The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney
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Herbert Tuttle
A Slight Case of Larceny, 1953
Augustus “Geechy” Cheevers
Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney—Then and Now (also known as Mickey Rooney, Then and Now), 1953
Himself
Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood, 1953
Himself
Drive a Crooked Road, 1954
Eddie Shannon
The Bridges at Toko-Ri, 1954
Mike Forney
The Atomic Kid, 1954
Barnaby “Blix” Waterberry
The Twinkle in God’s Eye, 1955
Rev. William Macklin II
The Bold and the Brave, 1956
Dooley
Francis in the Haunted House, 1956
David Prescott
Magnificent Roughnecks, 1956
Frank Sommers
Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood, 1956
Himself
Operation Mad Ball, 1957
Master Sergeant Yancy Skibo
Baby Face Nelson, 1957
Lester M. “Baby Face Nelson” Gillis (title role)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (also known as How to Rob a Bank), 1958
Gus Harris
The Last Mile, 1959
John “Killer” Mears
The Big Operator (also known as Anatomy of the Syndicate), 1959
“Little Joe” Braun
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, 1960
Nick Lewis (the Devil)
Platinum High School (also known as Rich, Young and Deadly and Trouble at Sixteen), 1960
Steven Conway
King of the Roaring ’20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (also known as The Big Bankroll and King of the Roaring Twenties), 1961
Johnny Burke
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961
Mr. Yunioshi
Everything’s Ducky, 1961
Kermit “Beetle” McKay
Requiem for a Heavyweight (also known as Blood Money), 1962
Army
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (also known as It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), 1963
Ding “Dingy” Bell
The Secret Invasion, 1964
Terence Scanlon
24 Hours to Kill (also known as Twenty-Four Hours to Kill), 1965
Norman Jones
Hollywood: My Home Town, 1965
Himself (in archive footage)
Inside Daisy Clover, Warner Bros., 1965
Himself (in archive footage)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, 1965
Peachy Keane
Ambush Bay, 1966
Gunnery Sergeant Ernest Wartell
L’Arcidiavolo (also known as The Devil in Love and Il Diavolo Innamorato), 1968
Adramalek
Skidoo, 1968
“Blue Chips” Packard
Vienna (short film), 1968
The Extraordinary Seaman, 1968
W. W. J. Oglethorpe
The Comic (also known as Billy Bright), 1969
Martin “Cockeye” Van Buren
80 Steps to Terror (also known as 80 Steps to Jonah), 1969
Wilfred Bashford
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (also known as A Woman for Charley), 1970
Indian Tom
Hollywood Blue, 1970
Himself
The Manipulator (also known as B. J. Lang Presents and B. J. Presents), 1971
B. J. Lang
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (also known as Mooch), 1971
Himself
Journey Back to Oz (animated), 1971
Voice of Scarecrow
Richard, 1972
Guardian Angel
Pulp, 1972
Preston Gilbert
The Godmothers, 1972
Rocky Mastrasso
That’s Entertainment!, 1974
Cohost and narrator
Thunder County (also known as Cell Block Girls, Convict Women, Swamp Fever, and Women’s Prison Escape), 1974
Gas Station Attendant
Juego sucio en Panamá (also known as Ace of Hearts and As de Corazon), 1974
Papa Joe
Rachel’s Man (also known as Ish Rachel), 1974
Laban
Just One More Time, 1974
Himself (uncredited)
Bons Baisers de Hong Kong (or Good Kisses from Hong Kong, also known as From Hong Kong with Love), 1975
Marty
Hooray for Hollywood (also known as Hollywood and the Stars and Hollywood on Parade), 1975
Himself
It’s Showtime (also known as Crazy Animals; Jaws, Paws, Claws; Wonderful World of Those Cuckoo Animals; and World of Those Cuckoo), 1976
Himself (in archive footage)
That’s Entertainment! Part II: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1976
Himself
Find the Lady (also known as Call the Cops! and Kopek and Broom), 1976
Trigger
The Domino Principle (also known as The Domino Killings and El Domino Principe), Avco-Embassy, 1977
Spiventa
Pete’s Dragon (live action and animated), 1977
Lampie
The Magic of Lassie, 1978
Gus
Arabian Adventure, 1979
Daad El Shur
The Black Stallion, United Artists, 1979
Henry Dailey
The Emperor of Peru (also known as Odyssey of the Pacific; Treasure Train; La Traversée de la Pacific; and L’Empereur du Perou), 1981
The Railway Engineer
Hollywood Outtakes, 1984
Himself (in archive footage)
That’s Dancing!, 1985
Himself (in archive footage)
Lightning, the White Stallion (also known as The White Stallion), Cannon, 1986
Barney Ingram
Erik the Viking, 1989
Erik’s Grandfather
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, 1991
Junior
Maximum Force, 1992
Chief of Police
The Milky Life (also known as La Vida Lactea), 1992
Barry Reilly
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker, 1992
Joe Petto
The Magic Voyage (animated; also known as Pico and Columbus and Die Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus), 1992
