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Augie Miller
“Ooftus Goofus,” Naked City, ABC, 1961
George Bick
“I Thee Kill,” The Investigators, CBS, 1961
Jack Daley
“USO—Wherever They Go!,” The DuPont Show of the Week, NBC, 1961
Himself (in archive footage)
“Who Killed Julie Greer?,” The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), NBC, 1961
Mike Zampini
“Shore Patrol Revisited,” Hennesey, CBS, 1961
Richard Winslow
“The Paper Killer,” Checkmate, CBS, 1961
Steve Margate
The Jackie Gleason Show (also known as You’re in the Picture), CBS, 1961
Guest
“Calamity Circus,” Frontier Circus, CBS, 1962
Arnold
“Modern Prison Sketch,” The Jack Benny Program (also known as The Jack Benny Show), CBS, 1962
Himself
“The Top Banana,” Pete and Gladys, CBS, 1962
Himself
“Special Assignment,” The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), NBC, 1962
Putt-Putt Higgins
The Andy Williams Show, NBC, 1962
Guest
“Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks,” Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1963
Babe Simms
“The Last Night of a Jockey,” The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
Grady
“The Hunt,” Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1963
Sheriff Williams
“Everybody Loves Sweeney,” The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), NBC, 1963
Sweeney Tomlin
The Judy Garland Show, CBS, 1963
Guest
Laughs for Sale, ABC, 1963
Panelist
“Who Killed His Royal Highness?,” Burke’s Law (also known as Amos Burke, Secret Agent), ABC, 1964
Archie Lido
“The Seven Little Foys,” Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (also known as The Chrysler Theater and Universal Star Time), NBC, 1964
George M. Cohan
“Silver Service,” Combat!, ABC, 1964
Harry White
“Funny Man with a Monkey,” Arrest and Trial, ABC, 1964
Hoagy Blair
“Incident at the Odyssey,” Rawhide, CBS, 1964
Pan Macropolus
The Jonathan Winters Show, NBC, 1964
Guest
The Hollywood Palace, ABC, 1964, 1965, 1966, multiple appearances in 1967
Himself
“Kicks,” Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (also known as The Chrysler Theater and Universal Star Time), NBC, 1965
Lefty Duncan
“This’ll Kill You,” The Fugitive, ABC, 1966
Charlie Paris
“Lucy Meets Mickey Rooney,” The Lucy Show (also known as The Lucille Ball Show), CBS, 1966
Himself
The Jean Arthur Show, CBS, 1966
Eddie Julian
Shindig, ABC, 1966
Guest
The Carol Burnett Show (also known as Carol Burnett and Friends), CBS, 1967, 1968
Guest
The Dean Martin Show (also known as The Dean Martin Comedy Hour), NBC, 1968
Guest
The Jackie Gleason Show (also known as The Honeymooners), CBS, 1969
Guest
“Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon,” The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970
Les
“Mickey Rooney Episode,” The Red Skelton Show (also known as The Red Skelton Hour), CBS, 1970
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show, syndicated, multiple episodes in 1970
Guest
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (also known as Laugh-In), NBC, 1970
Guest
The Merv Griffin Show, CBS, 1970, syndicated, 1971
Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (also known as The Best of Carson), NBC, multiple appearances beginning c. 1970
Guest
“The Manufactured Man,” Dan August, ABC, 1971
Kenny O’Malley
“Rare Objects,” Night Gallery (also known as Rod Serling’s Night Gallery), NBC, 1972
August Kolodney
“Judy Garland,” The Hollywood Greats (also known as Hollywood Greats), BBC, 1978
Himself
“A Christmas Presence,” The Love Boat, ABC, 1982
Santa Claus
“Mickey Rooney,” This Is Your Life, syndicated, 1984
Himself
True Confessions, syndicated, 1986
“Mickey Rooney,” This Is Your Life, Independent Television (England), 1988
Himself
“Larceny and Old Lace,” The Golden Girls, NBC, 1988
Rocco
Reflections on the Silver Screen with Professor Richard Brown, American Movie Classics, 1990
Guest
Jack’s Place, ABC, 1992
Harry Burton
Hearts Are Wild, CBS, 1992
Family Edition, Family Channel, c. 1992
“Bloodlines,” Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1993
Matt Cleveland
“Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” Full House, ABC, 1994
Mr. Dreghorn
Gottschalk Late Night, RTL (Germany), 1994
Himself
“Mickey Rooney: Hollywood’s Little Giant,” Biography (also known as A&E Biography: Mickey Rooney), Arts and Entertainment, 1995
Himself
“Radioactive Man,” The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1995
Voice of himself
“A Shaolin Treasure,” Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1996
Harold Lang
“Carmen Miranda: The South American Way,” Biography (also known as A&E Biography: Carmen Miranda), Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Himself
“The Heart of the Elephant: Parts 1 and 2,” Conan (also known as Conan the Adventurer), syndicated, 1997
Gobe
“Mickey Rooney,” Private Screenings, TCM, 1997
Himself
