Known For
Complete Filmography
Back to Life
1954
as Bud Lambert
About a worker's institutionalization and eventual return back to a productive life.

Mickey the Great
1945
as Self / Katrink
A group of young actresses reminisces about their days as part of a gang of kids, headed by Mickey McGuire. Their memories take the form of clips from...

Freckles Comes Home
1942
as Danny Doyle
Freckles Winslow comes home from college and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane, falls in lov...

Blondie Goes Latin
1941
as Messenger Bringing Drums (uncredited)
Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleto...

Ride, Kelly, Ride
1941
as Corn Cob Kelly
A jockey struggles against gamblers with the help of the stable trainer and horse owner's daughter.

Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Merton
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jef...
Tomboy
1940
as Harry, Steve's Rival
Family drama about a father raising his motherless teenage daughter in a small town.

Young Tom Edison
1940
as Frank Allen
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastr...

Young as You Feel
1940
as Tommy McGuire
Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go b...

High School
1940
as Bill
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she'...

Too Busy to Work
1939
as Tommy McGuire
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their househ...

Quick Millions
1939
as Tommy McGuire
In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.

The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
as Tommy McGuire
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.

Everybody's Baby
1939
as Tommy McGuire
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
as Hefty
A prize-winning stallion breeds off-guard with a mare owned by his rival. The colt is trained to race from birth, eventually running in the Kentucky D...

Down on the Farm
1938
as Tommy McGuire
Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

Speed to Burn
1938
as Tim Turner
Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.

Safety in Numbers
1938
as Tommy McGuire
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.

A Trip to Paris
1938
as Tommy McGuire
The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be vict...

Love on a Budget
1938
as Tommy McGuire
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle wh...

Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Tommy McGuire
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

Checkers
1937
as Jimmy Somers
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.

High Tension
1936
as Office Boy
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.

The Country Doctor
1936
as Ham Radio Operator (uncredited)
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

Mickey's Medicine Man
1934
as Katrink
The final Mickey McGuire comedy finds Mickey and the gang putting together a medicine show in order to help out Hambone's Uncle Nemo.

Mickey's Rescue
1934
as Katrink
When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.

Mickey's Minstrels
1934
as Katrink
In order to pay back Stinky Davis, Mickey becomes an organ grinder, and later put on a minstrel show.

Mickey's Covered Wagon
1933
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang go prospecting, but find themselves in a haunted house.

Mickey's Tent Show
1933
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang put on their own circus, but Stinky Davis and his pals constantly try to disrupt it.

Mickey's Touchdown
1933
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang get ready for a big game of football. But Stinky Davis has a few tricks up his sleeve to stop the gang from winning. Special guest...

Mickey's Disguises
1933
as Katrink

Mickey's Race
1933
as Katrink
Mickey and his gang of children enter a mule in a racing contest.

Mickey's Ape Man
1933
as Katrink
Mickey, Stinky, and Billy all try to compete in an Ape Man contest.
Mickey's Big Business
1932
as Mickey McGuire
One of the few films in the series without Mickey Rooney. Costar Marvin Stephens ("Katrink'") stands in for Rooney. The film finds the gang competing ...

Broken Lullaby
1932
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each h...
Mickey's Helping Hand
1931
as Mickey McGuire
One of the few films in the series without Mickey Rooney. Costar Marvin Stephens ("Katrink'") stands in for Rooney. The short finds the gang preparing...

Mickey's Thrill Hunters
1931
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang wind up in Harold Lloyd territory, when the kids work as window washers on a dangerous skyscraper.

Mickey's Wildcats
1931
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang come across a baby. Billy Barty plays a dual role.

Mickey's Rebellion
1931
as Katrink
A.k.a. "Mickey's Revolution". Needing to raise money for their caddy friend, Mickey and the gang put on a show.

Mickey's Stampede
1931
as Katrink
A sound remake of "Mickey's Eleven", in which the gang play yet another game of football against Stinky Davis.

Mickey's Warriors
1930
as Katrink
A high society lady tries to bring peace between the Mickey's Scorpions and Stinky Davis' gang.

Mickey's Whirlwinds
1930
as Katrink
Mickey Rooney -- credited as McGuire, as he would be through the run of the series -- inducts a new member into the gang, tries to put little brother ...

Mickey's Luck
1930
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang become fire fighters. Features ridiculous stunts (including a car getting hit by a train, and Spencer Bell sharing a scene with a ...

Mickey's Champs
1930
as Katrink
Mickey and the kids befriend a couple of tramps. But when the tramps are accused of stealing, Mickey and Hambone find themselves trying to expose who ...

Mickey's Big Moment
1929
as Katrink
The film finds Mickey and Hambone trying to dig up some dirt on Stinky Davis' father.

Mickey's Mix-Up
1929
as Katrink
An early sound short, where Mickey and the gang put on another show.

Mickey's Surprise
1929
as Katrink
Rooney's second sound film. In it, we find Mickey and the gang putting on their own school performance.

Mickey's Midnite Follies
1929
as Katrink
Part of the Mickey McGuire short series starring Mickey Rooney. Currently only reel #2 has been found.

Mickey's Northwest Mounted
1929
as Katrink
One of the last silent shorts in the series. Stinky invites Mickey and company to his rodeo. Plenty of lassoing, horse riding, and even a head-butting...

Mickey's Brown Derby
1929
as Katrink
A Mickey McGuire comedy short starring Mickey Rooney.

Mickey's Menagerie
1929
as Katrink
Part of the Mickey McGuire short series starring Mickey Rooney.

Mickey's Explorers
1929
as Katrink
A.K.A. "Mickey's Brigade". Mickey and the gang try to become explorers, "like Columbus and all them guys".

Mickey's Great Idea
1929
as Katrink
The gang build their own airplane, and Mickey and Hambone go for a high-flying adventure when the plane supposedly starts to work.

Mickey's Big Game Hunt
1928
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang go game hunting, and come across a live lion. No, seriously, we see eight year old Rooney share a scene with a real lion.

Mickey the Detective
1928
as Katrink
Mickey and the gang play detective. Later, the dog gets stuck with a professor's time bomb.