Mickey Rooney

:For the Disney mascot, see Mickey Mouse.
Joseph Yule, Jr., better known by his stage name Mickey Rooney (also credited as Mickey Maguire), was an American film and stage actor, producer, singer, vaudevillian, and radio personality, whose film, television, and stage appearances spanned nearly his entire lifetime.
Rooney first gained fame as a child actor, then later as the juvenile lead in MGM's movie series. During his time as an MGM contract player, he also appeared in many classic adaptations, such as (1935, as Puck) and (1939, as Huck), as well as a variety of "let's put on a show" musicals (such as 1941's , with and ). Later credits included , , , , and . Many television credits included guest spots on , , , , , , and .
Rooney was one of the many voices of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit during the character's run at Universal Studios.
For Disney, he voiced adult Tod in the 1981 Disney animated feature film The Fox and the Hound and portrayed Lampie in the 1977 hybrid film Pete's Dragon. In Flubber, he made a cameo appearance on Weebo's screen. He also played Movie Mason in the 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie Phantom of the Megaplex and voiced Sparky in the 2001 direct-to-video film Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, as well as played a Smalltown resident in the 2011 musical comedy film The Muppets. Additionally, he portrayed Old Bailey and James Turner in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color movies "Donovan's Kid" and "Little Spies", respectively.
He was caricatured in the 1939 Donald Duck short The Autograph Hound.
==Roles==
Fox1-disneyscreencaps.com-4177.jpg|Adult Tod(The Fox and the Hound)
Petesdragondisneyscreencaps.com-12098.jpg|Lampie(Pete's Dragon)
Mickey rooney donovan's kid.jpg|Old Bailey(Donovan's Kid)
1986-operation-mildred-03.jpg|James Turner(Little Spies)
Profile - Sparky (Lady and the Tramp).png|Sparky(Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure)
Movie mason.png|Movie Mason(Phantom of the Megaplex)
Tumblr n3od99R1Ir1qiceiuo1 1280.jpg|Smalltown Resident(The Muppets)
==Gallery==
Mickeyrooney.jpg|Mickey Rooney's cameo in The Muppets.
Mickey-rooney-chair.jpg|Rooney's on-set star chair in The Muppets.
Mickey Rooney Flubber.png|Mickey's cameo in Flubber.
Autographhound.jpg|Disney's caricature of Mickey Rooney with Donald Duck in The Autograph Hound.
==Trivia==
*From 1939 to 2009, Rooney was also credited as Mickey Maguire; however, in 2010, he returned to using his Hollywood trademark surname Rooney.
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