“The Snow Queen,” Stories from My Childhood (animated; also known as Mikhail Baryshnikov’s “Stories from My Childhood”), PBS, 1998
Voice of Ole Lukoje
“Exodus,” ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1998
Dr. George Bikel
“Lucky in Love,” Mike Hammer, Private Eye, 1998
Lucius
“The Follies of WENN,” Remember WENN, American Movie Classics, 1998
Mr. Hardy
Elizabeth Taylor: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment, 1998
Himself
Intimate Portrait: Donna Reed, Lifetime, 1998
Himself
“Life Insurance,” Safe Harbor, 1999
Art Sumski
“Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow,” Biography (also known as A&E Biography: Judy Garland), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Himself
“Goodbye, My Friend,” Chicken Soup for the Soul, PAX TV, 1999
Old Man
“Retribution,” Norm (also known as The Norm Show), ABC, 2000
Himself
Intimate Portrait: Ava Gardner, Lifetime, 2000
Himself
Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2001
Guest
Intimate Portrait: Judy Garland, Lifetime, 2001
Himself
Last Days of Judy Garland: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
Himself
“Wetten, dass . . . ? aus Leipzig,” Wetten, dass . . . ?, (Germany) 2002
Guest
Liza Minnelli: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
Himself
“The Hangman’s Noose,” The Contender, NBC, 2005
Himself (uncredited)
“Hollywood Goes to War,” War Stories with Oliver North, Fox News Channel, 2006
Himself
“Mi
ckey Rooney” episode of Celebrity Golf (also known as The Golf Channel Presents “Celebrity Golf with Sam Snead”), NBC, later broadcast on The Golf Channel)
Appearances in other programs, including Hollywood Squares and various news telecasts
Pilots
The Mickey Rooney Show, ABC, 1964
Mickey
Superhero, Return of the Original Yellow Tornado, 1967
Yellow Tornado
Ready and Willing, NBC, 1967, later broadcast on Three in One, CBS, 1973
Joe the Drunk (cameo)
“Hereafter,” A Year at the Top, CBS, 1975
Uncle Mickey Durbin
O’Malley, NBC, 1983
Mike O’Malley (title role)
As Television Director
Directed episodes of the series Happy, NBC, 1960
STAGE APPEARANCES
Toured in vaudeville as Joe Yule Jr. and later as Mickey Rooney with his family; toured in vaudeville with Sid Gold, 1932
The Tunnel of Love, 1963
Augie Poole
See How They Run, Alhambra Dinner Theatre, Jacksonville, FL, 1973, 1974
Sgt. Clyde Vinton
Three Goats and a Blanket, Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, IL, 1976
Howard Travis
Sugar Babies (musical revue), Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1979–82
Mickey
Night of 100 Stars (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1982
Himself
The Will Rogers Follies (musical), Palace Theatre, New York City, 1991–93
Clem Rogers
Lend Me a Tenor (musical), Chicago area production, 1993
Henry Saunders
Crazy for You (musical), Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1995
Everett
Hollywood Goes Classical (concert), Los Angeles Music Center, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 2000
Guest
Singular Sensations, Village Theatre, New York City, 2003
Also appeared in other productions, including Gifts from the Attic (musical), Minneapolis, MN; and in W.C.
Major Tours
George M! (musical), U.S. cities, c. 1970
George M. Cohan
Sugar Babies (musical revue), U.S. cities, 1983–87
Mickey
Two for the Show, U.S. cities, 1989
Mickey and Jan
The Sunshine Boys, U.S. cities, 1990
Willie Clark
The Mind with the Naughty Man, Canadian cities, 1994
The Wizard of Oz (musical), U.S. and Canadian cities, 1997–99
The Wizard, Professor Marvel, and other roles
Let’s Put on a Show! (musical revue; also known as Mickey Rooney: Let’s Put On a Show!; some sources cite original title as The One Man, One Wife Show), various international cities, beginning around 1998
Mickey and Jan
RADIO APPEARANCES
Specials
Pinocchio (musical), NBC, 1957, simulcast on television
Pinocchio
Episodic
Strike up the Band (musical), Lux Radio Theatre, 1940
Babes in Arms (musical), Lux Radio Theatre, 1941
Babes in Arms (musical), Screen Guild Theatre, 1941
RECORDINGS
Documentaries
Hollywood’s Children, 1982
Himself
1930s: Music, Memories & Milestones, 1988
Himself (in archive footage)
Oscar’s Greatest Moments, 1992
Himself (in archive footage)
That’s Entertainment! III: Behind the Screen, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1994
Himself
Judy Garland’s Hollywood, 1997
(in archive footage)
Broadway’s Lost Treasures, Acorn Media, 2003
(in archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets, Kultur Films, 2005
(in archive footage)
Appeared in various recordings and collections of videos and DVDs.
Albums with Others
Girl Crazy (original soundtrack recording), Decca, 1943
Sugar Babies: The Burlesque Musical (original cast recording), c. 1983
Mickey and Judy, c. 1991
The Wizard of Oz (cast recording), TVT, 1998
Appeared in other recordings, including Pinocchio (original television cast recording), Columbia.
