{{Short description|American actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Tim Rooney | image = Room for One More.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Back, L-R: Ahna Capri, Andrew Duggan, Peggy McCay, Tim Rooney. Front: Ronnie Dapo, Carol Nicholson and "Tramp", from the TV series ''Room for One More'' (1962) | birth_name = Timothy Hayes Yule | birth_date = January 4, 1947 | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|09|23|1947|01|04|mf=y}} | death_place = Hemet, California, U.S. |occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1955–1983 | spouse = | parents = Mickey Rooney<br>B. J. Baker | relatives = Mickey Rooney Jr. <small>(brother)</small><br>Michael Rooney <small>(half-brother)</small> }} '''Timothy Hayes Yule''' (January 4, 1947 – September 23, 2006), better known as '''Tim Rooney''', was an American actor. Rooney was the second son of actor and comedian Mickey Rooney. Later in his life, Rooney developed a rare muscle disease known as dermatomyositis.<ref name="Fox">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mickey Rooney's Son Timothy Dies at 59 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/mickey-rooneys-son-timothy-dies-at-59 |work=Fox News |agency=Associated Press |location=Los Angeles |date=September 27, 2006 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>
== Early life == Tim Rooney was born on January 4, 1947, in Birmingham, Alabama. His mother was a former Miss Alabama and singer, Betty Jane Rase, who performed as B. J. Baker.<ref name="Fox" />
He had childhood polio that left him paralyzed for two years, but later recovered.<ref>[https://www.today.com/popculture/mickey-rooneys-son-dies-59-1c9431128 Mickey Rooney’s son dies at 59, ''Today'' (online printed version), September 26, 2006]</ref>
== Career == Rooney's notable appearances included the films ''Village of the Giants'' and ''Riot on Sunset Strip'', and also the TV series ''The Donald O'Connor Show'', ''Maverick'', ''Dr. Kildare'', ''Gidget'', ''Bewitched'', ''Dragnet'' and the cartoon show ''Mister T'', in voiceovers.<ref name="Fox" />
In 1962 he co-starred as Jeff Rose, one of two adopted children, in the ABC comedy ''Room for One More''. In 1964–1965, Tim co-starred as Timmy Grady, the son of Mickey Grady, played by his real-life father Mickey Rooney, in ''Mickey''.<ref>Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present'' (First Edition), Ballantine Books, 1979, pages 401, 534.</ref>
== Death == Tim Rooney died at his ranch in Hemet, California, on September 23, 2006, at the age of 59, five years after being diagnosed with dermatomyositis, a muscle disease.<ref>[https://www.denverpost.com/2006/09/26/son-of-mickey-rooney-dies-at-59/ ''The Denver Post'' (online version), September 26, 2006]</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|740362|Tim Rooney}} * {{discogs artist|Tim Rooney}}
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