2010	Now Here	"Swifty"
	Gerald	The Doctor
2011	Night Club	Jerry Sherman
	The Muppets	Elderly Smalltown Resident
	Bamboo Shark	Brooks
2012	Last Will and Embezzlement	Himself
	The Voices from Beyond	Johnny O'Hara
	The Woods	Lester
	Driving Me Crazy	Mr. Cohen
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Gus	Released posthumously
2017	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Mr. Louis	Released posthumously
2021	Holy Hollywood	Grandpa	Released posthumously (final film role)

Stage

• 1935: A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 1951: Sailor Beware
• 1963: The Tunnel of Love
• 1965: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• 1967: The Odd Couple
• 1969–70: George M!
• 1971: Three Goats and a Blanket
• 1971: Hide and Seek
• 1971: W.C. (closed on the road)
• 1972: Pulp
• 1972–74: See How They Run
• 1973: A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 1975: Goodnight Ladies
• 1975: Sugar
• 1976: Alimony
• 1979–82, 1983–88: Sugar Babies
• 1983: Show Boat
• 1986: The Laugh's On Me
• 1987: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• 1989: Two for the Show
• 1990: The Sunshine Boys
• 1991–93: The Will Rogers Follies
• 1993: Lend Me a Tenor
• 1994: The Mind with the Naughty Man
• 1995: Crazy for You
• 1997–99: The Wizard of Oz
• 2000: Hollywood Goes Classical
• 2003: Singular Sensations
• 2000–11: Let's Put On A Show

Short subjects

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1926	Not to Be Trusted	The Nephew
1927	Mickey's Circus	Mickey McGuire
	Mickey's Pals
	Mickey's Eleven
	Mickey's Battles
1928	Mickey's Parade
	Mickey in School
	Mickey's Nine
	Mickey's Little Eva
	Mickey's Wild West
	Mickey in Love
	Mickey's Triumph
	Mickey's Babies
	Mickey's Movies
	Mickey's Rivals
	Mickey the Detective
	Mickey's Athletes
	Mickey's Big Game Hunt
1929	Mickey's Great Idea
	Mickey's Menagerie
	Mickey's Last Chance
	Mickey's Brown Derby
	Mickey's Northwest Mounted
	Mickey's Initiation
	Mickey's Midnite Follies
	Mickey's Surprise
	Mickey's Mix-Up
	Mickey's Big Moment
	Mickey's Strategy
1930	Mickey's Champs
	Mickey's Explorers
	Mickey's Master Mind
	Mickey's Luck
	Mickey's Whirlwinds
	Mickey's Warriors
	Mickey the Romeo
	Mickey's Merry Men
	Mickey's Winners
	Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24
	Mickey's Musketeers
	Mickey's Bargain
1931	Mickey's Stampede
	Mickey's Crusaders
	Mickey's Rebellion
	Mickey's Diplomacy
	Mickey's Wildcats
	Mickey's Thrill Hunters
	The Hare Mail[3]	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit	Voice role
	The Fisherman[3]
	Mickey's Helping Hand	Mickey McGuire
	Mickey's Sideline
1932	Mickey's Busy Day
	Mickey's Travels
	Mickey's Holiday
	Mickey's Big Business
	Mickey's Golden Rule
	Mickey's Charity
1933	Mickey's Ape Man
	Mickey's Race
	Mickey's Big Broadcast
	Mickey's Disguises
	Mickey's Touchdown
	Mickey's Tent Show
	Mickey's Covered Wagon
1934	Mickey's Minstrels
	Mickey's Rescue
	Mickey's Medicine Man
1935	Pirate Party on Catalina Isle	Himself
1940	Andy Hardy's Dilemma	Andy Hardy
1940	Rodeo Dough	Himself
1941	Meet the Stars #4: Variety Reel #2
1943	Show Business at War
1947	Screen Snapshots: Out of This World Series
1953	Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney – Then and Now
1958	Screen Snapshots: Glamorous Hollywood
1968	Vienna	Kidnapper
1974	Just One More Time	Himself
1975	The Lion Roars Again
2008	Wreck the Halls	Santa Claus

Box-office ranking

For a number of years, film exhibitors regularly voted Rooney as one of the top money making stars in the country in the annual Quigley Poll:^[4]

• 1938 – 4th
• 1939 – 1st, 2nd (UK)
• 1940 – 1st, 1st (UK)
• 1941 – 1st, 1st (UK)
• 1942 – 4th, 1st (UK)
• 1943 – 9th, 6th (UK)
• 1944 – 18th^[5]
• 1945 - 25th

Television

Rooney made countless appearances in TV sitcoms and television films. He also lent his voice to many animation films. Only his most important work is listed in this section.