Singles with Judy Garland
“Could You Use Me” (B side of “Embraceable You”), Decca, 1944
“Treat Me Rough” (B side of “But Not for Me”), Decca, 1944
Audiobook Narration
Hanno Schilf, Silent Night, 1994
WRITING
Songs
“Oceans Apart,” a song performed by Judy Garland
Film Music
“Blow Your Own Horn,” in Sound Off, 1952
“The Twinkle in God’s Eye,” and “I’m So Lonesome,” in The Twinkle in God’s Eye, Republic Pictures, 1955
“The Bold and the Brave,” in The Bold and the Brave, RKO Radio Pictures, 1956
“I’m So in Love with You,” in Baby Face Nelson, United Artists, 1957
“Lazy Summer Night,” “The Octavians,” “U Gotta Soda,” and “Unkwinit,” in Andy Hardy Comes Home, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
Television Music
Song “Love Is Being Loved,” in Kathie Lee Gifford’s Lullabies for Little Ones, PBS, 1996
Screenplays
The Godmothers, Michael Viola Productions, 1972
The Legend of O. B. Taggart (also known as The Outlaws: Legend of O. B. Taggart), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1994
Writings for the Stage
With Donald O’Connor, Two for the Show, tour of U.S. cities, 1989
With Jan Chamberlin Rooney, Let’s Put On a Show! (musical revue; also known as Mickey Rooney: Let’s Put On a Show!; some sources cite original title as The One Man, One Wife Show), tour of various international cities, c. 1998
Memoir/Journalism
i.e., An Autobiography, Putnam, 1965
Life Is Too Short, Villard Books, 1991
Contributor to periodicals, including Newsweek
Fiction
The Search for Sonny Skies, Carol Publishing, 1994
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Notes
Prologue: The Last Movie
1. “Mickey Rooney’s Emotional Testimony on Elder Abuse,” video, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ikKP5-s5A.
2. Mickey Rooney, interview by Scott Feinberg, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abhgk8Avjwo.
3. “Mickey Rooney’s Sad Last Days: Forced to Sell Autographs After Being Fleeced of Millions,” RadarOnline, April 7, 2014, http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/04/mickey-rooney-last-days-sell-autographs/.
4. http://radaronline
.com/exclusives/2014/04/mickey-rooney-last-days-sell-autographs/.
5. Mickey Rooney, Life Is Too Short (New York: Villard, 1991), p. 336.
Chapter 1: Born in a Trunk
1. Mickey Rooney, i.e., An Autobiography (New York: Putnam, 1965), p. 25.
2. Schenectady Gazette, January 22, 1921, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19210122&id=mEwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BYIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4011,191733.
3. Variety, August 19, 1923, p. 10, http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2015/Variety/Variety%201920/Variety%201920%20-%201876.pdf.
4. Arthur Marx, The Nine Lives of Mickey Rooney (Briarcliff Manor, NY: Stein and Day, 1986), p. 18; and Marx, interview by authors, June 2007, March 2008, September 2008, October 2009; by phone September and October 2008, June 2009, November 2009.
5. Ibid.
6. “Conversations with Mickey Rooney,” video, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxLwKmKLA.
7. Coronet, vol. 24, no. 6, October 1948.
8. Ibid.
9. Robert Clyde Allen, Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1991).
10. Rooney, Life Is Too Short, p. 13.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid., p. 14.
13. Ibid., p. 15.
14. Marx interview.
15. Rooney, Life Is Too Short, p. 19.
16. Ibid., p. 23.
17. Ana-Maria Mandiuc, “The Impact of a Prostitute Mother on the Child Life Circumstances,” International Association of Social Science Research, European Journal of Research on Education 2, no. 2 (2014): 1–9, http://iassr.org/rs/020201.pdf.
18. Robert D. Keppel, PhD, and William J. Birnes, The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer (1997; repr., New York: Pocket, 2004).
19. Rooney, Life Is Too Short, p. 28.
20. Ibid., p. 30.
21. Ibid., p. 41.
Chapter 2: Mickey McGuire
1. “A Queer Way to Make a Living,” Saturday Evening Post, February 11, 1928, p. 6; see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_McGuire_(film_series).
2. 334 US 131 (1948).
3. Leonard Maltin, The Great Movie Shorts (New York: Crown, 1972), pp. 64–65.
4. Marx, Nine Lives of Mickey Rooney, p. 32.
5. Ibid.; and Marx interview.
6. Marx, Nine Lives of Mickey Rooney, p. 33.
7. Ibid., pp. 33–34; and Marx interview.
8. Billy Barty, interview by authors, March 1995 and June 1997.
9. Alvin H. Marill, Mickey Rooney (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 2005), p. 139.
10. Lou Sabini, interview by authors, June 17, 2014; July 12, 2014; November 7, 2014; and January 12, 2015.
11. “Child Star Delia Bogard Interview,” video by Barry Conrad, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UYWilZywWk.