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Acting

Mickey Rooney

Career: Active from 1927 to 2017, busiest in 1933 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles: 171
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Adventures of the Black Stallion
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 131 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Mickey Rooney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.6, average 5.4
Psychological
4.1, average 5.5
Tension
4.6, average 6.0
Violence
2.9, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 23
Nostalgic 20
Coming-of-Age 12
Slapstick Comedy 11
Historical Setting 10
Heartwarming 8
Wholesome Entertainment 7
Coming-of-Age Story 7
Nostalgic Charm 7
Wholesome 7
Short Film 7
Classic Cartoon 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

299

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

7 titles · average score 55

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

60

as (archive footage)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

47

as Mr. Louis

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

53

as Gus

The Voices from Beyond

as Johnny O'Hara

Driving Me Crazy

as Mr. Cohen

The Muppets

79

as Smalltown Resident

Night Club

39

as Jerry Sherman

2000s

17 titles · average score 48

A Miser Brothers' Christmas

57

as Santa Claus (voice)

TV show

Lost Stallions: The Journey Home

as Chief

Empire State Building Murders

as Mickey Silver

A Christmas Too Many

28

as Grandpa

Night at the Museum

55

as Gus

The Thirsting

29

as Savy

The Happy Elf

48

as Santa Claus

American Dad!

60

TV show · as Short Producer (voice)

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams

40

as David McCord

To Kill a Mockumentary

52

as Max

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

50

as Sparky (voice)

1990s

32 titles · average score 57

The First of May

72

as Boss Ed

Babe: Pig in the City

61

as Fugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

59

as Andy Hardy (archive footage)

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

as O.B. Taggart

Revenge of the Red Baron

41

as Grandpa Spencer

79

TV show · as George Bikel

Making Waves

as Gabriel

The Milky Life

as Barry Reilly

The Adventures of the Black Stallion

69

TV show

Maximum Force

35

as Chief of Police

Adventures of the Black Stallion

86

as Henry Dailey

Home for Christmas

60

as Elmer

1980s

23 titles · average score 68

Erik the Viking

55

as Erik's Grandfather

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Mickey Rooney (voice)

Full House

52

TV show · as Mr. Dreghorn

Little Spies

70

as James Turner

Lightning, the White Stallion

as Barney Ingram

The Care Bears Movie

56

as Mr. Cherrywood (voice)

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

72

as Mike Halligan

Bill: On His Own

74

as Bill Sackter

One of the Boys

TV show · as Oliver Nugent

The Emperor of Peru

as The Engineer

The Fox and the Hound

72

as Tod (voice)

Bill

82

as Bill Sackter

1970s

29 titles · average score 60

The Black Stallion

81

as Henry Dailey

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

63

as Santa Claus (voice)

The Magic of Lassie

57

as Gus

Pete's Dragon

56

as Lampie

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Dominicus Angelara

The Intruder

50

as Capt. Jenkins

The Year Without a Santa Claus

83

as Santa Claus (voice)

Thunder County

as Gas Station Attendant

The Godmothers

as Rocky Mastrasso

Pulp

65

as Preston Gilbert

Evil Roy Slade

70

as Nelson L. Stool

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

84

as Kris Kringle (voice)

1960s

29 titles · average score 61

The Comic

64

as Cockeye

80 Steps to Jonah

52

as Wilfred Bashford

Ambush Bay

50

as Sgt. Ernest Wartell

The Devil in Love

60

as Adramelek

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

55

as Norman Jones

The Secret Invasion

61

as Terence Scanlon

Mickey

TV show · as Mickey Grady

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

68

as Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Requiem for a Heavyweight

84

as Army

Everything's Ducky

as Kermit 'Beetle' McKay

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve

42

as Nick Lewis / The Devil

Platinum High School

as Steven Conway

1950s

37 titles · average score 61

Andy Hardy Comes Home

55

as Andy Hardy

The Comedian

79

as Sammy Hogarth

Baby Face Nelson

56

as Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis

Francis in the Haunted House

55

as David Prescott

The Bold and the Brave

45

as Willie Dooley

TV show · as Mickey Mulligan

Drive a Crooked Road

54

as Eddie Shannon

The Atomic Kid

34

as Barnaby 'Blix' Waterberry

A Slight Case of Larceny

58

as Augustus "Geechy" Cheevers

Off Limits

60

as Herbert Tuttle

The Strip

53

as Stanley Maxton

Quicksand

60

as Daniel 'Dan' Brady

1940s

24 titles · average score 59

The Big Wheel

47

as Billy Coy

Words and Music

38

as Lorenz Hart

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

58

as Andy Hardy

National Velvet

73

as Michael 'Mi' Taylor

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

54

as Andy Hardy

The Human Comedy

83

as Homer Macauley

Andy Hardy's Double Life

57

as Andy Hardy

Babes on Broadway

66

as Tommy Williams

Men of Boys Town

51

as Whitey Marsh

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

60

as Andy Hardy

Young Tom Edison

68

as Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison

Strike Up the Band

56

as Jimmy Connors

1930s

80 titles · average score 61

Babes in Arms

77

as Mickey Moran

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

65

as Huckleberry Finn

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

57

as Andy Hardy

Judge Hardy and Son

56

as Andy Hardy

Boys Town

79

as Whitey Marsh

Love Finds Andy Hardy

67

as Andy Hardy

Out West with the Hardys

54

as Andy Hardy

Judge Hardy's Children

63

as Andy Hardy

You're Only Young Once

57

as Andy Hardy

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

54

as Timmie Donovan

The Devil Is a Sissy

57

as 'Gig' Stevens

Love Birds

as Gladwyn Tootle

1920s

21 titles · average score 63

Mickey's Mix-Up

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Surprise

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Midnite Follies

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Wild West

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Big Game Hunt

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey the Detective

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Movies

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Little Eva

as Mickey McGuire

Orchids and Ermine

63

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Circus

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Eleven

as Mickey McGuire

Mickey's Pals

as Mickey McGuire