Television Academy ↗
Biographical dates, early career, and Primetime Emmy records.
THE SOURCES
Documented. Remembered.
The records behind the story, and how to read the archive.
A history you can trace.
Biography claims are linked to the institution or publication supporting them. Awards use the awarding body’s records. AFI and the Broadway League are the principal institutional sources for film and stage credits.
AFI Catalog ↗
Feature-film cast records and film history.
Broadway League / IBDB ↗
Broadway and touring production credits, roles, and theatre awards.
Playbill, August 1, 2004 ↗
Contemporary reporting on his 2004 Off-Broadway engagement.
Original official biography ↗
First-party history, Army service, photographs, and the Jan Rooney biography.
Photographs & image credits.
Photographs and promotional artwork are identified by their source records. Web copies are resized and compressed without generative restoration.
The studio portrait ↗
Mickey Rooney in a studio publicity portrait.
Uncredited studio publicity photograph
Public domain, according to Wikimedia Commons; copyright not renewed.
Mickey & Judy ↗
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in a publicity photograph for Strike Up the Band (1940).
Uncredited publicity photograph
Public domain, according to Wikimedia Commons; published without a copyright notice.
The Andy Hardy years ↗
Promotional artwork for Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940).
Uncredited promotional artwork
Public domain, according to Wikimedia Commons; published without a copyright notice.
Entertainment at the front ↗
Mickey Rooney entertaining troops of the 44th Infantry Division in Kist, Germany, April 13, 1945.
T5c Louis Weintraub / US Army; National Archives, 111-SC-203412
US Army photograph; public domain US government work.
Back to Broadway ↗
Mickey Rooney with the cast of Sugar Babies, 1979.
Bernard Gotfryd / Library of Congress, LC-DIG-gtfy-03332
Library of Congress: no known restrictions on publication.
An early screen credit ↗
Advertisement for Orchids and Ermine in The Film Daily, March 4, 1927. The artwork features Colleen Moore; Rooney appears in the film.
First National Pictures / The Film Daily
Public domain, according to Wikimedia Commons; published in 1927.
A different kind of role ↗
Mickey Rooney and Jeanne Cagney in a publicity still for Quicksand (1950).
United Artists; photographer uncredited
Public domain, according to Wikimedia Commons; publicity photograph published without a copyright notice.
The television years ↗
NBC publicity photograph for The Mickey Rooney Show (1954).
NBC Television; photographer uncredited
Public domain, according to Wikimedia Commons; publicity photograph published without a copyright notice.
Mickey & Jan, 2000 ↗
Mickey and Jan Rooney attending a military concert in Beverly Hills, 2000.
Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service
Public domain US government photograph, according to the source record.
Reading the performance archive.
The October 8, 2026 research snapshot contains 343 IMDb acting title records, 279 records in IMDb’s Self category, 115 released archive-footage title records, and six documented stage productions. Screen links point to the exact IMDb title IDs observed in his credit list. IMDb is an industry database with contributor-supplied records; a link is a source attribution, not a claim of independent institutional verification.
118 acting records also match an AFI cast entry by normalized title and year within one year. Those rows carry a direct AFI link. Where the AFI year differs, both years are shown. AFI history mentions, directing, writing, and producing credits were excluded from this cast cross-check.
Television series are grouped by title; the listed years and episode totals describe Rooney’s credited appearances, not the series’ entire broadcast run. This index does not list every episode separately. Roles retain source qualifications such as voice, uncredited, and archive footage. Appearance categories follow IMDb’s classification, even where that classification includes reused material.
Stage dates identify production runs unless a verified personal engagement is specified. Broadway and touring records do not cover every regional performance, revue, concert, or vaudeville engagement. Unreleased entries are excluded. This is an extensive sourced index, not a claim that every appearance in his lifetime has been documented.
IMDb credit source: Mickey Rooney’s IMDb filmography ↗. Research snapshot: October 8, 2026.
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