The gifted actor was known as much for his stormy private life as for his triumphs on stage, screen and television--as for TV, he starred in five series, none of them particularly successful, was offered the role of Archie Bunker but turned it down, won an Emmy for the TV film "Bill" and was nominated for two other Emmys and would appear on almost any talk or game show that would have him:
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/mickey-rooney-golden-age-box-office-giant-dies-at-93-1201153308/ I would expect TCM announcing a tribute marathon presently--since his series weren't particularly successful, it will be interesting to see if any of the classic TV channels will be able to do a tribute marathon. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
