Sunday, April 6, 2014

Mickey Rooney - # 76

He was number 76 on the list.


Mickey Rooney Dead: Legendary Star Dies at 93, Family Says He Was "Finally Enjoying Life" Again


Mickey Rooney's family has released a statement about his passing. "Mickey passed away from natural causes at the age of 93. Two years ago he requested through the Superior Court to permanently reside with his son Mark Rooney and Mark's wife Charlene. With them he finally found happiness, health and a feeling of safety and was able to enjoy life again. In an effort to provide Mickey with a better life, Mark and Charlene reunited him with both old and new friends."Legendary actor Mickey Rooney died at age 93 on Sunday, April 6.

"Even someone of Mickey's iconic status was quite starstruck and was extremely thrilled to attend Vanity Fair's Oscar party recently. Just last week Mickey was ecstatic when they surprised him by reuniting him with one of his great loves, the race track," the statement continued. "There they spent time with Mel Brooks and Dick Van Patten. He had exceptional care and a new lease on life. Recently, Mickey was proud to be part of Night at the Museum 3 with Ben Stiller. He had the time of his life and the utmost respect for the cast and crew. Mickey was finally enjoying life as a bachelor and the morning of his death they spoke of all their future plans. He loved the business he was in and had a great respect for his fellow actors. He led a full life but did not have enough time to finish all he had planned to do."


After a long, illustrious career in show business, iconic actor Mickey Rooney has passed away at the age of 93. TMZ broke the news that the former child actor died on Sunday, April 6 after having ill health for quite some time.


With more than 340 acting credits to his name, Rooney had one of the longest careers in Hollywood; he became a kid star in the mid-1920s and into the 30s with films like Blind Date and Death on the Diamond. He played Andy Hardy in Andy Hardy films, and teamed up with Judy Garland for the 1939 film Babes in Arms.


Starring on The Mickey Rooney Show as a bumbling actor working to break into show business, he made a name for himself on TV.


He also played the controversial role of Holly Golightly's Asian neighbor Mr. Yunioshi in the classic 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's.


In 2006 he starred in Night at the Museum as the feisty night watchman Gus, who gave Ben Stiller's Larry Daley a hard time.


He will next be seen posthumously in B. Luciano Barsuglia's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which hits theaters on Oct. 4, 2014.


He is survived by his children Mickey Rooney, Jr., Michael Rooney, Jonelle Rooney, Teddy Rooney, Kimmy Sue Rooney, Kelly Ann Rooney, Kerry Rooney, and Jimmy Rooney.


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


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          Radio
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        
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

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"
2000      Phantom of the Megaplex            Movie Mason     TV film
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

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