Narrator
The Legend of Wolf Mountain, 1992
Pat Jensen
Sweet Justice (also known as Killer Instincts), 1992
Zeke
Revenge of the Red Baron (also known as The Adventures of the Red Baron and Plane Fear), 1994
Grandpa James Spencer
Making Waves, 1994
Gabriel
That’s Entertainment III, 1994
Host
A Century of Cinema, 1994
Himself
Radio Star—die AFN-Story, 1994
Himself
The Legend of O. B. Taggart (also known as The Outlaws: Legend of O. B. Taggart), 1994
O. B. Taggart
Killing Midnight, 1997
Professor Mort Sang
Kings of the Court, Tennis Classics, 1997
Host (scenes deleted)
The Face on the Barroom Floor, 1997
Derelict
Animals with the Tollkeeper (also known as Animals), 1998
Tollkeeper
Michael Kael contre la World News Company (also known as Michael Kael in Katango and Michael Kael vs. the World News Company), 1998
Griffith
Babe: Pig in the City (also known as Babe in Metropolis and Babe 2), 1998
Fugly Floom
Holy Hollywood, 1999
Internet Love, 2000
Topa Topa Bluffs, 2002
Prospector
Hollywood’s Magical Island: Catalina (documentary), 2003
Himself (uncredited; in archive footage)
Paradise, 2003
Simon/Henry Sr.
A Christmas Too Many, Echelon Entert
ainment, 2007
Grandpa
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star (documentary; also known as Hedy Lamarr: The Secret Communication), 2006
Himself
Strike the Tent, 2005
David McCord
To Kill a Mockumentary, 2004
Max
The Thirsting, 2007
Savy (some sources cite Senoi)
Night at the Museum, 2006
Gus
Bamboo Shark, 2011
Brooks
Driving Me Crazy, 2012
Mr. Cohen
The Voices from Beyond, 2012
Johnny O’Hara
The Woods, 2012
Lester
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, 2014
Gus
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 2015
Mr. Louis
Voice Work
The Fox and the Hound (animated), 1981
Voice of Todd
The Care Bears Movie (animated), 1985
Voice of Mr. Cherrywood
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (animated), 1992
Voice of Flip
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure (animated), 2001
Voice of Sparky
As Film Director
My True Story, 1951
The Bold and the Brave, 1956
(uncredited)
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, 1960
As Film Producer
The Atomic Kid, 1954
The Twinkle in God’s Eye, 1955
Jaguar, Republic Pictures, 1956
Associate producer
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Series
The Mickey Rooney Show (also known as Hey, Mulligan), NBC, 1954–55
Mickey Mulligan
Mickey, ABC, 1964–65
Mickey Grady
NBC Follies, NBC, 1973
Host
One of the Boys, NBC, 1982
Oliver Nugent
The Adventures of the Black Stallion, The New Adventures of the Black Stallion, and L’Étalon Noir), YTV (Canada) and the Family Channel, c. 1990–93
Henry Daley
Kleo the Misfit Unicorn (animated), (Canada), c. 1997–98
Voice of Talbut
Miniseries
Bluegrass, CBS, 1988
John Paul Jones
Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns, NBC, 1991
D. W. (the director),
MGM: When the Lion Roars (also known as The MGM Story), TNT, 1992
Himself
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (also known as Judy Garland: L’Ombre d’une Etoile), ABC, 2001
(uncredited; in archive sound footage)
The 100 Greatest Family Films, Channel 4 (England), 2005
Himself
Made-for-TV Movies
Evil Roy Slade, NBC, 1972
Nelson Stool
“Donovan’s Kid,” Disney’s Wonderful World (also known as Disneyland, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, and The Wonderful World of Disney), NBC, 1979
Old Bailey
My Kidnapper, My Love (also known as Dark Side of Love), NBC, 1980
The Maker
Bill, CBS, 1981
Bill Sackter
Senior Trip, CBS, 1981
Guest
Leave ’em Laughing, CBS, 1981
Jack Thum
Bill: On His Own, CBS, 1983
Bill Sackter
It Came upon the Midnight Clear, syndicated, 1984
Mike Halligan
The Return of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, CBS, 1986
Jack Bergan
Little Spies, ABC, 1986
James Turner (Jimmie the hermit)
There Must Be a Pony, ABC, 1986
Himself
Brothers’ Destiny (also known as Long Road Home and The Road Home), 1995
Father Flanagan
The First of May, Showtime, 1999
Boss Ed
Boys Will Be Boys, 1999
Wellington
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights, syndicated, 1998
Sage
Phantom of the Megaplex, Disney Channel, 2000
Movie Mason
Specials
Mr. Broadway (musical), NBC, 1957
George M. Cohan
Pinocchio (musical), NBC, 1957, simulcast on radio
Pinocchio
Glamorous Hollywood, 1958
Himself
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (animated), ABC, 1970
Voice of Kris Kringle
Hollywood: The Dream Factory, 1972
Himself (in archive footage)
Fol-de-Rol, ABC, 1972
The Year without a Santa Claus (animated), ABC, 1974
Voice of Santa Claus
Backlot USA (also known as Dick Cavett’s “Backlot”), CBS, 1976
Himself
Hollywood der Erinnerungen (Germany), 1976
Himself
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (animated), 1979
Voice of Santa Claus
From Raquel with Love, ABC, 1980
Himself
