Mickey Rooney ~ September 23rd,
1920 to April 6th, 2014
Today is a sad day
in the entertainment world. Mickey Rooney has died. His was actively
acting/performing for 92 of his 93 years. He has one of the longest careers of
any actor.
Mickey Rooney was
born Joseph Yule, Jr. to Joe Yule, Sr. and Nellie W. (nee Carter). Mickey
Rooney started entertain as a toddler with is parents in vaudeville theater.
Young Joe crawled onto the stage while his father was performing. He was in
overalls and had a small harmonica around his neck. When his father saw him he
picked him up and introduced him to the audience as Sonny Yule. Mickey Rooney
said he felt the spotlight on him and has described it as his mother’s womb.
From that moment on, the stage was his home.
While Joe Sr. was
traveling, Joe Jr. and his mother moved to Brooklyn to Kansas City to live with
his aunt. While there Nellie was reading the entertainment newspaper that Hal
Roach was looking for children for his Our Gang/Little Rascals. This is when
she decided to move young Joe Jr. to Hollywood.
I’ve watched many
of early shows on TV as a child. I watched many of his movies as well. Over the
years I’ve always enjoy a show with Mickey Rooney in it. He has a way of being
a bad boy without being really bad. His smile always makes me want to smile.
Yes, present tense as I will always smile when I see his smiling face on the
screen.
Mickey Rooney’s
Disney rolls include being one of the many voices of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,
adult Tod in Fox and the Hound, Lampie in Pete’s Dragon, Movie Mason in Phantom
of the Megaplex, Sparky in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure and a small
town resident in the 2011 film The Muppets.
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