Joe Yule together in a Brooklyn production of "A Gaiety Girl", their only son, Ninnian Joseph Yule, Jr. (later Mickey McGuire, then Mickey Rooney), was born. The Yules separated in 1924 during a slump in vaudeville, and in 1925 Nellie moved with her son to Hollywood. Yule was naturalized as a United States citizen at the United States District Court in Los Angeles on May 14, 1943. Yule died from a heart attack on March 30, 1950 in Hollywood, California. Rooney arranged to have his father buried near Rooney's friend and longtime acting colleague, Wallace Beery, who had died the year before.
Ian Yule and wrote some screen plays including "Shamwari" in which he starred opposite Ken Gampu. He was a well known actor in South Africa. Ian Yule was born in the UK some time before the second world war. As an actor in the action genre he was recognised for his accomplishments. Yule's first association with films goes back to the 1950s when he has an role as a stuntman in the 1959 film "Ben-Hur". He also did stunt work in "The Longest Day" which was released in 1962. His early acting roles included playing the part of Andy Wilson in 1967