Born on this day – Mickey Rooney:

Mickey Rooney

Actor

September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014

Credits:

24 Hours to Kill (1965); 80 Steps to Jonah (1969); A Christmas Too Many (2006); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Yank at Eton (1942); A Year at the Top (1976); Ace of Hearts (1975); Ah Wilderness! (1935); All Ashore (1953); Ambush Bay (1966); American Dad! (2015); Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958); Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics - And Other Things (1940); Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); Arabian Adventure (1979); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Babes on Broadway (1941); Baby Face Nelson (1957); Bamboo Shark (2011); Beloved (1934); Bill (1981); Blind Date (1934); Bluegrass (1988); Bons baisers de Hong-Kong (1975); Boys Town (1938); Boys Will Be Boys (1998); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Brothers' Destiny (1995); Captains Courageous (1937); Chained (1934); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); Conan: The Adventurer (1997); Creole (1981); Death on the Diamond (1934); Donovan's Kid (1979); Down the Stretch (1936); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2017); Drive a Crooked Road (1954); Driving Me Crazy: Proof of Concept (2012); Empire State Building Murders (2008); ER (1998); Erik the Viking (1989); Everything's Ducky (1961); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Fast Companions (1932); Find the Lady (1976); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Francis in the Haunted House (1956); Full House (1994); Girl Crazy (1943); Half a Sinner (1934); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); Hide-Out (1934); High Speed (1932); Hold That Kiss (1938); Holy Hollywood (2004); Home for Christmas (1990); Hoosier Schoolboy (1937); Hot Feet (1931); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); I Like It That Way (1934); Illusion Infinity (1999); Internet Love (1998); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963); Jack's Place (1992); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Judge Hardy and Son (1939); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Killer McCoy (1947); Killing Midnight (1998); King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961); Kleo the Misfit Unicorn (1997); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001); Leave 'em Laughing (1981); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Lightning, the White Stallion (1986); Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Lord Jeff (1938); Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (2008); Love Birds (1934); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love Is a Headache (1938); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Magnificent Roughnecks (1956); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Maximum Force (1992); Men of Boys Town (1941); Mickey (1964); Mickey in Love (1928); Mickey in School (1928); Mickey the Detective (1928); Mickey the Romeo (1930); Mickey's Ape Man (1933); Mickey's Athletes (1928); Mickey's Babies (1928); Mickey's Bargain (1930); Mickey's Battle (1927); Mickey's Big Broadcast (1933); Mickey's Big Business (1932); Mickey's Big Game Hunt (1928); Mickey's Big Moment (1929); Mickey's Brown Derby (1929); Mickey's Busy Day (1932); Mickey's Champs (1930); Mickey's Charity (1932); Mickey's Circus (1927); Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933); Mickey's Crusaders (1931); Mickey's Diplomacy (1931); Mickey's Disguises (1933); Mickey's Eleven (1927); Mickey's Explorers (1929); Mickey's Golden Rule (1932); Mickey's Great Idea (1929); Mickey's Helping Hand (1931); Mickey's Holiday (1932); Mickey's Initiation (1929); Mickey's Last Chance (1929); Mickey's Little Eva (1928); Mickey's Luck (1930); Mickey's Master Mind (1930); Mickey's Medicine Man (1934); Mickey's Menagerie (1929); Mickey's Merry Men (1930); Mickey's Midnite Follies (1929); Mickey's Minstrels (1934); Mickey's Mix-Up (1929); Mickey's Movies (1928); Mickey's Musketeers (1930); Mickey's Nine (1928); Mickey's Northwest Mounted (1929); Mickey's Pals (1927); Mickey's Parade (1928); Mickey's Race (1933); Mickey's Rebellion (1931); Mickey's Rescue (1934); Mickey's Rivals (1928); Mickey's Sideline (1931); Mickey's Stampede (1931); Mickey's Strategy (1929); Mickey's Surprise (1929); Mickey's Tent Show (1933); Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931); Mickey's Touchdown (1933); Mickey's Travels (1932); Mickey's Triumph (1928); Mickey's Warriors (1930); Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930); Mickey's Wild West (1928); Mickey's Wildcats (1931); Mickey's Winners (1930); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1998); Mooch (1974); Mr. Broadway (1957); My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991); My Kidnapper, My Love (1980); My Outlaw Brother (1951); My Pal, the King (1932); National Velvet (1944); Night at the Museum (2006); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Night Club (2011); Not to Be Trusted (1926); Now Here (2010); Odyssey of the Pacific (1982); Off Limits (1952); Officer Thirteen (1932); O'Malley (1983); One of the Boys (1982); Operation Mad Ball (1957); Orchids and Ermine (1927); Out West with the Hardys (1938); Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995); Personalities (1942); Pete's Dragon (1977); Phantom of the Megaplex (2000); Pinocchio (1957); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Platinum High School (1960); Pulp (1972); Quicksand (1950); Rachel's Man (1975); Radio Rhythm (1931); Ready and Willing (1967); Reckless (1935); Remember WENN (1998); Rendezvous (1935); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Revenge of the Red Baron (1994); Richard (1972); Riffraff (1935); Rodeo Dough (1940); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); Saddle Up with Dick Wrangler & Injun Joe (2009); Safe Harbor (1999); Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970); Senior Trip (1981); Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991); Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998); Sin's Pay Day (1932); Skidoo (1968); Slave Ship (1937); Sound Off (1952); Stablemates (1938); Stories from My Childhood (1998); Summer Holiday (1948); Sweet Justice (1991); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Beast of the City (1932); The Big Cage (1933); The Big Chance (1933); The Big Operator (1959); The Big Wheel (1949); The Black Stallion (1979); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Care Bears Movie (1985); The Chief (1933); The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970); The Comic (1969); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Devil in Love (1966); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Domino Principle / aka The Domino Killings (1977); The Extraordinary Seaman (1969); The Fireball (1950); The First of May (1999); The Fisherman (1931); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Fugitive (1966); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Godmothers (1973); The Greatest Show Ever (2007); The Happy Elf (2005); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Hare Mail (1931); The Healer (1935); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunter (1931); The Intruder (1975); The Investigators (1961); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005); The Last Mile (1959); The Legend of Wolf Mountain (1992); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Lost Jungle (1934); The Lucy Show (1966); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Magic Voyage (1992); The Manipulator (1971); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954); The Milky Life (1993); The Muppets (2011); The New Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986); The Secret Invasion (1964); The Strip (1951); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955); The Woods (2012); The World Changes (1933); The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974); The Yesterday Pool (2007); There Must Be a Pony (1986); Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937); Thousands Cheer (1943); Thunder County (1974); To Kill a Mockumentary (2004); Topa Topa Bluffs (2002); Upperworld (1934); Words and Music (1948); Wreck the Halls (2008); Young Tom Edison (1940); You're Only Young Once (1937).

On this day in movie history - Quicksand (1950)

Quicksand

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Robert Smith,

was released in the United States on March 24, 1950.

Music by Louis Gruenberg.

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Red Nichols, Wally Cassell, Richard Lane, Patsy O'Connor, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal, Sidney Marion, Jimmie (Jimmy) Dodd, Lester Dorr, Kitty O'Neil, Jack Elam.

On this day in movie history - Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

Drive a Crooked Road

directed by William Keighley,

written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine,

based on a story by James Benson Nablo,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1954.

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly, Harry Landers, Jerry Paris, Paul Picerni, Dick Crockett, Irene Bolton, John Close, Richard H. Cutting, John Damler, Linda Danson, Diana Dawson, Jean Engstrom, Mike Mahoney, Peggy Maley, Patrick Miller, Mort Mills, George Paul, Jeffrey Stone, Amzie Strickland, Howard Wright.

On this day in movie history - Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight

directed by Ralph Nelson, and written by Rod Serling,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1962.

A remake of the 1956 teleplay, directed by Ralph Nelson and written by Rod Serling.

Music by Laurence Rosenthal.

Cast:

Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Madame Spivy, Cassius Clay, Val Avery, Herbie Faye, Jack Dempsey, Haystack Calhoun.