Mickey Rooney Let's celebrate a movie star on the big screen since 1920's

Mickey Rooney

Let's celebrate a movie star on the big screen since 1920's

Lil Joe Yule Jr. jumped on the stage when he was less than two years old in a Theatre in Chicago while their parents were performing in a vaudeville show.
His career started in 1927 with the comic series "Mickey 'Himself' McGuire", and in 1934 he signed a long-term contract with MGM, also thanks to Selznick that noticed him in early 30's.
Andy Hardy 
The famous Warner Bros and MGM cartoonist Tex Avery, the creator of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel and Porky Pig, brought on the screen his innovative style in cartoons creation. In 1940's he worked with Fred Quimby at the MGM becoming one of the famous and talented animators ever, out of the Walt Disney' universe.

In 1941 while working at the Warner Bros he directed Hollywood Steps Out, a short Merrie Melodies starring caricatues of the Hollywood's most famous celebrities. Mickey Rooney is the last surviving star that appeared in Hollywood Steps Out. 

The very short scene, starring Rooney with Judy Garland is referring to Handy Hardy, the series of movies starring Mickey Rooney, a young boy that always had problems with money and girls. For that role in Andy Hardy, Rooney won a Juvenile Academy Award in 1939.

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland

The fortunate film series Andy Hardy started in 1937 and lasted 20 years and 17 movies, starring Mickey Rooney and other famous actors like Judy Garland, Douglas Fairbanks, Lana Turner, Lionel Barrymore and many others.

Mickey Rooney winning a Juvenile Oscar in 1939

He had his own sitcom show The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan, that lasted just one year from 1954 to 1955, and the carachter of Mulligan was created by Blake Edwards remembering Andy Hardy.

During the 80's he appeared on TV in three famous series like Love Boat, Murder, She worte and The Adventures of the Black Stallion.

Since 1944 he has been married eight times and his first wife has been the amazing Ava Gardner.

He has been acting in over 200 films and in 1983 he won the Academy Honorary Award  "In recognition of his 50 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances."

  Mickey on TV

1954–1955          The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey Mulligan

1957      The Comedian

1964–1965          Mickey

1981      Bill (won Emmy, Golden Globe)

1982      One of the Boys

1983      Bill: On His Own ( nomination Emmy)

1990–1993          The Adventures of the Black Stallion

Mickey Rooney is the leaving person with the longest career on the screen, more than any other actor in history. 

"You always pass failure on the way to success." Mickey Rooney (source: http://www.mickeyrooney.com/quotes.html)

Mickey on the Big Screen 

The Muppets (2011)

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2007)

Night At the Museum (2006)

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)

Wonder Boys (2000)

The First of May (1999)

Micheal Kael vs. The World News Company (1998)

Babe 2: Pig in the City (1998)

Killing Midnight (1998)

Michael Kael vs. The World News Company (1998)

Boys Will Be Boys (1997)

Animals (1997)

The Road Home (1996)

Musicals Great Musicals (1996)

The Legend of O. B. Taggert (1995)

The Adventures of the Red Baron (1994)

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

The Milky Life (1993)

The Magic Voyage (1993)

The Legend of Wolf Mountain (1992)

Maximum Force (1992)

Sweet Justice (1992)

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)

Erik the Viking (1989)

Lightning - The White Stallion (1986)

The Comic (1985)

The Care Bears Movie (1985)

La Traversee de la Pacific (1982)

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Arabian Adventure (1979)

The Magic of Lassie (1979)

The Black Stallion (1979)

The Domino Principle (1977)

Pete's Dragon (1977)

Bon Baisers de Hong Kong (1975)

Rachel's Man (1975)

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Richard (1972)

Pulp (1972)

B.J. Presents (1971)

Journey Back to Oz (1971)

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)

Eighty Steps to Jonah (1969)

The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)

The Devil In Love (1968)

Skidoo (1968)

Ambush Bay (1966)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

The Secret Invasion (1964)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Requiem For a Heavyweight (1962)

Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

King of the Roaring 20's - The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1961)

Platinum High School (1960)

The Big Operator (1959)

The Last Mile (1959)

Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)

Baby Face Nelson (1957)

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

The Bold and the Brave (1956)

The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955)

Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

The Atomic Kid (1954)

Off Limits (1953)

All Ashore (1953)

Sound Off (1952)

The Fireball (1950)

Words and Music (1948)

National Velvet (1944)

Babes in Arms (1939)

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

Boys Town (1938)

Captains Courageous (1937)

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)