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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