Mickey Rooney has only been in television shows.
Babes in Arms (film) . The film version stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland , and features Charles Winninger , Guy Kibbee , June Preisser , Grace Hayes and Betty Jaynes . Boys Town is a 1938 biographical drama film based on Father Edward J. Flanagan 's work with a group of underprivileged and delinquent boys in a home that he founded and named `` Boys Town '' . Mickey Rooney ( born Joseph Yule , Jr. ; September 23 , 1920 -- April 6 , 2014 ) was an American actor , vaudevillian , producer , and radio personality . National Velvet is a 1944 American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold , published in 1935 . The Human Comedy is a 1943 American drama film directed by Clarence Brown and adapted by Howard Estabrook .