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[h3]Born Joe Yule Jr. in 1920, Mickey, as he was later to be known, started out in showbusiness at an early age. [/h3]

His parents were popular entertainers on the Vaudeville circuit and Mickey soon became part of their act.

Mickey’s parents divorced when he was three years old and it was his mother who encouraged her young son towards a career in entertainment by taking him to Hollywood to audition for Hal Roach's ‘Our Gang’ series. After missing out on the role, Mickey returned in 1926 and landed his first role in ‘Not To Be Trusted’.

In 1927, he was cast as Mickey McGuire in a series based on a popular comic strip. Around the same time, Joe Yule Jr. became known as Mickey Rooney thanks to a legal name change by his mother.

In 1934, a chance outing at a Los Angeles tennis competition saw the rising young actor spotted by MGM producer, David O. Selznick. Reporting back to studio boss Louis Mayer, Selznick announced that he had discovered a ‘goldmine’ and urged the studio to sign up Rooney.

Selznick signed Rooney up for ‘Manhattan Melodrama’ and following the release of the film in 1934 he was offered a long-term contract with MGM and was educated at the studio's School for Professional Children.

From 1939-41, Mickey Rooney was the number one box office star in the US thanks to his roles in films such as ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ and the ‘Andy Hardy’ series. His fame peaked with a string of successful musicals with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/142:0/Judy_Garland.htm]Judy Garland[/urlnew], including the Oscar nominated ‘Babes in Arms’ and classic films such as ‘National Velvet’ in 1944. Rooney and Garland developed a deep friendship over the years and starred in a total of nine films together.

Rooney completed 21 months of military service during World War II and, although a successful radio broadcaster during this time, his career suffered upon his return from war. During the 1950s, he worked on the television series ‘Hey Mulligan’ and in 1960 he directed and starred in ‘The Private Lives of Adam and Eve’.

Rooney continued to make films during the 60s and 70s, and in 1979 he appeared in the acclaimed stage play 'Sugar Babies' with Ann Miller.

In 1983, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted him their Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime of achievement.

While his career has been long-lived, Rooney’s marriages have been somewhat shorter. Starting off with Hollywood starlet [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/457:0/Ava_Gardner.htm]Ava Gardner[/urlnew] in 1941, he has been married eight times. His married his eighth wife, Jan Chamberlin, in 1978 and the couple have been together for longer than all of his previous seven marriages combined. The couple live in Los Angeles and continue to tour with a multimedia live stage production called ‘Let's Put On A Show!’
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- He once co-owned the Mickey Rooney Tabas Hotel in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

- According to one Hollywood rumour, Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Rooney.

- Judy Garland stated that Rooney was "the world's greatest talent."

- Mickey wrote his first novel entitled ‘The Search for Sonny Skies’ in 1994.

- In January 2005 he made headlines when he starred in a commercial that was deemed ‘indecent’ to show during an ad break of the Super Bowl. The ad featured a brief flash of Rooney's bottom.

- Mickey is five foot tall.

- Infamous gangster John Dillinger was shot and killed outside a theatre after watching Mickey Rooney in the film ‘Manhattan Melodrama’.

- Laurence Olivier called Rooney "the single best film actor America ever produced."
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Horrorween (2007)

Night at the Museum (2006)

Bamboo Shark (2006)

The Thirsting (2006)

To Kill a Mockumentary (2006)

The Happy Elf (2005)

A Christmas Too Many (2005)

Strike the Tent (2005)

Paradise (2003)

Topa Topa Bluffs (2002)

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)

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

Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

Internet Love (2000)

The First of May (1999)

Holy Hollywood (1999)

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)

Animals and the Tollkeeper (1998)

Stories from My Childhood

The Face on the Barroom Floor (1998)

Kings of the Court (1997)

Boys Will Be Boys (1997)

Killing Midnight (1997)

Brothers' Destiny (1995)

Making Waves (1994)

The Outlaws: Legend of O.B. Taggart (1994)

Revenge of the Red Baron (1994)

The Legend of Wolf Mountain (1993)

Maximum Force (1992)

Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus, Die (1992)

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1992)

Sweet Justice (1992)

Vida láctea, La (1992)

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)

Erik the Viking (1989)

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1988)

Bluegrass (1988)

Little Spies (1986)

Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986)

The Care Bears Movie (1985)

The Emperor of Peru (1982)

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Leave 'em Laughing (1981)

My Kidnapper, My Love (1980)

Arabian Adventure (1979)

The Black Stallion (1979)

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)

The Magic of Lassie (1978)

Pete's Dragon (1977)

The Domino Principle (1977)

Find the Lady (1976)

Bons baisers de Hong Kong (1975)

The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Journey Back to Oz (1974)

Rachel's Man (1974)

Thunder County (1974)

The Godmothers (1973)

Richard (1972)

Evil Roy Slade (1972)

Pulp (1972)

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)

