Mickey Rooney and the Invention of the Teen Idol For three straight years last century, the diminutive actor was Hollywood’s undisputed box-office champion, and the unlikeliest of role models ...

Mickey Rooney was the original Hardy boy. His 200-plus film credits notwithstanding, the spry, spirited Rooney will be best remembered for playing the impetuous title character in MGM's beloved ...

Mickey Rooney celebrated the first wedding anniversary of his fifth marriage, with a fifth. Instead of rolling on home to sleep it off, he kept another date, showed up for a guest appearance on ...

Then, in 1932, Rooney broke out of his Mickey McGuire box and became Midge in the film Fast Companions. But it was his work as Andy Hardy in the 1937 film A Family Affair that shot him into stardom.

Actor Mickey Rooney in a portrait that is stamped April 5, 1943. The print has been marked up by an editor. Province files. sun Movie star Ava Gardner with her Siamese cat, circa 1945.

Mickey Rooney Jr., the first child of actor Mickey Rooney and one of the original Mouseketeers, has died at age 77. Rooney Jr., was the eldest of nine children fathered by “It’s a Mad M… ...

Mickey Rooney Jr., an original Mouseketeer, actor, and musician who was the eldest child of screen legend Mickey Rooney, died Saturday at his home in Glendale, Az. He was 77.

Mickey Rooney Jr., the oldest of Rooney’s nine children, died on July 16. He was 77. Bettmann Archive Mickey Rooney Jr. (left) and English singer Adam Faith in December 1965.

Mickey Rooney Jr.’s death was announced by Paul Peterson, the former actor and founder of advocacy group A Minor Consideration. The musician previously played in bands with Willie Nelson.

Mickey Rooney Jr., an original Mouseketeer, musician and actor who was the first child of Mickey Rooney, has died. He was 77. Rooney Jr. died Saturday at his home in Glendale, Arizona, according to… ...