River Phoenix

His sister, Rain, appeared in van Sant's adaptation of Tom Robbins's story Even Cowgirls Get the Blues alongside many other well-known personalities. The commercial includes a comic turn in which Rooney's backside is briefly exposed, and the pulling of the ad is considered more fallout from Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during Super Bowl XXXVIII a year earlier. So far, of his siblings, his younger brother Joaquin has achieved the greatest success, with his first major role coming in another Gus van Sant movie To Die For, opposite Nicole Kidman. In January 2005, Rooney made headlines when a commercial he made for a medication was pulled from broadcast during Super Bowl XXXIX. He died at age 23 of a drug overdose, outside the Viper Room, a Hollywood night club partly owned by actor Johnny Depp, and was cremated in Gainesville, Florida. He has five sons and four daughters. River disliked being seen as just a sex symbol. He was married and divorced seven times (including to actresses Ava Gardner and Martha Vickers) before marrying his current wife, January Chamberlin, in 1978.

River was also a friend of John Frusciante (guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and appeared on his debut album on the song Soul Removal. He also appeared in the documentary That's Entertainment III. He was friends with both of them and their friendship continued beyond the movie. He continued to be busy in stage and television work throughout the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the acclaimed Sugar Babies stage play with Ann Miller beginning in 1979, starring in a long-running TV series based on The Black Stallion, touring Canada in a dinner theatre production of The Mind with the Naughty Man in the mid-1990s, and playing The Wizard in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz with Eartha Kitt. He later went on to star opposite Keanu Reeves in Gus van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. He was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award in 1938 and a lifetime achievement Oscar in 1983. He had significant juvenile roles in Stand by Me and The Mosquito Coast and portrayed a teenage Indiana Jones. In the 1960s Rooney returned to theatrical entertainment, but he kept on accepting film roles, frequently in undistinguished movies, but also including better work in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) and The Black Stallion (1979).

Phoenix was one of five siblings who pursued careers in show business, encouraged by their parents, former Children of God missionaries. The Mickey Rooney Show, also known as Hey Mulligan, appeared on NBC for 39 episodes during 1954 and 1955. His opinions on the issue were so strong that when his actress girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, ordered soft-shell crab at a restaurant, he was reported to have begun to cry in disappointment. He appeared in a number of indifferent films, including Words and Music in 1948 which paired him for the last time with Garland, and one final Andy Hardy film in the late 1950s. He believed that eating animals was wrong and was the one who, as a child, convinced his family to become vegans. After his return from the service Rooney's career slumped. He and his family were all vegetarians. His fame peaked in World War II with a string of successful musicals with Judy Garland, including the Oscar nominated Babes in Arms (1939) as well as more serious roles in films such as The Human Comedy (1943) and National Velvet (1944).

It was only after Stand By Me that River's family was able to buy a car that was not secondhand. Rooney's successful role as Andy Hardy in A Family Affair (1937) led to fourteen further films featuring that character from 1938 to 1958. He and his sister often had to busk to make money for the family. His first starring role was in Hoosier Schoolboy (1937) with Edward Pawley playing his father. River grew up in a very poor family. In 1934 he signed to MGM and was educated at the studio's School for Professional Children. River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970–October 31, 1993), born in Madras, Oregon, USA, was one of the most promising movie actors of his generation. He legally changed his name to Mickey Rooney in 1932.

Surviving (1985) (TV). (During this period Rooney once met Walt Disney, who Rooney would later claim named Mickey Mouse after Rooney's character.). Explorers (1985). He moved into film in 1927, making his name with a series of over forty silent two-reel comedies (1927 to 1933) where he was the Toonerville Trolley cartoon character, Mickey McGuire. Stand by Me (1986). Rooney was born into a vaudeville family. Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986) (TV). Joe Yule, Jr. (born September 23, 1920), better known as Mickey Rooney is an American film actor.

The Mosquito Coast (1986). Little Nikita (1988). Running on Empty (1988). Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, A.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). I Love You to Death (1990). My Own Private Idaho (1991). Dogfight (1991).

Sneakers (1992). Thing Called Love (1993). Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993). Dark Blood (1993).

Silent Tongue (1994).