Mickey Rooney Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963), and "The Black Stallion" (1979). In the early 1980s, he returned to Broadway in "Sugar Babies" and again became a celebrated star. Rooney made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs, and talk shows, and won an Emmy in 1982 plus a Golden Globe for his role in "Bill" (1981). At his death, "Vanity Fair" called him "the original Hollywood train wreck". He struggled with alcohol and pill addiction. Ava Gardner was his first wife, and he would go on to marry an additional seven times. Despite earning millions during his career, he
The Mickey Mouse Club team color they belonged to listed for each season): Notes: Tommy Cole and Dennis Day were originally Blue Team members, but were drafted to the Red Team later in the first season. Dallas Johann, Paul Petersen, Tim Rooney, and Mickey Rooney, Jr. were all fired early in the first season. Dallas' brother John Lee replaced him, while Dickie Dodd and Ronnie Steiner were hired as replacements for the Rooney brothers. For the show's fourth season, only a small amount of new footage was filmed, and was intermixed with material from previous seasons. It is believed that only six of the