All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point (also known as Bob Hope’s All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point), NBC, 1981
Himself
Night of 100 Stars (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), ABC, 1982
Himself
Circus of the Stars #7, CBS, 1982
Ringmaster
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in “Who Makes the World Laugh?” Part II, NBC, 1984
Himself
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (also known as The Spencer Tracy Legacy), PBS, 1986
Himself
Stand-Up Comics Take a Stand, Family Channel, 1988
Himself
Miss Hollywood Talent Search, syndicated, 1988
Master of ceremonies
“The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening,” The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1989
Himself
When We Were Young . . . Growing up on the Silver Screen, PBS, 1989
Himself
Home for Christmas, 1990
Elmer
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic, CBS, 1990
Himself
The Family Channel’s Fall Sneak Preview, Family Channel, 1990
Himself
Benny Hill: The World’s Favorite Clown, BBC, 1991
Himself
A Closer Look: Elizabeth Taylor, NBC, 1991
Himself
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World,” 1991
Himself and Ding “Dingy” Bell
Burt Reynolds’ Conversations with . . . , CBS, 1991
Himself
The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion, CBS, 1993
Himself (in archive footage)
Remember When, PBS, 1995
Host
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies, HBO, 1995
Himself
Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Groom, CBS, 1995
Rev. Henderson (Jan played Mrs. Henderson)
“Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM,” Great Performances, PBS, 1996
Himself
The 1997 Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1997
Himself
67th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, UPN, 1998
Himself
AFI’s 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs: America’s Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
Himself
Elizabeth Taylor: England’s Other Elizabeth, PBS, 2000
Himself (in archive footage)
The Hollywood Christmas Parade, 2000
Himself
The Hollywood Christmas Parade, 2002
Himself as Grand Marshal
Cleavage, 2002
Himsel
f (uncredited; in archive footage)
Gossip: Tabloid Tales, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
Himself
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, TCM, 2002
Himself (uncredited; in archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden, (Germany) 2004
Himself
The Happy Elf (animated), NBC, 2005
Voice of Santa
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals, Bayerischer Rundfunk (Germany), c. 2006
Awards Presentations and Special Events
The 29th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1957
Presenter
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1979
Himself
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1980
Presenter
The 34th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1980
The 55th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1983
America’s All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (also known as America’s Hope Award), ABC, 1989
Himself
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards, PBS, 1991
Presenter
Family Film Awards, CBS, 1996
Presenter
American Veteran Awards, History Channel, 2002
Presenter
The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
Himself
The 76th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2004
Himself (uncredited)
Episodic Television Appearances
“Saturday’s Children,” Celanese Theatre, ABC, 1952
Himself
The Milton Berle Show (also known as The Buick-Berle Show and Texaco Star Theater), NBC, 1956
Himself
Alcoa Theatre, NBC, 1957
Eddie
“The Miracle Worker,” Playhouse 90, CBS, 1956
Host
“The Lady Was a Flop,” Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (also known as Herald Playhouse, The Playhouse, and Schlitz Playhouse), CBS, 1957
Red McGivney
“The Comedian,” Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957
Sammy Hogarth
The Ed Sullivan Show (also known as Toast of the Town), CBS, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965
Guest
What’s My Line?, CBS, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1966
Himself
“The Mickey Rooney Show,” December Bride, CBS, 1958
Himself
“The Dean Martin Variety Show I,” Startime (also known as Ford Startime and Lincoln-Mercury Startime), NBC, 1959
Himself,
“The Greenhorn Story,” Wagon Train (also known as Major Adams, Trail Master), ABC, 1959
Samuel T. Evans
“The Money Driver,” General Electric Theater (also known as G.E. Theater), CBS, 1960
Al Roberts
“Billy Barty,” This Is Your Life, NBC, 1960
Himself
“Wagons Ho!,” Wagon Train (also known as Major Adams, Trail Master), ABC, 1960
Samuel T. Evans
The Revlon Revue (also known as Revlon Presents and Revlon Spring Music Festival), CBS, 1960
Himself
“Somebody’s Waiting,” The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), NBC, 1961