Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era. At the height of a career that was marked by precipitous declines and raging comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 15 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values. A versatile performer, he
Bob Yule Bob Yule Robert Duncan "Bob" Yule, (29 January 1920 – 11 September 1953) was a New Zealand-born officer of the Royal Air Force and a flying ace of the Second World War. The son of a dental surgeon, Yule was born on 29 January 1920 in Invercargill, New Zealand. In early 1938, Yule won a scholarship to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell and on 10 March 1938, he embarked on the vessel "Rangitiki" for England. Yule began the course in April the same year. At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Yule joined No. 145