Mickey Rooney temporary restraining order that Rooney was previously granted was replaced by a confidential settlement between Rooney and his stepson, Aber. Christopher Aber and Jan Rooney denied all the allegations. In 1997, Rooney was arrested on suspicion of beating his wife, but charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. In May 2013, Rooney sold his home of many years, reportedly for $1.3 million, and split the proceeds with his wife, Jan. Rooney was married eight times, with six of the marriages ending in divorce. In 1942, he married his first wife, actress Ava Gardner, who at that time was still
The Mickey Rooney Show a line from the pilot episode; the result of Rooney have been "too small to be a wrestler and too big to be a puppet," or perhaps too old for the studio page role. Co-producer Maurice Duke hired Van Alexander, then an arranger at Capitol Records to score the show with an orchestra of 12 musicians. Though he had never scored for film or television, Rooney enjoyed the score and hired Alexander to do his next feature film "The Atomic Kid" that reused "Hey Mulligan"'s director and writers. Alexander then scored seven more films for Rooney. In June 2007, Timeless