How tall is Mickey Rooney?

Mickey Rooney's listed height was 157 cm (5'2"). He was taller than about 1% of men in the United States.

Where 157 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 1% of men in the United States born in 1920 (average 173.8 cm).

Rooney next to his co-stars

Judy Garland is 6 cm shorter than Mickey Rooney (151 cm), Babes in Arms co-star.

Spencer Tracy is 18 cm taller than Mickey Rooney (175 cm), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World co-star.

Ben Stiller is 13 cm taller than Mickey Rooney (170 cm), Night at the Museum co-star.

About Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney was an American actor, born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr. on 23 September 1920 in Brooklyn. He died on 6 April 2014. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the silent-film era.

Rooney was the top box-office attraction from 1939 to 1941 and one of the best-paid actors of that era. He played Andy Hardy in a series of 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s. He later became a celebrated character actor, won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award in 1982 for the television movie Bill, and received the Academy Honorary Award that year.

Rooney stood a listed 157 cm (5'2"). He was 18 cm shorter than Spencer Tracy, listed at 175 cm (5'9"), his co-star in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. He was also 13 cm shorter than Ben Stiller, listed at 170 cm (5'7"), who appeared with him in Night at the Museum. Judy Garland, listed at 151 cm (4'11"), was 6 cm shorter than Rooney, and they appeared together in Babes in Arms.

Frequently asked

How tall is Mickey Rooney in feet and inches? Mickey Rooney was 5'2" tall, which is 157 cm, 61.8 inches or 1.57 m.

How tall is Mickey Rooney compared to Judy Garland? Judy Garland is 6 cm shorter than Mickey Rooney: 151 cm (4'11") vs 157 cm (5'2").

How tall is Mickey Rooney compared to Spencer Tracy? Spencer Tracy is 18 cm taller than Mickey Rooney: 175 cm (5'9") vs 157 cm (5'2").

How tall is Mickey Rooney compared to Ben Stiller? Ben Stiller is 13 cm taller than Mickey Rooney: 170 cm (5'7") vs 157 cm (5'2").

Is Mickey Rooney tall for men in the United States? At 157 cm he was taller than about 1% of men in the United States born in 1920, whose average height is 173.8 cm.

Sources

• Mickey Rooney on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Mickey Rooney on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 157 cm.
• Mickey Rooney on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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• Elizabeth Taylor — 157 cm · 5'2"
• Emilia Clarke — 157 cm · 5'2"
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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.