Mickey Rooney played Evan in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
It 's a Mad , Mad , Mad , Mad World is a 1963 American epic comedy film , produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast , about the madcap pursuit of $ 350,000 ( $ today ) in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers . Mickey Rooney . Nevertheless , Rooney 's popularity was renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as Requiem for a Heavyweight ( 1962 ) , It 's a Mad , Mad , Mad , Mad World ( 1963 ) , and The Black Stallion ( 1979 ) .