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
1954–1955	The Mickey Rooney Show	Mickey Mulligan	33 episodes
1957	Playhouse 90	Sammy Hogart	"The Comedian"; lead role
1959	Wagon Train	Samuel T. Evans	Episode: "The Greenhorn Story"
1960	Wagon Train	Samuel T. Evans	Episode: "Wagons Ho!"
1960	General Electric Theater	Al Roberts	Episode: "The Money Driver"
1963	The Twilight Zone	Grady	Episode: "The Last Night of a Jockey"
1964	Rawhide	Pan Macropolous	Episode: "Incident of the Odyssey"
1964	Combat	Harry White	Episode: "Silver Service"
1964–1965	Mickey	Mickey Grady	17 episodes
1972	Night Gallery	August Kolodney	Episode: "Rare Objects"
1977	A Year at the Top	Uncle Mickey Durbin	Episode: "Pilot"
1979	The Wonderful World of Disney	Old Bailey	Episodes: "Donovan's Kid: Parts 1 & 2"
1982	One of the Boys	Oliver Nugent	13 episodes
1982	The Love Boat	Angelarum Dominicus	Episode: "The Christmas Presence"
1986	The Disney Sunday Movie	James Turner	Episode: "Little Spies"
1986	Care Bears	Noble Heart Horse	4 episodes; uncredited
1988	The Golden Girls	Rocco	Episode: "Larceny and Old Lace"
1990–1993	The Adventures of the Black Stallion	Henry Dailey	78 episodes
1993	Murder, She Wrote	Matt Cleveland	Episode: "Bloodlines"
1994	Full House	Mr. Dreghorn	Episode: "Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen "
1995	The Simpsons	Himself	Voice, Episode: "Radioactive Man"
1996	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Harold Lang	Episode: "A Shaolin Treasure"
1997	Conan	Gobe	2 episodes
1997	Kleo the Misfit Unicorn	Talbut	26 episodes
1998	ER	Dr. George Bikel	Episode: "Exodus"
1998	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Lucius	Episode: "Lucky in Love"
2002–2006	Kleo the Misfit Unicorn	Talbut	Voice, 26 episodes
2003	GodRocks!	Coach Bullseye	Episode: "Splatball Square-Off"
2011	Eagleheart	Himself	Episode: "Once in a Wattle"
2015	American Dad!	Short Producer	Voice, Episode: "A Star Is Reborn" Released posthumously

Awards and honors

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work / Honor	Result
1938	Academy Awards	Academy Juvenile Award	(with Deanna Durbin) "For their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement."	Honored
1939	Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Babes in Arms	Nominated
1943	Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Human Comedy	Nominated
1956	Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Bold and the Brave	Nominated
1957	Emmy Awards	Best Single Performance in a Leading or Supporting Role	"The Comedian", episode of Playhouse 90	Nominated
1957	Laurel Awards	Top Male Action Star	Baby Face Nelson	3rd Place
1958	Emmy Awards	Best Single Performance in a Leading or Supporting Role	Alcoa Theatre: Eddie	Nominated
1960	Hollywood Walk of Fame	Star of Motion Picture	Star at 1718 Vine Street	Honored
		Star of Television	Star at 6372 Hollywood Boulevard	Honored
		Star of Radio	Star at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard	Honored
1961	Emmy Awards	Best Single Performance in a Leading or Supporting Role	"Somebody's Waiting", episode of The Dick Powell Show	Nominated
1962	Laurel Awards	Top Male Supporting Performance	Requiem for a Heavyweight	Nominated
1964	Golden Globes	Best TV Star – Male	Mickey	Won
1980	Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Black Stallion	Nominated
1980	Tony Awards	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Sugar Babies	Nominated
1980	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Sugar Babies	Nominated
1981	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Bill	Won
1981	Golden Globes	Best Actor in a TV Mini-Series or Motion Picture	Bill	Won
1983	Academy Awards	Academy Honorary Award	"In recognition of his 60 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances."	Honored
1983	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Bill: On His Own	Nominated
1991	Gemini Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	The Adventures of the Black Stallion	Nominated
1991	Young Artist Awards	Former Child Star Award	For lifetime achievement as a child star (Subsequently renamed "The Mickey Rooney Award")	Honored
1996	Giffoni Film Festival	François Truffaut Award		Honored
2004	Pocono Mountains Film Festival	Lifetime Achievement Award[citation needed]		Honored

Honors

In May 1956, Rooney received an honorary PhD in Fine Arts from both Fremont College and degree mill Sequoia University for his work in the entertainment field.^[6][7]

On February 8, 1960, Rooney was initiated into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star heralding his work in motion pictures, located at 1718 Vine Street, one for his television career located at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard, and a third dedicated to his work in radio, located at 6372 Hollywood Boulevard. On March 29, 1984, he received a fourth star, this one for his live performances, located at 6211 Hollywood Boulevard.^[8]

He was the subject of a This Is Your Life programme in 1988, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel while appearing in Sugar Babies (musical) at London's Savoy Theatre.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to Rooney.^[9]

References

1. "Mickey Rooney, an enduring star", The Boston Globe, April 7, 2014
2. "Little Spies". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
3. "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1931". The Internet Animation Database. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
4. "Top Ten Money Making Stars". Quigley Publishing. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.
5. "Bing Crosby America's Screen Favourite". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 1945-03-24. p. 8 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
6. Hopper, Hedda (May 31, 1956). "Altoona's Own Hedda Hopper Writes From Hollywood". The Altoona Mirror. p. 17.
7. Bear, John (2012). Degree Mills: The Billion-Dollar Industry That Has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas. Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-61614-508-8.
8. "Mickey Rooney". Hollywood Walk of Fame. September 4, 1927. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
9. "Palm Springs Walk of Stars in order by dedication date" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2013.