80 Steps to Jonah (1969)

The Comic (1969)

The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)

Skidoo (1968)

Vienna (1968)

Ready and Willing (1967)

Ambush Bay (1966)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (1965)

The Secret Invasion (1964)

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

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

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

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)

Platinum High School (1960)

The Last Mile (1959)

The Big Operator (1959)

Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)

Baby Face Nelson (1957)

Pinocchio (1957)

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

Mr. Broadway (1957)

The Comedian (1957)

Magnificent Roughnecks (1956)

Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

The Bold and the Brave (1956)

The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955)

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955)

"The Mickey Rooney Show" (1954)

The Atomic Kid (1954)

Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)

All Ashore (1953)

Off Limits (1953)

Sound Off (1952)

The Strip (1951)

My Outlaw Brother (1951)

He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)

The Fireball (1950)

Quicksand (1950)

The Big Wheel (1949)

Words and Music (1948)

Summer Holiday (1948)

Killer McCoy (1947)

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)

Mickey the Great (1946)

National Velvet (1944)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)

Girl Crazy (1943)

The Human Comedy (1943)

Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)

A Yank at Eton (1942)

The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)

Personalities (1942)

Babes on Broadway (1941)

Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)

Men of Boys Town (1941)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)

Strike Up the Band (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Young Tom Edison (1940)

Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

Babes in Arms (1939)

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

The Hardys Ride High (1939)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

Out West with the Hardys (1938)

Stablemates (1938)

Boys Town (1938)

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

Lord Jeff (1938)

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Judge Hardy's Children (1938)

Love Is a Headache (1938)

Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
(1938)

You're Only Young Once (1937)

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)

Live, Love and Learn (1937)

Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)

Slave Ship (1937)

Captains Courageous (1937)

A Family Affair (1937)

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

Down the Stretch (1936)

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

Riffraff (1936)

Mickey's Derby Day (1936)

Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Rendezvous (1935)

The Healer (1935)

Reckless (1935)

West Point of the Air (1935)

The County Chairman (1935)

Death on the Diamond (1934)

Blind Date (1934)

Chained (1934)

Hide-Out (1934)

The Lost Jungle (1934)

Half a Sinner (1934)

Mickey's Medicine Man (1934)

Love Birds (1934)

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Upperworld (1934)

I Like It That Way (1934)

Mickey's Rescue (1934)

The Lost Jungle (1934)

Beloved (1934)

Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933)

The World Changes (1933)

The Chief (1933)

Mickey's Tent Show (1933)

Mickey's Touchdown (1933)

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

The Big Chance (1933)

Mickey's Disguises (1933)

The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)

Mickey's Big Broadcast (1933)

The Big Cage (1933)

Mickey's Race (1933)

Mickey's Ape Man (1933)

Officer Thirteen (1932)

Mickey's Charity (1932)

My Pal, the King (1932)

Fast Companions (1932)

Mickey's Golden Rule (1932)

Mickey's Big Business (1932)

High Speed (1932)

Mickey's Holiday (1932)

Sin's Pay Day (1932)

Mickey's Travels (1932)

The Beast of the City (1932)

Mickey's Busy Day (1932)

Mickey's Helping Hand (1931)

Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931)

Mickey's Wildcats (1931)

Mickey's Diplomacy (1931)

Mickey's Rebellion (1931)

Mickey's Crusaders (1931)

Mickey's Stampede (1931)

Mickey's Sideline (1931)

Mickey's Bargain (1930)

Mickey's Musketeers (1930)

Mickey's Winners (1930)

Mickey's Merry Men (1930)

Mickey the Romeo (1930)

Mickey's Warriors (1930)

Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930)

Mickey's Luck (1930)

Mickey's Master Mind (1930)

Mickey's Champs (1930)

Mickey's Strategy (1929)

Mickey's Big Moment (1929)

Mickey's Mix-Up (1929)

Mickey's Surprise (1929)

Mickey's Midnite Follies (1929)

Mickey's Initiation (1929)

Mickey's Northwest Mounted (1929)

Mickey's Brown Derby (1929)

Mickey's Last Chance (1929)

Mickey's Menagerie (1929)

Mickey's Explorers (1929)

Mickey's Great Idea (1929)

Mickey's Big Game Hunt (1928)

Mickey's Athletes (1928)

Mickey the Detective (1928)

Mickey's Rivals (1928)

Mickey's Movies (1928)

Mickey's Babies (1928)

Mickey's Triumph (1928)

Mickey in Love (1928)

Mickey's Wild West (1928)

Mickey's Little Eva (1928)

Mickey's Nine (1928)

Mickey in School (1928)

Mickey's Parade (1928)

Mickey's Minstrels (1928)

Mickey's Battle (1927)

Mickey's Eleven (1927)

Mickey's Pals (1927)

Mickey's Circus (1927)

Orchids and Ermine (1927)

Not to Be Trusted (1926)
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