Mickey Rooney played roles.
Mickey Rooney . 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 . National Velvet (film) . It stars Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , and a young Elizabeth Taylor .