Mickey Rooney filmography Mickey Rooney filmography Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor of film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. Beginning as a child actor, his career extended over 88 years, making him one of the most enduring performers in show business history. He appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era, having one of the longest careers in the medium's history. For a number of years, film exhibitors regularly voted Rooney as one of the top money making stars in the
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