Mickey Rooney Jr. Mickey Rooney Jr. Mickey Rooney Jr. (born Joseph Yule III; July 3, 1945) is an American former actor, and the eldest son of the actor Mickey Rooney. He operates the Rooney Entertainment Group, a movie and TV production company. He is a born-again Christian, and he has an evangelical ministry in Hemet, California. He was born Joseph Yule III in Birmingham, Alabama to actor Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and former Miss Birmingham and singer Betty Jane Rase (1927-2002). After appearing as a "Mouseketeer" in "the Mickey Mouse Club" in 1955 along with his brother Tim, he played his first film role
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. contracting tuberculosis, a disease that would claim the life of his sister, Florence Olivia, in 1914. After falling ill, Cotter Jr. returned to Louisville and began work as a journalist for the "Leader". Cotter Jr. avoided mimicking the style of his father and instead "experimented with free and, in "Rain Music", rhythmic styles. His father was instrumental in promoting his son's work after his death in 1920 from tuberculosis. He was said by many to have had the potential to be the greatest poet of his generation. Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. (September 2, 1895- February 3,